Guild Wars 2

If Holosmith form damage is to be nerfed, there really needs to be a buff to sword 2, holosmith utilities and tool belt skills. In this beta engineer is in a viable spot where it no longer has to rely on garbage utilities for mediocre damage. Now we can slot defensives and rely on holosmith form. If the damage is to be nerfed though, engineer will be back to the trash state it was in before, being forced into the same mediocre utilities. Please fix sword 2 and buff other utilities/damage if holosmith form is to be nerfed.

Why would you think Photon Forge skills are going to be nerfed? The Holosmith is all about damage. That’s the one thing it does. Doesn’t make sense to turn around and nerf that damage into mediocrity. Now maybe a nerf to Holo Leap, whether it be a damage shave, increased cooldown, or increased heat gain sure. But the rest isn’t over the top really.

As for sword 2, that has to be buffed regardless. It is insanely weak and pathetic in every way. Something has to happen there.

The utilities also need work regardless of what happens with Photon Forge. For the most part they aren’t that bad. They seem to have the general theme of providing offensive or defensive bonuses without interrupting your attacks. So instead of exiting photon forge to toss some grenades or block with toolkit or invuln with elixir s, you can use laser disk for extra damage or photon wall to block attacks while still dishing out damage.

With that said, Coolant Blast (the new heal) is completely out-performed by our other heals, especially Healing Turret. Particle Accelerator (Photon Wall tool belt) doesn’t have much use outside of a Static Discharge build. Flash Spark (Spectrum Shield tool belt) doesn’t really feel like it compliments Spectrum Shield. Even with Spectrum Shield having a 15 second cooldown above 50 heat, I find myself still getting better use out of Elixir S. Other than that I don’t have much complaints about the utilities and tool belt skills.