Guild Wars 2

Hello, i am new to engineer and i would like some adivice for leveling up. What would be the best weapon set to use? Should i use kits or maybe turrets? What specialization line should i focus on first? Any advice would be helpful. Ty.

Welcome to Engineering ! It’s always nice to have new tinkerers in Tyria !

As for your questions:
– Best weapon set: Depends on your playstyle. Raw damage, go Rifle; Conditions, Pistol/Pistol; Defensive, Pistol/Shield.
– Realistically you can get away with mostly anything in PvE, but engineers are somewhat balanced around using Kits, so I’d go with those for leveling. Bomb kit and Grenade kit dish out good damage, while the other kits are more support/defensive tools. Take Healing Turret though, it’s more valuable in party configurations than Medkit !
– If you end up taking bomb/grenade, I’d say Explosives should be your first line, even if Grenadier is disabled. Otherwise, Firearms for main weapons/Flamethrower/Conditions, Inventions for support/turrets, Alchemy for defense/elixirs, Tools for class mechanic/gadgets (although I believe it’s our weakest traitline at the moment?).

Ty for the tips. Is mortar kit any good for leveling up?

Aevis.4632:

Ty for the tips. Is mortar kit any good for leveling up?

I don’t think you will be able to find an answer on this anytime in the immediate future.

The mortar kit is essentially brand new. So it is unlikely that anyone has really used it during leveling, unless they have fully leveled and engineer in the past week.

Yes Mortar Kit is GREAT, well, parts of it. Namely the blind field which with siege round is quite long. Then double blast into a fire field at the start of a fight, yeah it’s nice.

My suggestion, initially go rifle focus on power/prec, trait into tools and get streamlined kits asap for perma swiftness. Kits get your nades asap and unlock mortar when you can use elites. Explosions will be the next line to get for traits.

Been leveling my engi, looks like I’ll finish it today. Did like 12 levels yesterday just doing this rotation on packs of enemies I’d gather up with nade/mortar.

Incendiary Ammo
Drop Orbital
Napalm under it
Smoke Vent (FT 5 blinds)
Flash Shell (mortar kit blind field)
Flame Blast on your napalm
Acid Bomb on your napalm
Grenade barrage
Jump Shot
Blunderbuss
Finish off with nade rotation 245 maybe a flame blast to end it.

Yes, it’s a bit much for a new engi… it’s my third I’m leveling, but I hope that gives you a bit of an idea of what can be done. I was able to gather packs of 4-12 things and blow them up before I even really took damage most of the time.