Guild Wars 2

Ok, so I’ve spent hours upon hours and gold upon gold trying to get a viable pistol build.
Problem: I think bombs and nades are boring. I enjoy the elixir gun and pistols, but I have spent so much time trying to gear/trait to a point I can make them compare to the dmg possible w/ bombs n such. Why did Anet give me pistols? Before ya flame me link me a build/gear/traits that can compete so I can enjoy the engineer AND do dmg. Ive done power/cond/elixir builds, same w/ changing out all my gear and gems. Just to see over and over I cant get a setup to compete w/ the power/bombs setup it seems. Help, I like the engineer, its fun when I’m using my preferred weapons. It’s just that I dont feel useful and my grinding is slow unless I go the way Anet seems to want me to go.

Why don’t you try some of the links that your asking for that are posted on the other 100 threads with this equivalent, similar, or exact topics? Or even the post/discuss build thread stickied to the top of the page?

I’ve read 100 pages, very little on making a viable build w/o bombs/grenades.

Well I guess I cannot help you, it appears we have very opposing understanding of the definition of “viable”.

I use a Pistol/Shield/Bomb build with condition damage focus that is extremely viable and allows me to solo a veterans and three to five adds. I have posted that build and how I use it in several locations, including the ones I directed you too. If soloing 5 mobs and one being a veteran while being very successful in PvE with a very similar build, and only needed to make a slight varient for WvW to work well there, is what you consider “very little on making a viable build” then I cannot help you.

By viable I mean doing the dmg I can do w/ bombs/nades, and not ever using bombs/nades. I’ll continue my search.

All you had to do is say you wanted a build in which you can do as much as our highest damage, traited AoE abilities by using our lowest direct damage weapons.

I hate to tell you, it won’t happen, no matter how much you search. You are simply not going to find high direct and crit damage on a set of weapons designed for condition damage.

sigh I didn’t post to get in an argument. I’ve been working on this for days picking my brain and the forums and was just hoping someone would have some advice that i’ve missed.

That is what I am trying to tell you. What you are looking for doesn’t exist. Just because you want to think it does, does not mean I am arguing with you by sharing facts.

If you posted with this mentality that you will refuse to believe any answer that does not coincide with what you want to hear, then you indeed are looking for an argument.

I apologize for attempting to assist you. My mistake.

Ok then. Saying “it’s not possible” right away woulda been sufficient. I had to hope though, I put a lot of work into her trying to get her to a place of power w/o just dropping bombs.

I would have loved to, but you didn’t ask a specific question, you asked for what is viable.

I consider my pistol and conditions build extremely viable.

If you want to know if you could find
“a build in which you can do as much as our highest damage, traited AoE abilities by using our lowest direct damage weapons.”

Then you should have asked that instead of getting wise with me for not deducing it. If you want psycics and mentalist, go to the mesmer threads. I can only answer the questions you ask.

Actually, just go play whatever style you like. If you like power/prec/ crit dmg, go for it. Why did you need other people approvement or something? You are the one who play your own character and you are the one who understand yourself.

I go power/prec/crit dmg as a necro and full condition dmg on warrior. Result? Very amusing and very much to my liking.
I am making a full power/prec dual pistol engineer right now. I can kill some player in WvW at lv 26 :/