Guild Wars 2

Ok. So this is a post for me to find help and assistance. But maybe it can help other people as well.

Since the patch I’ve become a little more confused (more than normal anyway). Things seem interesting with some cool changes. But I’m not sure how they work (or don’t).

Aside from the massively annoying bleeping noise is Bunker Down worth it? Do the Boons from the Turrets make them worthwhile as a supporting build?

Just questions as an example. But you get the idea. Lots of stuff has changed (Turrets are ok now?) but what does it mean outside of utter Min-Max play?

Now, for me:

I have 2 pieces of Celestial gear and like how that gearset feels and stuff. So that’s what I’m gonna be wearing. I will probably get Celestial weapons too (I like Rifle mainly, but also P/P seems fun, however I understand our weapons are just “secondary” to kits).

I don’t like grenades. My fingers and wrists are old as Methuselah so I’d prefer not to spam like that. I also don’t like how my charracter (see what I did there?) looks like he is constipated when he uses bombs. Couple that with my actual liking of the Flamethrower (blame ‘Nam) and I’d prefer a build around the FT. Possibly with EG. Or Turrets.

Anyway. That’s where I come unstuck. I’ve seen things from people (Phineas.Poe and Wolfineer strike me as names). But much of what is around is “old”. Or pre-patch. Or maybe that’s how things “should” be.

Maybe things haven’t changed! (Gasp)

So. Here’s a request for help or info or advice on the new patch and what it brings for Engineers. For people who maybe aren’t quite right at the tip-top. And maybe want a little bit of fun still in play (I know min-max can be fun, if it’s what you want).

Oh. And this is for PVE. Just in case you wondered.

Thanks for reading the ramble.

Yours, in Cog-Smashing and Oil-Burning (these should totally be Engineer abilities and we should totally get 1H/2H-Hammer as a weapon, not kit).

Grufftooth of Piken Square

Hello frands! Vee Wee here #1 engi NA and world first rank 80!

Here’s my updated Flamethrower build! I think you’ll like it because it uses Flamethrower, EG, AND Turrets! http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcAQJAqelUUpmqtbxWLseNiMqQnB6RddXjooH5XjBAA-zwBBYfBkyAgKAMzsIasVOFRjVXDT5iIqGA-e

The empty trait in the alchemy tree is for Experimental Turrets! Basically the point of this build is to stack a lot of might and fury for your team! With Flamethrower, Shield, Elixir Gun, and two turrets, you have a lot of blast finishers for your fire field! With the new turret trait and Rifle Turret’s relatively short cooldown, you can have a lot of Fury up for your team too! It’s great!

I use full Berserker gear! But if you want to use Celestial, that’s fine too! Strength Runes are the best because of your might stacking abilities! If those are too expensive for you, the second best option are the new Flame Legion runes! If for some reason you don’t want those either, then Ruby Orbs should work fine! Rifle could work too, but I think pistol/shield is the best combo because of the blast finisher and the extra conditions for Modified Ammunition!

If you decide to use the build I hope you enjoy it!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

Thanks for the reply. Whatever a frand is, I hope you have many.

I do kinda like the build. But find it hard to move to pistol/shield over rifle. If nothing else I just got a ascended rifle from some dungeon (wrong stats, but was nice). And if I go shield… how can I get a Celestial shield without levelling a Weaponsmith alt?

As for the build. I like it. I like FT. I dunno, feels fun. Plus (as stated above) I hate how I look when using Bombs/Grenades and also the Grenade spam is obscenely stupid on the hand…

However, why EG and not another Turret to get most of the Turret boons? Maybe Flame Turret for the Might?

Also, (and this is for anyone… really) is P/P really as terrible as people say? Why do mobs that run straight past 3 other people turn on me the second I start to FT them?

And why do Asura look so cute. Until they grin and show their weird little teeth.

Yours, in questions.

Overtoof.

Further to this… what about Thumper turret over EG (for the blasts).

Maybe this…

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpyq1axmKseNSdBNqoA6AUguK6EGjQD

I guess Bunker Down is a silly choice for the last point in Firearms?

The guy that above me’s build is what I used but I had Flame turret and thumper turret instead (and flamethrower).

If you put a sigil of strength on your rifle, you’ll be able to have almost constant uptime of 25 stacks of might with the flame turret and juggernaut.

Also, you can use thumper turret and flame turrets tool belt skills to give you and your party more might before you put them down.

As far as your playstyle (not spamming too much). All you’ll really have to do in this build is auto attack with 1 and use 2 as soon as it’s off cooldown, then use the other weapon skills selectively.

Hello frands! Vee Wee here #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

You have great questions my frand! I’ll tell you why I use what I use, but just remember that builds aren’t set in stone! If you want to edit the build to suit your playstyle, that is absolutely fine! Wahoo!

Firstly I use P/S over Rifle for a number of reasons! Poison Dart Volley can hit pretty hard! My highest was almost 13,000! Wowzerz that’s a lot of damage! Pistol also applies Poison, Blind, and Confusion which gives you +6% more damage because of the Modified Ammo trait as long as those conditions are up! Shield gives you defensive cooldowns! I am pretty fragile in full berserker gear so the blocks help a lot! Shield 4 also gives you a blast finisher to stack might! It’s great!

I choose Elixir Gun because it gives you a stun break, condi removal, team condi removal, and blast finisher all in one kit! Elixir Gun also shares most of the Flamethrower’s traits so you sort of have a fully upgraded Elixir Gun if you run it! The cooldown on Acid Bomb’s blast finisher is almost the same as the might gain from Flame Turret so you’ll almost gain the same amount of might without having to rely on shoddy turret mechanics! Finally Elixir F can hit really hard if it chains correctly and it helps with kiting regardless!

I don’t choose Flame Turret because even though the might gain is nice, you’re sacrificing too much if you use it over Elixir Gun! The might gain from Elixir Gun’s Acid Bomb can almost keep up with Flame Turret and you get so much more out of Elixir Gun! Plus if you want to get the most out of Flame Turret, you’ll have to place it pretty close to the bad guys because the range is quite low, so it’ll most likely spend its time destroyed and on cooldown!

Thumper Turret can be good if there are no other might stackers in the party! But it suffers from an extremely long cooldown and again you are losing a lot of group utility by not taking Elixir Gun! If you are taking it for the protection, I suppose it will work if you decide to forgo the turret damage and place it far away! Placing it close to the bad guys will just shorten its lifespan and thus your protection uptime! Did I mention it has a really long cooldown!

Bunker Down is a really awful trait! The mines don’t do a lot of damage, have annoying beeping sounds, and have a TINY radius! You have to be standing on top of the bad guys for it to work and even then it doesn’t perform as well as Modified Ammo!

I hoped that help! Wahoo Bye frands!

ellesee.8297:

Hello frands! Vee Wee here #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

I hoped that help! Wahoo Bye frands!

Hello Engi #1. I have a question regarding sPvP. Because you are the best Engi NA and maybe worldwide. Maybe you know how to help me

I play at the moment:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQJAqalUUpkrlYx+KseNCbBNqxI6N2xq85DEgkC-TJhIwAQ2fAwDAYwJAgYZAA

This is a condi build with sigil of purity.
With this build I am
fine against power warrior and thiefs. I rock hard against ranger. I am not able to kill a very good guardian alone ( a bunker one). I have a hard time vs ele or mesmer but win 50% of the fights (mesmer warlock is at the moment pretty hard)
but
me <<< necro. (vs condi necros I have no chance)
I have also a hard time vs other condi classes like a condi thief (lol) or a condi warrior. But against a necro I have literally 0 chance.

Could you help me? Do you know a build with grenades (because they are so much fun) that dominate fights against a necro? Maybe you have a gameplay video for me?

I talk about sPvP only. I do not care about WvW or PvE not one bit.