Guild Wars 2

So, I’m going to make myself an engineer (yes, yes, I know people say they’re broken, but my 80 is a ranger and my necro is my secondary at 53, so I guess I’m a glutton for punishment) and I was wondering something about the Sylvari elite racial, “Take Root”.

If I am a turret engineer, and I put down “Supply Crate” does that make my other turrets vanish? But…if I’m a Sylvari engineer, put down my turrets, then hit “Take Root”, wouldn’t that be….an amazing amount of turret power?

How does this work? Any Sylvari engineers out there who can clarify? Thanks!

Supply crate does not make your other Turrets vanish.
I don’t have a Sylvari so I can’t say how useful that tactic would be.
But I will say that Turrets as an Off-tank or alternate form of DPS won’t really work to well with the state they are in now.
Turrets are much more about the utility you can get from the Overcharges and the Knockback from the Trait Accelerant Packed Turrets.

So in short laying downing your turrets then using “Take Root” will most likely just net you a nice view of your turrets getting burned down in a few seconds.
It could be a fun tactic to use on certain mobs when farming though.

The Engineer isn’t exactly broken its just all about thinking outside the box.

I’m Sylvari. I used Take Root a lot before I could purchase Supply Crate. The Sylvari turrets are like engineer turrets: their AI sucks. They aggro everything in the area. It was real annoying, but I have to say the few seconds of invulnerability you get while taking root is real nice. Saved my eggplant butt more than a few times…