Guild Wars 2

Hi all

I took a significant break from the game but came back a few weeks ago to play through the story etc. I got hooked again, quickly.

Whilst leveling a Mesmer to 80 I decided to revisit my Engineer, and realised it is where my heart still lies (Charr4Life). So, I set forth to mess around and discover how I like to play them again. And this brings me here, for advice.

What I have:

Celestial (Ascended):
Full armour (strength runes)
Rifle
Pistol & Shield

Berserker (Ascended):
Full armour (no runes, just finished crafting – nice Star farm in SW)
Rifle

What I do (play):

Exploration, farming, fun dungeon runs, dailies etc. I’m not a speed-run PVE master.

What I like:

FT and EG. The way they work (expect the hobosacks…), the movement EG brings, the ability to tag easy, the fields and finishers.
Rifle. Preferred standard weapon for me, definitely.
Elixirs or Turrets for healing. Like both.
Elixir play in general I find reactive, sometimes…
Gadgets, but I know there are faults there.
Swiftness (or at least movement speed buffs)! Don’t we all want to get there quicker?

What I don’t like:

Grenades. Yes, I know they do rock. But I can’t play (physically) the spamming of this, so please no suggestions of that.
Bombs. I don’t like either, just don’t get the feel for them.
Turret builds… I wish I did like them. But I’ve always found them lacking, mainly the ease of destruction and the obvious lack of mobility.

What I want:

Some ideas.
Fun is good!
Reactive play.
Condition removal is a boon (especially in SW).
Not to be patronised (I know I’m no meta player, and I know I won’t play something I just do not like…).

Thanks all

Charrtooth

Builds what I have tried recently:

SD with Rocket Boots & Mines

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrlcx+KseRCbBNyx0GQNBRuxq8xIEAA-TJRHwAEuAAf2fAwDA4YZAA

Amendment to above with extra burning

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrlcx+KseRCbBNyx0GQNBRuxq8xIEAA-TJRHwAEuAAf2fAwDA4YZAA

FT HGH build

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrlcx+KseRCbBNyx0GQNBRuxq8xIEAA-TJRHwAEuAAf2fAwDA4YZAA

And something else I tried…

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrlcx+KseRCbBNyx0GQNBRuxq8xIEAA-TJRHwAEuAAf2fAwDA4YZAA

Just for flavour of what I’ve messed around with, and to an extent enjoyed.

Worth mentioning I do like Power Shoes when roaming around. And SD I actually find enjoyable too. But FT seems very (much more?) useful in the mass zerg of open world PVEing for tagging mobs etc.

I’ve been using this FT/EG build for PvE and it works pretty well: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrtbx+KseNSdBNyoUFQHgC0VRmwYA-TJBFwACuAAl2fAaZAAPAAA

Acid Bomb alone is worth taking the elixir gun, and having a second stun break is nice too. For WvW you might want to replace the elixir gun with the tool kit and take Power Wrench instead of Kit Refinement.

WAAHHOO

Hey, if you are EU West, you can pm me ingame! I can teach you everything for PvE you want to know. I also think that showing you ingame is much more rewarding than writing a wall’o’text here ^.^

If you are interested, pm me

greez Ziggy!

This is what Vee Wee uses for FT PvEsports!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpmqtbxWLseNSdBNqoA6AUguK6EGjQD-TxRBABUcBAuS5HN7PgnOAAeAAUq+jZKBBA-e

60% fury uptime for your team! Many might stacks! Many damages!
If you have a frand who you run with that stacks a lot of might, you could swap out Sigil of Strength for something else! Air maybe or one of those 10% increased damage sigils! You could even swap out Juggernaut for something else like Rifle Mods! I personally play solo, so I make self sufficient builds!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

So you want people to guide you into playing how you want? What?

trouble is there is soo many ways in this game to do viable and acceptable damage in pve as an engineer its hard for the community to agree in a single unified build / set up.

so this is what I use anyway

full ascended zerk gear + scholar runes

rifle
grenade kit
bomb kit
rocket turret (the toolbelt in full zerk with 25 might crits up to 15k and exact same cd as grenade barrage and big old bomb, set these up nicely and u have INSANE BURST.

it would be BoB rocket + barrage then rifle 5 +3 just before the bomb explodes)
medkit (I normally play with guard + ele so condi removal etc is no issue)
supply crate

I then just rotate everything I have while stacking with the group and syncing all my fire fields with the group to maintain high uptime on 25 stacks of might or at the very least 20 + if the fight is longer (fractals)

I use 6/6/0/0/2 and focus on improving all explsovies dmg + rifle dmg.

oo and bomb kit + under water with the improved explosion range for bomb kit = insane fun. combine it with harpoon gun 2 + 4 for stupidly high dmg output. pro tip for harpoon gun 2. be in melee range of the target and double tap 2. it will cause all 3 mines to detonate right on your target for stupid high burst.

I would encourage you to explore and experiment with everything until you find the build and set up you enjoy the most in pve. if u have a friendly guild you wont be forced into anything in dungeons.

most ppl belive their build is best and if you don’t use it you are a noob. this is very true in pugs, I get a lot of ppl barking orders at me to use this skill and that cos they have a low lvl engie alt in heart of the mists = pro expert LOL

instead of rocket turret take elixier gun for utility and dps or the mine for dps and boonstrip. They both deal more damage than the rocket toolbelt on a lower CD. One stacks tons of vuln, the other is unblockable.

^—- this poster above me is a perfect example of what I was talking about

You mess up something. Idc if somone does his own build, but you shouldn’t point out “INSANE DAMAGE” at your skill if it isn’t the main reason why you take it. It’s fun and I’m fine with it. But also tell the new players that there is better stuff to go with.

Everything else you said is perfectly fine and correct, maybe I should have pointed this out a bit more I mean comon – you know me Bombgineer good ol’ Ziggy
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