Guild Wars 2

I’ve been away from GW2 for about a year, and I’m finding it a bit rough getting back into the new game environment.

I’m enjoying levelling a Necro at the mo but, I’ve got two lvl 80 chars from my previous experience in GW2:

1 – an Asura Bomb Engineer
2 – a Charr Guardian

I’d like to explore more ‘end game’ with my Engineer, but my traits have disappeared and generally I’m a bit lost.

Any advice re. what traits to choose, what engi build I should choose, and which ‘end game’ direction to go would be much appreciated.

open world pve, dungeons, wvw, or pvp?

There are many builds to choose from :-D
Just some examples…

PvE Dungeons? 66002 (shrapnel, exp.powder,grenadier,precise sights, rifle mod, mod. ammo, static discharge) berserker with 3 kits (elixirgun, grenades, flamer) is the obvious build here but bombs might work too…

PvP? 60044 or 60062 (shrapnel, incendiary powder, grenadier, invigorating speed, [protection injection],backpack regenerator, speedy kits, [power wrench or leg mods]) celestial 3-kit (e-gun, grenades, tools)
OR
42044 or 62042 (see above… 6 explosives for grenades, 4 for bombs) rabid or rabid/dire with pistol/shield and slick shoes/elixir s, bombs/grenades, toolkit

WvW? look at the PvP builds then modify it to your liking… 60044 rifle, berserk weapon, knight armor, celestial accessories is my favorite still…

Or you can do some really strange things: a flamethrower build for open world pve (who cares for damage, when everything gets zerged anyway? tag everything in sight and enjoy the loot^^) or my favorite “strange build that everybody laughs about”: Healing Bombs in full cleric equipment used for running with the wvw melee train (1k+ heal per second for you and the guys around you can really help in thight situations), also nice to claim and defend a silverwastes fort completely on your own :-D

Long story short… while not played by many, engineer is an interesting and nice class with a build (or a couple ones^^) for every situation. You really should give more details about what your interests are :-)

Cheers for the feedback. My interests are (in order of preference):

Dungeons – Yes. I’d like to explore them though I’m not too confident they are that good in GW2 (or that I’d be that good in them).
Open World PvE – Yes. It’s probably my ‘comfort zone’ style of play.
wvw – Yes-ish, though I’ll probably dip in and out as the mood takes me.
pvp – Definitely not. Too stressful for my casual play.

for open world i recommend 66002 and 64004 for just damage specs. if you find yourself falling a lot, like in dry top or silverwastes, try 64400.

for dungeons, i just swap rocket boots for throw mine in the 66002 build when i trust my team to keep me alive. if i dont trust them i hang on to rocket boots and trade bomb kit for toolkit instead. using slaying potions really helps a lot too, make sure you use the appropriate one if the dungeon seems hard.

in wvw i run 60440, swapping my armor/runes for knight instead of full zerk (i still use zerk trinkets and weapon) for huge survivability increases while maintaining the mobility that makes open world seem a bit smaller. i can join zergs and do well, and i can solo roam extremely well, but you need to like nades to run it.