Guild Wars 2

Hello all, this post is as a result of inspiration of others around this forum but without so many drastic steps. Engineer is by far my favorite class to play, but I dislike using kits in general. As a result of this I’ve made plenty of good non-kit builds for both physical or condition damage. Rifle is preferred over Pistol for me.

Rifle’s abilities are all great offering close-range burst, yet these abilities are very shotgun-oriented. I believe there should at least be an option to allow for the auto-attack on Rifle to reflect this as well. A slight cone added at the cost of range.

I propose for this change to be added to the Grandmaster trait [Modified Ammunition]. Currently this trait increases your damage for every condition on the enemy, but it should alter the Rifle’s autoattack as well. I found this trait fitting to offer this alteration.

As an Engineer who uses no kits and relies fully on my Rifle I would love this change. At least having the option to take a more close-range AoE approach would be great. Because it is purely optional players who would rather have range can still have their range. This also give Rifle-users a reason to pick up [Modified Ammunition], allowing for greater build diversity.