Guild Wars 2

With the addition of the latest chapter it hit me while playing – why not give the engi some sort of chill gun kit or something. Doesn’t have to do damage at all, or if, then some DOT would be nice, like DOT Bleed, or actually Burn, but what’s more important would be the fact that one could freeze solid their opponent for a few seconds. Sounds tactical, given what some other classes have.

Off-topic: Seems to me someone at ANet favours guards far too much describing them as well-balanced, while I dare to disagree. (remembers block, block… block? heal, cleanse, block, block… knock knock anyone?)

Hmm it’s a cool idea to start with. I would more like an elemental bomb kit, like
bomb 1: elemental blast, causes one following random condition; Bleed, Burn, Chill and vulnerability.
Bomb 2: Flame bomb, causes fire condition.
Bomb 3: Electric bomb, causes stun and weakness.
Bomb 4: Ice bomb, causes chill.
Toolbelt Bomb: Storm bomb, creates a storm that destroyes projectiles.

Either replace old bomb kit or make it as a new kit.

Off-topic: Sounds to me like you are describing engineer. The only difference between a well played DH and a well played scrapper in my opinion is that the DH has higher damage output but the scrapper can withstand alot more damage.

1vs1 DH rarely beats me, I can even handle a few 2vsMe if atleast one is a DH, once his/her skills are on CD or I successfully land all my hits I usually down a DH in a few seconds. Oh btw I main Engineer.

Nice input Edgar, only I was thinking of smth like a gun-like kit, similar to the Elixir gun, but this would be some sort of frost beam or laser – or ray of frost if you will – and other of its skills could be inspired by those of the flamethrower, only different, like freeze the ground, or shoot a giant, concentrated frost ball that would explode and shoot frozen shrapnels that could bleed targets around, create an impassable wall of frost, or trap a target inside of a small Iglu (?) (not sure how Eskimo’s houses are called )…

Speaking of explosions, we already have the mortar, that shoots a chilling shell, but I consider it somewhat lacking.

Off-topic: I main condi-Engi and fighting against multiple DH/Guards with constant block/reflect/cleanse is a pain. They are beatable, but it’s often a never-ending story. It’s like the rest got a fraction of everything and one class is an AIO.