Guild Wars 2

As it currently stands, Engineers have access to the following combinations of weapons on land:

Pistol/Pistol
Pistol/Shield
Rifle

Underwater:

Harpoon Gun

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Even with the use of kits, I think Engineers need more diversity in their choice of “primary weapons,” especially where melee combat is involved. It’s really quite easy to see skillsets associated with Engineers and maces/hammers, in my honest opinion, and I was wondering if ANet was planning on adding any additional weapons to this and/or any other available profession.

Some months ago, there was a dev post detail a sort of ‘wish list’ of features they’d like to add in 2014 and beyond. One of the features was increased weapon choice across all classes. Every now and then on the forum you’ll read posts from engi users, asking about when we’ll get our hammers.

wolfyrik.2017:

Some months ago, there was a dev post detail a sort of ‘wish list’ of features they’d like to add in 2014 and beyond. One of the features was increased weapon choice across all classes. Every now and then on the forum you’ll read posts from engi users, asking about when we’ll get our hammers.

Thanks for the heads-up.

I’ve actually got an idea for engineers in terms of weapon choice; what if engineers were able to dual-wield shields? A shield in the main hand and a shield in the off-hand, providing a melee option not seen with other professions?

No thanks. Ill take a dual wielded rifle first.

We have kits.
Engineer as a melee fighter just seems odd as could be.
You have the tool kit which is very melee focused.
But seriously, what would you have that fits? The hammer is 2hander not one so that seems silly. Sword would be odd.

I think we have the right weapons frankly to fit the whole engineering theme.

Why not give us a Mace? We already have a Mace auto-attack set up, and I think Mace/Pistol could be interesting.

Toolkit auto attack already has mace-style attack chain though.

I think main hand torch could be feasible and interesting…

But I agree that an offense-oriented true melee option is needed for Engi.

I’d rather they change the Toolkit auto to be like warrior axe auto. If we’re gonna smack stuff around with a wrench, we should be doing it at a faster rate out of frustration due to our kits clipping with our back piece.

Bombsaway.7198:

We have kits.
Engineer as a melee fighter just seems odd as could be.
You have the tool kit which is very melee focused.
But seriously, what would you have that fits? The hammer is 2hander not one so that seems silly. Sword would be odd.

I think we have the right weapons frankly to fit the whole engineering theme.

With all due respect, a warrior or a guardian as a ranged fighter seems equally odd, but they have access to alternating between ranged/melee combat from level 1. Engineers don’t get that option until they unlock the bomb kit or the tool kit.

Also, I don’t see why hammers would be silly. (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNuXynCFlDk)