Guild Wars 2

I’m leveling an engineer right now, but it’s unclear to me what stats actually have an effect on different abilities. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Flamethrower – I know my weapon has no effect on this, but does anything else in my armor change it? Condition damage? Power? Precision?

Grenades?

Bombs?

Do most leveling engineers find it’s better to go for damage stats, or just try to stack Toughness / Vitality to try and live long enough for the opponent to die?

Thanks,

Belak

If you equikittent you unequip your weapon, anything else stays the same. You still get the stats bonuses from armor, amulets, rings, earrings etc.

Anything that deals direct damage (which is everything but conditions) benefits from Power according to the following formula:
(Current Power + X Power) / Current Power = Damage gain
So, if you double your current amount of Power your direct damage will be doubled.

Condition Damage increases the damage of each condition differently, full list:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Condition_Damage

For leveling until around 40-60 going primarily Power and/or Condition Damage and secondarily Vitality and/or Toughness is a solid route to go.
Bomb Kit is properly the best until level 60, then Grenade Kit surpasses it.