Guild Wars 2

Hello/, So, as a few people may know, I switch builds almost daily, switch traits out depending on what I’m fighting (It’s just how I play and am not annoyed with this), And I really want to get my T3 cultural but my problem is what stats do I want to stick with when I’m constantly switching builds and play styles?

I love well rounded, or even all stat things. I just use so many different skills that everything -does- help. But theres no way i could mix and match gear to make it all stat and well rounded without being totally useless in the end. I just want something I can wear anywhere and everywhere. So I can transmute it to my permanent armor

Try not to tell me how to play or anything >.> I do just fine.

Direct dmg is not penalized in any aspect of this game, say the way Condition dmg is with how it is capped. This wont change any time soon, since the cap on condition dmg is a financial one as it uses bandwith for Anet servers.

Unfortunately I don’t think Engineers can just craft one set of armor that’s suitable for all builds, or something that you can wear “anywhere and everywhere.”

Pistol = Rabid
Rifle = Berserker
Tool Kit = Carrion
Grenade Kit = Rampager
Flamethrower = Berserker
Bomb Kit = Carrion or Cleric

I’m sure some could contest with a few of these insignia choices, but the fact remains that you’re just not going to get the most out of the Pistol wearing Berserker gear nor will you get the most out of the Flamethrower wearing Cleric.

I really recommend just settling on 1-2 kits as your “main” setup and gearing around it appropriately. When you want to specialize in another setup, create a full second set of gear.

This seems daunting until you realize you can farm a dungeon for a week and get all the tokens you need. Or just use karma to buy sets like Rabid in Orr, including jewelry. You can, of course, cut some corners, like wearing Rabid gear with the Tool Kit.

Phineas Poe.3018:

Unfortunately I don’t think Engineers can just craft one set of armor that’s suitable for all builds, or something that you can wear “anywhere and everywhere.”

Pistol = Rabid
Rifle = Berserker
Tool Kit = Carrion
Grenade Kit = Rampager
Flamethrower = Berserker
Bomb Kit = Carrion or Cleric

I’m sure some could contest with a few of these insignia choices, but the fact remains that you’re just not going to get the most out of the Pistol wearing Berserker gear nor will you get the most out of the Flamethrower wearing Cleric.

I really recommend just settling on 1-2 kits as your “main” setup and gearing around it appropriately. When you want to specialize in another setup, create a full second set of gear.

This seems daunting until you realize you can farm a dungeon for a week and get all the tokens you need. Or just use karma to buy sets like Rabid in Orr, including jewelry. You can, of course, cut some corners, like wearing Rabid gear with the Tool Kit.

Its not about the dungeon runs or anything like that. It’s when I get my T3, I don’t want to switch OUT of my T3 armor to look like some dunce in another set of armor. and I’m not spending hundreds of gold on several T3 sets.

I totally understand. I went through the same thing with my Guardian because I wanted tier 3 human cultural armor. Ended up buying the full set except for the helmet (still have the starter helmet with the cross-ish thing on it).

For Engineer, I’d probably just look at getting a Rampager set. That would seem to me to be the most adaptable setup.

Actually that looks like a good idea I was sort of thinking of getting toughness or vit or something, but when I think about it, if you don’t get hit you don’t need to worry. Now I just gotta practice not getting hit :P