Guild Wars 2

I am returning to GW2 and wanted to start with my previously most underutilized character, the engineer. I would like to try out as many different builds as I can, while grinding out some gold for additional sets of armor and runes. After searching through the forums, it appears that Apothecary armor has the most build diversity. Am I correct in thinking that a set of apothecary would be the place to start?

apothecary does’nt have build diversity. forces you into a tanky condi role which isn’t ideal for any pve scenario. berserkers unfortunately has the most build diversity. there are endless builds you can run with full zerk.

Are you planning to do PvE or WvW? There are quite a few very different, good WvW builds that are tanky+conditions, although you’ll probably want at least half dire instead of full apothecary. I’m sure it would be awful for PvE, though. Even a bomb healing build is much better off in cleric’s for the bomb auto.

Apothecary has no build diversity. Id say to start get a rabid/dire mix and/or a soldiers and berserkers mix. If you are ever looking for an apothecary build tho, its in my sig.

Thank you for all the input. I primarily run WvW, while participating in dungeons to keep myself financed.