Guild Wars 2

Last night I went through Ascalonian Catacombs path 1. Our party was 3 eng, 1 warrior and 1 necro.,

Eng weapons of choice

1 (me) with pistol and shield – 2 turrets, mortar and personal battering ram.
1 with rifle/turrrets
1 with bomb kit/some turrets

I was mainly the Mortar man, heck some things only lasted 4 secs under mortar and player concentration of fire.

During the last boss fight. there were some great moments. The mortar firing drop health shells as needed. One of the best ones was our Necro went down and was surrounded by trash mobs our bombineer was trying to get him up I drop the concussion barrage followed by the elixir(health) shell. Saved both of them as we were able to get the necro up before the boss nuke the area. All the players in the group were in the zone.

Another good time (not eng related) was, we had two engineers downed me and the bombineer. our turrets were trying to save us but losing the battle. that is when our warrior showed up and drop the rez banner on us. BAM!!! we were back in the fight.

I was able to drop breeder fast with the mortar while my turret protected me. The pistol and shield although not as strong in damage as my rifle, gave me the ability to stun the mob interrupting their big attack. I do not know how many time that saved downed players for being nuked. I must have been doing something right because bosses would often chase me around and I could keep myself alive and moving fast with my health kit.

Over all our group work very well together and my setup was great for this path on this dungeon but the coolest thing is we are Engineers and if I need to go rifle with crowd control for the next path I can.

Engineer not a master of anything but good at many things. sure we may need a tweak here and there but I love this class flaws and all.

The question is, did you do anything with mortar and turrets that you couldn’t have done better with supply drop, grenade kit, and the mine gadget?

Simply answer yes.

For me being an engineer is like figuring out a puzzle. Not as straight forward as a Warrior. Eng have to change to meet the challenge in front of them. They have to be willing and able to think outside the box.

Yeah I have face many $&$^#)(@ moments but at level 80 I took each skill and worked with it until I understood what I could and could not do with it. I have learned to set up my fields and exploit them, when to use turret ect… Lots of trial and error.

I cant wait to see what I can figure out next

Thanks for your question.

Yeah, I’m just too dumb to do puzzles, and am both unwilling and unable to think outside of boxes, or adapt to challenges. Later, gonna go roll a warrior now

You should probably go do that then.

I just wanted to pop in and say that I enjoyed the story and positive outlook you have towards the engineer. This mindset is what will make you a better player over time especially with a class that requires a high level of adaptation on the fly.
Kudos

While i dont beleive that the mortar was helping you over other things you could have done that woulda been more impactful (but woulda required more button pressing). Point is it was fun and it worked. Which theres definitly something to take away from that.

i wouldnt say engineer is a puzzle btw, though making use of other players combo fields and combo finishers is a more exciting aspect of the combat in this game, and we do have access to a nice variety of combo fields.

Mortar seems like a good skill after hearing your story… but… no offense… AC last boss, doesn’t warrant an epic story, its one of the easiest Boss in the entire game, you could 3 man it, seriously, it only degrades Mortar/Turrets into being useful only in easy battles. Again no offense meant. Just my 2 cents.