Guild Wars 2

Just thought I’d post some really great info regarding the WvW Condition Engineer:

Good read on condition stacking:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Effect_stacking

As many know, I’ve been a real advocate for the Condition Duration side of things and there is a lot of give or take here when it comes to WvW.

100% Condition Duration Builds:
For those that really want to pursue and get the most out of a 100% condition duration engineer your going to be rolling P/P. The tactics that are going to be suited best for you is hit supply camps, taking out dolyaks (hehe they can’t remove conditions well by themselves), and 1 vs 1 or several.

50% Condition Duration/Damage Builds:
These are basically in the middle ground between the 100% duration role and the condition damage roles. Basically the best of both worlds. The problem is that you’re probably still going to need veggie pizza or runes to hit 50% duration so some tough decisions nee to be made. Are you going to do as much total condition damage as the 100%? No.

Condition Damage Builds:
These builds are great for zergs. They lack the total condition damage because they are not using condition duration, but their burns will be better for taking down targets when condition duration isn’t really necessary. This also opens them up to a lot more choices of runes and food. Personally I’ve seen the food that heals on crit and it’s pretty nice especially if there is a lot of arrow carts.

The Boon Duration Builds:
As we’ve recently seen Mask unveil the boon duration and it’s adding another dynamic for engineers to do damage through the use of boons. This is really similar to the 100% condition duration build, but with boons. It also shares in with the Condition Damage builds because it doesn’t really modify the duration, but greatly enhances the amount of condition damage per second. Personally I think this build would work great ikittenerg as well. It would be interesting if that 90% boon duration apply if somone gives you a boon, I don’t think it does though. A support engineer w/ 90% boon duration detonating turrets for might or effects would be pretty cool ikittenerg to.

Now in honesty each and every build here is capable of rolling solo and we’ve seen the videos, it’s just taking a look at how well they could work in WvW in different situations.

Hope this helps everyone.