Guild Wars 2

I haven’t played since the flame and frost debacle. Just wanted to know if anet still hates engineers?

Yes. They’re not considered meta in any gameplay. Not in pve dungeon speedruns, not in wvw outside certain roaming situations, not in pvp competitive. In casual pvp there is decap engi which is kinda silly but people insist on using it. It basically does 0 damage and just pushes people around.

Hate? I wouldn’t say that at all. There’s plenty of viable builds for us to use across all aspects of this game. Ok, they may not be the most popular among most players, but does that mean we are weak? Nope! Just have to learn how to play them and get through their rougher mechanics The April 15th update will see a lot of fixes for our turrets, so keep an eye out for that

engineer is strong in pve, insanely strong in pvp, and is probably the best roamer in wvwvw.

Well it is a bit of a stretch to say we are the best roamer in wvw.
We are incredibly useful in most situations. The playstyle often differs quite a bit by each game mode and the learning curve is high.
I think a commander on SOS put it well last night. A good engineer brings incredible value to a group, any group, but most engineers are good only occasionally.

it’s not a stretch. 1v1 we can win against anything except condi necros, but no necro can ever catch up to an engineer. we have enough mobility to run from any zerg and enough damage to probably down a few as they chase.

As I see it, the guardian, is in my opinion, is the most solid and well rounded professions.
The Engineer is a close second. Then of coarse we have the OP warrior. The rest of them are up for debate.