Guild Wars 2

Can we see the engineer get a melee weapon?
my while thought on it is the class getting a dagger.
And name the weapon skills either close range melee poison attacks.
Or add on the the option side of engineer. Have skills Serenity throw acids at a opponent (not a target area like grenades) an stack conditions. maybe even grant near by allies the ability to poison.
the latter is my fav. Making it more like a battle chemist. Or battle alchemist.
I’d like to see attacks that stack poison, weakness, burn. Ext.. All that good stuff you get when mixing chemicals.

Any other suggestions maybe axe?

Mace would probably be the most thematically fitting. Since it can be assumed that engineers would have to use hammers to build things like turrets.

I’d rather have a more long ranged weapon specialisation, the rifle we got now feels like a shotgun with a long barrel.

Sturmtiger.2718:

I’d rather have a more long ranged weapon specialization, the rifle we got now feels like a shotgun with a long barrel.

I got the same feel, rolled an engi to be a sniper, ended up being going rifle warrior (feels like a trench soldier, love it so far)

However, as for a melee weapon, i would feel a 2h or 1h mace would be best as a nice whack from a sledge can fix many a problem.
Honestly i wish they would just remove weapon restrictions entirely.

Atamis.1607:

Sturmtiger.2718:

I’d rather have a more long ranged weapon specialization, the rifle we got now feels like a shotgun with a long barrel.

I got the same feel, rolled an engi to be a sniper, ended up being going rifle warrior (feels like a trench soldier, love it so far)

However, as for a melee weapon, i would feel a 2h or 1h mace would be best as a nice whack from a sledge can fix many a problem.
Honestly i wish they would just remove weapon restrictions entirely.

There’s no way for them to do this.

Unless they made a skill set for EVERY profession for EVERY weapon.

Or redesigned the entire skill system.

Turn the grenade kit into a grenade launcher kit. No more targeting the ground until every engineer develops carpal tunnel. Grenades would travel an arch similar to glueshot and do aoe damage when they first make contact with a target.

For melee, I would like to see something like a drill kit. Melee, with the ability to go underground and drill straight into your opponents. Think moletarians.

The wrench is fine and all but having variety wouldnt hurt.

I think axe makes sense for the Engineer as well as the mace. Either way a new weapon for any race probably won’t be integrated until a full expansion is released, unless the massive update that is coming up has one planned, but I doubt that will happen considering the youth of Guild Wars 2.

Pull the wrench kit out and there’s your melee weapon. I know it’s not much but I still use it from time to time.

Hammer already feels forced for engineer. I can’t picture axes at all.
kitten just give us a chainsaw! Farming in Cursed Shore would become much more interesting.