Guild Wars 2

Bit too hit 80 through crafting and such so I don’t know the class that well if at all. started getting into it today and I’m trying to gear for wvw as a roamer. I grabbed the rifle today and loved it, however I almost never see a engi with one, it’s always p/p p/s any reason why? I wanna build around it but not if it’s lackluster ir bugged is roaming with a rifle effective?

Ps sorry the the single paragraph ding this on my phone on my ten lol

Rifle is a good weapon, it’s just that conditions are more popular for roamers and pistol is obviously a better main hand for condi.

I sometimes use p/s in a power build as well simply because of the aoe CC+block

I wanna go power for two reasons
1. Don’t wanna buy a new set of armor for pve
2. Condi has never really been my thing
I’m toying with condi in pvp, and I do enjoy it up until people just decide not to fight you and walk away. How does a power builds with p/s do? I like the shield but pistol seems so condi orientated still not that I’m against rolling condi.

If you’re running P/S power, most of your damage is going to be from your kits (nades and/or bombs). Pistol #2 can hit pretty hard, and the blind on #3 is of course always good, with shield having great utility.

In my eyes there are 2 viable options for a roaming power engi. The first would the glassy static discharge build (SD) that focuses on maxing out tools and choosing utilities with a low CD toolbelt skill to make the most out of an adept tools trait called static discharge. These builds are generally extremely glassy however they can also be fairly tanky depending in how you use the skills available to you. Sil has a lot of roaming and dueling vids of a not so glassy SD build but i personally prefer the kill or be killed approach with mine. Haimanhelm also has a couple videos of himself running a full glass SD build in WvW, but those ones are a bit outdated.

Your 2nd option would be an HGH rifle build, which focuses on elixirs and stacking very high amounts of might. This thread has many examples of videos and builds of HGH builds, both condi and power

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/HGH-might-stacking-power-vs-condi

ty both very much for your assistance, i kinda like the SD more so cause i play a all glass d/d theif that i feel is played the same kill fast or be killed fast. Ill start playing around with your sugestions and see what i come up with

If you’re going to go glassy SD, I’d say that two of your utilities should be rifle turret and toolkit. Rifle turret toolbelt is good damage with an extremely low cooldown, tool kit toolbelt does the same damage as rifle turret toolbelt but can hit twice, and toolkit gives you a pull+pry bar for high damage, and a 20 second cooldown block. 3rd choice is up to you, Personal battering ram is ok, utility goggles are decent, elixir gun is a more defensive choice but is also good (#2 and #4 do very good damage in a power build)

havnt toyed with the rifle set yet but i have with these others. As for a 3rd ill probably go for elixer gun as i normally roam with my roomate itll give some team play and i like the weakness proc. Im playing with build calculators to fine tune my numbers but hopefully with these tips and advice ill be ready by the april 15th patch to gear up. tyvm

Carpboy.7145:

In my eyes there are 2 viable options for a roaming power engi. The first would the glassy static discharge build (SD) that focuses on maxing out tools and choosing utilities with a low CD toolbelt skill to make the most out of an adept tools trait called static discharge. These builds are generally extremely glassy however they can also be fairly tanky depending in how you use the skills available to you. Sil has a lot of roaming and dueling vids of a not so glassy SD build but i personally prefer the kill or be killed approach with mine. Haimanhelm also has a couple videos of himself running a full glass SD build in WvW, but those ones are a bit outdated.

Your 2nd option would be an HGH rifle build, which focuses on elixirs and stacking very high amounts of might. This thread has many examples of videos and builds of HGH builds, both condi and power

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/HGH-might-stacking-power-vs-condi

11 times now? that hgh guide is coming.

for the op take the link in my Sig to my YouTube I have a few videos that utilize the rifle pritty effectively.and they might be able to help you out, if there is anything you like do hesitate to ask about it and I can help you out.

My SD build. Blocks 4 days. Energy sigil is also near the same thing as vigor.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcAQFAUlUUpmqlcxvLseNSM6BpFdmDpA/3HkC7mXA-z0BBYLA0HAZnBKHdZstBFRjVXDT5iIqmUA6pMC-w

I will almost definitely change my build after the patch. The new firearms GM could be very interesting

nothing hits harder than a grenade s/d build.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcAQFAUlUUpmqlcxELseNiM6Bp1ZimoC53nH01DChA-zkBBYfAkIAZmFRjtypIas6aYKXER1kCAmhRA-w

of course that build is extremely fragile. i run something a little safer with nearly the same burst potential and has more sustained damage.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcAQFAUlUUpmqlcxELseNiMSRnJaiUkf63nHv1DChA-zECBYjAkIAZmKrJqCiVhFRjVVTQWXDT5KpkCAmhRA-w