Guild Wars 2

Build consisting of Flamethrower with 200 Toughness, ToolKit, Elixir Gun, Med Kit with p/s. Traits would go 0/30/20/10/10 or 0/30/30/0/10
Could it be viable for PvE, dungeons?

Somewhat like this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqel0pyaX3SyF1LJxoCfOkC7bYQP0bdvroCVG

With Soldier armor + Emerald jewelry, an FT/EG Engineer is a durable beast.

That said, you’re probably better off speccing for damage because even with Zerker/Ruby gear you’re pretty tough. 10/30/0/20/10 is my favorite DPS setup at the moment with the Flamethrower. Click the link in my signature for a full breakdown.

Viable in dungeons? Yes. I boost everyone’s survivability and damage while dishing out plenty on my own.

Multi-kit tanking is possible, but the problem is that many professions can do things much better than an engineer. For example a guardian can use 2 blocks for the entire party and reflect/block 3 incoming projectiles as well. So if you want tanking and group tanking guardian does it better. When it comes to DPS all the other classed do a much better job as well.

The Engineer is very versatile profession, but the problem is that it lacks specialization which is really important for higher level fractals where diversity is already mixed by professions. It’s specialization is versatility, jack of all trades, ok at all, but never great.

About Guardian being the best tanking class: totally. Even with the low HP pool no other class can effectively mitigate damage the way a Guardian can. At many times playing mine I feel like if they had the Warrior’s health they’d just never die.

But I hesitate when you say that the Engineer lacks specialization.

The Engineer is the best class when it comes to “on heal” runes, especially Altruism. We can give our group 5+ seconds of Fury every 15 seconds without actually burning any heal skill. This makes playing a supportive role in groups so exceptionally easy for us. No other class has group condition removals as good as the Engineer does, either. Just slotting the Elixir Gun on your bar makes us a huge momentum shift with Fumigate’s condition removal and 100% sustained Light fields with Kit Refinement + Super Elixir. Drop it on top of a Greatsword Guardian and they’ll whirl away everyone’s nearby conditions continuously.

The only other class that can sustain Light fields, of course, is the Guardian, which requires giving up some pretty significant traits. Kit Refinement costs us nothing to our DPS—actually adding to it when using the Grenade Kit—and gives us an additional 10% Critical Damage for speccing into Tools.

The way I see it, the FT/EG Engineer may not ever top the charts in damage but I certainly allow people to improve and focus on theirs.

The Engineer is also awfully good at spreading conditions. With the right build, Engineers can consistently apply Poison, Bleed, Burn, and Confusion. This is best used in sPvP/WvW and not PvE, but it is a specialization and we do have it.