Guild Wars 2

I have a new level80 engineer from the max level jump ticket and I have no clue how to even play it LOL! there are so many kits and turrets and s**kittens ridiculous, i have no idea how to use any of the tools it or what situation they are best in. Can someone give me a good build for doing general OWPvE (HoT) content pls so i’m not totally incompetent at least for the time being? thanks!

Heehee you did manage to pick one of the more complex classes to pick as your first 80.

I main and Engi and can help you out if you like. Add me as a friend in game (same name as here) or shoot me a message if online. I will be more than happy to offer any advice!

I always thought this “level jumping” is not a good idea for new players, you miss out on the chance to “get to know” your character in this way you only can do when you grow with him all the way.

You can also just go around the world in easier regions to try out what your char can do and can’t do.
The PvP Lobby is a good way to try out different “armor and trinket” sets by just changing out one item, and then fighting against npc enemies, instead of getting a full set of armor and trinkets in PvE.

there are build sites out there, you should have a look and try some out.
such as metabattle.com

Careful with “meta” stuff.
Even if you find “perfect 100/100” score builds, you rarely know how many people actually rated them.
ah 100 rate meta build is worthless with just a view dozen voters, you know, compared to millions or players.
what is called “meta” could just be made up or work for a selected view.

Griffin.5379:

Careful with “meta” stuff.
Even if you find “perfect 100/100” score builds, you rarely know how many people actually rated them.
ah 100 rate meta build is worthless with just a view dozen voters, you know, compared to millions or players.
what is called “meta” could just be made up or work for a selected view.

Meta is selected by the metabattle staff, only great/good builds depend on voters. In fact there are some great builds with better rating than meta builds