Guild Wars 2

A steam powered pet for the engineer class if you like to play around with mechanics , upgrade pet through mechanical upgrades and better parts , circuits etc , fully upgradable pet with interchangeable chassis body parts for a different looking pet would make engineer class more fun to play , YOUR THOUGHTS ? , I know pet AI not the best but would be a hoot to tinker around with to make the perfect steam powered robot lookalike pet as a companion and fighter / guardian etc .

While I like this idea (particularly as I think customizable skills are the kitten)…if this were the class mechanic, we’d pretty much be like Rangers with a fixed (but customizable) pet, and if it were anything else, it’d be the most complex example of whatever it was.

Well the original description of engineer was something along the lines of: Use components to create powerful constructs. Which then never happened.

The entire class would have to be reworked, but I’d redo turrets to be a single turret upgradeable and remotely controllable a la team fortress 2. Amusing but won’t happen.

Its a very interesting idea. I noticed several posts about the issues with engineers and weapon/back slot skins. Some people have asked for customizable kits, etc. However, when I read this post I thought maybe having a customizable mini robot would be a nice alternative.

The mini would offer the engineer something unique to the class, just like custom kits would be, with out having to rework the class to fit in an actual pet.

They could add various mini robot parts as rewards for quests and to vendors. Karma, Badges, Tokens, etc could be used to acquire new parts.

It would be something completely cosmetic so not required for those that don’t have the desire to have a mini.

gnotshr.9136:

Its a very interesting idea. I noticed several posts about the issues with engineers and weapon/back slot skins. Some people have asked for customizable kits, etc. However, when I read this post I thought maybe having a customizable mini robot would be a nice alternative.

The mini would offer the engineer something unique to the class, just like custom kits would be, with out having to rework the class to fit in an actual pet.

They could add various mini robot parts as rewards for quests and to vendors. Karma, Badges, Tokens, etc could be used to acquire new parts.

It would be something completely cosmetic so not required for those that don’t have the desire to have a mini.

And then, you could make a “Class Special Minipet” that applies to all classes.. Elementalists would get a special pixie based on their current attunement.

Engineers minipet would be based on skills in rotation (similar to toolbelt).

Necros could get a demonic minion that would grow larger (or upgrade itself temporarily) based on the amount of conditions on nearby enemies.

etc etc etc