Guild Wars 2

hello guys wish you all doing well here and real life

well, i was wondering are engi r still good iam new to the game ( played like a month ago ) and i bought the HoT and i think iam doing good with engi (play p/p with FT and sometimes with turrets ) BUT .. i saw almost all classes can make higher dmg and its rarely for me to see an engi around i saw like 3 or 4 since i start playing ,, so my question is are we still good here ?? and we do great at pve /pvp ?? and is it worth to get engi higher and higher ?
thanks alot for you guys

Well, if you see an engi nowadays, it’s because is a player that legimitely likes engi or its an engi main, we are 1 of the 2 most hardest classes to play, and the second one (ele) results to be more rewarding than what an engi can output.

We are fine, we have great damage and survivability, but the things that we have to do for achieve our biggest spike damage requires the use of 15 skills in order to do it, and not messing the rotation with going to a kit with cd…. and that makes us very unactractive or it discourages to play engi at his maximum effort, in other words… we look like an unfun class to play for those that didnt try engi at the first time

Engie is probably the funniest profession to play. But it is also one of the most nerfed and without a doubt the worst balanced. people who play engie do so because they love it, not because it is easier or more effective at the moment.

In PvE, the balance issues are harder to notice, and your Engie can make wonders in Open World. Raids are way more restrictive, and Engie is not one of the easier choices to do that content.

In PvP and WvW there are few builds that work, and almost everyone else has an easier time than Engies. Also, Scrapper elite spec tend to bunker too well to be balanced.

So… there is a too high contrast between too good HoT specific builds and generally subpar but fun normal builds.

We need a good, dedicated dev, urgently, to balance things out. But the profession is worth it anyway if you like the playstyle.

If you want to be unique, and are easily bored. Engi is the right class for you. Especially if you have a high skill ceiling, there’s a ton of combos with this class. I’ve played all classes in the game, but no other class keeps me interested in playing the game other than my engi. It is just so versatile and you can literally build specs and it feels like it is a whole new profession.

I would have to agree though that we need better balancing on some weapons.

Pve:
-jack of all trades-ready for every situation (you can solo many champions/events etc without huge dps loss)
-high burst dmg(suprise shot toolbelt from riffle turet + static discharge from tools trait line)
-perma swift
-combination of meele and range
-you can stealth (cannot remember how long, but its almost perma) to skip fights
-overall high dps in raids, in open world you can buff yourself

Pvp:
-skilled engi can be viable without elite spec (condi/and meaby power)
-as scrapper you are balanced, but me like core engi , I will hate you

Overall engi is high effort medium reward. This is cost for versatility… If you don’t like complex gameplay-change class