Ok, first trait line, zero points. Stupid tree. Spirit weapons are worthless.
Second line, zero points. Stupid tree. First two tiers are wasted points.
Third line. Heals on meditations got buffed, so lets go with that.
Fourth line. Symbols are bigger, so making them even bigger is better, lasting longer, and healing me… That’s Awesome!
hmmm… if I am gonna use symbols, I should use Altruistic healing.
So I’ll switch healing meditations with AH, but if I am gonna do that, I’ll use shouts, so I should get the 20% reduced cooldown instead of bigger symbols.
…and if I am gonna use AH I should get Empowering Might, instead of longer lasting symbols.
…and I saw a guy with runes that cause shouts to cure a condition, and combined with the trait that makes shouts turn a condition into a boon it could get pretty awesome… so I should get that instead of healing symbols.
…hmmm… Well if I’m not going to use the symbols I don’t really need altruistic healing, so I should use the meditations heal trait instead.
…and If I am going to use meditations I don’t need the 20% reduced cooldown on shouts, so I’ll get bigger symbols.
..and I won’t need that trait that make shouts convert conditions, so I’ll get healing symbols.
..and without AH I really don’t need EM, so I’ll get longer lasting symbols.
Hmmm.. AH… if I’m gonna use all these symbols I really should use AH…
AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only way to play the engineer is to exploit it.
Playing the engineer “as intended” is simply not viable.