Guild Wars 2

So for getting the best DPS, is it better to focus on explosives or condition damage? It sounds like might stacking and explosives is the main way to go if you want to be competitive?

This is a little bit disappointing. How low would you say Eng is on the DPS scale? 10% below all other classes? 50%? With all of their utility, I wouldn’t expect Eng to crush other classes in DPS but I don’t want to feel like the “special” player in a group becaues I can’t kill anything.

I played GW2 at release but got burned out on content after about 6 months of intense playing. I took a break and am looking to get back into the game. I’ve always loved the Engineer but around release the class wasn’t in a great place. Overall damage was low since pistols relied on cond damage so it didn’t scale as well as other classes based on crit or power (and shotgun was med-close range), shield skills were bugged, and spamming grenades was about the only way to do respectable damage.

Is the class in a good place now? I know it’s a very fun class to play in WvW/PvP, but can do you respectable DPS in dungeons? Are there any major traits or skills that are bugged?

EDIT: I’m also not asking about specific builds or anything like that. More a general view of how the class is compared to release.