Guild Wars 2

Thanks, I’ll keep those tips in mind. Reworking my gear and traits for less healing and more power/crit/condition viability would probably yield better results.

So I just finished my first run of AC story mode and it was fun, we cleared it no problem with a full pug group. My only concern is that my level 31 engineer with full +healing level appropriate gear with some +power, +toughness, and +vitality mixed in didn’t feel very effective, but maybe that’s because I’m used to watching health bars almost instantly fill up on games like WoW and SWTOR.

This is my first character, and even though I know the holy trinity concept doesn’t really apply to this game, I rolled it with dedicated healing in mind, because that’s been my favorite role in other MMOs. I used my elixir gun and healing turret pretty much the whole time, dropping aoe heals whenever possible, cleansing debuffs, booning the party, and throwing down my rocket turret for some added damage output. I noticed that my heals DID come through when it came down to it, just not as noticably as they do in games with true dedicated healers.

Am I not playing my engineer to its full potential? In other words, would I be better suited as a more focused DPS character? Tips for trait point allocation, gear/stat priority, and skills are appreciated.

I dunno how anyone could really be that bad, especially at AC. I started this game about 3 days ago and cleared AC like an hour ago on my first try with a PUG. Dodging AoE’s=winning?