Guild Wars 2

I have played an Engineer since Beta 1. I have put many hours in-game and still currently play engineer over alts. I love my engineer, and despite the amount of nerfs or buffs will continue to play Engineer, this is my class.

Now I agree that Flamethrower is not a bursting kit, we can get might stacks and 200 toughness, along with push-back and an aoe blind. I have used Flamethrower builds to try and up the damage and it works slightly, yet casting #1 and dodging because I am more squishy isn’t the most fun, i’d rather bring utility and toughness and some vitality and be more tank base than do some DPS and die.

I agree that we can improve flamethrower, the #1 skill could apply Burning for a bit longer, the Toolbelt skill is a 60sec cool down, that applies burning on 3 hits, not the greatest and i’d be all for it changing, perhaps 3 hits are increased in damage or grants might to allies, yet it’s a toolbelt ability so I’m not expecting jesus powers from it.

Yes, Elementalist can be more versatile. I can heal, throw up buffs on allies and damage withing seconds and still live. Guardians can tank/heal/do damage, yet nothing plays like my Engineer. If it’s a notebook, it’s a mac book. Not widely used, and mostly for flash.

My biggest problem is in saying we are the gods of versatility, and that has been beaten to death by every player yet still stands. A-net states it doesn’t want us doing mad burst damage, as we are so versatile. I am okay with this IF they improve bugs, and our versatility.

There are still numerous of bugs to fix with our class, Flamethrower I hope is the first start of fixes and changes to come. I am tired of seeing “fixes” or as some call them “nerfs” nearly every patch, while one or two things will get changed for the better. Yet A-net admits they want to buff and tweak things slowly, rather than go in with a blizzard mentality and just make something godlike and have to change it right away. The gear I have changed, bought, and farmed for is growing in my bank at the moment in all honesty.

I’m all for more post, and thoughts on Engineer improvements, In reality it’s all we can really do, unless you just want to reroll a boring Guardian (no offense). Viva la Engineer.