Guild Wars 2

ahuba.6430:

huh? where did I say i felt insulted?
And he asked mainly pvp questions and since you never played engineer (you said it yourself) i don’t think your word is the best advice. My guess is you’re talking about pve, because in pvp they have been a welcomed class for a long time.

It’s the undertone that makes a post not it’s content.
That argument doesn’t make sense here. Thats like telling you you can’t call a class balanced unless you’ve played every class in the game.
Repeatedly playing against a certain class alon with general knowledge of game, skills and mechanics allows you to measure the strenght of a class.

ahuba.6430:

No, engineers are great in pvp. They’re balanced and stand a good chance against thieves. They are without doubt a “good class”. Engineers are not the best at chasing but they’re one of the best at locking people down.
Rifle is not that in pvp (imo of course), most people run pistol/shield and most engineers have succeeded that way.

Engineers have such a depth has a class that if we told you everything about them you would just feel overwhelmed.

Why do engineer players take literally everything you say about the class as an insult? What kind of attitude is that.?

As a matter of fact most if not any of the roles an engineer fullfils another class can fulfill as well while usually delivering either better utility or – in most cases – better dps.
I never said the class is bad or anything like that but again it isn’t generally considered to be good and that has it’s reasons.

1. Thats because the game isn’t really that well balanced in general but especially not in PvP.
Engineers aren’t generally considered to be a “good” class even though they bring quite some utility and mediocre damage to the table in direct comparison to most of the other classes they simply loose.
That in conjunction with the fact that the engi hasn’t got the best chasing capabilities probably leads to your problem.

2. Well… read the first sentence of answer 1 again. Thats just what thiefes do.

5. The engineer has a lack of conditions that are needed in PvP. You’ve got an Immobilize with the rifle and a slow with the pistol but thats pretty much it I#ve never played engi myself so i might be missing something but overall theres nothing useful that would come to my mind.