Guild Wars 2

I’ll do anything to avoid another few years of core engi in PvE.

There was a time I could hastily scrape up whatever skills and traits when some synergy came in mind and made it work. Both for PvE and PvP. To be honest it’s the solidification of meta builds that ruined it for me as there’s no reason for many people not to run or request the most effective dps builds in PvE. And you’ll get yelled at if you’re not a hammer mender scrapper in PvP.

Kreed.2768:

MrForz.1953:

I have my share of okay looking rifles for whatever my Thief will become at this point.

However, my engi still could use some shotguns. The Ogre blaster is getting old now.

I think the Privateer Rifle might be a nice option if you’re looking for a more short barrel type shotgun look.

Yep, have it for my piratey needs, it’s a bit sore on other themes though.

I have my share of okay looking rifles for whatever my Thief will become at this point.

However, my engi still could use some shotguns. The Ogre blaster is getting old now.

I roam from time to time with a scrapper marauder edition of ye olde static discharge rifle build and upgraded rocket boots. I was… surprised to see it working better than I expected. But it’s not #daredevilsickplayz material.

Well, I suppose being overequipped doesn’t count as flashy right?

You’re just going to get destroyed even with such a setup.

Arantheal.7396:

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Excellent. I’ve just finished perfecting my pirate looks.

I don’t care all that much about that whole sexualization thing. What bothers me is that I can’t get my 100% hatred fueled, psycho berserker barbarian type to actually look like one.

One day the Med Kit Engineer will rule everything.

Most of Thieves got enough edgelordism within them to go “Nothing personnel kid” without the actual teleport.

DeceiverX.8361:

You French people surely need to keep better track of your pants if those are common phrases. I recommend a wonderful invention called the belt.

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Thankfully those are not common. Like, not at all. Ah, now I remember why I left Vizunah Square like 4 years ago and migrated to NA.

Some people want to give support the way a combat medic does. Which is further intensified when there are such tools that are meant to be used the way they initially wanted to. But sadly, somehow it’s underwhelming even after Anet’s latest redesigns. A dream, old of now 5 years that is overshadowed by about everyone else with these kind of options.

They call me a masochist when I cling to my Engi’s condi build instead of Scrapper Mender.

Grieving all the way with Balthy’s runes and the Smoldering sigil. That might be so kitten stupid it could work wonders.

I’m in the same boat. It’s literally the only thing I’m missing now.

I guess I happen to like a static playstyle from a class that acted like an eternal bouncing spring for 5 years. It’s fine by me.

You OP however need to get rid of all the salt you’ve accumulated over the years. Your fun looks unhealthy seeing the way you describe all that.

I used to be very vocal about rifle and thieves before HoT’s spec reveal and how I was against it. And this is exactly what I didn’t want to witness. It’s an unhealthy design that should have stopped at the warrior’s killshot/gunflame.

The spec has skills that are ripped apart from eachother. The damage however is off the charts.

I’ll never get this whole assassin thing. But this is the only other class I’ve bothered investing in.

I’d only bother with a bard if it can make some sick guitar solos.

Most of charr faces really are the stuff of nightmares. Charr aren’t supposedly beautiful but kitten it, it’s beyond horrible to see.

I’ve never even thought of changing my face or even getting out of this 5 years old preset for this reason.

Zalavaaris.5329:

Just made mine last night, so worth it. It’s killing me that I have to wait a month to fully use it lol

I’ve already been waiting for an eternity to use that kitten legendary since both engi and warrior have no hope with it and I’m skeptical that this spec will make decent use of it.

Clearly the Engineer rifle.

Get a vast knowledge in medium armor and make a charr for those meaty weapon hits.

I’ve only seen that we can explode. That’s all I care about.

MrCameron.4863:

I hope this response is a joke. Have fun playing cleric engi. I hope you aren’t recommending this build to pugs in WvW.

Probably is. Needs some time off.

eagles.6380:

Deadeye look’s fun, a legit sniper. Its gonna be fun in wvw, super long range, super bursts etc.

It seems like you need to engage combat with your target and play with the malice stacking before unleashing the burst. Your target is likely to be all over you. Super fun.

Spartacus.3192:

havent seen in detail but for me a thief that can killshot from 1200 range or more sounds really scary

Which isn’t the case. I believe the Deadeye needs to make preparations that include fighting (so no 1200 range surprise instagib, infact, that might even be really costly to him) before bringing the pain. Still, I’m not sure rerolling a Thief would be your best move given that the whole thing looks dull overall.

Shadow Bane.9362:

One thing people have failed to mention here is that it is also tells your enemy that they’re in your sights with the mark mechanic if the mark doesn’t put them immediately into combat then people will just immediately slot reflects/blocks/projectile destruction if they are not up all ready. GG

They had to figure out something that didn’t result in the 2012 backstab build with 1200 range.

Hammer and Scrapper are rather meh overall in PvE, a torture really. The traitline issues will force you to go Core. You’ll need Firearms, Tools, Explosives along with the Grenade kit all the time whether you’re Power or Condition.

You’ll need condition duration (Viper gear) and a Flamethrower if going the conditions way now that it’s become a stat.
Otherwise it’s berserker rifle.

LectroNyx.2138:

Charr thieves are cool. But… Why would you say they’re awful? I find it pretty fun, myself.

There just seems to be a lot of wrong with the direction the class goes. There isn’t much of it that makes sense.

Thief (Why they didn’t call it Rogue is beyond me) is… the only other class I’ve bothered ivesting into, the first class being Engineer and being roughly 80% of my playtime (they’re also both charr).

The class is a mystery to me and I come back to it regularily when I’m burning out with the Engi. I sometimes like to bring it out for more difficult content but I don’t have many reasons to bring a Thief outside stealth when I can remain with an Engineer that deals an ABOMINABLE amount of damage with an interchangeable set of skills that allows varying degrees of protection and support especially when I’ve been kit-juggling since 2012.

I’ve never rolled a Thief with the intent of being some brooding ninja or a cringy dark shadow assassin or any sort of murdering machine (Engi has that spot anyways). The potential utility however is nice. And a part of me wishes that an incoming spec would revolve around utility and support, based on the shadow magic the class uses, to make Thieves needed outside stealth cheesing in 5 players content.

Other than that, I support the whole charr thing, the class itself I use it just to screw around.

SpaceJamJs.1078:

You cant play anymore power builds which are the essence of actual skill.

I almost spilled my drink reading this! Nice one.

They pretty much are feline bullies. But despite that their footsteps aren’t like thunder. Animations look like they pack a punch with subtle weapons, face modification has a fair amount of flavor, fashion definitely is possible so long as you have a very extensive knowledge of medium armors.

Oh I’m certainly not critisizing, it’s taken extremely long for me to abandon such a classic and my strong distaste for that mender build on the long run got me to get back to it. Not what I signed up for nearly 5 years ago.

PierPiero.9142:

I tried many condi builds with p/p. At the end this is the one i prefer and which i find more effective .
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQJAqalUUhSuY9VwdLw6FLsF1YbMG/oYHFjPB4HeiBAA-TJRAwAx2fgzJAocZAAPAAA

Huh, the build feels like we traveled back in time hehe.

Been using this setup for years on m y Engineer. Always had room for improvement, but I think I’ve hit it this time.

Magitech armor, Aetherblade shoulders, Gas Mask, SE gloves.

A charr of few words doomsday prepped since the destruction of Lion’s Arch. The memories remain fresh to some people even years after.

It… it can’t be neglect. No dev team would leave a class, especially when there aren’t that many of them, buried six feet under. That simply doesn’t do anyone or anything any good.

Avectius.3271:

But are legendaries that expensive? How did you craft whatever ones you have? Give me an example. How much gold total did it cost you to do it?

Well, you simply have to keep in mind that whatever stuff you find on the road is considered acquired and therefore, it’s less gold for you to spend should you try to buy the materials.

I think I’ve spent something like 500g in total with the excessive farming and being fortunate enough to have met the Necromancer in WvW that had my Hunter in its loot bag. The last time I’ve looked at the final price of a legendary it was something like 2,3k gold but my weapon’s the Predator, greatsword legendaries tend to have much higher prices due to the rarity of some components + the fact it’s a greatsword.

Nowadays… I haven’t kept up with the prices, but seeing the final product being 4k doesn’t surprise me somehow, the price of some materials went rather crazy.

And here it goes again.

Yeah well, it’s not exactly easy to please everyone when Anet decided that the sheer strength and prowness of Asuras matched a Norn or a Charr if all of them were Warriors. With this being the case, you’ll have half the people looking to swing oversized weapons, and the other half looking to have adapted weapons to them. I’m siding with the latter group.

I wonder. What part of this Warrior is derivated from Thief?

I’ve always found it boring to play as human except for a very few cases, but in this one case, I couldn’t get the face I wanted. Too… cheesy, for a lack of better words.

I don’t exactly play Charr for their “brutality” but rather… their ruggedness, unique faces and the behaviors that can be created around that. Since the beginning I wanted my engineer to appear experienced, with quite a few years behind him, the brutality is a small bonus. The race is very malleable.

Uhm. Not sure I want to process all that stuff at once.

EazyPanda.6419:

The reason why I love playing as a thief is akin to why many people love Dark Souls. Make a mistake, and you will get punished for it. You will then proceed to learn from that mistake and get better.

Well I hope it’s not the PvP aspect of Dark Souls or its second game. I’ve had my share of havel buttface mages.

Engies are excellent duelists under all its forms, if anything, it’s the 1vsMany they don’t really handle that well due to having some necessary, yet very binary mechanics if one of the opponents is a condition monkey.

Well. let’s be honest, your Rifle is already a mix of Melee and Range despite being the weapon with the second highest range in our armory. The hammer puts the accent on the melee part.

But I thought Mesmers were the new Thieves.

Levetty.1279:

I prefere the celestial theme to a more typical nature theme but claiming celestial is a nature theme because planets are natural is the same as saying Engie is nature themed becuase he uses wood and metal he dug up from the ground to make his guns.

And we use that very nature on a molecular level in order to toss poison grenades, napalm, blow stuff up and throw elixirs that have questionable effects on the environment.