Guild Wars 2

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Thank you all who helped, or contacted me. The community of GW2 really is a positive thing!

Rocking horse manure is, seemingly, more common than the item I seek. Seeking Eldorado a trifle compared to locating these items…

Yes, I seek true treasure. Rarer than gold (or any other metal it seems).

Silver Doubloons.

Apparently all the pirates of Tyria carried copper coins beyond count, had gold by the galleon and plundered much platinum.

But silver to cast as doubloons? None. Zero. Or, more precisely for me, Five. Five pesky coins. And sadly I am seeking more than that amount, many more. And as such, I come, cap in hand.

I seek a total of 250 of these doubloons (running total updated below), for crafting of The Juggernaut (the creation of which is pricey enough without this…).

I understand (I sought wisdom from the Oracle of /wiki) Silver Doubloons can be found sometimes as detritus at the bottom of the Mystic Toilet.

When one casts “Pebbles, Nuggets, Marks or Copper Doubloons” x 4, the result can, apparently be Silver Doubloons.

I am not convinced, though perhaps it’s an option for assistance?

Failing that the much more direct (and helpful?!) tactic would be to gather the doubloons themselves – and here is where I wave my empty cap, and jangle my little tin cup:

Silver Doubloons I seek.

250/250 currently.

On the Piken Square (EU) I reside.

Your help, much appreciated.

Any kindness, I hope as I can, to be passed forward in time.

Quite Charrmed, I’m sure.

Tooth/Toof

Edit: I’ll update the post as I move on (either help here or farming etc.).

As such, showing thanks to:

JustTrogdor
Miri Swiftarrow
Khrysalis Ra
Nwylla

The generosity and friendliness shown so far even has been amazing. Even people who could not help have messaged saying good luck etc. – that is wonderful community spirit, thank you.

(names may be a mix of forum ID and characters… sorry!)

(nearly there… kinda… wow!)

Builds what I have tried recently:

SD with Rocket Boots & Mines

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrlcx+KseRCbBNyx0GQNBRuxq8xIEAA-TJRHwAEuAAf2fAwDA4YZAA

Amendment to above with extra burning

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrlcx+KseRCbBNyx0GQNBRuxq8xIEAA-TJRHwAEuAAf2fAwDA4YZAA

FT HGH build

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrlcx+KseRCbBNyx0GQNBRuxq8xIEAA-TJRHwAEuAAf2fAwDA4YZAA

And something else I tried…

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrlcx+KseRCbBNyx0GQNBRuxq8xIEAA-TJRHwAEuAAf2fAwDA4YZAA

Just for flavour of what I’ve messed around with, and to an extent enjoyed.

Worth mentioning I do like Power Shoes when roaming around. And SD I actually find enjoyable too. But FT seems very (much more?) useful in the mass zerg of open world PVEing for tagging mobs etc.

Hi all

I took a significant break from the game but came back a few weeks ago to play through the story etc. I got hooked again, quickly.

Whilst leveling a Mesmer to 80 I decided to revisit my Engineer, and realised it is where my heart still lies (Charr4Life). So, I set forth to mess around and discover how I like to play them again. And this brings me here, for advice.

What I have:

Celestial (Ascended):
Full armour (strength runes)
Rifle
Pistol & Shield

Berserker (Ascended):
Full armour (no runes, just finished crafting – nice Star farm in SW)
Rifle

What I do (play):

Exploration, farming, fun dungeon runs, dailies etc. I’m not a speed-run PVE master.

What I like:

FT and EG. The way they work (expect the hobosacks…), the movement EG brings, the ability to tag easy, the fields and finishers.
Rifle. Preferred standard weapon for me, definitely.
Elixirs or Turrets for healing. Like both.
Elixir play in general I find reactive, sometimes…
Gadgets, but I know there are faults there.
Swiftness (or at least movement speed buffs)! Don’t we all want to get there quicker?

What I don’t like:

Grenades. Yes, I know they do rock. But I can’t play (physically) the spamming of this, so please no suggestions of that.
Bombs. I don’t like either, just don’t get the feel for them.
Turret builds… I wish I did like them. But I’ve always found them lacking, mainly the ease of destruction and the obvious lack of mobility.

What I want:

Some ideas.
Fun is good!
Reactive play.
Condition removal is a boon (especially in SW).
Not to be patronised (I know I’m no meta player, and I know I won’t play something I just do not like…).

Thanks all

Charrtooth

Further to this… what about Thumper turret over EG (for the blasts).

Maybe this…

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpyq1axmKseNSdBNqoA6AUguK6EGjQD

I guess Bunker Down is a silly choice for the last point in Firearms?

Thanks for the reply. Whatever a frand is, I hope you have many.

I do kinda like the build. But find it hard to move to pistol/shield over rifle. If nothing else I just got a ascended rifle from some dungeon (wrong stats, but was nice). And if I go shield… how can I get a Celestial shield without levelling a Weaponsmith alt?

As for the build. I like it. I like FT. I dunno, feels fun. Plus (as stated above) I hate how I look when using Bombs/Grenades and also the Grenade spam is obscenely stupid on the hand…

However, why EG and not another Turret to get most of the Turret boons? Maybe Flame Turret for the Might?

Also, (and this is for anyone… really) is P/P really as terrible as people say? Why do mobs that run straight past 3 other people turn on me the second I start to FT them?

And why do Asura look so cute. Until they grin and show their weird little teeth.

Yours, in questions.

Overtoof.

Ok. So this is a post for me to find help and assistance. But maybe it can help other people as well.

Since the patch I’ve become a little more confused (more than normal anyway). Things seem interesting with some cool changes. But I’m not sure how they work (or don’t).

Aside from the massively annoying bleeping noise is Bunker Down worth it? Do the Boons from the Turrets make them worthwhile as a supporting build?

Just questions as an example. But you get the idea. Lots of stuff has changed (Turrets are ok now?) but what does it mean outside of utter Min-Max play?

Now, for me:

I have 2 pieces of Celestial gear and like how that gearset feels and stuff. So that’s what I’m gonna be wearing. I will probably get Celestial weapons too (I like Rifle mainly, but also P/P seems fun, however I understand our weapons are just “secondary” to kits).

I don’t like grenades. My fingers and wrists are old as Methuselah so I’d prefer not to spam like that. I also don’t like how my charracter (see what I did there?) looks like he is constipated when he uses bombs. Couple that with my actual liking of the Flamethrower (blame ‘Nam) and I’d prefer a build around the FT. Possibly with EG. Or Turrets.

Anyway. That’s where I come unstuck. I’ve seen things from people (Phineas.Poe and Wolfineer strike me as names). But much of what is around is “old”. Or pre-patch. Or maybe that’s how things “should” be.

Maybe things haven’t changed! (Gasp)

So. Here’s a request for help or info or advice on the new patch and what it brings for Engineers. For people who maybe aren’t quite right at the tip-top. And maybe want a little bit of fun still in play (I know min-max can be fun, if it’s what you want).

Oh. And this is for PVE. Just in case you wondered.

Thanks for reading the ramble.

Yours, in Cog-Smashing and Oil-Burning (these should totally be Engineer abilities and we should totally get 1H/2H-Hammer as a weapon, not kit).

Grufftooth of Piken Square

Time to farm me back the mats for Berserker gear then… gulp

Thanks for the replies so far.

So, I kinda got myself in a slight pickle. By accidentally nuking two pieces of my (Berserker) gear. I took the opportunity to craft a set of Rabid gear and got a few Rampager/Rabid items too (including two pistols, as I like the way pistols play).

And then I ran into the world and threw some grenades and liked it. But felt unsure of my direction.

Elixir drinking/tossing is all well and good, and I kinda like it,. But I am intrigued of other ways of play. I doubt (or have no real view to) jumping into terribly hard Dungeons or such yet (I don’t want to be mocked and kicked… ).

As such I am happy to wander around and try things out. I think Condition play seems kinda fun.

Other than Grenades could I try Cond with Flamethrower/Elixir Gun? How would that look? What kind of things would I go for?

I can always stick/return to Grenades. But could I play with Grenades AND the thrower or Elixir Gun as my back-up?

Some kit switching is ok. But I don’t wanna be getting tangled fingers from constantly doing it. Fun is important in my play – but I don’t wanna play something that’s crazy stupid bad, or terribly complex all the time.

I’m aware there’s a big Update in April and everything could change. But what would people advise now?

Sorry For the wall of text and rambling questions, it’s just my way!

Thanks for the reply. However, I’m a little lost in some of your videos – they’e useful but think of me as a real newbie…

Could you advise about the use of Berserking gear in a ’Nades build?

The complexity of naming of gear sets and sigils confuses me to an extent! But I’m learning…

Hi

I have got in late to the game (and thoroughly enjoyed it so far). Recently hit level 80 and did the Lion’s Arch shenanigans with Scarlet. Things were confusing but fun.

Really like the Engineer but I’m kinda swamped with posts and ideas. Some (or many) seem massively outdated (there seems to have been some big updates around Christmas?) and / or focused on really high level play.

I’m seeking guidance or assistance on a relatively new player. I’ve not access to crazy gear or gold (though I have a set of Exotic Berserker gear – including Rifle, Pistol and Shield) that I made myself/bought.

I prefer to play with my friend in PVE exploration and questing. With some dungeons thrown in. So no need for WvsW or such.

When it comes to kits and stuff, I’d like to keep it “relatively” simple. I have tried and liked FT and EG, but wondered about Grenades. I also like the “feel” of Elixirs. Could a Grenade/Elixir (HGH?) build work?

Hope you lot can help cut through the mess and confusion for me.

Much appreciated.

’Tooth