Guild Wars 2

works fine for me in wvw….and bunker build has a lot of burst if u use your cc properly..
almost always solo roam

nerva.7940:

the fascination with GS fascinates me. it’s a very gimpy weapon, nice for lulz every now and then. works fine when youre fighting noobs or running away.

Utility

as a ranger running a regen bunker bm any thief not running p/d cond build either dies or runs…conod build is a long drawn out fight that can go either way

fire is nice and with zerker should crit for 2k-2.5kish

running 0/0/30/10/30 GS and S/A bm build using knights armor/weps and cleric jewelry….1v1 the only class ive lost to was a confusion mesmer i got to 10%…i enjoy this waaaaay more then my d/d ele

im running GS and S/A bunker/bm build with a lot of regen….so far its been mostly roaming and have had very good results.

Gisei.5749:

Glass Cannon Thief and Bunker Ele.
(fighting zergs)

Zergs are mindless. Just have the Ele dance around for a bit and keep the Zerg running in circles. When the thief sees an opportunity, the Ele needs to dive head first into the zerg, maximum distraction, while the thief goes for the target, burst it down, and spike it. Rinse and Repeat.

I’ve done the above before, and as long as both players can do their part, it works nearly without exception. I was the D/D Ele, and toying with 10-20 people isn’t a problem. When you dive into them, they all go kitten mode thinking they are about to +1 their kill count.

Thief/Thief works well too, but if you run into the wrong player, then you could both get dropped pretty quick.

must be fighting really bad ppl…everytime im on my ele im constantly getting immobilized…even running cleansing fire and ether renewal doesnt seem to be enough sometimes

GS also is great for bm specs since gs 5 makes next pet attack do 50% damage

Poizie.5187:

your right warriors arent as mobile as other classes they are a lot more mobile…

“lol, you’re kidding right? If not then please come solo roam or small group roam on your warrior here so we can introduce you to chill/cripple. Warriors are free kills in anything but a large zergball where they can killshot. RG likes them for the hammer train and that’s cool, but quite frankly warriors are pretty bad and we constantly try to get warriors here to level a class that’s actually good and useful and gear them out to make the reroll easier. Warrior burst is the most predictable in the game, they have terrible design, no synergy and other than clunky lolregen banners and terribly scaling healing shouts (which are bad except for fear me and it’s 20 year cooldown)…

They’re just bad, if every warrior would just reroll to a guardian then the group would benefit so much more. Until then it’s fun to roll over them and take their badges."

all i said was they have more mobility the a lot of other classes…not if they were good or bad….i havent played my warrior in a while but when i did i ran GS and S/B which gives u 3 movement skills and 4 when i ran bullrush…

Doomdesire.9365:

Warrior isn’t a great option for this. They aren’t as mobile as other professions. Personally, I would go with tank ele/glass thief. Tank ele apply tons of CC and keeps the main focus, thief hides in stealth and bursts down players, and also finishes them. In the event that they run into a zerg, both have enough mobility to escape.

your right warriors arent as mobile as other classes they are a lot more mobile…

most annoying stomp attempt i have had was a ranger…between interupt on #2 skill kd/fear of pets and the heal on #3 it took forever….

i solo a lot as d/d so air by far…ive played kiters in most mmos so it fits my playstyle perfectly

3k? can get close to 5k on my eng…

running a ramp/rabid cond FT build atm and its stupid powerful in small fights…with fury i have 100% crit chance and have won every 1v1 and some 2-3v1’s

been having to kite away from [OG] fg’s while ive been running around solo ;/

“Acelerion.6820

Score?…what is this score?

I bet we had the same impact as the 5-8 BT that had the misfortune of venturing into our island over and over.

Now I understand why you guys avoid running small groups"

does a group of one count as a small group?

2 decent players that have am idea what they are doing will kill a d/d ele and there are a decent amount of builds that can kill them 1v1

I have been killed by a fg of [OG] while i have been running around solo so it’s not like you guys are completely innocent either….It’s going to happen and the more you talk about it on the forums the more likely we are going to do it to you guys more.

granted im asura and use pain inverter with the build….u can use pistol 3/bomb 3/wrench 3/pain inverter to get over 4k confusion…even vs d/d eles u can stack so much conds beforehand that they can remove it

i like apoth armor/weps and carrion jewelry.

use a 0/0/30/20/20 build speced for healing

in wvw im at just under 19khp/1500tough/1800 cond damage fully buffed(use rare pizza and crystal)

haviz.1340:

Poizie.5187:

havent lost to a d/d ele on my eng since i started running 4k confusion

heh, because 99% of those eles just spam skills in the same rotation, probably not even watching their conditions.

problem is i can mask the confusion well by stacking 5-6 different conditions first making it very difficult to deal with

havent lost to a d/d ele on my eng since i started running 4k confusion

i use battering ram over rifle turret….both abilities hit for 4-8k….f abilities has 5 sec cripple and u get another kb

this is strictly WvW

grenade barrage around 16k was highest
jump shot around 10k
seen blunder/battering ram do around 8k

engs in wvw vs people with low tough can easily do 25k within a matter of a few seconds with static discharge and they have a good amount of CC

engs do have one of the better glass cannon burst specs with static discharge build

i dont have problems with most mesmers….having played one myself it is not hard to figure out ways to counter them

I played mostly static discharge build which wasnt touched…out of all my 80’s (war/thief/mes/rang) i think static discharge is the best burst build because it offers more utility and still has as much burst as any other class

static discharge glass cannon build is the best burst build ive played out of the 5 geared 80’s i have…imo better then thief/war/mes

using goggles/battering ram/wrench with it

tip: use goggles right after overcharged shot and it breaks the self kb instantly

is this in wvw/spvp?

In wvw imo eng with a zerker/static discharge build is the best bursting build ive played…(my geared 80’s include thief/mes/war/ran/eng) has bs thief burst with more options for cc making it harder to counter

spvp i couldnt tell u…static discharge is a lot less effective there

if the thief knows what he is doing it is almost impossible to stop him from getting away

most if not all classes have that type of burst potential with glass cannon builds….i can easily do that kind of damage on my static discharge eng in same amount of time….just use more abilities that hit for less in same time frame

eng might not have best single target dps but a glass cannon static discharge eng is up with backstab thief in burst damage

just gives me more of an exucse to stay static discharge build and insta kill ppl

tigirius.9014:

Grugosh.6471:

Engineer is fine and definitely not the worst class. Just many bugs, not working skill’s and a horrible scaling pistol 1. The rifle is not underpowered in my opinion!

Can you use a set of skills to one shot anything? Yeah, it’s underpowered until they allow all classes the ability to do what the warrior and the thief can do.

That’s the whole point. If they truly were interested in balance this would be a non-issue.

one shot no…insta kill any class that doesnt have a decent amount of toughness…yes

i only notice it miss when the person dodges

i personally have enjoyed goggles/battering ram/wrench
my rotation usually goes something like:

net shot
wrench
analyze
personall battering ram
(if needed)
over charged shot
goggles to stop kb on myself
hip shots as im running towards them
blunderbuss
battering ram

a skilled player is more annoying then any certain class imo

who needs rifle to do bursting when u have static discharge….just make sure u immobilize before blowing you f abilities…

who doesnt like dropping supply crates on peoples heads? ill keep my crate

i eat warriors for breakfest

JermyZ.3978:

So I ran into an engineer tonight. He’s an asura from FA, in the guild Talons [BT] I think. I was on my d/d ele and had a friend thief with me. We had some fun 1 on 1’s messing around. If that was your or if anyone knows him, can you have him PM me either here or in game (Grimmlett in game). He had a great build, wanted to ask him about it.

Also, for those of you who keep ALT+F4 when you die, I hope your PC blows up. Grow the eff up if you’re going to wvw, if you can’t handle it, go back to pve. Its getting extremely old and more and more are doing it.

That was me…had some very fun fights

I run a glass cannon static discharge build…you were easily the hardest person i have fought…couldnt quite seem to get all my burst to land on you

“I won’t call out the specific guild name, because you know who you are, but the guild in YBBL SW of Greenvale Refuge that just spent the past 5 out of 20mins exploiting some terrain bug where you were immune to damage while sticking half-way in/out of the hillside itself… Shame on you. Sad showing. Luckily for you we were too busy reporting to notice ULTD coming in behind us. Still, exploiting cause you got your tushy pushed in is pretty sad.

@ULTD: Nicely done, you guys play legit and made a nice push on our supply camp to wipe our group while we were focused elsewhere, good show. See you again momentarily.”

Dont chase them that far back…its the same thing as camping them at thier spawn

i have 4 80s and all are asura…cant rbing myself to play anything else

i love backstab thiefs…i just insta kill them with my static discharge build…

i dont do spvp…i run goggles/ram/wrench….
high end crits on chain lighting from discharge do 3.5k…ram 6-7k….wrench 5-5.5k and can hit twice if u get them cc or they run at u in a straight line

i spec for both grenades and static discharge and switch out utilities on the fly…naturally i enjoy static discharge more because nothing is better then insta killing thiefs and mesmers

It is all about ending the fight quickly….i have static discharge slotted and use utilities with low cast/instant F abilities to deal tons of burst almost instantly

you cant compare condition builds with crit/power builds….engineers have very high burst with abilities that have smaller cooldowns then other classes….going static discharge its pretty easy to do 15-25k damage in 1 second to someone who isnt defensive.

Instead of claiming people are hacking or are oped you should learn to counter….with all the boon stacking that ele build has stability isnt one of them…learn to cc and time your burst

Been fun soloing….a lot less alt+f4ers then in yaks bend