Guild Wars 2

Hello, I’m very confident on engineer. I’ve played lots of builds in and out of the meta. I’m also proficient with warrior, but I haven’t logged as much time as on engi. I’ve recently picked up d/p thief and am decent at it. Also open to doing bunker guard.

I’ve been playing PvP for roughly 2 years on and off, but I haven’t had time to grind all the way to phoenix or whatever. That being said, I’m tired of solo queueing. I’d much rather play in a team because I enjoy coordinated play much more. I’ve put together a couple of nightly pvp parties before, so the experience isn’t alien to me, but I want a more permanent group to learn and win with. Feel free to send me mail.

Hello! My guild started out as a PvP-only guild, but since I’ve had no success recruiting people for that game mode, I’ll now expand to other areas of the game. Yes, we have members that do PvE, but right now, few are active. That’s why we need more people to populate our ranks!

HMPH aims to be a small community, one with perhaps no more than 30-40 members. I want everyone to know each other; I believe that everyone will have more fun the more familiarity they have with their team. Playstyles from casual to hardcore are welcome.

Lastly, we put fun and courtesy above everything else, and will not require 100% rep. If you’re active enough, it’s fine.

Contact Moska Rhis or Fidgetkat ingame. Thanks for your interest!

Rank 31 at the moment, been doing PvP on and off for a while now, but recently all I’ve been doing is PvP. Over 90% of my games are in tourney queue, and I’ve got a rough 45% or so win ratio on average (less success in team PvP). I do know, however, that this isn’t a final measure of skill; it’s just out there for the people who might ask for it.

I main engineer, all sorts of builds. I used to do bunker banner warrior a lot. I’m pretty much open to learning most builds on all classes, excluding mesmer and thief.

Additionally, my guild, Pretentious Artistes, is recruiting. It’s basically a PvP directory.

IGN: Arlu Ries

HMPH has been incubating for a couple of months now. It started out as an idea to make a tight-knit guild, but that was too vague. Eventually, I got into PvP and noticed that there weren’t any big name (or, at the very least, large) guilds to get into for team queues or learning. For the general population, I mean.

That’s what I want HMPH to be. Right now it’s more like a directory, with ranks based on invite preferences and merit (invite only when repping, whisper before inviting, skilled or not, polite or not, etc). My end goal is to have a community with players that actively help, teach, learn, and form lasting teams.

Because that probably wasn’t enough to convince most of you, I already have some members in this guild that I regularly form teams with. Their ranks range from 8 to 50. We /have/ gotten things done.

So, if that sounds like your thing, come join us. No rep required, but it would be nice (some of us have HMPH as our main guild, even). I’ll start thinking about an official guild roster for ‘competitive’ play further down the line.

Mail/PM Fidgetkat or James Treehead with questions or membership requests.

Oh, by the way, some of us do PvE as well, and wouldn’t mind at all if we found some players to regularly form reliable 5-man runs with. We’re based in Ehmry Bay, if you needed to know.

Oh, and, our guild tag is HMPH.

Try messing around with Priory or CM armor.

Note: your home server doesn’t really matter.

Pretentious Artistes [HMPH] is looking for players who want a tight-knit experience. We’re a small group of IRL friends who enjoy having a nice pool of trustworthy people to do things with. We want to be your primary guild, but won’t mind at all if you sometimes rep a WvW, hardcore tPvP, or guild mission guild. Some of us have been playing since release. We will be focused on doing dungeons, FoTM, and tPvP, but will occasionally dabble in other things. We’re also going to get our own TS3 server if we get enough people. Have a guild bank, enough IP and upgrades for some banners, yadda yadda.

Mail or whisper Arlu Ries ingame if you’re interested.

You can also try whispering James Treehead, Sarathach, Jane Treehead, or Doctor Suarez.

Title says it all. I’m looking for a guild that is focused on doing tPvP. I’m still a deer and am looking to learn, and hopefully find a consistent team to play with. I main engineer and am learning ranger.

I’m from Ehmry Bay. Mail or whisper me ingame: Arlu Ries.

I like desaturated colors.
I was too lazy to work for nightmare boots (the original plan), and the desert rose is there because… I dunno. :P

Name: Arlu Ries

Profession: Engineer

Gear: Rampager exotics

Experience: p1 to p3, once each

Time: Evenings GMT-8

Why:I want that sick armor, and I want to know Arah in and out. I also want to learn/discover strats for my class and for teams in general so that I can help my friends run it.

I’m quite relaxed, I don’t mind waiting or taking orders or what. Trying new things is nice.

Hey, I main an engineer and am always irritated at the state of endgame PvE. “High-end” dungeon parties are always 4 heavies and one mesmer— they are just mathematically superior. For a while I thought that this meant engineer sucked totally; in fact, I’ve been talked down in a couple of PUGs (yes, just for bringing an engineer in).

Don’t let these things discourage you. Engineers are great fun (as you know), and actually work well if they are played properly (you just can’t beat the mathematically superior parties). They’re quite complex.

Like what other people said above, engineers are heavily trait reliant. Making your own flavor of engi (and one that works well) is a headache to many, if not most. There are plenty of things to consider— combo fields and finishers, utility and control, synergy with others, efficient stat/rune combinations, and so on. It’s not just min-maxing for a particular weapon set.

Since you wanted to know how engineers do in PvE, I’ll give you a couple of example builds.

Grenade and Flamethrower are roughly on par as the most efficient/fast (and popular) dps builds. The two kits offer different kinds of utility and combo fields. Choose one you prefer (or use both; people certainly do that), but remember to trait accordingly. Grenade gets a ton of bleed and vuln, while the Flamethrower just burns— you’ll have to rely on other kits for other conditions.

Lastly, some advice: if you’re planning to make your own flavor of engi, pick one aspect of gameplay (control, support, DPS, etc.) and stick to it. Do a bit of math, too— make sure your build isn’t too spread out. You definitely need to be dealing decent damage no matter what (this is PvE), so don’t forget that.
Alternatively, you can just pick a weapon or kit and center your build around that, if you like that particular kit that much.

Good luck!

Thanks for the replies! (I was worried people weren’t going to reply)
I feel a lot less dread for my endgame now.

By the way, I’m aware of skcamow’s “Mesmer Paladin” build, which is very enticing (https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Guide-The-Mesmer-Paladin/). I know these builds exist. I want to know how other people have experienced this build, whether using it or teaming with it.

Hello forums. I’m currently getting a mesmer to 80 (I main an engi and people don’t seem to like it in some dungeons). The regular builds don’t appeal to me that much; how viable would a boon duration/condition damage build be?

Of course, I’d lean towards boon duration because I enjoy support/control roles the most. If direct power is better than condition damage, that’s fine too.

I’m looking to go with a staff/scepter-focus loadout, but I hear sword is better for comboing. Thoughts on that too?

So yeah. With a build that’s focused on, or at least half-and-half boon duration and damage, will I do well in endgame PvE? Will I be able to clear dungeons in a decent amount of time? How useful will I be compared to other classes running on the same stat build?

Hello, I’m a GMT+8 player looking for a nice guild to play with. I value community and openness; goofiness is a plus, naturally. I don’t really care about timezones since my hours are erratic/odd. Oh, a roleplay guild would be awesome, but I don’t have high hopes for such. If you do want to see about starting one, though, we can talk about that too.

I’m a semi-casual player only because of time/connection/schedule constraints; I have my bouts of dedication. I’m interested in all of the game’s facets, but for now I’d like to build on my PvE (Dungeons/Fractals) knowledge and skill level.

Contact me on my character, Arlu Ries, or through my handle, Suma Lynx.4398