Guild Wars 2

There are issues, but the profession is far from unplayable. I might encounter a bug or two occasionally, such as broken traits, but aside from that I’ve really enjoyed playing my little asura engineer. I happen to LOVE explosives, and that’s where the profession really seems to shine atm, so I could see those that prefer other playstyles being disappointed in the performance of other kits/weapons.

The rifle does have at least one combo that I know of, and you can do it yourself if you have a flamethrower equipped as well. Drop the napalm fire wall, and jump shot on top of it. It will give you the circle of fire buff where you burn anything near you. I think jump shot can be mixed with other things too, like a smoke field, and I’m pretty sure any of your shots are buffed by flame walls and other types of elemental fields when you shoot through them.

Actually according to http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Combo jump shot can activate many types of combos since it’s a leap ability.

I am having a blast with engineer as well, but I agree with the gripe about rifles. It would be nice to have a fully ranged style other than grenades. I really enjoy the rifle play now, but it is closer to a shotgun style of play.

I will say this for the minute long kills and what not: I had the same issue leveling mainly using rifle, until around 40 I switched to bombs based on a tip on some forums, and it’s crazy how much I can pull and kill quickly without taking much damage. I’m not saying the rifle shouldn’t be more viable (Honestly I think they should keep the rifle skills and their utility, but rename it to shotgun kit or add the weapon, and make rifle more ranged oriented), but it is possible to kill things very very quickly with an explosives build.