Guild Wars 2

The problem is A net operates on the view that PVP is the center of the game. Everything is balanced for PVP and so pve and wvw have to deal with those results. As for gearing, it would be nice to just have adjustable gear. It would put a dent in the conomy though. Ultimately you can get pretty close with full ascended which can be restated through the mystical toilet. The time gating and insane expense really makes it annoying though.

Alec B.8905:

What many ppl need to know is that engi is the only class that is anywhere near a balanced class, but what makes it seem unfair is the fact that engis have to compare with broken classes that are far from balance.
~quaggan

Not even kidding. I’very always felt that other classes balance philosophy has been “well class b can use this specific build to counter class a, balance done”. Engi is balanced by making it sure it can’t do anything better than any other class. Haha

Engi 4 life. Yes I am totally biased. In engi you have something for every situation. The engineer can wear so many hats. Some of them are not so great by meta standards, some of them are pretty top notch. If you look at a core class that has advantages in a few aspects that class will do it’s thing better than the engi but the engi’s power is his ability to adapt. From silly flamethrower engi (which can bring rediculous dps if you can stay alive) to Mr nice guy, healer, buffer engi, we have the tools to bring anything to fill the needs of your group or just to satisfy your own curiosity and creative mind.

I can play the game fine on existing characters. If I initiate the creation of a new character my whole system hard locks 2 seconds after the first screen of creation loads. There is no background on the screen, just the scrolling arrows at the bottom with the flavor text and then total system lock forcing me to hard reset.

I upgraded to HoT last night. I cannot say that creation worked fine prior to that however. I have not created a new character for a long time.

64-bit client.

Yep, instant headache. I was about to log off about 1 minute in when someone in map said it could be disabled. It’s cool that anet does this stuff but this one in particular was a turn off for me personally. Funny that old movies don’t bother my eyes but when rendered artificially on a computer screen it is instant eye strain. some modes of 3D or poorly done 3D in general do it as well. There is just something about placing an effects filter over a proper image that ruins it for some of us.

I sometimes run a combat healer build. Pistol shield, apothecary gear, triple kit bomb, wrench, elixir gun. 2,0,6,6,0. Bomb heals, 2 water field, multiple blast finishers, multiple interupts, 4 regens. I run it with different runes at times but currently using perplexity. The idea being I am a bunker for the group with area heals, area stealth (for a quick target break), might stacks, area conditions removal, area damage reflect and the added threat of stacking confusion on enemies that decide to engage the stack. I would NOT specifically recommend the perplex runes but once you and your group understand the build and with good communication you can create a very good bunker area. It’s complicated and you’ll be very dependant on the group but it is effective when done properly.

WvW stuff, not for pve.

I like how it feels so far. Did some wvw with my guild and felt like I was a major chunk of damage output. Similar survivability as a zerk but better able to manage the fight because your damage continues to be useful when you need to pull back or go into survival mode, thanks to conditions damage.

I tested rifle/wrench/nades which I found very effective. Today I’m going to shift a bit towards conditions and try my dual pistols with a slightly modified build.

If you like playing a zerk, sinister offers a new angle on the concept.

Lokki.1092:

Only if the classes that don’t have access to perm 25-33% speed can obtain it. Can you imagine perm 33%+25% classes running around. My poor guardian cant keep up as it is already!

Someone get me a mount already!

Just get yourself an engi with medpack and centaur runes as a sidekick.

No, 25% ms on travelers doesn’t stack with swiftness. That knowledge comes from wearing full travelers.

fakesanta.3124:

No name in the post above mine but here are mine

Necromancer: Neblin
Mesmer: Ploob

I like Ploob. Has that sense of silly sophistication.

My Asura engineer is named Bozzli.

46 engineer. 9/10

Errr. I never noticed. I assumed that the equipped in slot item would provide the buffs and stats as normal. Thanks for pointing this out. I feel this should changed to work as fore mentioned.

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