Guild Wars 2

It’s shown in Plains of Ashford that they breed Devourers for war, and I imagine that any Charr with the ability to tame animals would be encouraged to tame all different kinds of species for the purpose of fighting. The Charr are very centered around having power so I imagine absolutely anything that could give them an upper hand is welcomed.

That can also explain why you see Charr magic users around the ranks despite their history with the stuff. The way I see it, just as long as you aren’t a Flame Legion anything you bring to the table for a war effort is happily appreciated.

Yup I tried to do it twice to get the daily but it wouldn’t work at all.

I not sure on any of the dyes myself, but I believe the shoulders may be something like Olive Oil or Fresh Green? I’m a big fan of her bright armor as well.

I’m having this issue with the Durmand Priory Medium set, specifically the boots. They are a bright obnoxious pink-red no matter what I dye the rest of my stuff.

This is a build I’ve been playing around with for awhile since I was kinda tired of everything being based around grenades, flamethrower, and elixir gun.

A Tool Kit & Gadgets build with a focus on vitality and high self-healing.

http://tinyurl.com/lhljjey

It’s worked… well admittedly it’s been having mixed results for me. While it can 1v1 extremely well, it starts losing a lot of steam in large groups. Do note I only really PvE so I have no idea how it might perform in PvP.

Another big problem it has is that the only solid condition removal available is through Med Kit’s #4 which isn’t enough to keep up sometimes. It’s been really solid in most PvE stuff though.

My poor asura is just fine after this little adventure. SOMEHOW.

What’s really great is that I could’ve gotten even higher than I managed. I wonder if there’s even a cap to fall damage…

So I’ve done a lot of falling and dying in the Labyrinthine Cliffs and it made me wonder how high fall damage could actually go. Behold the result of my deadly science!

Do I get some sort of prize or achievement for managing to take this much damage at once?

Jump Shot is the most wonderfully amazing thing about being an engineer. I love my rifle so much.

http://tinyurl.com/cd82u77

What are some thoughts on this tweaked up variant? I kept Deadly Mixtures mostly because I’m more often in PvE content where you can get away a bit more without good condition removal but I can always switch it to Cleansing Formula 409 on the fly should I ever need it.

I refocused my stats to be more of a bruiser with decent power and survivability, to take advantage of Juggernaut further boosting my toughness. I’m still not entirely sure on my runes though… Rune of the Engineer seemed like a good option for the bit of toughness boost as well as the kit damage boost since this build will generally stay in the flamethrower a lot. Or do I want to go for Boon duration instead? Is this a more suitably focused build?

Hmm… so would it be best just to drop the crit gimmick to givemy build a bit more focus? It seemed too good to pass up with the amount of crits that can be pumped out of a flamethrower but it seems it’s detracting from other areas a bit too much. Maybe I could consider refocusing stats to be a bit more tanky… trying to go for the condition damage did spread my stats out a lot.

Also what different runes and sigils should I consider over what I have now? Would general boon duration be a better idea over exclusively Might?

Would it be best to get rid of Deadly Mixture for Cleansing Formula 409 (although I’m really reluctant to) or will Elixir C be sufficient?

Mostly I still want to go with the combo of Juggernaut and HGH but I’m seeing that the crit stacking is a bit too detracting to thrown in on top.

I recently discovered that after quite a many attempts to try other classes that I just love my engineer way too much to quit, so I’ve been back and recently came up with a build that from a quick little test seems to run quite some nice damage.

http://tinyurl.com/c4dsuyn

The build focuses on getting criticals with the flamethrower to trigger conditions while keeping long might stacks up to ensure a significant damage output.

The Major Traits of Incediary Powder and Precise Sights give chances for vulnerability and burn on crits while the minor trait Sharpshooter gives chance for bleeds.

I augment the flamethrower with Juggernaut, Fireforged Trigger, and Deadly Mixture since it will be the main damage dealer and condition dealer.

Elixirs also get augmented through Fast Acting Elixirs and HGH so that they are up more often and help intensify my damage.

Sigils of Superior Strength go on my weapons… though I’m not sure if those work for kits? I know they didn’t in the past but if anyone could inform me on if that’s been changed recently that would be wonderful. If they do help kits that’s chances for more might stacks on crits.

Runes are a bit more interesting:
2x Superior Rune of Hoelbrak
2x Superior Rune of Strength
2x Superior Rune of the Fire

All of these add up for 60% increased Might duration. Without using any elixirs at all this lets me hover around 10 Might stacks just from Juggernaut alone, using my elixirs frequently can get upward of 20 Might stacks with constant use.

I had a hard time choosing amulets and jewels but settled on Rampager’s for the significant precision bonus with also giving a minor boost to power and vitality and a medium boost to condition damage.

I’d love to hear thoughts on this setup, from any perspective be it PvE, PvP, or WvW. I haven’t gotten to do much real testing with it but it seems like a solid idea.

Cato.3547:

My main is mesmer but haven’t touched it in weeks since i rolled engi, its just so fun class to play with. Sure some aspects still needs some work but overall its much better than these forum dramaqueens makes it sound. If you are expecting anet to somehow rework the whole class desing to your liking sry to burst your bubble but that isn’t happening so deal with it.

There’s a very large difference between “rework the whole class” and “fix core mechanics to the class that are still broken”.

I don’t think anyone really wants a class rework. We like what Engineer is. We just want our class to actually work.

It’s hard to stay positive and stick to the class when quality of life isn’t getting any better and it’s becoming apparent that the things that really need fixing aren’t going to be made better anytime soon. I rolled an Engineer because I wanted a ranged class that didn’t have to deal with pets and engineer seemed really interesting with all the options available.

Now though… I’m thinking I might just take a break and make a ranged warrior to sate my needs for a nice ranged class. I need a break from playing the most broken professions. Our profession isn’t even Beta quality, we’re practically still in Alpha.

Engineer just really suits my tendency to be super sporadic with classes and characters in MMOs. Normally I have a real bad habit of not being able to stick with one character too long and making lots of noobies of the other classes and never getting too far on any of them. Engineer lets me be crazy sporadic attention deficit within one character and it’s incredible.

Plus there’s just something about an asura flying backwards with rocket boots screaming that just feels right.