Guild Wars 2

(Current) engineer main here. I got used to just knowing where my fingers are dancing all over my naga a long, long time ago. Practice makes perfect!

Been rocking Mallyx the entirety of these beta events so far. Watching changes has been one heck of a rollercoaster. I’m in love with the concept of Mallyx. I’ll jump right in with my feedback and suggestions.

For prolonged fights, the conditions really add up, however I’m set up to where I can add 4 stacks of burn. Those few stacks out perform my torment until I hit around 20 or so stacks of torment using rampager gear given to me.

Embrace the Darkness (EtD) – Instead of adding additional torment, let it add 1 stack to any current condition, that we’ve applied, to our enemies in the radius of the skill. Conditions that don’t have stacks aren’t affected by this.

We’re a condition applying fiend at that point. The 10% increased stats is pretty strong and I can see the increase on the paper doll, but I don’t really feel it because it’s an “under the hood” mechanic. I feel like there’s a ton of growth room for this elite, but as an elite, it feels like it’s missing something as-is and I feel that my suggested change drives the Mallyx concept home.

As far as traits go, I read the OP’s suggestions and I had some alternative suggestions. The numbers are just placeholders to give you an idea of what I mean.

Tier 1 traits:

• Replenishing Despair: Conditions you apply provide you a small amount of healing. 1 second CD. Healing: 127. Same values, we just apply them to be healed instead.

Tier 2 traits:

• Bolstered Anguish: Increases the damage your conditions deal by 5%.

Tier 3 traits:

• Pulsating Pestilence: Your critical strikes copy all conditions currently on your target to nearby foes for a few seconds. 3 condition threshold to proc with a 25 second CD.
• Maniacal Persistence: 15% increased condition duration.

That’s all I got. Thanks for reading.

Kodan as a playable race! I’d buy whatever necessary to play as one.

Heyo! I just hit 80 yesterday night with my first character and I’m not entirely sure what I should do first.

I have around 248k karma and 25 laurels. Do you fellow engineers have any advice on what I should do first? My gear is still the level 60 t2 stuff with a piece or two of level 78. My first priority is getting new gear I suppose. Just not sure what I need to start collecting/saving up for. My googlekittenis either weak, or there aren’t many topics to read that point fresh 80’s in a general direction.

Any advice and tips are greatly appreciated.

Can’t tell if serious thread or not…