Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, first post on here and really looking forward to HoT. I am a casual player (real casual, not like someone who thinks that 4 hours a day is casual.. its like 7 hours a week) and therefore pretty “new” to GW2, even if I own it since release. I actually managed to get my engineer to lvl 80 (first lvl 80, yeh yeh i know, inefficient) 2 weeks ago. So I started to explore the world (have tried everything except fractals and pvp) and really started to enjoy my engi. My preffered activities were: WvW (mists), SW, dungeons and world bosses

After they revealed the scrapper and hammer mechanics, I really fell in love with that hammer concept. I already read that sinister build will be preferred by many players after release, but I really want that hammer to work as well!

So is there any gleam of hope, that there will be a hammer META build?

I already took the zephyr hammer skin as reward and had the huge luck to drop a Tequatls hoarder (third kill Oo). Didn’t open it yet, because I’m still undecided.
I would prepare Zerker gear (can’t afford more than 1 set atm) with Strength Runes? Or Hoelbrak? Actually have no idea which will fit better for a Hammer power build.

So I’m really uncertainty of preparing for this, because my time is really limited. Investing in those items (armor + runes) cost me about 4 weeks of farming. That’s why I am really afraid of making a big mistake here.

The other option of course would be to go for sinister and take tequatls pistol…

Whats your opinion? Will there be a hammer power meta build? If not, how far behind will the hammer build be? Any predictions?

Thanks in advance!