“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
And not official.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Granade barrage used to have an effect with The Predator equiped.
Edit:
It seems it still has an effect on Grenade barrage for Hope, Quip and Predator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv9xQvJr-Q0
Since I don’t really like nades, I would love to see an effect on FT or Elixir Gun.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
(edited by Ardid.7203)
A sudden chuckle formed in my mouth when I saw her being named “Aurene”. I instantly thought in the Fantasian Auryn necklace given to Bastian to make his wishes reconstruct the world in The Neverending Story.
So a few Fantasian names that could sound great as dragon names:
Fujur
Graograman
Pjornkrachzark
Xayide
Ygramul
Querquobad
Smerg
Yskálnari…
Edit to add a comment:
I have to add that I don’t specially dislike Aurene’s name. It is “meh” for me, but not in a bad way.Its not stupid, raucous, nonsensical or childish like… “Dragon Hunter”.
If you actually bothered to look into what Dragon Hunter was based on, you would understand. To quote wiki:
The Dragonhunter name was inspired by medieval witch hunters. Guardians consider themselves protectors of the innocent, and the dragonhunter faction believes justice is the eradication of dragons and their minions.
Hahahaha. You should read all the amazing threads discussing the name that sprouted spontaneously when the DH was announced. There were at least a dozen of counter arguments to that “explanation” that were smart, sensible and hilarious as kitten. Just remembering those days make my eyes cry of laughter.
No matter the “reason” behind the Dragon Hunter name, it is still and will forever be a terrible name for an elite spec in GW2.
“High Concept” OMG, so funny.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
(edited by Ardid.7203)
I just killed a ooze on top of every generator. I don’t know if that is what you need to do, but it worked for me.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
It is really … annoying. What’s the problem with making these scenes instanced instead?
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
If Sylvari base their “cycle order” in the modern humans, then the current division is ok.
If they base their “cycle order” in the actual events that mark the day/night cycle in a normal planet, then indicating specific hours doesn’t make sense: dawn and dusk times move slow but constantly though the year, in such a way that they only hit the same (aprox) hour twice a year. The period between dusk and noon increases heading summer and decreases toward winter… ETC.
The point is: any fixed, static hour system wouldn’t be natural. If it is not natural, it really doesn’t matter if it coincides with nature, it’s just a convention. If you want natural rules, you can’t use fixed, equal, hour periods. You need to adjust to the way the sun actually interacts with the planet shape, with changing cycles of uneven light periods.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
The Pact also have “official” Quaggan, Hylek and Grawl allies…
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
You got no patience. You got no interior peace. You need to understand that the quiet is stronger than the roar. You must learn to appease your want. Then you will know the joy of waiting for the bugs to be fixed before playing the new content.
As the eternal wise person often said: never play on patch day.
Ommmm…
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Shooshadoo? What’s the problem with finding that? its already old news.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
I use some close builds, and yes, I always use Rifle and FT, because I love them, and get more fun from them than from any other kit and weapon (I also stays in FT most of the time). However, I must point that, at least for me, it only works in Open World and some Dungeons. Whenever I try to use Rifle in PvP I get smashed. Whenever I try to use FT in WvW I kill myself.
So… in PvE, you can use almost anything, and it will work. The hard part is facing another players. There is where choices must be meaningful and balanced. And there is where I CANT use my favorite weapon, because it is NOT properly balanced.
In the words of a wise tribal chief: “Your words scratch a lot and scratch well, but they scratch where it doesn’t itch”.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
One of the few balance priorities this game gets good is the opportunity cost of travel movement vs fighting prowess: exploration and combat put over a scale, where the choice is yours. That is a really cruel, though and challenging choice, therefore, a meaningful, interesting and GREAT design choice.
Don’t forget that: flattening the speed all over the professions would only undermine variety, choices and, at the end, fun.
Let Guardians be “slow” if they must. They have a lot of movement skills to keep busy when traveling, and they are already a really strong profession. Don’t ruin it just to get an unbeatable combat build that will be boring and nerfed anyway.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
If you trait shouts with “Pure of Voice”, “Retreat” gives you swiftness 83% of the time. It’s way better than 25% speed something.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Sooo useful in PvE. I’m always trying to get my group dead so I can use it. It’s great.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Ok, Obtena. Your point of view is really interesting, but I can’t fully grasp it yet. Please explain to us which is the purpose of the Rifle being as it is right now. Where are we suposed to be using rifle? Since what matters is not the balance between weapons, what does matter then?
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
I’d buy one too.
Ideal for Silent Sylvari, Asura crewes experimenting with microwaves and commanders who want to fight Mind Dragons.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
The problem with voting and nested comments is… well, the best ideas aren’t always the popular ones… just look at what happened with the last US elections…
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
+1 both of you. Although I DO like EW solution…
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Meanwhile, 95% of the boots in Asura show the side toes clipping through.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Some scrapper builds in Metabattle still mention gyros applying daze. This doesn’t affect such builds in any major way, but is worth taking on account.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
They maybe replaced a “way to do” certain things. If such “way to do” was common, you’ll end with a big patch that apparently did nothing.
In CSS, for example, you could have detected a single class that you need to change on its root. (To keep order and consistency, usually. “2”, “right” or “a” are classic examples of classes you’ll eventually need to change). If a single object had the class, no problem. But if there were many thousands with the class… big update.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
There are some theories about this.
Mine is there is some kind of company internal policy that makes everything they say here truly official. So they can’t easily take back any mistake they could make here, and if something escalates here, it could somehow lead to problems with the whole Anet.
So they prefer to talk outside, were the risk is smaller and the talking more informal.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
In case of legendary cultural themed armoe: I have an asuran mage, an human necro and a sylvary mesmer. When I want to swap the armor between them, it must swap the shape as well, or it might look crappy.
I really like the idea, but I see no solution for that problem without unlocking culture armor across all races. So, a generic armor it is.
You can make it switch to the proper cultural race armor when switching from a character to another, like the Wedding Outfit does. Skins are not real, physical objects you can’t change or replace.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Cmon. What’s so great about Largos?
1- The wings. -> Clipping and visibility issues. Overlaps with gemstore products.
2- The white hair. -> Already accessible for humans, boring after the first, and when everyone gets the same. (I don’t think they can put many more tones of white on the character creation to give some variety…)
3- The underwater. -> Which Anet have tried to ignore as much as possible. You’ll end playing an aquatic race in dry terrain 95% of the time. (Insert Aquaman jokes here?)
4- The solitary hunting culture. -> Yep, we should be able to accept a race of lone, antisocial, menacing, self sustaining, quiet assassins… stacking boons in zergs of 20 or more and dancing while waiting for Teq hour.
5- The mask. -> Which would work same as good in humans or any other race. Also they’ll have to design a face for them (destroying the mistery), or many people would complain. It will also create a ton of issues with all the other helm skins.
6- The armor. -> Again, not race defining, anyone could use it. In fact, Mistward one is fairly similar, IMO.
7- The ears… Oh, my…
My GOD! The ears! How come I didn’t notice it before! Those longish, pointed, pale elven ears are the true defining feature of the Largos master race! No other race could have such beautiful, fierce, expressive, imposing, TRASCENDENT EARS!
I’ll shut my mouth from now on. I’m sorry for all my sarcastic words, please forgive me. I now see the truth. I too, want, no, I NEED to have a character with such incredible ears.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
(edited by Ardid.7203)
…
As sorudo points out, nearly all the armor sets are simply one model that is scaled to fit different sized characters (i.e. morphing and stretching). Anet clearly doesn’t have to make a different armor set for each permutation of the height and weight sliders, so it’s highly unlikely that to put it on a Nord, Human or Sylvari requires any effort, and the Asura simply get different boots.
I can count with the fingers of a hand the boots that work properly on Asura. They don’t even make that effort.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Your epic solution can’t work:
No active Charr would be able to maintain balance without a tail.
No proud Charr would tuck his/her tail underneath clothes.
Any Char that somehow lose the tail will, without any doubt, replace it with a mechanical weapon of some sort.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
There are various tones in the Character Creator that look fairly “pale”. Some of the greys and greens work well for that.
What Asura don’t have are completely dark faces. I wanted to make a pitch black Stitch, but his face always ended being kinda “light coffee”. Hes beautiful anyway.
Also, why all the Sylvari skin tones have lips in a complementary color? It’s awful. It ok if some of them have that combination, but WHY ALL?
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Like a cat.
/15characters
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Little Tootlepeg(gy), Scalesy, Awwwblessit, and other such ridiculous names as and when they pop up.
My RL cat has its official, boring name for veterinary purposes, but it gets called myriad other names dependent on who’s doing the calling and what the fur-faced one itself is doing. She may call herself something else (Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats style), but we’ll never know. Aurene will be no different, and yes, I’m just going to ignore the fact Aurene calls herself Aurene. It never happened. Never.
My younger cat is called Presepio (Which is Portuguese for “Nativity Scene”. No, don’t ask). But we rarely call him that. His names change a lot, from “Democracia Monárquica” (Monarchic Democracy) to “Improperio Celestial” (Celestial Profanity), and lately “Pequeño Principe Pelágico” (Little Pelagic Prince).
He’s way more menacing and destructive than Aurene, though, so I don’t think his names could be used in this case.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
I love FT and I can understand its AA just isn’t meant to be used on some places (Like PvP or WvW, two whole modes…). After all, FT is only one of your 3 utility skills, and it is a multi skill kit on top of everything.
On the contrary, Rifle is a whole 25% of ALL the alternatives you have for a weapon as an Engie. Since it is not the less viable, because pistol/shield, that 1/4 of the total becomes even more important. And it is incredibly underwhelming.
I’m ok with weapons not being optimal for everything. But first, there should be enough alternatives. Balance.
Rifle is not underwhelming because a planned and intelligent opportunity-cost design. It is bad because Anet has not made its job balancing it.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
There has been some recent “balance”, so the MB builds ARE a bit outdated. Just not enough to make any relevant change to most builds.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
How does the Ammo Belt interact with other weapons than the LB? How does the Ammo Belt interact with other skills different from Traps?
How does the Ammo Belt synergize with other trait lines and with kits?
How does the Handloader bring the group support Engie needs to be valuable in organized content?
How does the Handloader change the way you play Engie?
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Invuln skills don’t stop “damage”. They ignore attacks. If you have condi damage on yourself, is because you have already been hit. If someone attack you with a condi dealing skill while you are invuln, you don’t take the direct damage nor the condi damage: you simply don’t take the hit.
That being said, no invuln skill intended to PROTECT you should lock your healing and cleansing skills. It don’t make sense, because it makes way too easy to die due to a simple mistake. And they DO intend Elixir S as a protective measure: that’s why they put it as an auto-proc for low healt in the first place.
As with everything engie,they simply forget to balance it, and now it is incoherent with its initial purpose.
Of course. “Purity of purpose”, all over again.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Thanks for illustrating my point, Teniz. A master race which is basically Drizzt mixed with a moth. Swimming.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Let’s see this… sounds interesting…
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Yeah, I’d love that.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
+1 without any doubt. The panel should at minimum be twice as big as it is now.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
I think nights should stay shorter than day, but they should be much more noticeable: Overall darker, with a true night sky, much more dimmed ambient light, and way stronger “glow in the dark” effects.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
@ardid
Send them my way, LOL!
I would… depending on what “something else” you offer me.
But they are account bound. :_(
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
3 weights, 5 races is enough for me. Didn’t need, never understand, all that mandatory and unexplainable gender dimorphism.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
I never thought I could despise something more than I despise those winged aqua-drizzt guys. Then people create something even more pointless: UNwinged aqua-drizzts! Amazing.
Don’t get me wrong. I love to get me some dark elven two sworded badasery from time to time. Its just I prefer my Tyria free from abused stereotype cliches I can play in other games where they originated and where they make sense…
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
I would prefer if the whole team dedicated to outfits were making armor instead.
Yes, I’m aware we don’t know how much that would really improve the development of armor, but in this case, my politeness don’t bright. I don’t care.
I don’t care if it will mean armor will be produced twice as fast or just one hour less that it is actually being made. It will be a win for me anyway, because I don’t buy outfits. I don’t like them for me,I don’t like what they represent (easy, flat, superficial route, instead of the hard, creative, involved one), and I don’t like seeing them in other people (because it is like seeing a generic crowd were all the models are the same).
In what relates to me (This is not objective, we don’t know the reality of this, and from a bussiness POV is always better to sell cheap crap anyway, so all this whining is moot) outfits don’t have any value. ANet could reasign every single resource invested into them to almost any other thing (Better security, new icon art, more lens flare, a new forum, Finnish localization, a new expresso machine in their offices… whatever), and it will be a win for me.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
I hardly PvP or WvW, yet I have tons of those pesky tomes. I don’t want more, I want something else!
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
We don’t know if dragons can reproduce sexually. Maybe them all just “sprout” things. Due their hyper-magic, archetypal, meta-natural character, its really hard to even classify them as an “species”. To me, they are the embodiment of certain powerful principles of the world, so they don’t really reproduce biologically like common live beings.
Think of the greek gods, were Zeus gave birth to Atenea through a wound in his forehead. Not sexual reproduction, not asexual reproduction, not genetic reproduction…“Conceptual” reproduction, and transformation, all in one.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
While I really like the design as something funny and original, I have to agree that it would be better as part of a BL set.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
I’ve always assumed the Asura Gates to be part of the serious, hard world lore, while WPs are more akin to a mere game-play device.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Draco ex ovum, or Plotwistorium
In that case, McGuffinella!
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
AFAIK, every time you buy HoT you get a 80 lvl booster. However, it only applies to its own account, so you can’t share them or move them from one account to another.
So, technically, it is NEVER a “2nd” boost. Its always 1 and only, for each account.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Steam construct race for me. I’ll simply love to play with an asymmetrical, hulking, sentient pile of cogs, blades and brass pipes moving menacingly. The voice could be a metallic gender neutral and very sparse, so Anet doesn’t need to spend much in voice acting.
After that, Skritt. After that, Tengu. No more.
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
Asura actually make individual teleportation functional, so jumping from one end of the continent to another is not really weird, as long as you are not moving massive amounts of people or material.
Its not Game of Thrones, bookahs!
“Only problem with the Engineer is
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks
that it makes every other class in the game boring to play.”
Hawks