Guild Wars 2

Yes, its because you´re full hp

Only starts to tick when you have a kit equipped and are less than full.

I changed my build a bit by the way for sPvP..Instead of 10 in explosives 10 in toolkit for the kit refinement, it is absolutely amazing coupled with the elixir gun.

Kimbald.2697:

this link is working for me now Arvin, the one in the other post wasn’t.
Looking for different builds, just to earn what has potential aside the more common builds.

Alternative link to the build:

http://www.gw2build.com/builds/simulator.php#1.4.6.0.19.0.27.0.33.0.80.96.94.91.102.6.6.12.228.0.0.0.0.0.256.261.266.276.279.282.0.0.0.10.0.30.30.0

Great! And I don´t know if my build is more common or not. I do find it a lot of fun to play in sPvP.

I generally open up storming a node with my elixir gun, using the 5 skill to create an AoE-condition removal field and than running in bombing the node into oblivion all the while healing myself with the regen using kits provide and the bomb heal trait. Of course Big Ole bomb to knock people back and shield for another knock back.

I must say though, for proper Point Defense a different build would probably be more effective as I am lacking in knockbacks a bit. Guardians can drive me off a point for long enough to neutralize it. I have yet to meet anyone able to kill me 1v1 though and I´m able to wear em out or kill them if they run some cheesy glass canon build like lots of thiefs seem to like :P

The insane toughness helps a lot as well of course.

It´s a great team support build too as the condition removal of the elixir gun and its heal is AoE, so is the Healing mist F skill related to it, and all my bombs AoE heal as well. That coupled with throwing out med kits galore and having the supply crate as backup I can keep people around me up for quite long, or get them back up in no time with the Thrown Elixir R.

I almost forgot it is lethal against enemy trebs. Just ignore any defenders and run around the treb spamming bombs and healing yourself. They either have to send in half their team or more to try and kill me or the treb goes down sooner than later :P

Erm..I think kits rock late game. I use bomb kit, healing kit and elixir gun.
Its all about the versatility kits provide.

And as was said, they scale with everything except weapons.

Antidote removes a single condition, randomly. I think this is fine, if it removed all conditions it would be kind of OP to be honest.

I played with the Elixir gun quite a lot recently and if I´m not mistaken it removes 1 condition in an AoE with each tick, at least I have seen it trigger a lot of times in a row in line with the AoE heal ticks it provides. I will play closer attention when I get home later though.

My point defense survivability build.

http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/engineer#10|9|1207|4700|1095|6383|4065|10|1795|0|0|0|0|0|0|30|1013|1012|1884|30|1880|1479|1877|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|28040|28046|49966|49966|49966|49966|49966|26064|21082|0|0|0|0|

Mainly based on having as much condition removal as possible, lots of toughness and healing galore, AoE as well as individual.

I´m real hard to kill with this build. 1v1 almost no class can bring me down.

Killing stuff myself is a bit more of a challenge as my front-end damage is quite low. I am able to wear quite some classes out unless they run a defensive build themselves, like guardians. 1v1 against another defensive class it just ends up with one of the two getting bored and leaving the fight or others joining in to tip the balance.

I got accused of running a troll build btw, which I take as a compliment :P

Link to my exact build:

http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/engineer#10|9|1207|4700|1095|6383|4065|10|1795|0|0|0|0|0|0|30|1013|1012|1884|30|1880|1479|1877|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|28040|28046|49966|49966|49966|49966|49966|26064|21082|0|0|0|0

EDIT: I put in the exact adress now, weird it shows an empty form o O. It should work I think?

I had the same problem and in my case it was indeed temp related, even though I was utterly convinced this wasnt the case and even put in a ridicilous 1200W PSU which I prolly never needed.

I don´t know if you have overclocked your CPU but I had, and I had turned off temperature management after reading somewhere it slowed your system down.

I turned temp management back on and got MSI Afterburner to monitor my GPU fans and set up a custom fan profile and never had the problem again afterwards.

Might be different for you though since you say the game just resets right? Not your entire system?

p.s. If anyone sees a message like, “your video driver failed and just recovered” you know you better watch your temps, almost always related to it even though you might think its fine.

p.p.s. Even though the TJ Max of my Graphics card is also around 100º Celsius. Running it in the high 80´s for a prolonged period of times already shuts the system down in some cases for me. Guild Wars 2 on max settings taxes your system quite hard so it is more likely to show up in this game than say CS:GO

I use it a lot in my pd build (I got accused of it being a troll-build by some frustrated mesmers o O)

Its a build fully designed about survivability, heals and condition removal.

For me the 5 skill on the Elixir gun as well as the F skill healing mist are worth carrying it alone.

I run 10-0-30-30-0 spec by the way with Healing kit, bombs, Elixir gun, Elixir R and supply crate.

With my gear setup I become pretty much unkillable unless they bring at least 3 heavy dps and burst me down together.

I love you Jonathan!

Finally a company that understands that the true appeal of any proper PvP is skill, not a gearcheck.

I love getting my merely cosmetic new gear as I move up in rank, and every kill or play you make is solely because of your skill and setup within a level playing field.

Shameless bump..

Could anyone maybe explain to me how it works exactly?

Sorry for the stupid question regarding this but how does it work if you have say a 5% dmg sigil in one hand and an on swap freeze in the other? Does the on swap still work? Do they both work?

CeCaKonVeu.5734:

At first I was the same : “ok great a kitten chest containing useless junk”.
Whatever i dont care, I have fun pvping, indeed because i dont feel the need to grind.
Around rk20 I started looking for infos about crafting pvp gear (and started to salvage).
By the time I made it to rk30 my locker was full of items and salvages so now all my chars have badkitten armors and weapons.

There is no “oh Id like to wear that armor but its stats sux for my build” just wear whatever u like, change outfits whenever u want.. There is no set of items either, u can mix this helmet with those gloves, etc.

Finally the “preview” u get at the locker is pretty nice since u can preview items u dont have so u can choose what to craft.

Thats decent reward imo and keeps everyone on par.

Completely agree. If you would actually get better stat gear in sPvP instead of mere cosmetics I would probably just leave it behind. I cannot be arsed to get into a WoW gear>skill grindfest again.

Lets not count shields because you hate them and find them stupid? :P

Maybe not?

Qtin.6940:

I find GW2 spvp too WoW-arena-fied. I don’t mean this in a bad way, WoW arenas are fine, but GW1 was the best spvp ever.

No. Don’t even try to compare Gw2 pvp to WoW .. Gw2 pvp is a huge fail, there is no skill involved, no focus targetting, close to no CC, a stupid downed system, siege engines in sPVP, sharks … etc etc etc
I have to agree tho, Gw1 pvp >>>>> Gw2 pvp.

Sorry but WoW, Arenas as well as Battlegrounds (even though those have become better and more diverse I admit) can´t hold a candle towards Guildwars 2 sPvP. WoW takes far less skill than gear to succeed at, and you can be a total pro, without the best item set you will fail over and over.

Not to mention the Alliance vs Horde “WvW” that has always been completely and utterly unbalanced, once again only dependend on gear and in general just not a lot of fun in my opinion.

Guild Wars 2 only got released for a month now as well.

If you want a gearcheck instead of winning because of skill, by all means go back to your WoW arenas and battlegrounds. I will leave this game if they ever make sPvP rewards anything more than mere cosmetics and ranks/titles.

Kimbald.2697:

Arvin.3124:

If you want to drive out a bunker, take at least two teammates if you´re unable to get him off the point alone.

I can agree with the statement: send another build player if you can’t get the guardian yourself, like sending a condition build if you’re burst…
I can not accept the necesity to bring TWO players.

That’s the fine line for me.

Well, I agree with that. But with the right spec you can drive a guardian of his point alone in most cases (not talking about killing him/her). People roll glass cannons way too much already, they shouldn´t be TOO viable.. Every spec has and should have their counters.

elixir gun seems like an interesting thing to add.

I changed my spec to 10-0-30-30-0 and its quite awesome when it comes to survival with my bombs coupled with the trait that causes them to heal.

Im using earth runes for armor by the way.

Slot skills I have now are: Healing kit, flamethrower (will try elixir gun in place of this), bombs, Elixir R and Supplies.

Really fun build and already provides quite some healing and condition removal. With elixir gun it might be a bit overkill healingwise but I will for sure try it out for uber-bunker build.

Sigils on kits would be completely OP to be honest, we could use some form but it would have to be very carefully balanced.

We have potentially 4 kits to swap to, and our weapon. All of this with virtually no delay as well unlike the regular weapon swap. This alone makes up for a lack of sigils in my opinion.

I agree with what Chuckles says.

This would totally make everyone just roll complete glasscanon dps setups if there is no counter left to them.

Let bunker builds do what theyre best at, they sacrifice pretty much all of their offense to even do so.

If you want to drive out a bunker, take at least two teammates if you´re unable to get him off the point alone.

p.s. I play an engi, not guardian.

Could you elaborate your testing a bit?

Sounds interesting and if what you say is true I have to seriously reconsider my spec o O

As someone who played most major MMO´s, and a lot of WoW in that I think it is the WoW mentality that is hurting a lot of the players who complain in this thread.

I run a company so have no time to mindlessly grind my next pvp set only to find it obsolete with the next patch or expansion. I am sick and tired of the WoW gear>skill that is their pvp.

I find GW2 an utter breath of fresh air in this respect. I have plenty of reasons to visit lower level areas to help friends or find that elusive jumping puzzle for 100% completion. The crafting rocks.

The WvW is more of a gear/level check and a total blast if you have the rig to handle it properly, even though I get owned most of the times because I am still level 50 (sPvP is just too much fun oO).

SPvP is amazing, and I love the fact the only thing that sets you apart from someone who stuck 200 hours into it is your skill and cosmetics. I even love discovering new armor skins in it.

All in all, for every person saying they are leaving in this thread. I reckon there are 10 like me who are having a total blast.

I have hardly touched Torchlight 2, Diablo 3 or Borderlands 2 either because of Guild Wars 2.

I didn´t even talk about the great graphics and awesome music score.

Never played a thief myself but I have faced plenty.

I have to say for those complaining its down to either:

a) learn to play
b) dont go glass cannon build.

Bugs do have to get fixed ofc.

I like it but I agree it could be improved with all the stuff others mentioned in plenty of threads.

Im patient though. I remember WoW (yes that game) not even having arenas until Burning Crusade.

I think people should practice and go PvE or WvW a bit if they get bored. I´m still having fun gaining ranks and trying to get better looking gear (love the fact its just looks, no stats too). The lack of a gearcheck makes pvp a lot more competitive than Arena in WoW or BG´s could ever be to be honest.

kittene yes, I meant 5 alch, 5 inventions.

I switched it up just now though after reading this thread and went for the healing bombs as well together with more toughness. I sacced my entire gun tree for it.

Must say it works pretty good, running around dumping bombs all over and healing everything in the radius.

I use shamans necklace btw, gives a lot of toughness as well, and condition damage and healing.

You have so many kits you can swap back and forth to without any time penalty (well, maybe 1 or 2 seconds)

I dont see any reason why we should have weapon swap on top of that to be honest.

“Oh look ANOTHER build that’s an unorigonal stupid kittening Elixier build.
Yea no.. I think not. There are better out there. And almost 0 different styles og builds. This is one of the major things wrong with the engineer.”

What a stupid reply, there is PLENTY versatility even with bunker builds.

Mine is traited 30 explosives, 30 guns, 10 alch and 10 inventions. Works fine as well but I do like the insane amounts of toughness and healing this build provides, don´t know if I really need more though.

I use Earth rune as well by the way. I think it´s an awesome rune to have, probably better than Dolyak for a tankier build.

CptCosmic.3156:

a rank 1 guy posts that engineer is amazing in spvp, very nice joke. you know what is amazing? my thief with quickness in spvp, that kills any 20khp and 1,8 toughness build out of stealth in under a second, you are dead before my stealth reappear animation ends thus you dont even see what is hitting you =D

The moment you come onto me like that my explosive trait kicks in. Drops a smoke bomb when stunned. After that I have plenty other possibilities to make you miss. Flamethrower smoke, bomb smoke, dodge, dodge, elixir R to refill endurance and break stun, dodge, dodge. An engi that lets you rip him up like that is either afk or doesn´t know his class all too well.

I actually love the flamethrower o O, especially if you spec the top trait related to it that gives toughness and 3 stacks of might or something.

It gives great control, the 3 is a lifesaver, and 5 is nice as well. Besides, I just love the F skill related to it.

Its not meant to be the end all weapon, you have several in your kit. Def a fix in my setup though.

Pretty much the same, love the change they made to the trait making flamethrower more feasible too.

Great class and always great fun to play <3