Guild Wars 2

I am stil leveling with FT and bombs, but i am not 100% satisfied. I feel on 1vs1 (pve) the rifle is better as it has net and knockback and i think the #1 skill of rifle also outdamages FT.
Grenades however are no option for me. I find the grenade travel time to low for me to be able to hit something reliable with all grenades.

Adding heroes would turn pve into the same singleplayer experience as leveling in wow. I don’t like that. I am against heroes. This is an mmo, mmos are meant to be social. And i too have a newborn. If you don’t have the time, then why not just get a few pvp matches inn instead?

I am just a 2 weeks old GW2 player and i find the combat quite chalenging on my engi. I do however like it allot more then the classic healer, tank and dps stuff wich is just downright boring.

Welcome OP. Like you i am also very new to the game (soon 2 weeks) and i am having a blast. GW2 is so different and fresh compared to other MMO’s. The gameplay os so much more active. So nice not standing in one place and just pressing 1.

I must say i kind of like the hobosacks. Although after having seen the other thread where people show their engineer i understand why they dislike it.

But sofar on my Charr i am keeping a nature look, with leathery brown colours and with that the hobosack works just perfect, and one of the reasons i like the engineer. I love having the FT sack and bombkit sack with that big powderkeg, and the grenade kit with the grenades hanging on them.
I do wish we could colour the sacks though

Charr. Simply becourse they look absolutely kitten as engineers

Kitten? Whaha funny system. I said they look really cool in a sensored word i gues :P

Enjoying it allot. Running around with FThrower, BK, and swap between that yellow potion and EG.

Also just got the TK, and did not play too much with it, but that nr3 skill really hits hard, so i might swap the BK out for that one.

Not liking the nades too much, bit of a pain to throw the 1 bomb while strafing (or trying to) to the left.

I find myself mainly using the Rifpe, or dual pistols and switch to FT when they get close and BoB + fire bomb.
Seems to work okey. And use a healing elixir instead of the turret since it gives me a nice speed boost.

How is the build working sofar Cronkolo?

Hey willy, i can feel you on that guardian man. I only got to lvl 3 :P

Funny as i allmost have the same setup as you now. I sometimes switch bombs for nades.

Did some team pvp yesterday and it was good fun. Only 5 kills all together during like 1-2 hours of gameplay but i enjoyed it allot.
I tried making other chars, but i just don’t love them like the engi.

thanks again for all the tips ppl.

My mind died a little too, but it was good fun.

Allright will stay with that. Thanks guys. Yup very much EU Xyonon.

Oh man. That is some insane combo. Not a chance in the skies i could do one like that in a short time.
I do like the engi but maiby i should try a simpler proff when starting gw2?
I watched some youtube tutorials and i am pretty intimidated.

Thanks for the movies.

Thanks will try that. Btw is it tue that engi is one of the harder classes to play?

Ah that heal is nice. I am not trying to get lvl 80 asap. Especialy since it is my first character i take it slow, trying to clear out those areas and do, the occasional WvW. I haven’t tried the PvP yet. But probably will this weekend.

Thanks for the tips guys. From what i read in your replies and others i i should swap from the normal weapons to packs back and forth in a battle. Something i never really thought off. I gues i am still stuck in the old mmo box.

I must say i love the rifle and have that massive bomb from the bomb kit. But i’ll start trying to combine those things in battle.

Last night i had my first boss fight. Some big fire elemental type of thing in the 1-15 zone of the tiny race (i forgot their name). I didn’t manage to do any damage i think. I got killed allot and had my rifle equiped but for range i expect the pistols and grenades would have been a way better option.

I have also seen people talk about combo’s they do with their skills to get buffs, and even stealth. How does that work? I am just clueless on that works. And those finisher combo’s? And the healing turret has a combo with a waterfield, what is a waterfield?

So much to learn.

P.s.: Those that send me a PM. I cannot answer PM’s for another 2 days for some reason. But i am not german and i play on EU server Piken Square

So here i am, new to GW2 and to the Engineer proff (lvl 14 atm). I tried a ranger to lvl 9 and the biggest surprise i got was how fragile the engineer is against some mobs.

Atm i am mostly doing Pve content with my first pvp experience last night, doing the new Eotm map. Needless to say i didn’t contribute too much, but did get some xp and had fun (except for the long walks back to the fight)

I have unlocked the gun turret and flame turret, as well as the healing turret, bomb kit, grenade kit, shrapnel mine. And i run around with dual pistols or rifle most of the time.

I currently use everything, just depending on how the wind blows. But i am not really sure what is better then the other.
One thing i noticed in a small dungeon type of thing and i WvW is that bombs and grenades are a bit unreliable. I find the mobs often get pulled out or run away from the area of effect before the bombs go off or grenades land.

So i am very much open for tips. What are the do’s and don’ts of this profession for both pvp and pve.

Is there dedicated pvp gear? Also, i did get upscaled in level for pvp, but do weapon dmg and gear stats also get boosted?