Guild Wars 2

This game is all about collecting skins and things like that, at least it is to me as there is no endgame gear you have to grind etc. etc. One could say the Ascended gear is that, but unless you do Fractals you don’t NEED it.

What I would love to see in the near future is a wardrobe function. Currently I love my gear on my charr, but if I wanna mess around with a different specc I’d have to get completely different gear as I don’t want my current runes etc. to go to waste. The gear from dungeons is already reasonably pricey and in my opinion once you unlock it goes into your wardrobe and you can equip it whenever you want.

Hell I’d be even happy with the use of Transmutation stones still (perhaps at a cheaper price then, but that’s something else). Right now I gotta gather another set of gear for a different specc which is a shame as I love the gear I have currently.

DCUO is also all about the looks gearwise, kitting out your hero in a certain way for his or her identity and I think GW2 is no different. How exactly it should all be implemented as we still have runes and such I do not know, what I do know is that it’s a shame that with every transmutation a lovely piece of gear goes to waste.

It’s not that I even want it to be faster, I’d be happy with between 15-25% faster. If they make them a bit pricey, or perhaps like Cultural armor various Tiers then it’s simply a cosmetic thing.

I want my norn to ride a Dolyak or my Charr to make some steampowered vehicle.

Is it for convenience? Hell no, WP system works fine. Simply for cosmetic reasons.

Thanks Matt! Looks good, looking into that guide! Will make my own little adaptation trait wise, but gearwise etc. it looks good. Thanks!

Yea I don’t use backpieces so I don’t mind, but perhaps those new ones will change my mind! The option should atleast be there imo.

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Hi guys.

Currently I play a supporting healing Engi, but I wanna have another specc and gear next to it for roaming/dpsing and wvw. All of that combined yea! Doesn’t have to be top notch, just good stuff, fun to play.

Two questions: what do you suggest for me gear and trait wise with the focus on the Flamethrower. I wanted a Juggernaut, tough Engi that dishes out nice dps. I’m looking for ONE specc to cover: WvW and dungeon dps. This specc should be viable for both by the simply swap of a utility or trait or two. I HATE respeccing, but that’s another subject that it should be made easier or dual specc blablabla.

Was thinking this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqelspSXHvSrF87IxoCeG0DAfX8K6xjp8kB-jwxA4uASQAoIgJwioxW8KiGr2GTDTEVDA-e

Simply swap out Always Prepared for Speedy Kits for Perma Switfness in WvW/Roaming. Always prepared is okay I guess for Dungeons.

I just made something up real quick, don’t know what exactly is viable so please help me out!

Also what IS the top DPS right now for Engineers? My guess is grenades, is this still true and what else is viable?

LukeTheQuke.4079:

JJBigs.8456:

if you dont come back to play, you wont find out about the new patch updates and stuff and tbh, you probaly have missed events that give them out.

What a great way to get lost players back. Add a lot of content but make sure to get rid of it all so people that’s been away for a while can’t do them! <.<

Also all those new SKINS are all nice, how about some STAT progression, some sence of going somehwre? It’s not there. It was there at first but then poff, gone, the void now being filled with living story and RNG kitten which to me means nothing. Sure I could come back get some sweet kitten skins for my character with no effort at all to do so but then what? What then???!!! NOTHING! Absolutely jack kitten. You don’t progress in this game, that’s forbidden.

It never really was there, they implemented Ascended gear, but received hate for it as well. Besides. Didn’t you quite? What are you still doing here? Invest the time you’re hating here into playing a game you enjoy.

LameFox.6349:

The stunbreak was literally the only thing I equipped it for. I don’t want to shrink and be unable to use skills, I don’t care enough about endurance to waste a slot refilling it, but being able to break stun then get a guaranteed two dodges was actually useful.

Don’t know if it’s fixed, but if you’re fast enough you can equip your Kit right before becoming small and still use attacks. Kind of an exploit, but yea..

At a glance it looks fun indeed, though I don’t see the point in the 5 points for the bomb when you dodge. I’d put that elsewhere.

So. My build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqelIqSXHvyuF17ISoHSohJYgUoX5lIFPGlB-jwBBUDg0IAZRFRjtIsIasqZJS1ATpSoGA-e

I play a Healing Support Engineer that is Tanky but packs a decent punch.

Some explanation:

Utilities:
- Elixir Gun: Self explanatory, it’s always there.
- The two elixirs are most of the time there, but those are the two slots that I swap out for any other Elixir if I ever need it or the Bomb Kit.

Traits:
- Rifled Barrels & Hair Trigger are to improve my damage output with my Pistol and Elixir Gun and I like chilling in the back for the most part. Now and then I run through healing everyone, but I like the range. Though I’ll gladly take feedback on it nontheless!
- Energized Armor: I like being beefy and wearing toughness gear also makes my Power go up which in return increases my damage output.
- Reinforced Shield: I use a shield.
- Elite Supplies are there for the most part, unless I switch to bomb kit. Then I take Elixir-Infused Bombs
- Fast Acting Elixirs: I use Elixirs a lot, makes all the sense in the world for me.
- Cleaning Formula 409: Again, I use Elixirs a lot. Either this trait is active or Potent Elixirs, depending on the situation (do I need Cond. Removal or not).

Gear is Cleric + Altruism. The gear makes me a tougher cookie to crack with a decent support/dmg outpute and the runes buff my supporting role.

That’s basically it. I would like to hear your feedback and no I don’t want comments like “Engineer sucks, roll something else” or “Don’t use Healing Power.”. I do. I like it. I’m sticking with it. All I ask is feedback on the specc.

If you need more information also please let me know, other than that: please review the specc I’m using and give me feedback accordingly.

Cheers!

Moa’s do a decent job as buffers also. Though more pets is never bad obviously.

Hi there,

As we all know ranged weapons can get a bit dull: use CD’s and spam 1 the whole time. Melee weapons do the same, but at least they have a combo, but let’s leave that as it is.

A suggestion that I haven’t seen before and neither do I know if it is possible, but I wanted to share it anyway.

You can spam #1 to attack as it is, but also hold down 1 for X sec (and perhaps add a 3rd duration as melee weapons have 3 attacks on #1 as well) for a certain shot.

I play Engineer mostly so let’s take that as an example:
“Fire a shot that explodes on impact, bleeding nearby foes.
Damage: 118 (0.35)?
Bleeding: 2 s (85 damage)
Radius: 120
Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile (20% chance)
Range: 900”

Now let’s add the suggested hold to do for instance the following:

“Hold down for 1.5 seconds for a more powerful explosive shot:
Damage: 170 ?
Apply vurnerability: 3 stacks ?
Radius: 120
Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile (20% chance)
Range: 900”

Obviously the damage and everything are just something I came up with, same with the duration of the holding down.

How will you see how long you hold it down? Well a bar appears in the bottom of your UI, similar to a casting bar. After you get to X sec required for the 1st shot (implying there’s a 3rd shot on it also) the bar increases in size/color to show that you’ve past the 1.5 sec mark.

What do you think about something like that? Balancing is in order obviously, but it would make ranged weapons more fun I reckon. Thoughts?

I… I.. I didn’t even notice. YEEJ! Totally makes up for the loss at Elixer R (I barely use elixer S and actually like Elixer R, but I guess it’s more balanced now). YEEEEEJ

Then don’t get it? It’s in place to ‘reward’ people for doing something a certain way, something a bit more challenging. Overall the achievements in GW2 are still a joke.

marnick.4305:

zeromius.1604:

Drayven.6408:

Why should I be forced to change my build? Also hasn’t ArenaNet put out that they don’t like One Shot mechanics that can’t be dodged?

It’s true that they said they wanted to change fights so that bosses don’t one shot you. The only problem is that it’s very likely that they had started working on this dungeon before they said that.

As it stands, this dungeon is NOT balanced around zerkers for once. Only zerkers get one-shots.

Good.

Perhaps. It’s fun to see someone’s gear ‘Oh that’s that piece! Cool!’ But you will get a lot more Elitist Jerks. “WHAT?! NO BERSERKER?! NO YOU WONT BE INVITED!”. Don’t look forward to more of that “WoW”/“Hardcore” mentality in a game like this.

Give me back my Stunbreaker on Elixer R! NOW!

Welcome back! An Engineer is definately a lot more fun in my opinion. Whether or not it’s the fastest, I used Turrets while leveling. They act like a tank and when fighting multiple mobs it does make your life a little easier. Turrets should still be buffed a little than they are now and now and again the AI is twitchy, but I did enjoy it.

Perhaps, but it would require a lot of balancing. I’d prefer them making sure the content that’s in here now to work properly, add some PERMANENT content before doing things like that. I like the idea, but also see a few problems.

While I agree with most things you said, you mention that casuals are in it for the short term. That’s not necessarily true and the thing is that there are WAY more casual gamers than there are ‘hardcore’ ones. The money is there. Companies still need to earn money. Whether or not they should compromise their game in order to satisfy the casual gamers is a different discussion, but why should they do the same for the ‘hardcore’ gamers? It’s pretty obvious that their focus is on the casual gamer.

It’s part of the combat system, it won’t go away. Ever. However, what I do find extremely annoying is that whenever people have a stability buff or those freaking thieves go invisible I can’t do anything. I’m an engineer and my #2 pull ability can interrupt them normally and sometimes followed by an explosion. This sometimes is long enough for reinforcements to arrive to help me up or at least annoy the opponent. With Stability and Invisibility it’s not possible.

To be honest I find it extremely ridiculous that you can knock someone out from Stealth.

“WoW made some great moves to make things EVOLVE with-in the world. How? They released 1 raid at a time, months (4-8 weeks) apart from each other, before the previous raid was even BEATEN BY ONE PERSON. This gave players a story and an objective worth getting. No, I’m not saying make a gear grind. Good day.”

Not true. A lot of raids were beaten before a new one came out. Especially in a time frame of 4-8 months. Those hardcore guilds would be done with them within the month most of the time.

About the topic though: I am a bit torn. I myself have also had the frustration that I wasn’t there with some content (though that was mostly holiday content and will be back next year is my guess). On the other hand, since I play a lot again, the exhaustion part is true, though still the period is still quite short, even when you play quite a lot. (A week or so?)

Thing that bugs me the most: the content that they add is just far too little. The last part of Flame & Frost was alright, but the months before were, well, pathetic in terms of content. I’d much rather have it all in one go, at least it feels like it’s more, while they do ‘normal’ updating (bugs & improvements) on the way as well.

I have no insight as to how that company operates and the sources they can utilize and money they can put into this game. I am glad it’s F2P monthly and will never go back to a paid MMO, but thus far I haven’t been impressed with the ‘temporary’ content.

Thanks for the input. Oh wait..

Thanks for the input thus far. Why Hallowed Ground instead of Purging Flames? Lasts a little longer, but does not damage. I will use Purging Flames and my Blast Finisher in conjuction so timing is no matter. Any other reason why?

Shelter is something I haven’t used yet, but will look into it and the Focus has been a while as well, will check it out again. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I am looking for some input from you as to what traits I should take etc. I am a huge fan of utilising combo fields and also love using the Hammer. I do NOT want the typical ‘AH+Shouts’ build. Yes it’s good, but I don’t like running what everyone else does. I don’t have to be the very best or anything. Enjoyment comes first.

My off set weapons are not certain yet. Currently it’s a Scepter+Torch, but I still want to give Sword, Shield and Mace a good go again (been a while since I used them). Also I like to be beefy, but deal decent damage. No glasscannon for me!

So I also love the burning a Guardian brings and I came up with the link below!
I’d like to hear where you would improve things.

NOTE: This is for a PvE environment: roaming & dungeons. Loadout will vary from time to time, but I thought the two that are in place now should be the standard ones. What 3rd one do you recommend?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQFAClYgiDZGiPkiIrgIrKEPMFaMjXPSIFbIA-e

Cheers!

Well I’m no expert myself on everything, but I do play a healing support engineer myself. Feel free to contact me on Gunnars Hold and if you’re into metal, hard rock, punk etc. feel free to join our guild as well

I can vouch for this. I never use the overcharge skill, but what does happen a lot is that I don’t get a blast heal when using my blast finisher. It’s like the Water field does not get triggered. Quite annoying. But it might be the blast finisher itself (my shield & elixir gun jump) as that doesn’t always trigger regardless of the shield (and no I’m not too late). Same thing happened again today in a dungeon in a Mesmer Bubble, no Chaos Armor. Darn it.

CC Marcos.4315:

Hi everyone,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. First, I’d like to say that, even if the Dev team does not actively post in the forums they are always aware of what is happening. The mod team sees that they are informed of what is going on in the forums. However, we will forwad them this thread so they are aware.

Thanks a lot for your understanding.
Please, keep the discussion constructive and friendly.

Still Marcos, to be quite frank, it does not come across that way. We have seen these posts being made by several of ArenaNets’ workers. Transparency is something a lot of people attach a high value to nowadays and ArenaNet isn’t very transparent. A lot of questions are left unanswered and unresolved (see Southsun as a recent example with things like Crab Toss). People want answers and ANet should be giving them, if the tone of that person was correct to begin with. My suggestion: actually do something with ‘customer service’. I know that when an account is blocked you guys are a great help and issues get resolved, but we would like more answers on the forums as well.

Your majority might not be on the forums, but the ‘core’ players are. These are the ones you’ll want to keep happy and give answers to pressing issues.

g e o.2589:

agree for 10000000% because only source of swiftness for mesmer is either gambling with staff or using focus, well guard has tons of that skill on staff and 2 utilities., but thief, necro, ele, ranger have it. Warrior, Engineer, Guardian and mesmer are left as slow classes.

While I agree it should all be equal, that is not true.

Engineer has the trait Speedy Kits for instance, the medkit has a Swiftness buff and so does Elixer B and the thrown effect of Elixer B. These are the ones I know by head.

Guardian has various shouts that also contain the Swiftness Buff. Warriors do too with their banners.

When reading the title: “OH NO HE DIDN’T!”. Not that I care, but so much rage occurs mostly.

Anyway, I agree with pretty much all your suggestions. There is SO much to improve I don’t even know where to start. There are a lot of things I would like to see implemented/changed/improved, but my skeptisism is growing with every patch put out. The lack of content is just astounding. They ‘hype’ their patches and when they come out it feels like nothing has been added.
Love the game for sure, but I will need more stuff added in order for me to play more. Currently I barely play as I am rather busy (±8 hours a week), but I have played since the start so I’ve pretty much seen all content and their new additions lately have really been lacking.

No problem! Enjoy!

I also was not a fan of kits, but once I started using them more and more I fell in love with it. It is one of our actually working mechanics and I do suggest looking into them to see what you like. As your Engineer is only 10 I wouldn’t worry too much, I’d take something that levels nicely before anything else.

Once you reach a higher level you’ll know what you like and then we can help you out!

Hello everyone,

This might have been suggested before, but I couldn’t find it so quickly. I love most of the dungeons in this game, some story mode mechanics are in my opinion better than the explorable.

It’s a kitten shame there is almost no ‘need’ to do Story Mode dungeons anymore to begin with (you can just group up with people that have Explorable Mode already). I have seen a suggestion of also giving Tokens as a reward from doing Story Mode. Might be a possibility, but then I think it should be less than explorable as it is harder.

But..

To me it would be brilliant if Story Mode has a hard/heroic mode attached to it, something you can do after you’ve completed it (like Explorable Mode). As I said before, most of the mechanics in SM are extremely fun and challenging, but who ever goes back to them? There needs to be an incentive for people to do it, for me it would be a Heroic Mode: a challenge and some tokens.

What do you guys and gals think?

What, what, WHAATTTT?! I LOVED the mesmer thing, just for the Chaos Armor (as I have tons of blast finishers to make use of). Yea okay now there’s a reliable projectile blocker, guess that’s good, but I love the random/RNG factor Engineers have (even though most resent it, but whatever).

Well at least I know now, still love the quickness so I’ll be still using it a lot, but a little less because I like the throw a little less. A little part of my soul has just died.

Seras.5702:

I bounce back n’ forth between grenades and FT, both always complemented by EG. I find EG too useful to not include in any PvE build. Especially when rocking FT, due to trait crossover. I have 6/6 Runes of Altruism for further group support.

I’m planning on getting a full healing/support gear set together and trying a heal bomb/EG/HT blast finishing build a la https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/PVE-BUILD-TANKY-HEALY-CONDI-ENGI/first#post2086359

Pretty much what I’m doing, though I don’t have the bombs out by default, only when the situation calls for it. Love me some blast finishers!

Yea would love this as well. ‘Dual specc’ like in (oh kitten I’m gonna say it!) WoW would suffice as well.

I wanted to feel useful so I went supporty. Mostly there are two kinds of support: boons and heals.

While I went for heals (even though people repeatedly say it’s terrible, I like it) I also buff quite some with the use of my Elixers.

My build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqelIqSXHvyuF17ISoHSohJYgUoX5lIFPGkB

There is a lot based on my personal preferences, but let me elaborate anyway:

- Rifled Barrels is there because I like to stay out of range, supporting from afar, throwing down some Water Combo Fields in conjuction with a Blast finisher to heal the ranged people. I support the melee by either using my Super Elixir from the Elixir Gun and/or the Supply Crate. It really depends on what the group needs.
- Hair Trigger: I use a Pistol, switch back to it from my Elixir Gun whenever I burned all the cooldowns so a reduced CD on the Pistol abilities to me is a good choice.

- Energized Armor: I have Toughness/Pow/Heal gear to be beefy, but I still want to deal decent damage so that’s where this comes in.
- Reinforced Shield: I use a shield as well, and I LOVE IT! The Blast Finisher is great (among the other abilities) a reduced CD makes sense to me + even more toughness with makes me beefier and a higher damage output (see Energize Armor)
- Elite Supplies: I use this as my Elite so it makes sense to trait it.

- Fast Acting Elixirs: I use Elixirs next to my Elixir Gun for the most part so this, again, was a no brainer for me.
- Potent Elixirs: Ditto for Fast Acting Elixirs.

Gearwise, as I said I use Pow/Tough/Healing gear, but with the Altruism Runes. These allow me to buff myself and my party whenever I use a heal. Love it! Check them out if you wanna support!

As you see a lot is based on what I like and that is exactly how you should play in my opinion. A lot is also situational, if the situation calls for condition removal (I don’t have much Vitality so I’m weak to it) then I’ll get out my Elixir C and some Traits to assist with it (Cleaning Formula 409). If an encounter is a lot about huddling up or a CQ situation I’ll get my bombs out and trait accordingly.

Same with my Utilities: while the Elixir Gun is always there, the Elixirs are swapped out for whatever the situation calls for, sometimes I even get a Net Turret out or the Bomb Kit.

Please let us know what you like and we can help you out.

Hi guys and gals.

I am probably a little late to the party, but I have noticed that I do not get the mesmer proc from it anymore, only the Smokescreen and Wall of Reflection. I assume this is a bug and they didn’t remove it, did they? Would be a kitten shame as I loved it! CHAOS ARMOR! WEEEE

Is there anything viable that uses consecrations? Quite like them and Meditations.

Also: with suggesting builds, just think about Hammer. I now use Scepter, but my 2nd weapon set isn’t something to think about, it can change to whatever.

It really is the only possibility I consider for my Engineer.. not sure if I can pull it off being a Charr engi with SE armor. Hmm.. You definately look great. I, like many, do want more Legendaries!

Ah, well I can let you guys go crazy on it really! All that restricts it is that it’s PvE orientated and I use the Hammer. My Engineer is supporty with heals and some utilities from throwing elixers so if all possible avoid something similar to it (a support healing build). Thanks!

Hi guys! I got my alt Guardian that I like to play on. My primary weapon is the Hammer, don’t think that will change. I am currently messing around with my 2nd weapon set to see what I like (currently scepter+torch).

What would you suggest to me in terms of traits?

NOTE: I DO NOT LIKE SHOUTS. I find them very boring, I know it’s awesome and all in combination with Altruistic Healing, but I like something non traditional. A specc that does not revolve around shouts+altruistic healing.

Cheers!

Valandil Dragonhart.2371:

It’s a very fine line you’re drawing there…

Almost everything out in the explorable world is designed to be slain.

People have their own moral compass pointing them to what is right and wrong.

Exactly. It’s a game and the choice people make. Things like that shouldn’t be encouraged, but neither are they. Almost any gamer can seperate real life from the game, those that can’t need more help than a game can offer. It’s a fantasy thing and we humans like to see where we can draw the line, whether that is in games, music or something else and that’s also where it ends: as soon as we know where the line is drawn we stop right there. People can and should choose to do whatever they like.

ceg.2587:

Captain Swag.5893:

Weapon Selection

The engineers as you know have the most limited weapon arsenal to choose from. Yes, kits exist, but kits are ABILITIES, and should be treated as abilities, not weapons. Expand the engineers’ arsenal a bit. For example, Hammers, Maces, or Swords.
Giving Engineers some melee capability would give ALOT more use to the Tool and Flamethrower kits, helping to make them a viable pick again. It would also open a WIDE range of new builds. Some abilities you may have overlooked earlier.

now that you mention it-i would like a melee weapon. it could make me serve as tank even. plus-weapon swapping is not avalible to the engineer, making him tacticly a lot less proficent

I think more weapons in the form of kits would be nice. A Steamhammer perhaps? I’m not a big fan of the idea, but I guess if executed well it could work!

Shadow.3475:

Engineers med-kit heal should be % say it give 20% off your health back / bag so you can get 60% back with all 3, as it is now it give 2% / bag.

That in combination with the Toolbelt would be too overpowered. Nope.

I agree with most things, like Gadgets not being that good, Turrets need a buff (though I used to play with a turret build and if you position them well they don’t die so quickly, but the damage aint great, no). Elixer Gun I use myself and I’m fine with it to be honest. I run Cleric gear so the heal somewhat better than normal.

Thing I don’t agree with is the RNG. Everyone complains about it and I don’t get it. I find it a very original class mechanic that fits with the fluff of the class in a really original way. Sure sometimes I really need that Wall of Reflection to pop from my Elixer U throw, but when it doesn’t I quickly adapt and use what I do have at my disposal. I find that overall people exaggerate a bit about how ‘bad’ it is. That’s just me though, I find it original and fun.

About weapons: I personally don’t see hammers, maces or swords work for an Engineer, but perhaps others don’t see the following either: A shortbow. I personally would find a Shortbow to be able to fit with the Engineer, I think there has been some discussion about one in the past and overall pretty original ideas came forth. Though I do not think we’ll see new weapons being added anytime soon.

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I guess we were unlucky then.. he bugged out a lot, though we managed.

That he dies is fine, but he revives with 50% of his HP and rushes into battle again making him not live long, if even. The buggyness with the bubble is the most frustrating part. He got stunned right before as I mentioned and just now like 5sec after the rocks stopped falling he used it, when there was nothing falling. Come on.

Okay. So normally I do not create ‘whiny’ topics or anything, but come on..

Mechanics are fun and challenging, but the buggyness at The Howling King is ridiculous. You can’t ress the NPCs without them charging in once you wipe, they ress @ 50% HP so they die quickly as well. Whenever Grast gets stunned by one of The Howling Kings’ attacks and you are so unfortunate that The Howling King makes the rocks come tumbling down the Bubble won’t pop. Great stuff. So you’re pretty much guarenteed to wipe because of that.

Let the NPC’s respawn with you and that would solve a major issue. The other being: look at the kitten stuns on Grast. I am a big supporter of these changes are they are challenging, but this is extremely frustrated. Get on it!