Guild Wars 2

DGraves.3720:

Lightsbane.9012:

Novuake.2691:

One handed power weapon to go with shield. Shield also needs some love.

i wouldn’t mind this, but i’d prefer it to be ranged, at least in my preferences. that being said…what the kitten would it be.
i think, still, engineer is one of those professions that needs new (as in do not exist yet) weapons to come into the game for it to go anywhere.

One handed CQC would be mace.

I don’t think there are any one handed “power” weapons that are long range. Design choice.

and no sensible engineer would take it over hammer unless it offered a leap, and shield was re-done to be useful.

FiveGauge.1357:

Engi needs an offensive utility kit. In PvE, this is not the case, Engi needs a trait in explosives/firearms reworked to give unique damage buff to raids.

But my suggestion, a kit with crap/zero damage, but brilliant accompaniment to an offensive build that packs heavy damage already, like Grenadier, DPS Scrapper with no Gyros, etc.

• #1, mediocre basic attack.

• #2, Enemy Targeted 700 range, electricity themed teleport, deals insignificant damage, single target 1/4s daze, 4s cripple on hit, 10s CD.

• #3, Directional cone template ability, charge in selected direction, 400 distance, removing chill/cripple/immobilize from Engineer, and envelopes the path in a magnetic themed effect that pulses .5 seconds later, stealing protection from up to 3 targets. Deals insignificant damage 15s cooldown.

• #4 Self-Buff, 1s cast time, gain fury for 5s, mightx5 for 5s, and attacks become unlockable for 5s. 30s cooldown.

• #5 Self buff, .75s cast time, phase shift, granting stealth and providing vision of stealthed foes for 3 seconds. 40s cooldown.

• Toolbelt, stunbreak, instant, spray metallic mist around you, breaking stun and granting resistance for 2s, 180 radius, 25s CD.

you sort of get most of this if you run tool kit/elixir c. i would look at this suggested kit and still take tool kit over it.

Novuake.2691:

One handed power weapon to go with shield. Shield also needs some love.

i wouldn’t mind this, but i’d prefer it to be ranged, at least in my preferences. that being said…what the kitten would it be.
i think, still, engineer is one of those professions that needs new (as in do not exist yet) weapons to come into the game for it to go anywhere.

Pride.1734:

MORE KITS

…and something that gives us a place in high level PvE

Well, that’s something Engineer and thief have in common. Sure, thief can do insane single target DpS, but can be killed by a flyswatter, and the raid bosses are pretty big flyswatters.
the problem with engineer is it’s very good at keeping itself alive, and all of its support skills are useless (something i don’t care about. i have invested almost zero hours into gw2’s stale pve) but nonetheless it makes the engineer something that’s never really needed.

guildabd.6529:

Lightsbane.9012:

guildabd.6529:

Long range condition weapon.

not needed. it would offer less conditions than pistols.

Pistols are short range.

i didn’t say they were long range.

Rezzet.3614:

Boon Strip
Cripple on crit trait
Reliable Resistance

offense buff, engineer’s playstyle is one that never made sense we play a high risk low payoff style

it almost feels as if engineer was designed around having Heavy Armor rather than medium

yeah, it was.

guildabd.6529:

Long range condition weapon.

not needed. it would offer less conditions than pistols.

a quick thought dawned on me, and that was I had no idea what else my favored class could possibly be given in future expansions.
a long range weapon? nope, mortar kit.
melee? every weapon besides pistol is basically that.
burst melee? would rather use hammer.

i have a feeling that the class will have to suffer some sacrifices in order to be given anything in future expansions. mortar kit may be nerfed in favor of a ranged weapon (and it would have to be so that this new weapon has any appeal at all)
Or if it’s another melee weapon, Hammer might suffer nerfs too, because i can’t see another melee weapon being better than hammer. It seems Anet more or less created the perfect spec with scrapper and everything after might just be weaker. besides the gyros. those are useless.

i think a way to solve this might be to give mesmer some more active damage instead of phantasms.

Svarty.8019:

From the patch:

WORLD VS. WORLD
General
The walls in WvW have been updated to improve performance.

Someone on my server mentioned that this probably involved reducing the complexity of the geometry.

• It seems that this has resulted in a few glitches where players can get stuck in walls or pass through some walls.

• Wildcreek on EB has an undocumented change. The destructible wall on Rogue’s Quarry side of the tower is now indestructible, but the opposite wall is now destructible instead. I believe this has been done by mistake (hence no documentation). IMHO this is a change for the better and should be repeated at Langor (which has a vulnerable wall which is extremely difficult to defend).

it’s funny how things come full circle sometimes isn’kitten

Harper.4173:

Torzini.1523:

GW1 was uninteresting to me partly because it was human-only. I love my charr characters in GW2, and they’re a huge reason why I keep playing.

Echoing everyone who said they would be bored to tears in an all-human game.

Why would you be bored? Because of the visuals or because of the story?

I really don’t understand why a human-only game would be boring.

the gw2 story has never been it’s strongpoint anyway so…i mean i have charr characters myself and making them look less ridiculous is always a challenge. but kitties still need hugs so i have three of them.

you say ‘any new’
i say…any at all.

eagle-harambird
bear-comrade bearington
lynx-stifler’s mom
puppy#1-Tarchen
puppy#2-baragon

this has happened about 4-5 times since yesterday, and always at the worst possible times. is anyone else having this problem? it’s very new so there’s no way it could be anything on my end.

sydney.4901:

“- or if it’s as badly imbalanced as people claim it is”

This past re-set there were a few A-Net people running around on DH+E-Bay. After about an hour or so in we were ticking less than 30. The only thing we had was Our Garrison in APBL and a few camps scattered across the other maps. The only reason we held onto Garri is because the SBI groups failed to work together. (even though it was usually SBI and a SF group at the same time)

sadly that’s why we (sbi) never really go anywhere meaningful or do anything important in matchups.
we’re sort of like the sith empire, amazing potential if we decided to work together, and have some very strong guilds and players, but put us together and it ends up being like a power grab, with nothing happening but weaker servers than us getting beaten into utter submission.

Jerus.4350:

Lightsbane.9012:

Jerus.4350:

So you want shortbow to have less potential DPS? That’s essentially what you’re suggesting. Pistol might do slightly more AE damage due to the 1 skill but Shortbow attacks faster stacking more bleeds and poison volley is best used in close melee range as all cone spreads are, just like splitblade.

As someone who mains Engi and plays a fair amount of condi Ranger, no thanks I like shortbow how it is.

if you’re a condi ranger, and not behind/beside your target your dps is next to nothing anyway, the engineer’s kit at least allows them to not have to worry about positioning.
i point i was making was that engineer’s pistol is better at stacking conditions from range, whereas shortbow requires you be more or less on your target to stack anything.

Yeah sorry I kind of took that for granted, it would be nice to have the bleeds more consistent.

Honestly though I’m with the rest here in thinking a full rework is pretty warranted. The idea of making it like engi pistol is quite depressing even as a thought because of how mediocre MH pistol is (would really love to see their 3 and 4 skill swapped).

no i agree on how dull the pistol is as a weapon but it’s effectiveness compared to shortbow is leagues ahead

Jerus.4350:

So you want shortbow to have less potential DPS? That’s essentially what you’re suggesting. Pistol might do slightly more AE damage due to the 1 skill but Shortbow attacks faster stacking more bleeds and poison volley is best used in close melee range as all cone spreads are, just like splitblade.

As someone who mains Engi and plays a fair amount of condi Ranger, no thanks I like shortbow how it is.

if you’re a condi ranger, and not behind/beside your target your dps is next to nothing anyway, the engineer’s kit at least allows them to not have to worry about positioning.
i point i was making was that engineer’s pistol is better at stacking conditions from range, whereas shortbow requires you be more or less on your target to stack anything.

Joxer.6024:

MrTJpwnz.4710:

So the answer to your question is: Condi druid is viable to bring in wing 1, but most pug groups prefer a full healer druid.

Sadly that will kill it for me until such a time as the mentality changes for making groups. But thanks for the reply!

it’s more or less because of how the raid is set up, sadly. zerker meta is still king.

i have no issues with 3-5 on shortbow, those skills are useful and function quite well.
but it’s immensely difficult to stack bleeds on targets, as well as poison.
this weapon is probably a horrible thing to take in any sort of pve element because mobs turn waaaaay too quickly for the bleed effect to be even useful.
Not to mention how nearly impossible it is to land poison volley.
perhaps rework the weapon into something that functions more like engineer mainhand pistol.

i use SB/staff for my druid, it’s very effective for roaming in wvw, trolling the crap out of people in zergs, etc. I enjoy it..however i would not suggest taking it into pve where a mob’s ability to turn on a microscopic dime is possible.

while ‘no more trenchcoats’ is an age old request, my vote is now in for no more robber masks. how about some indiana jones style hats? the mistwalker hat is a good example buuuut comes with a non-removable robber mask(charr version doesn’t have it). maybe some actual helmets such as the AC dungeon medium hat?

GREETINGS COMERADE said with happiest commie voice ever

mongolian samurai is a fun contradiction too.

Shadow.1345:

Classic Perception.2507:

What’s for sure is we know how you didn’t get there.

+1

@OP

1. Infil Sig is a stun break and shadowsteps to a target for it’s active and the passive is helpful. Blinding powder is a blast finisher and gives quick access to stealth.

2. Longbow gives good access to burns.

Do you even PvP bruh?

i do not, but i roam in wvw alot. i would have set my bars up very differently on a thief, and probably would have went s/s, s/t on the warrior. I was thinking that mobility was more important for the warrior but guess not.

Chinchilla.1785:

Well, by that reasoning maybe they should keep focus on PvE content since that has several thousands more players active daily.

o.o

In more serious-ness. If they allowed player base to more directly fund the game mode(s) each person prefers, then we might see more effort put into WvW. Maybe even with double gem compensation.

Or in other words, let the players speak with their wallets when/if they decide to purchase gems/things. That being said, 50% should be decided by the company…imo customers are right 50% of the time, and vice versa for the company.

I can’t exactly get behind an idea that lets people who buy into a game make half of the decisions
that’s more or less the making of a much more plutocratic form of guild wars 2.

watching the qualifier i noticed two very odd things.
1. a thief with utility skills that are utterly useless(signet of initiative regen/blinding powder)save for shadowstep
2. a condi warrior using a longbow.

these people are potentially part of teams in the world finals.

as of right now, the pvp world championship qualifier has less than a thousand views. whereas world vs. world probably has several thousand players active daily.
maybe it’s time to shift some priorities.

i’m still holding out for a mainhand pistol elite spec that relies more on the weapon than the shatters for damage.

sometimes i forget that engineer can use a shield, then i remember that it’s just hammer #4 and 5 on a longer cooldown.

Reh.5986:

Cannons were already a death trap but yesterday I had one melt before I was even in much danger myself.

yeah, an engi with high enough condition damage can probably just turn one into nothing in a few seconds.

now that we can literally melt siege, have cannons become that much more useless?

i may not like all of the e-specs you’ve designed but i’m really glad you keep thinking them up. I think this time around though, engineer would need a brand new weapon type (as in doesn’t exist yet) for their design philosophy and current kit to make sense. unless the next spec is some sort of tech-knight or something. that would be fuuuuun.

Jack Skywalker.5674:

Another thing you could do is go mace/shield and dual wield swords. I also run Glint/Malyx in a support themed build. Basicaly I would use Malyx to spread resistance to allies when getting condi bombed,then heal to eat all the condis on me and I would swap back to Glint for dps.

I only playtested the build in sPvP as I have not unlocked Herald spec for PvE and WvW but based on my initial playtests Condi Revenant can be a good bunker spec provided you spam banish enchantment. The only way that I know of to get around condi rev’s weakness for roaming is to have an elementalist partener to provide you with his ice bow.

i’ve been mostly zerging due to the fact that i know i’d have to rely on someone else’s range. it’s pretty fun being able to frontline and just melt people

Helly.2597:

Lightsbane.9012:

thanks for the replies, sadly none of them really give me much hope lol
really just adds to the fact that the Revenant is an unfinished class..

…Or maybe it just adds to the fact you can’t have everything with every spec?

Condi rev has better mobility than condi necro did previously, but people still roamed on that.

If you want to take glint instead of shiro of course you’re going to have mobility issues. But you have to be realistic with your expectations when roaming. If I’m using hybrid/condi rev I know I’m not about to be able to chase down a thief or warrior if they don’t want to fight. But you’re also a basically unkillable boon/condi machine in fights.

power can have everything with its kit.
core condi necro also has two ranged options.

i guess the obvious napalm on the ground isn’t sign enough to move.

thanks for the replies, sadly none of them really give me much hope lol
really just adds to the fact that the Revenant is an unfinished class..

ranged condi? please?

you know i wasn’t in favor of it being potentially ranged at first, but at range, condi rev has almost nothing.

i was very hesitant to try this playstyle because it has a very exploitable weakness, and that would be range.
is there any way to get around this?

ventusthunder.5067:

Lightsbane.9012:

ventusthunder.5067:

yeah but is this going to fix your 0.5 kdr that’s the real question here

you know what? I don’t mind losing to maguuma, but i do mind when you decide to be arrogant about it. you know you have more than three times our numbers and coverage.

know why you win. just as we know why we’re losing.

arrogant? yes, maybe a little, considering we have been stuck with this trash matchup for three weeks.

last reset night you guys had a kdr of 0.37 for a sustained amount of time. that’s not numbers. do we outnumber you three to one? lol no.

last night you sure did. but i can’t wait for you to be absolutely demoralized as you move up. your reply sums up how the other two servers feel about you. arrogance and condescension.
good luck.

Joey.2769:

RyuDragnier.9476:

Sounds like a T1 problem, you don’t really see this in T2 as far as I’ve seen. Hell, I don’t think I’ve ever seen boon sharing mesmers in T2, all I see is the horde of necromancers, eles, and guardians.

Oh it’s definitely heading to T2 soon.

it is already in t3 and the dominant server is that much more dominant. i’ve seen a full minute of quickness, and no amount of boon stripping can deal with this.

OriOri.8724:

Lightsbane.9012:

for a few weeks now i’ve been skeptical about the validity of these polls, because it seems like things are seen positively that most wvwers i know would absolutely abhor to see in the game mode. if all players (pvers included) have access to the polls, just how valid could they be?

Jesus we just went over this with the BL vote.

A – Just because you disagree with the vote doesn’t mean everyone else is wrong and doesn’t know how to play the game

B – People on forums are a vast minority of overall players.

C – You don’t know the majority of WvW players. You might know a lot but you don’t know a majority. Just because you know 20 people who disagree with repair hammers means jack kitten. There are other players that know 20 friends that do play WvW that think repair hammers would be good for the game.

D – Have you ever, even once, stopped and considered that maybe the people who don’t play WvW as much as you do don’t do so because they don’t enjoy the current implementation of WvW in GW2???? Even if you are high and mighty enough to honestly believe that players who don’t WvW shouldn’t get a say, you can’t deny the fact that someone who would play WvW more after a poll goes in their favor deserves an equal say in the vote.

Not everyone thinks like you. As it was abundantly clear with the BL vote, the number of people on these forums who think they are the WvW gods and everyone else is stupid and doesn’t know what they are talking about are actually a minority of players. Like it or not, these opinions are in the minority as has been evidenced by multiple WvW polls now. Just because you don’t agree with the result of the Poll doesn’t make you any better than other players. We don’t need people with this kind of kitten attitude playing the game. Suck it up, the majority of other players don’t agree with you.

would you poll walmart shoppers about their experience shopping at aldis?
that’s all i’m wondering. another thing, i never stated an opinion one way or the other for anything they’ve ever implemented with the polling. so your wall of text was misguided.

Razor.9872:

Lightsbane.9012:

Razor.9872:

Who knows? Could be a she :O

does it matter?

No, but it could energy.

i think you’re wrong in this momentum.

Henry.5713:

It is all about new weapon types to me. Wish we would see one or two new weapon type options per base class.
This game has a big western fantasy and real medieval influence to it. Weapons like greataxes, spears, crossbows, halberds, flails, throwing spears, slings, pikes, glaives, bucklers, etc. could easily work.
We are already so liberal on which type of weapons any of casters or medium armor classes can use. Not like any of these couldn’t be used outside of heavy armor classes. As long as it is not warrior with spellbooks or something like that.

i think that’s what has to happen, base classes need new weapon types from existing weapons, and e-specs could have brand new weapons entirely.

Deli.1302:

Jeknar.6184:

I belive anyone have access to the pool but they only let people who spend time on WvW know about them… Unless you tell to all your pve friends to vote in a pool, I’m pretty sure only people who are actually playing a bit of WvW are seeing them.

Also you gotta keep in mind that the people who post in these forums are a vocal minority, which means that the opinions of the majority are not/may not be a reflect on what is posted here. The mail telling people about the pool is sent to anyone who is actively playing WvW, even to those who never come to these forums.

Every time a poll comes out, it gets the banner headline on reddit. Definitely a ton of pvers voting.

and that’s a problem, what do they care what goes on in wvw? a fair bit of them probably click ‘yes’ just because why not?

Turamarth.3248:

And how would you define a wvwer?

one that spends more time in wvw than the other game modes.

Swagger.1459:

Lightsbane.9012:

for a few weeks now i’ve been skeptical about the validity of these polls, because it seems like things are seen positively that most wvwers i know would absolutely abhor to see in the game mode. if all players (pvers included) have access to the polls, just how valid could they be?

We recently had this discussion with a developer response. It’s all good.

can you link it please?

for a few weeks now i’ve been skeptical about the validity of these polls, because it seems like things are seen positively that most wvwers i know would absolutely abhor to see in the game mode. if all players (pvers included) have access to the polls, just how valid could they be?

i hate to say that you’re beating a dead horse but i’d realy like anet to realize what kind of potential that land spear could have.
i just don’t think we’ll ever get it.

katniss.6735:

I saw it, and it cannot be unseen.

so you’re the plebeian that searched through the forum postings and decided this thread needed to be necro’d.