Guild Wars 2

I have yet to figure out why I some post all I can do it add a reply and yet on others I can quote and add a reply. Anyone know why this happens?

Thanks

I am not a fan of Medium armor. I want something less than a trench coat that looks great. Right now I where noble armor with pant I have no clue where I got them commando pants (basically pants with lower leg chaps) I wish I knew where I got them

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I love that while I may not be the greatest at any one thing, I can change to meet the immediate need. So the versatility is what I love about my class

I always die when I get CC and thieve are good at that. But if I maintain my mobility I can fight him off or even kill dem thieves.

@ZIL
good tips

Maybe I am just not understanding what happens in a siege. But I see there are poeple who setup siege equipment, build it and operate it. Everyone can do that. There are those that protect that equipment and we can do that. Then there are people that clear walls. As an engineer I do that very well. infact I kept one side of a castle wall free of annoying players. I destroyed their siege equipment and protect our left side during our attempt at the door. At most we had 3 players doing this but most of the time it was me alone. for the record we were never successful because we just did not have the numbers.

I get that we have issue on destroy-able wall but as for us being the weakest in a siege that seems not true. I was kicking kitten with grenades and my mortar. Man they hated that my mortar also and I got a few kill with that thing.

I ran a rifle gadget for a bit at 80 it was a blast I had good single CC with net cripple personal battering ram, rocket boots for the utility belt and stun breaker. Last but not least I use goggles. Also do not under estimate a perfectly timed Supply drop.

basic rotation was net, analyze, keep firing until the were close to melee. the goggles. rocket kick, blunderbuss and/or jumpshot (depends on what the mob was doing) followed by a personal battering ram. If net shot was not up I would use “launch personal battering ram skill” for the 5s cripple and keep firing.

I would add in overcharge shot here and there for the damage if I knew I was not going to aggro things. However that was not a good choice in the land of ore as the mob density in spot in pretty thick

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Not sure what to say. it is an annoying bug.

Kimbald.2697:

Never getting a combo out of that.
Are you sure it’s a water field?

Testing it now and can’t make it work.

Could well be me, just saying I can’t trigger it for now.

I know the field produce by the turret fades really fast and you have to have good timing for you to use it in a combo. It is possible I have done it with my jump shot

@OP

I have leveled to 80 The Eng can be a pain to learn. I use the healing elixir but around 40 bit the bullet at started using the Med Kit. Boy did I die early and often until I learned how to use it. All this said is you should be able to take on 3+ mobs but once again it depends on the mob. For example I am gear for mobility, if I get to many crowd controls from mobs like chill and cripple, I am dead.

You may also need to know when to use a skill and some skills are a little bit misleading. For example the static shield. the tooltip states “Electrify your shield, preparing to throw it at foes. If you are hit, the shield discharges, stunning your nearby attacker”. this leads many to believe that it will stun anyone that hits the shield. However it will block all range attack for 2 secs ( i wish it was longer) and never stun one of them but if you are hit it melee with it active it will stun then and drop the shield. So the tool tip should state that it will block range attack for 2 secs or 1 melee attack with the melee attacker getting stunned. Also its animation is you hiding behind your shield with your auto attack off. this may lead you to believe that you cannot move when the shield is active. In practice, whether it is a bug or not,You can use static shield move and use other skills like reactivating you auto attack.

All this said my basic pistol and pistol tactic is engage them from make range, then slow them down with glue shot. This is where I will use elixir B or U , I like the both for different reason. Sometime I will go with the rifle turret for the tool belt skill and to be able to drop something to get me more time to heal myself or dis-engage.

All this knowledge just comes with time and with it you will live more and more. This forums is good at giving you tips and trick regardless of your build. Pretty much I only die now to a bad pull, bad spawn, lack of paying attention, or in a dungeon (Many of them are brutal and unforgiving if not all)

Order of Whisper because they fit this character.

Cool thanks for the info

Been a level 400 huntsman and leatherworker for about 2 weeks and beginning to think about legendary. I guess there is alot of harvest farming in my future.

DO you guy think Grenade are more powerful in the hand of the few that know how to use them well? I find them hard to use as i often turn myself with my mouse so I lose aim quickly. however I will use them for WWW defense all the time.

Ok I think I got this correct from my research. I am trying for “The Predator” rifle this mean I need “The Hunter” pre req rifle.

1) To get “The Hunter” rifle do I need to gamble on the mystic forge with 4 level 80 rare rifle for a chance they will covert to “The Hunter” or trade in 4 Exotic rifle for a better chance at it.?

2) What I do not understand is why you would need 2 level 400 crafting professions. could you not get a crafter that you trust to craft the item you need with you mats?

3)s there any other way to get “Gift of Exploration:” as it seem you only get 2 on completion of the world and therefor we would only be allow 2 legendary items?

4) are the stats really the same as any other exotic weapon or is the wiki wrong?

Anyway I am begging

Thanks to save now for them because they require so much.

Thanks I have been using that. I was just hoping for more maybe someday

:)

Thanks again

I did a search and did not see info about this.

Is there a way to parse out the damage to see exactly how we are performing or is still just our best guess?

Hiddekel.6527:

Thanks for the feedback I’ll take my Turreteer out in to the world and see how he does!

Just remember if you build doesn’t not work at level 20 it may work at level 40. I currently run a pistol shield turret based level 80. The best thing about an engineer is we can easily change what we do to meet the situation.

I am a pistol shield eng right now and the only kit I will use is the med kit. However, if the need calls for it I will load up any and all kits that I feel will help.

I do love this class

I would love a preview on the TP. right now I do not buy any more armor unless the stats are right. However if there was preview and there was something that look good I would snap that up in an instant and transmute of the states were bad

Never thought about it. I also notice you only have 2 level 80. You slacker

I fell out of love with my main which is the ENG, then I made up and my ENG and I are having a blast together. Sadly I just had to learn to play and discovered how versatile the ENG is

been level 80 for just shy of 3 weeks and love my ENG flaws and all.

I love my flamethrower The best thing is that it down not follow a target. I love hitting large groups at once. The smoke vent also seems to be instant and can be used even while rezzing a player.

I am not a fan of the Grenade mainly because they are real hard for me to use. However I will use them when I have to even with subpar skills with them they can really mess people up.

First off I do not play a warrior that is why I am here. My friend plays one and I think there is an issue with his build. He uses a Great Sword and is speced for DPS as a result he goes down often. while I as an ENG stay up. Heck I go complete gaming session and never go down while he has been down every other pull.

I am trying to understand what is the purpose of the Glass Canon because it seems to hurt the group more then it help.

<following numbers are just made up>

If he does 10,000 damage but goes down during the first 1/4 of the battle 1 of 2 things happen.

1) We let him die with us being a man down for the remainder of the encounter.

2) We go to raise him leaving the group 2-3 men down during the rez attempt. the rez attempt then lowering the DPS and putting at risk those that are rezzing.

If I as an eng did 20,000 damage but over 100% of the battle I would say I am a better build even though he does more DPS. My reason is I was in the fight and therefore could cleans, heal, gain aggro. kite ect while the Glass Canon once down fails to contribute anything to the fight.

Do warrior Glass Canon often take dirt and are they viable at higher levels? He is 64 right now.

Note: Only Warrior I have played is to level 6 so I admit I am clueless on the warrior and their skills.

Thanks

Using waypoints drains money.

The cheapest way to port is go into the myst from where you are. use lions arc gate to go there. port to any of the major cities.

For me I port then kill things until I have recover the cost because time is money. To me this works better. For example My friend and I were heading to the catacombs. He decided to take the lions arch port. I ported straight there. is cost me 3s 24c. I then proceeded to kill things in the area. by the time he showed up. I had made 8s.

I am level 80 so I get many level 70+ items where ever I hunt.

coglin.1496:

So your just no figuring out what the rest of us shield advocates have been posting since beta. There are a great any threads of this type of discussion already out there.

I am an engineer, we have to discover the wheel for ourselves you know

lol

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I agree with this

I do not think you ever have to run story mode on any dungeons. I say this because I run dungeons with my guild and I have yet to run the story mode on some of those dungeons.

There is kittenty med armor. Where can I find that?

Yesterday I change my build. I am level 80 running mostly noble gear with power, precision and magic find. My build now is a pistol/shield and turrets,

0 explosives
30 firearms
30 inventions
10 alchemy
0 tool

I tried it out in Frostgorge Sound (level 80 area)and took on 8 wolfs and a veteran at ounce (this was not intended) And I survived and won and I did not drop my supply kit. So I took on other multiple mobs and found I could take on 3-5 on at one time. Certain mobs like wolfs I could talk 6+. I was amazed during my hour long test I only was downed twice and died once. I was really surprised.

My next test this weekend is to take this build into WWW. My hypothesis is that it will not fair as well. But that is why I am an Engineer to experiment and see what work for me.

edit: added the level 80 text

EverythingXen.1835:

Ha… that sounds like the kind of batkitten crazy tactic my Engineer buddy would think up. I hope he’s not reading this.

But then part of me hopes he does

Exactly was fun for all. We were all on voice chat laughing or rear ends off as we fought. as I said I love these Dungeons.

I often do not talk in chat because I am constantly being attacked over doing an event. When I am in Lion’s Arch or a safe town I will chat other wise I end typing things like this

person 1: where is that event?
me: it is locatwwwwwwww1222222ddddddasswsswwww

Not a good way for the fight or the chat.

Konrad Curze.5130:

Hawken.7932:

Konrad Curze.5130:

doing dungeons is an ok-ish way to make money.

sadly, dungeons in this game are an effing chore, handsdown the absolute worst implementation of dungeons I have ever seen in 15 years of online gaming, and practically noone wants to do them beyond their first history mode run.

I LOVE them (the dungeons), but there are certain bosses which are a chore, I will agree. Overall, I disagree, they’re very fun once you get the hang of them.

glad to hear you like them
sadly the other 99,9% of the game’s population doesnt share your PoV

You have the stats? My guess is nope. Anyway…

My guild and every PUG (Pickup Group) I have been in have said they enjoy the dungeon run although some say they are real hard.

That said my stats are just as good as yours :/

I wish I knew. I have read on this forum over and over how we suck but yet in many boss fights I end up kitting the boss all over the place. and I am using pistol and shield right now and switch between elixir, gadget and turret.

The funny one was in the Catacomb dungeon. We got Lieutenant Kohler and the Troll in a fight. Our Necro pulled and I did nothing but block two hook attacks from Lieutenant Kohler to test some theories. (I can block and reflect them but I cannot stun him with my shield.) any way the fight continued and once Lieutenant Kohler got to 1/3 health left a long time after my test. Lieutenant Kohler decides I am more of a threat then the troll. Remember I just blocked two attacks where the Troll took 2/3 of his health..So the LY comes after me where I had to jump in the water to break the aggro.

Bosses hates us

I like the mortar. could it use a little love and maybe longer range sure. My favorite thing I love about my mortar it is an elite skill that can be use by other players as well.

For example, in our group, our necro is heavy condition damage. We come across a boss that uses conditions to heal. If our necro goes in the fight he is just healing the boss and that is not good. However I drop my mortar and he can now add direct damage as long as we keep agro he can pound the boss for 120 sec and then I can drop another for him. My group and I are finding many ways to use this mortar; the elite skill anyone can use.

After reading numerous posts, tips and complaints on the Catacombs, my stubborn group of 2 eng, 1 warrior, 1 necro, 1 elementalist or random person (our elementalist is sometimes not available) got through path 1 and 2. we tried 3 but got our digital behinds handed to us but that is another story.

What we noticed is there is not just one way to solve the boss fights. For example, in path 2 as we were learning the final area we got wiped a few time. ok may be six tee hee. The last group before the boss (that is where we wiped) took a bit to figure out how we were going to do it. we had 2 of everything; rangers, monks, necros etc…

We figured out we needed to kill the healing monks first and we needed to get the monks alone. none of us had a pull (eng did but we were forgot about our toolkit option) So we did it by an eng going down and using his grappling line downed skill to pull the monk in. the warrior or other eng would then step in and throw the monk even farther with thier knock back.. One by one we weeded them down until they all died. Ah sweet victory

That is what I love about this game. it is not the skill you have but how creative you use them and how well you use them together with other players.. This is the most fun I have had in a dungeon in a long time.

Tonight we solve path 3 or die trying!!!!

Note: I know there are other ways but this is how my group put the square peg in the round hole

Thanks for the enlightenment. I am beginning to understand what our necro was talking about

Cool thanks 12345

When going through the Ascelon Catacomb our Necro said he could not do direct damage. now I know very little of a necro I have one that is level 5 so I have not real understanding of them.

What I could figure out is that our necro was speced for condition Can a Necro be built for direct damage?

Also I know that there are issues with all classes but what is great/good about the class?

Thanks

Take Ascelon Catacombs a level 35 dungeon.

I know higher levels do level down but….

Do the mobs change if you have 5 level 35 as compared to 2 level 35, 1 level 50 and 2 level 80?

I ask this because I am using skill and talents I have because I am level 80 to get through the catacombs and I wonder can a group of just level 35 have an easier time then a group with me in it.?

side note: I am loving the dungeons as you have to work at them to get through

Nice video. I wish I could do grenades as easy as the OP on a consistent basis. Love the 9:40 kill

Simply answer yes.

For me being an engineer is like figuring out a puzzle. Not as straight forward as a Warrior. Eng have to change to meet the challenge in front of them. They have to be willing and able to think outside the box.

Yeah I have face many $&$^#)(@ moments but at level 80 I took each skill and worked with it until I understood what I could and could not do with it. I have learned to set up my fields and exploit them, when to use turret ect… Lots of trial and error.

I cant wait to see what I can figure out next

Thanks for your question.

This is a bummer. maybe I just need a cooking alt which then takes a little chunk out of the economy and the MMO experience. All ingredients should be tradeable ( <- not sure if this is a real word)

Clegane give good advice. For me I run with rifle and gadgets and I can take on 3- 6 at once even for one is a veteran. Eng are really good at controlling the fight with net and crippling.

Ok I was going to have my friend make me a few thing that requires lemons. However these are account bound. So them I thought, hey why not send them the money to get the items and make the food. that is when I discover Lemons like many other ingredients are account bound and only be purchased for Karma. wtf???

Is there anyway to get my cook friend the lemons or is he just stuck spending karma to make the food?

Last night I went through Ascalonian Catacombs path 1. Our party was 3 eng, 1 warrior and 1 necro.,

Eng weapons of choice

1 (me) with pistol and shield – 2 turrets, mortar and personal battering ram.
1 with rifle/turrrets
1 with bomb kit/some turrets

I was mainly the Mortar man, heck some things only lasted 4 secs under mortar and player concentration of fire.

During the last boss fight. there were some great moments. The mortar firing drop health shells as needed. One of the best ones was our Necro went down and was surrounded by trash mobs our bombineer was trying to get him up I drop the concussion barrage followed by the elixir(health) shell. Saved both of them as we were able to get the necro up before the boss nuke the area. All the players in the group were in the zone.

Another good time (not eng related) was, we had two engineers downed me and the bombineer. our turrets were trying to save us but losing the battle. that is when our warrior showed up and drop the rez banner on us. BAM!!! we were back in the fight.

I was able to drop breeder fast with the mortar while my turret protected me. The pistol and shield although not as strong in damage as my rifle, gave me the ability to stun the mob interrupting their big attack. I do not know how many time that saved downed players for being nuked. I must have been doing something right because bosses would often chase me around and I could keep myself alive and moving fast with my health kit.

Over all our group work very well together and my setup was great for this path on this dungeon but the coolest thing is we are Engineers and if I need to go rifle with crowd control for the next path I can.

Engineer not a master of anything but good at many things. sure we may need a tweak here and there but I love this class flaws and all.

Had the same issue last night WWW allthough the other members of my party were just fine.

I really think the “fair/ballance” between 1 v 1 of any class of equal skill is a myth unless..

we give every 100 health and every weapon/armor/magic combo does 1 point of damage and every skill it both range and melee. Therefore everyone is exactly the same. </sarcasm off>

I am not sure what the issue with bring everyone up to level 80 for WWW but I held my own out there with my level 12 guardian when my guild went into WWW. I even got some solo kills. Sure I did not have the depth of skill and it was much harder then with my level 80.

Hope to see yo in battle.

Not sure if it was a bug or my system. but last night in WWW everyone slowly disappeared. At first it was that enemy players would slowly spawn in. Would take about 30 secs at most for me to see everyone. Then over the course of my 2 1/2 hours of play people would just never appear on my screen. when I lost ally player disappear they would only disappear when I was 200 meters or less. Then Everyone my side the enemy then finally the NPCs. all vanished. I could see all the spell effects, pets, fallen allies and enemies indicators but the toon models never showed up on my screen.

Anyone know what was happening?

@Nekroseth

You are not FORCE to use kits. my build uses rifle and gadgets. no elixirs and no kits.. I choose to us turrets in the form of a supply drop but I use this more of as a stun and a heal.

CptCosmic.3156:

Arvin.3124:

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.

so you have no stun breaker or condition removal? tell me how it works out when you engage your first time in pvp or in dynamic events.

umm you can survive just fine with out condition removals my build I often run with out any for an extra stun/immobalize breaker. I am lvel 80 do will in WWW and on Dynamic event.

However there are things that if I had a condition removal skill life would easier