Guild Wars 2

sorry to see you go, but for the record I use a rifle and no kits, nope not one. and I am very viable. I do understand how you feel I have been trying to level up my warrior but the spin to win thing is just not my style

I have been running Rifle/Gadget at level 80 for a bit, having a blast but wanted to take a look at pistol/shield. I have just like this combo. So I go to the mist to play around. so far I have not found a good niche.

I know there are issues with the pistol regarding damage and some hate the shield. So I am not sure I fully understand the pistol. For example the explosive shots does it gain a bonus from traits like explosive powder (which give a 10% dmg bonus to explosion) or is that only reserved for bombs and such.

What trait lines would go down I am leaning toward towards inventions but that seems to be more of a turret based approach which might be the way to go with it. Would explosive and firearms be better approach?

Any advice would be appreciated. I play PVE and WWW

ummm was this broken? I wish the magnet would have a bigger range but never had much of an issue with this kit.

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ok I am noob when it comes to GW lore so i was wondering if anyone had a lore answer to this question.

Why when I die I can magically come back to life but certain NPC when they die it is game over?

man some days I get confuse on this forum. So if I understand this people would transform into let say , a tornado to get the stability then drop out of the transform.

If that is the case I see this as a bug fixed. I tried the Elixir X a while back and found the duration of the transform to be not long enough. For the record though I have not tried it now that I understand more of how the class works. and I am addicted to supply drops.

I really like the fact that there is something every week. this week was a better week for us Eng.

so thank Anet for the patches and keep them coming.

Once again I ask are we talking the same language I use a rifle and gadgets. Since in PVE I often kitten off the bosses with 4 people wailing on it so it comes after me I must be doing much more agro then the others so the mobs have to come after me but I have no numerical data to prove this. In WWW I kill more then I die. My last time out I died 2 times and did 10 clean kills (by myself) and racked up another 32 kills on my achievements. I win more of my 1v1 fights and can stay alive long enough in the 1v2 and 3 for help to arrive. The only thing I have not done is sPVP, so maybe this is what you mean when you say we are crippled.

1. First off we have 3 weapons. here is my reasoning. rifle has 4 damage skill and 1 crowd control skill. duel pistol has 4 damage skills and 1 crowd control skill, pistol and shield 4 damage skills and 1 crowd control skill. So why do you not consider the shield a weapon? it work the same as any other weapon set we have 4 damage 1 Crowd Control.

2. You can use kits and I love seeing the Eng that know how to use them . I am average with kits I am better with gadgets. Where we shine is where most classes cannot. We can change what wee do based on the situation. For example I was on a dungeon run we need for more direct damage out there. So I change to grenades and drop turrets. Next we need more support for our melee guys. So I change to elixirs and elixir gun. As an Eng I can change to meet the needs of the challenge

3. ok this one threw me. all classes are like this. For example Guardian. swing smash the ground, lead and swing give some type boon/protection. That pretty much sums up that class.

I was having a tough time around 30 with the class but then I really took a long look at it in the mist and discover a single skill my be average but when creatively combined with another that same skill can rock. For example cloaking device and rocket boots. I love getting immobilized then hitting the rocket boots if I see him still coming at me I cripple him and pop a speed potion. Now I am back in control of the fight and by then my net shot is up again.

Are there problems, sure but we are far from a crippled class.

Well off to work have a great day

mercury ranique.2170:

a: don’t use waypoints unless you are defeated. Always walk to the nearest town and use an asuragate.

Really? I can make up for my travels with 1- 3 items So if the 2 silver it cost for me to travel to an area I want to farm saves me 30 mins of run time then it is money will spent

b: Set goals and keep to it. I mean look at what you want to buy and don’t spent money on anything else till you have it.

good point I use the deposit feature in my bank so I never carry more than a gold on me. It helps me remain disciplined

c: sell on the TP instead to the merchant, many times you can get a better price on the tradepost.

Careful on this one. Trading Post is where you can lose money, not much but if 30 second of running get you more money why not. For example 1 silver item cost 5 copper to list and 10 copper to sell. So where you would have gotten 1 silver from a merchant you net 85 copper from the trading post.

Note from the wiki: Purchases on the trading post must be made using coin and there are two fees applied to sales: 5% of the asking price to list and a 10% tax on purchase.

However if you are in the field and you need to free up bag space sell and continue your farming.

d: don’t be greedy nor jealous on what someone else has but be happy with what you have yourself.

great point

Kal Spiro.9745:

Your shield is a weapon. It’s not armor. As such it would work the same as it would with a dagger or focus or pistol, it makes no difference.

The thing to test would be two stacking bonus sigils, like corruption and bloodlust. I know that if you have two of the same only one of them will have an effect, but if you have two different ones they should not interfere with eachother.

You can only have 1 sigel like that work so if you have corruption on your main hand and bloodluston your off hand you will only get the corruption per kill the bloodlust does nothing

from the wiki:
Sigils that hold a charge per kill cannot be stacked (i.e. +5 power per kill and +5 condition damage per kill) one or the other shows up. This applies even if you swap weapons. For example if you had two different “On kill stacking stat bonuses” sigils on two different weapons, only the sigil of the weapon you make a kill with first will take effect. If you swap weapons and make a kill, the sigil from the second weapon will not take effect.

Medium armor seems to kinda suck for looks. I wear Nobel with commando pant. Just not the style I want but I can live with it.

This is how I find many mission. after a while you can pick them out from the normal NPC banter.

I use the default key mapping. I know I should really change it but I am just so lazy. In PVE I have been very successful with all my builds it did not matter whether I went all kits, pistols, pistol and shield or rifle. Sure some work better then other. The key to my success is controlling the battle. I use what ever crowd control I have and will run when needed. I often take on 2 – 4 at once although I prefer 1 on 1. In groups when I attack the boss/veteran mob, it will often ignore the thieves, warriors and guardians can come running at me. So i must be doing something to kitten it off I think it is called damage

All that said I have notice that if you build for X you will be vulnerable to Y. For example in my current build I have only 1 cleanser skill. so conditions can be tough for me to deal with over an extended battle. However I only die now if I do something stupid or get a bad spawn. you know when you are fighting 3 and another spawn happens.

My build is a Rifle/Gadget build with focus to precision/power. in PVE and WWW I have a 83% chance to crit on the move and a 93% chance when standing still. So I have no issue out there.

For the record I have never done sPVP

I did this dungeon Sunday. We started it around 7:20 and got to the fire golem, who proceeded to kick our collect butts. So much so 3 of our 5 member left after we discovered a bug that made matters worst. It seems every now and then you could hurt Kudu. So after a bit we had the fire Golem and the Poison Golem up at the same time.

What we had left in our group was me an Engineer and a Guardian. However there is another bug in this dungeon with the terrain in this room. I re-kitted myself with grenades, because they have the farthest range, and I was able to stand and throw over an obstacle and hit the fire golem with splash damage, Sure it took 23 mins to kill him but I did. Then we went to focus on second golem. He was harder to hit but he too went down to a hail of grenades.

The other bosses where easy just run around kitting until dead. The final boss was a breeze compared to that fire golem.

So just the 2 of us less took on the rest of the dungeons from the point of the fire golem. 5 stared at 7:20 am, 2 finished at 12:58 it was a long morning.

Side note: does anyone know where I can send my screen shot to show them the spot I use to solo the 2 golems?

There are a few monocle that can be crafted I prefer the level 80 one. like this

edit: there is a cool looking half skull face that can be crafted also

Also note that the sigils that give things like 20s of might when you switch to the weapon do not currently work for ENG

So the personal story is where I got my comando pants. I was wonder where I got them as I saved the for my level 80 transmutation and was not sure where they came from.

Title should be Eng Rifle Net Shot Range

Ok I noticed this for a bit and finally decided to look at this.

At my max range for my rifle and Net, range 1,000 my net hits but my gun says it is out of range.

I have include a screen shot.
Note: I with my traits my net has a 8 second cool down. I did not move at all between shooting my net and doing hip shot. I have the knee shot so when I do my net the thrall is crippled. Notice the thralls is immobilized and crippled from my net shot and as I was hip shooting I get the out of range. Something is wrong either the text, or teh range on the rifle or the net is off maybe both .

Thanks

Also terrain like rocks that you can easy run over sometimes block the shot as well

Ok I noticed this for a bit and finally decided to look at this.

At my max range for my rifle and Net, range 1,000 my net hits but my gun says it is out of range.

I have include a screen shot.

Note: I with my traits my net has a 8 second cool down. I did not move at all between shooting my net and doing hip shot. I have the knee shot so when I do my net the thrall is crippled. Notice the thralls is immobilized and crippled from my net shot and as I was hip shooting I get the out of range. Something is wrong either the text, or teh range on the rifle or the net is off maybe both .

On a side note, I know how to bug in game but is there a way to send this to them so I can include this screen shot?

Thanks

mulch.2586:

It’s a MMORPG. In other games, you were “forced” to group/raid to complete your epic quest lines. So too here, but only the last step.

ok I am not picking on mulch, it is just using this quote to make the point. as shown above this is a MMORPG and in other games you had to group is a sentiment that many have.

I want to change this a bit.

This game is a game with micro transactions. In other games with such transactions you have to pay for content. So image if the last story you had to pay $5.00 to play it. You would not be so accepting of “Hey this is a Micro Transaction game” line. This is how I feel about being force to group at the end. It was like they charged money just so you could get a ticket to get into the mission.

The only thing I did not like about the story was the end. It could not even be considered a personal story for me. I do not mind if the final story only had shown the mighty Marshal Trahearne and The Destiny’s Edge in the cut scene but the second they made the story about one the random players I was FORCED to group with in MY PERSONAL STORY, it no longer was my story but theirs. This was a major let down much like the final fight with mister cuddles. errr I mean the Mean Dragon

How Destiny’s Edge lost to this Dragon is a mystery.

Devilsmack.5736:

+1
And dyes too.

That would be cool also. I support both these ideas

Are we all (me included) talking different languages or is this more of a PVE vs WWW vs sPvP or is it more of I want to play it this way and I can’t

For example
I use a rifle and gadgets and I have had no problem holding my own in WWW. I often hold off 2 players at once. So I do not feel there is an issue with the rifle. Sure players have abilities to counter but that’s the fun of it. knowing when to use your skills

How hard of a time would I have if I gear and change my traits for healing ran around with the rifle. Does that mean the rifle sucks?

I am just confused as I have found many creative way to use my abilities where the other classes I seem to be stuck in a rotation of key presses. Now granted I am level 80 with my Eng and working on my Defender and necro now.

For me a Eng is mid range support and I play it as one.I have great success in PVE and WWW with my rifle gadget build.
*edited to fix some typos and make new ones

When I compare blink to rocket boots I want rocket boots. it fits my play style. I usually stay in a fight longer then I should. If I had to then chose a location for my escape I would be dead before I did that. with rocket boot I press and Blamo I am gone.

All that said I see why people would want that ability to choose but for me just not my cup o’ tea

You just have to suspend belief. I like “Hamlet” however I did appreciate the movie “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” with everything predictable. I did not come the GW2 thinking it was going to be the next War and Peace storywise

What is the purpose in a trait that

Release a barrage of grenades when you take falling damage. Take 50% less damage from falling.

Sure you take 50% less damage but how often are we Eng falling off of cliffs and such where need a barrage of Grenades? Best us I can think of is maybe sPVP or WWW

Anyone one have other thoughts on this trait

I wish they called our rifle a shot gun because that is more what it is like. Oh well

The last story left a bad taste in my mouth. Nothing was a real deal breaker but first I need a group of 5 then I cut scene makes it someone elses story then how you fiannly kill him.

What I would have love to seen is the dragon give good to great loot and if you need a group I would want a bigger group of 10+. If the dragon gave decent loot then player would be looking to join your personal story just to get a shot at more loot and grouping would not be an issue. Oh that and a real dragon fight not what it was

Yeah it has happen more now then in the beginning. The quickest way out of it for me in my rocket boot since I am an eng. If I do not use them I stop pressing all keys and it seems to clear it but that could be just my imagination.

I thought they were this race boy was I surprised

No really I just like the more nordic flavor to them

I tried them and found no real use for them as an Eng my supply drop and mortar help me much more that those forms. I was very disappointed

SuperLuigi.3720:

It changed your 1-10 story quest.

On my Guardian, I chose Wolf as my spirit, and my storyline involved solving the question of why Minotaurs had recently become so violent (the first part of the quest very neatly tied into the “stop the rampaging Minotaur” event near Bear Shrine, actually).

I’m guessing your story was not so much about minotaurs?

EDIT: I know choosing Raven has something to do with collecting steel, too.

Really cause I chose the Raven and I had to determine why the Minotaurs were all rampaging and free the Minotaurs spirit. There where no collecting steel that I can remember.

I only had one story line that gave me trouble it was fighting the Son of Svanir. I ended up doing it naked from all my deaths but I got it done. Other than that I got through them all until the last one where you have to group to get through

I think he wants the story to be like all the other stories that came before doable alone.

It is a personal story however mine was the story of some random guy since I went with his group. Sure I got credit for my personal story but it was not me in the cut scene like it was in all the others. Sure my group was fun but it was not my story it was his.

Not sure but is it that hard to level that you need help from the guard on a consistent manner where you are worried about being banned?

The float does not bother me at all. what get me is I will often jump and land in the same place as part of my attack. however sometime the animation send me flying as if I jumped away and it is not until after the landing animation is over do I pop back to where did my attack. This annoys me the most.

Dang I guess I better get over there (not even sure where there is in or. but I am all over the place in or. only time I stayed in one place was getting a group for the end of my personal story.

Oh make sense now

thanks

Both good answer and yes I figure out last night that bags were was it is at. I hunting jackclaw pirates because of the bag and fast spawn rates. Now I am ready for my next tier.

Thanks to both of you for your reply and thanks for the link

oh I love the battering ram, I often switch out my goggles for that one. So many option but not enough slots

@lorazcyk

I agree. I was in a team and we focus on playing mob ping pong. if you were not engaged in that your job was was to pick up the adds. If you were not busy with either of those two thing if you saw a combo field up and you had an AOE finisher you should be in there using it.

Sure we had a few players go down but that is when we were not paying attention. sometimes it was bad luck but most of the time we could have prevented it.

once your team gets in the groove it is amazing what you can do

Ok last night I played for 1 hour. for the beginning to the end I was killing jackclaw pirate for the booty bags as i was farming for materials. I am running Magic find Gear nothing great maybe 20%. So the booty bags kept dropping so I kept farming. Throughout the hour I got a couple greens, more blue and mostly whites when equipment dropped. but at 58 minutes into the harvest grind I got a Yellow.

I thought Diminishing returns kick in after 30 mins. so i should not have gotten any yellows 58 mins into killing the exact same mob in the exact same location. whats does diminishing return effect?

Thanks

AndrewWaltfeld.4621:

Here’s my level 80 engineer pondering a problem to overcome. Rifle… or explosives? Such a hard question.

how about exploding rifles

tried the Tool kit repair last weekend is was really weak untraited.

I wonder have you used this in or? the density of mobs make certain AOE very dangerous to use in certain areas. If you do not keep you wits about you, you will be easily over run by mobs.

For the record I only use grenades under water. I have never been good at using them on land.

For the mortar I wish we could take them down that put it into a 20-39 second cool down. I hate deploying it just to have the battle move on so now it sit there doing nothing, all alone. I feel sorry for the mortar.

Hey thanks for the post. I did reevaluate my build and oddly enough after I tried sitting duck I tied knee shot. I love it. It gave me more time to sit still and exploit my scoop trait.

Thanks again for the post.

Lyuben.2613:

Decided to go for the monocle instead of the bandana.

what armor is that?

oddly enough I had this duty thrusted upon me the other night. However I am a rifle/gadget build so my tanking generally involved open up with everything I got, jumping shooting and rocket kick ect… and running around with the boss chasing me around until aggro was lost, then I rinsed and repeated. Was a weird way to tank and more like kitting. as long as I kept the aggro or could get it back fast enough it was all good.