Guild Wars 2

Are these the ones that give X when you swap to the weapon?

Cosmetic, however you can get a monocle later one in the game. I have never seen a backpack or goggles other then what you get from this choice. So if you really the backpack or goggle looks you can keep them to transmute later on you level 80 gear.

1. Took me a bit but I learn if I am going to use let say rocket boots I have to put them in the same spot so the belt becomes second nature.

2. Well I made it to level 80 and on my final store where you killed the dragon, 3 of the 5 in our group were Eng. we did just fine once we got together and chose appropriated skill that worked well with each other. Cool thing about Eng is you may not be the bext at X, Y or Z but unlike other classes you can Be X, Y and Z.

For example I am rifle/gadget build. where everything is going good I get 98% crit chance (I am not fully spec either as I am still working on my gear). but in the final battle (which is a dungeon) I used turrets for the extra fire power or brought out my elixir gun and went elixir build. Once we engaged the boss if I was going to be engaging him I would change back to my Gadget build. Sure it can be hard to get out of combat to change but it can be done. easiest way is to die(tee hee) Then you add the fact I had a minimum of two AOE finishers. I was leaping jumping, and exploding all the time. mmm good times.

Here is my current look.

I run a gadget build and I love my boots. not only does it stun and the tool belt skill is great. my escape hurts my enemies. I love running in with analyze, rocket kick, blunderbuss, jumpshot then I rocket boot out of there. fun fun fun.

The cool thing is I can interrupt this sequence anytime to get out of dodge. normally after i’m immobilized my cloaking device engages and I blast out of there invisible.

But to each his own.

I use a rifle/gadget build and do alright in WvWvW. I tend to kill more than I die. Eng in combat feels like a dance to me. you have to know when to “dip” your partner and when you spin metaphorically speaking.

As for me and grenades. I suck at them but that is ok. Also things change a bit as you get up to 80. and gear can make a big difference. I was doing 500-800 dmg on Friday. Spent the weekend getting bettering gear now I can pull 1000-2000. I love it when I get everything lined up and I can do 4000-5000 in about 3 seconds. I am not sure if that is good or not but I like it. Still working on getting legendary gear though.

Weirwynn.2390:

Levels 1-5ish I was using my pistol a lot. Now I feel like it’s more of a stat stick.

Note, you don’t get stats from your weapons while kits are out, so it’s really just a stick.

This made me laugh because it is so true

I am currently running MF gear and notice I find more green+ stuff. Is there one place to see how much MF i have or do I have to do the math?

Thanks

I use precise sights but I am a gadget man with 55-60% crit chance. combine that with Analyze and I get 10-14 of vulnerability ever 30 seconds. however you make a great point on the net thing. that could net me 5% every 6 seconds.

You have given me something to think about.

Thanks for the info

Home instance was so remember-able that I forgot about until after I was level 80 and completed my personal story. So I go there and I then remembered why I never go home.

Home instance is a waste of the time it take to get into it. There is nothing there. No personal story items to remember your adventure. no heads of your enemies on the wall or even a part of the dragon you killed. The NPCs do not even talk to you about your exploits or tell you what a great hero you are. Nope there nothing worth going to you home instance at this time.

exception the frog people are there now eating flies so I guess something may have changed but I do not remember if they were always there or not.

Short version:
The wiki give me a great list of what is in what tier but not the area to find them. So is there a list that give my a list of tiers and what area to harvest them in?

Long version:
I recently got to 400 in leatherwork, finished my personal story and got to level 80 (yeah me) and am I now attempting to level up huntsman. However I ran into a problem. I use up all my tier 2 non-harvestable items like small totem, vial of thin blood and small claw ect..

I am assuming that if I find tier 2 harvestable I should find tier 2 Crafting Materials such as Small Claws ect.. For example I started in 15-25 area where I find iron and have notice I started getting Small Claws and Vial of Thin Blood once I started killing creatures level 22+ in that area.

So is there a list that give my a list of tiers and what area to harvest them in?

Thanks

I got my loot bag last night and did not open them yet. Should I open them or wait?

I want my title as well as for the eye it was like playing -

Not that I can help much but it may help others to see you build

One thing I cant figure out is how mob aggro. I could be standing there on a rock a watch a mob easy over 1200 range away decide it needs to run by 4 other mobs just to start attacking me. With the 4 other mobs being closer to me you would think I would have been attacked by them first.

Over all it the zone for level 70-80 are not my favorites in anyway but can be a fun speed grind in the right group, as I fill my bag faster in or than any other place.

Thanks for the tips. I will have to test them out.

If there is one thing that I would change it would be that we should not always fall on our butts when we use certain skills such rocket boots or over charge. it is like we get a 1 to 2 second self inflicted stun/knockdown when we use these skill.

Regardless they are still fun to use in a fight. I love flying all over the place. Sometime I watch myself fly over the edge of a cliff. I can’t help but laugh as I watch myself plummet to my death.

This is my basic setup and I am having a blast (pun intended :P )

Lot of vulnerabilities with the under appreciated rocket kick, followed by a blunderbuss, jump-shot then over-charge. Lots of acrobatics there.

Is it the best probably not but it is fun for me – well back to the grind we call life :/

Yeah I got rid of mine figuring that I could find better ones.. Now I am a sad eng

FROGJON.3094:

Nepocrates.3642:

Thanks I am droping silver like crazy trying to find a build I love. I want to be a rifle build but I do love my juggernaut.

Please go to the mists and test

I assume is it free there. I been to WvWvW and never been to the mist. why? my group I run with have not yet did PVP.

Thanks for the info

Thanks I am droping silver like crazy trying to find a build I love. I want to be a rifle build but I do love my juggernaut.

I am level 78 and do not think leveling from 70-80 is fun at all. Orr is very frustrating . The spawn rate is sometime silly. But as for a challenge it is not. A duo can pretty much kill most things there excluding bosses. Add a 3rd and you are generally good to go. You never have to talk you just have to run around killing everything. Heck you do not even need to group. just be running around together.

All that said it should stay as it is. This area can appeal to some players, People that love to group, grinder, soloers that love a challenge, and there is nothing wrong with that. Sure it has been a tough couple of days for me but I am sure it is fun for someone. even if I am forced to be here to finish my story.

The only thing I would fix is the contested waypoints. it is annoying. you uncontested them and in 1 min or less they are contested again.

Well see you all in game.

awalloftext.7130:

Nepocrates.3642:

Backpack Regenerator

Just tried it and got nothing from it

Tried on Med kit, Grenade Kit and Flame thrower. For each one I entered combat switch to it after I was down in health and no regeneration during or after combat.. I then switch to it before combat and no re generation before during of after combat

Do you have your interface set up to show healing numbers?

This trait actually does work; with no points in +Healing it should tick for around 130 HP. This is actually better than just getting normal the Regen boon, because it stacks with Regen (last I checked).

The real problem is a conveyance issue. It should probably give you a little “Backpack Regenerator” icon next to your regular boons (similar to the little green “Opening Strike” icon that Rangers get). So I guess it’s still technically a “bug.”

Ok I re checked and the heal number can be easily miss as they are not floating above you they show up at the feet of my char. If I am zoomed in to much I can miss them.

So you are correct that they need to give us a better indicator.

Thanks for the heads up.

Backpack Regenerator

edit please see post below. I was incorrect about this

Just tried it and got nothing from it

Tried on Med kit, Grenade Kit and Flame thrower. For each one I entered combat switch to it after I was down in health and no regeneration during or after combat.. I then switch to it before combat and no re generation before during of after combat-

ok so I spend the point and get speedy kits. So I get swiftness for 5 seconds whenever I switch to a kit. So that means every 5 secs I am changing kits just to keep the speed buff?

Do people really do this in the heat of battle.? Sure I change things up constantly in a fight but I am not changing kits every 5 seconds.

So many builds I am almost 80 and I still have not decided on what I want to be when I grow up
Thanks

Yes I accidentally switch weapons and lost the third essence and have to restart the quest

it is annoying.

I tend to replay the once that make sense and are fun. those are mostly the defend location from the assault. I will however help take down boss mobs since some of them, like the Megaladon are just hard to take.

Good info

Thanks

Right now I can craft come green items. However as I have progress through my 70’s I had this thought: why would anyone want to buy my stuff once you kit yourself out at 80.

So to my the only viable craft is cooking or artificing(potions). Seem no one will buy armor after a while since they will already have it, but consumables, who would not want to have extra power or crit rating.

So are the other crafts viable or are they only good as you level?

After reading this forum and ones like It. I took much of the knowledge learned here to heart. I rebuilt my engineer and applied what I learned and discovered it is real fun to play. However I did note a serious issue with the class:

Now I hate to say this but.. its the player.

Sure certain builds are stronger then others but if you use your kit wisely you can do much with combos and finishers. It is not an easy class to play for many. The skills and kits need to match your play style. Heck I have to concentrate to get get all the boon and condition up there. you may have to plan you attack, when to engage and when to retreat. In many case it is how you do this that leads to success.

So I am having more fun with my Eng now at 72 then I did when I was 20. Why? because I am learning to play the class to it full potential.

Sure some things may need to be tweaked or fixed like the big ol’ bomb not being a combo finisher like it states. but lets mention these bugs but focus on learning the synergy of our skills.

Just one quick example: elixr B, smoke grenade,.fire grenade with a rocket boot. give me a nice stack of might with weakness on all in the AoE. Is it the best you can do? No but it is fun.

Thanks to all who have put tips up here for people like me to read. it has help me a ton. keep em coming

@Crise

Good info there thanks

I play a norn level 72 (gates of madness) , I run solo most of the time, and I am having no problem finding DE. However many DE have been broken in the hiigher area which is frustrating.

On the other hand.

This morning I played my Sylvari for 1 hour and did 6 DE just trying to get to my next story location.; let see there was an escort, protect some Sylvari from slavers, rescue them, Spit on creature to turn them back to Sylvari, kill the witch that cursed those Sylvari, and kill some risen that where attacking some Sylvari.

So sometime I feel there is an issue but time like this morning everything felt fine. Could it be that DEs are just breaking and a server reset or patch may fix it?

Sylvari white stag
During the final battle with Gavin some of his speech in his final cut scene was missing.

It has been happening to me as well. I even just started a Sylvari and the cut scene after the opening boss my car spoke but the other person did not. Then the first telescope person warden arondel did not speak one word during her map presentation.

FYI My first Sylvari made a few days after launch worked fine. so it has to be a patch.

Grizor.6543:

Toolbelt skill for the healing turret is a water field. Also when the healing turret pulses (white ground ae) thats also a water field, so you can blow the turret up during that and get the ae heal too!

Cool Thanks I did not know that was a water field

onzo.6987:

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Being that each aoe healing combo is ~1300 healing, a 5 mine combo heal is a group 6500 heal. That’s the best group healing possible in this game as far as I know.

I learn something new on these forums everyday. however I do not understand this. Can someone explain how I get the healing combo with the 5 mines? I thought I could only get healing from a blast if there was a water AOE in place.

Thanks

CptCosmic.3156:

BeardRex.6739:

What? We have 2 interrupts. Kinda OP. Plus, in PvE, grapple line + booby trap can equal an easy rally.

rally with what? the nonexistent damage?

I rally all the time with the grapple line and booby trap. However I do understand what you are getting at with the main skill feeling kinda weak. since I have not really played any other class I cannot be sure :/

Funny my naga is just an expensive dust collector. only thing i really liked about it was the ability to change resolution on the fly. Sometime I want a fast mouse, sometimes a more accurate one. The naga was not my best purchase.

Interesting build. I may look into it just to try it out. Thanks

I did try this last night and still had the same issue I had with fast cast. I move my mouse and I throw the grenades in a direction I did not want. I guess it is something I will have to get use to doing properly. however, I like how the grenades work in the water just do not like them on land because I have to target them to be effective. I’ll get the hang of them in the end though because I love a challenge.

Thanks for the tip. it is always good to remind us of things like this

SixSins.7610:

My problem with Napalm is that it deals no damage because it doesn’t cause burning, it just hits when they stand in it and only on timed pulses approximately once per second. This means that if I cross it at the right time, I won’t even get hit. Sure it helps if you can get an idiot to stand in it, but other than that it’s a combo field and nothing else IMO.

Have you tried asking very nicely that they remain in the fire? I am sure they would do it.

I only use Napalm on large crowds well because it is not real good for WvW

Thanks for the info. I will try this out tonight

I like the flame thrower right now I have much success in WvWvW with it but I do not try to rely on any one set. for example I well blow you back with my rifle and net you then flame burst you with my flamethrower. or .. I place my powder keg down, then blunderbuss then net you and I dodge roll back and continue firing until my nets available again popping heal elixirs as needed. . I am sure everything I can type someone can counter and then I counter there counter.

anyhow I am just not seeing that Flamethrower as all that bad. so can some enlighten me as to what is so wrong with it with some numbers versus statements that it just sucks.

Are we talking PvP or WvWvW. I have only played in WvW and I have had no problem going one on one and I am a average player at best. I am not saying there is not an issue, however, I have won far more fights then I have lost. most losing because It was me vs the zerg or at least 2 enemy players.

as for grenade and bomb kits I do not like them on WvW. mainly due to Bombs having to be drop in melee range and grenades having to be click to where you want to throw them . If grenades were like how the act underwater or a cone that did not be targeted I may love them. The only thing I found bomb kit good for is when I am being chased, I just keep dropping bombs as I run until it is time to attack.

For the record I am only 57. so I am still learning.

bummer .. btw where was this event. it looks cool. The event I have been doing are pirate and spider queens and such.

Engineer here and in DE where there are alot of people I use by flame thrower. I do get more than my fair share of loot. I Tried using my rifle but I could barely hit one target before it went down. Something should be done.

So far I have been on 2 event that have failed and we were trying to win. 1 was some bridge I was defending from pirates. I was the lone defender. I got through 2/3 of the event before the bridge blew up with me on it. Then the defend the repair team event happen it was cool. The second one was some farm we were to defend once again on a few of us and we lost. So we had to take the farm back.

So I really hope they do find a solution as DE are a blast when you barely win or lose. it is the 30 people hit 3 normal mobs at a time DE that gets boring.

Yeah there was one event I kept getting bronze and silver. I went back when I got my flamethrower and got gold 3 times in a row. I stayed there to test my theory

PopeUrban.2578:

Why not just have the difficulty rampup branch out with the chain when its starting to go the other direction – such has going a step further down in difficulty everytime players lose an event, and then heads the other direction – that way the difficulty won’t be entirely removed and otherwise be pushed back from the players right away, or atleast not as easily.

So if I am understanding this it will go like this.

server reset DE set to Dif 1
win set to 2
win set to 3
….
win set to 12
lose set to 11
lose set to 10
win set to 11

and so on?

During these event I switch to my flamethower. however I fell your pain. I wish the mobs would be more spread out and have us all running around to defend the location