Guild Wars 2

I’ll just leave this here :

“Events can detect that players have not performed any actions relating to the event within a period of time and will scale down the event accordingly.”

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dynamic_event

I understand that it takes time for “downscaling”, but that would be no different to dead players not scaling the event.

fernandinajazz.4068:

Next, “How to Play Turret Engi”
The skill floor for Turret Engis is low. Anyone can pick it up and play it “well.” The skill ceiling is high.

• Kiting is the Turret Engi’s strongest skill. Use the Terrain around you, most turret engis fight on point. There is no reason to just stand on point and fight. When faced with a 2 v 1 or X v 1 situation use the terrain on point to “KITE.”
• Combo CC’s. Have a plan of how you are going to chain your CC’s together. Thumper -> Rocket -> Rifle 4 -> Rifle 2 -> Healing Turret blast will guarantee a decap. (if the opponent doesn’t have any stab or condi cleanse
• Comb Heals. Rifle 5 into any water field F1 Healing mist or Healing Turret water field gives a 1-2k heal. Rifle 5 should almost always be comboed into these fields to keep your health up. (Unless you are DPSing people down) Also, Rumble (F4 skill of Thumper) into any water fields creates a healing blast.
• Boon Removal Mine: Have trouble against D/D eles? Bring mine, the Fskill and mine both remove boons when it hits an enemy. Cele D/D eles require might to deal damage and beat turret engis in fights. If you remove their might they are easy picking in fights.
• Rifle 4 removes immobilize. Instead of wasting your heal to remove immob, use rifle 4!! save that condi removal for something more important like burning or poison.

These are just a few of the things I feel turret engis need to improve upon to perform better. There is a lot more to learn. Trust me, NONE of you havet even scratched the surface of Turret Engi play.

Now on the Balance Turret Engi Topic

• Reduce the Damage from turrets, but decrease the cooldown on actives. (This would create more active play with the Turret Engineer. People complain that the AI carries turret engis, so make the turret engis more responsible for the AI).
• Reduce the Knockback distance on Thumper. If its going to be AOE knockback, then it probably shouldn’t throw players so far. (This is the same reason Accelerated Packed Turrets got nerfed)
• Reduce the Heal on Turret Repair trait (either reduce the healing it does or reduce the interval of time for each heal) This will give players more incentive to target the turrets and take them out. They will be less discouraged watching the turret out heal their damage to it.
• Move traits around, we’ve been pushed out of the elixers because we have to bring more sustain in that trait line. It would be interesting to have the elixer traits moved so that the Turret Engi could bring more variation into the game.
• Improve our Elites, EVERYONE and their mom wishes they could bring Supply Crate. I’d like to see some love to mortar, Increase the rate of fire or damage it does. Anything to have some variation in the game.

These are a few things about Turret Engis. They are difficult to play against for newer players. They are strong in high tier play when used correctly.

So to those Turret Engineers out there I wish you the best of luck!! Be prepared for some SALT, but keep at it!!

TL;DR: No one has even scratched the Skill Ceiling of Turret Engis, Condi and Stab > Turret Engi, and Less Salt more Creativity in game

~Jazzy Turrets (Best Turret Engi GW2)

This is funny…

But NO…

Again… Not surprised though…

Define “seriously”?

Is this for PvE or WvW roaming or WvW zerging?

6 and counting…

You just broke the RNG for the rest of us. THANKS FOR SCREWING WITH THE AVERAGES!

SnubdubLuskon.1795:

Just a tad late there, that’s what everyone figured since the trailer. lol

Just a tad…

rhapsody.3615:

VaticanIscariot.1732:

I do wish keys would drop from monsters… somewhere between exo and precusor rates.

My personal experience, in 4100 hours regarding drops (not forge rate)…
Exotics: Maybe 10
Black Lion Key: 1
Precursor: 0

In between exotic and precursor rate, check! :P
You will get some from map completion and story though, so I’d say their rate is truly in between exotics and precursors if you’re comparing every way to get loot.

Only 10 dropped Exos? No way man…

Zera Allimatti.2541:

I know better. They already said Cantha and Elona are a no. Might as well forget about them.

Actually if I am not wrong, which I could be, they said no to Cantha, not Elona…

Nah, depends on your preference. If you like baiting hits, then perplex and some dire would be good. Otherwise Rabid+Balthi is perfectly good.

All about playstyle in this case.

This is just, wow…

PLAY RANKED OR CUSTOM…

Moving on…

zaced.7948:

not at all. i just poked him a little and he couldn’t take it. him pulling alpha out of the corner is the only noticable thing in the video, though. by posting in a forum you are literally asking for opinions and this is mine. to me his intentions posting that video are still unclear.
you can go home now, mr. white knight in shining armor.
ps: check that pen symbol on the right, it’s there so you don’t have to make double posts.

You deserved a special post by itself just for your offensive post.

Can i bump this for you? I would normally say shamelessly, but I promise this is selfless bumping.

I believe there have been 4 already.

But thanks! I lol’d.

Paulus magintie.7432:

I imagine Cantha was taken out the game because they didn’t want to offend “China” since Guild Wars 1 wasn’t in china it could get away with it.

I imagine A.Net is doing what little they can in the lore side of things and non offensive Armour/Weapon sets in hopes of drumming up enough support from the community to force NCsoft to cave and say “Fine you can do cantha” because of the extra revenue.

IT WASN’T REMOVED FROM THE GAME… Godkitten.

It wasn’t meant to be in the game from launch AT ALL. It MAY be in an expansion.

PROGRESSIVE thought people. Its not kittene thing leads to another, stop grabbing things out of mid air.

slamfunction.7462:

In an ideal system, you would get BL ticket scrap per key, but ANet is gonna be ANet, you either buy into it or you don’t. I bought 25 keys lastnight and got 2 scraps. Its really not worth buying them. You’re better off converting the gems to gold and buy T6 mats towards building a precursor or stuff for ascended mats.

And that is sad…

Yes, there were A LOT more hints at Elona than at Cantha in the priory archive.

Do you even economics?

Utilities :
Nades/bombs to make use of your actual condi damage.
Elixer gun so your healing power isn’t going to waste.
Last one depends on the game mode your playing.

Traits :
You REALLY want 6 in Explosive for Grenadier and Incendiary power. Incendiary power is A LOT better than Napalm Specialist.
You should actually skip the Firearms tree COMPLETELY as its mostly a terrible tree unless you plan to run something like HGH or similar.

But ok to be fair, it IS A COMPLETE mess. NO offence. :P

Maybe start over with more detail? Where are you planning to use this build?
If its for PvE you can do whatever you want, but don’t expect efficiency.
As for PvP or WvW, you won’t get anywhere with that build but you CAN make use of Apothecaries trinks and quip in WvW to some success.

Dizzle.5289:

Hmmm….. I might skip out on the cele train sounds like to much work for just good! Thnx for answering all my questions I actually have one more pertaining to the condi build is it better to go perplexity runes or flame legion? Can’t decide! Thnx again!

You don’t need or want the extra Power from Flame Legion runes.

Perplexity is good, but I prefer Runes of Balthazar (these are pretty much flame legion with condi instead of power).
Another alternative is Runes of the Undead, assuming you are going to use Rabid/Dire kit.

The 1 issue that I have with the whole key concept is that they ENCOURAGE you to spend REAL money to get them and then they end up being another form of RNG.

Yes, you can buy the skin. Still the keys are a dodgy business practice.

Zoid.2568:

The new weapon skins and costume hints at cantha.

#facepalm, the whole event is Canthan / Chinese in origin, doesn’t mean its hinting at ANYTHING…

Aomine.5012:

Power ranger? It’s not even on the top 10 (cuz no-one uses it in top tier).
Seriously, L2P… complaining about an easily counterable spec..

N/A anymore. Missread.

Engi is one of the most interesting classes. But most of it is wasted on PvEs simple content.

They can do pretty much ANYTHING.
Dungeons :
Great vulnerability stacking.
A range of blast finishers and fire fields for might stacking.
Can use elixers for added support.
Decent damage on single target but AMAZING AoE power damage.

EDIT : Something to note, leveing an engi is tiresome but try and get your bomb, grenade and flamethrower as soon as you can. They make all the difference.

Cantha is still part of the lore… Its not been ERASED from the game, Canthan themed stuff and story does not mean they are “hinting” at Cantha.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Home-Cooked-Nourishment-client-crash/first#post4784738

Probably that.

Third one today! The kitten is REAL!

Yes, you got it backwards, just trust me. “EASY” and “GOOD” are not synonymous.

ronpierce.2760:

Novuake.2691:

1. Stop trolling.
2. You should not try to kill a turret.
3. Please stop the turret engi hate, NOTHING OP about it.

GEZUS…

The only alternative to complaining about every other build being OP is admitting that they personally aren’t very good. Which is more likely? And i mean this on a broader scale, not even just the OP.

Exactly. I main Engi (have used MANY variants) and the moment I tried Mesmer, I noticed that thieves OBLITERATE me, that does NOT make them OP. I quickly realized that Thieves are their hard counter, because I never had thief issues with my Engi. Its just about standing back at looking at it objectively.

Instead, people kitten and rage all the time instead of UPSKILLING themselves.
Hellsbells PvP is challenging! See things as I need to get better, I need to be able to counter this, its not SUPPOSED to be a walkover. Not to mention that people complain about EVERY class.

Aomine.5012:

If ranger is this “easy” to master, it should be all around the high-end ranked pvp already.

You have it COMPLETELY backwards mate…

1. Stop trolling.
2. You should not try to kill a turret.
3. Please stop the turret engi hate, NOTHING OP about it.

GEZUS…

zaced.7948:

krixis.9538:

zaced.7948:

so you kittened up the stack with dodging backwards, is that what you’re trying to show us? a bad example?

I do what I like when I like how I like.

I have no care for others or the opinions of others.

then don’t post in a forum. in case you disagree with that, too, look up the definition of forum.

Dude, REALLY? Wow… Having a bad day or something? Stop being a kitten (not the good kind).

Funny, but it took you way to long to drop Alpha. :P

Rognik.2579:

Patience, Novuake. We might still get our answers in the Heart of Thorns.

I know. FEELS shoehorned, most likely isn’t.

Durganprime.9153:

I appreciate those that have at least seen this guy’s behavior before. Believe it or not, but for those who want to flame me for making this thread. I did in fact NOT report him for any of that activity. Yes I brought it here instead, where the community (I thought meant something) would appreciate this little insight rather than wasting time filing a report. BORG ought to be really proud of this guy.

BUT unfortunately naming and shaming is a serious offence too…

And you even SAID that in your original post… Although not outright…. So you SEEM a bit toxic to me, just an observation.

Tom Gore.4035:

It’s supposedly Forgotten architecture.

Yeah that is still odd to me. No connection other than a hint and offhanded mention here and there…

EDIT : Shoehorning springs to mind.

Whisperer.1584:

That is good to know, i love the games where i need to do and react on time and when the game finish with download i will see about the armor i get from heroic edition, and i think i will go with engineer

BEST CLASS EVER!

So fun, but leveling with it as a first character is pretty hard.
Keep in mind that everyone thinks turrets are their strength when just starting out, its not, its kits that allow for more and different weapon skills.

One more thing :

SALVAGE ALMOST EVERYTHING!

With Basic Salvage kits for the most part. After level 61, then use Master or Mystic of yellows/rares and up.

Whisperer.1584:

Will do, and i am kinda used to dodging from games like Tera/TSW/Wildstar and such where dodge matters, i really dislike games where i can just facetank and stand still just pressing buttons.

Yeah this game takes that to the next level. Almost everything above normal trash mobs can instakill you if you don’t dodge. Its usually well telegraphed though.

Elegy.2159:

I know this guy! His language is insulting, but he’s not very creative. He said the exact same thing last time I reported him.

So minus points for that? LOL

NeedsFoodBadly.2671:

Cynical me says: I can’t wait to have the privilege of mind-numbing grinding for what I already have!

Optimistic me hopes that isn’t the case.

Cynicism. Love/hate relationship within oneself.
Know the feels.

But I am sure ANET has taken ALL those pages of feedback into consideration. Let’s just hope the intention matches the implementation. Since THAT seems to be where the fault lies.

As someone mentioned, ON PAPER it looks awesome, in practice, not so much.

Hi there and WELCOME!!!

Server :
For new players I normally suggest server that are ranked on Tier4-Tier6 in WorldVSWorld(large PvP server vs server fights) for the most balance experience, you can always move for a bit of cost later if you like.
Other than that server matters VERY little for most other gameplay.

Class :
Difficult to answer. Easy could be boring, but I would say that either one of the 2 heavy armor classes are the easiest, warrior or guardian, guardian being the easier for leveling.

Armor :
Its a skin, the game has a wardrobe, as soon as you unlock a skin it is stored in your account wide wardrobe for ANY character to use as long as its the corresponding armor weigth(medium, heavy, light).

Feel free to message me in game anytime if you need help and our guild loves new people. :P We are on Aurora Glade server.

“Fixing” and manipulating matches are against the ToS. Don’t do it…

Broken…

GhOst.4019:

I have posted suggestions and my thread got locked within 30 min… So again..Here is a fantastic suggestion coming at you via Paint.

Praise be to you! Probably expecting to much though.
Dem paint skills dough…

We could get this when we get the Steve expac 10 years from now.

Its ASTOUNDING how offensive some people can get when they don’t get what they want, despite it EXISTING in OTHER game modes or other games. Looking at you amongh other, saalle.4623.

I like PvP, I like WvW, I like Dualing.
I DO NOT WANT PvE and PvP to be mixed because like MOST rational answers here, I understand WHY it does not exist.

Thank you. Now can we STOP BUMPING THIS for kitten sake!

I trashtalk often. But not like THAT> often times at the end of the game the target and I will have a nice chat before the next game.

Difference is that it doesn’t get personal or offensive.

Lazaar.9123:

There won’t be living story stuff, there will be festivals and other things though.

“Celebrate the Year of the Ram”

Dis! Hoping its tonight, must admit its been terribly quiet (ANET and speculation community), but some of us know its coming!
:P

Dinks.2478:

Rangers don’t need a nerf, rapid fire needs a damage nerf. I can kill most people from full to downed in one attack. I’ll continue to play my ranger until that nerf comes though. Easy ranger wins.

How sportsmanlike of you…

Welcome to online gaming.

Its something you need to make peace with.