Guild Wars 2

2 words. MERGE THREAD…

Anyway. Yes NPE is a balls-up, lets hope it gets fixed. Although most Vets can avoid most issues associated with it.

I have all of them. Only Demolisher took me a while, so I doubt its a bug to a specific ONE of them.

They are easy to miss as they are not marked with an “event” notification.

Gudy.3607:

Donari.5237:

Huh, I’d assumed you just needed to unlock it and then the chests would drop the grubby boxes whenever.

Given that the grubby boxes only start dropping from the chests once you’ve unlocked the achievement and stop dropping as soon as you’ve finished it, I tend to agree. I’d still play it safe and try to finish it before the next patch, but given the way this is working right now, there’s no good reason for it to stop once the Wintersday content gets phased out. Especially since you don’t need to take these ornaments back to the kids, which is kind of a huge plot hole right there but would tend to support this theory.

They still drop, but they contain “junk” ruined toys.

Just adding my voice.

Skillpoint and Vistas hidden behind levels was such a shock to me when a friend joined the game 2 months ago, at least he continued playing but felt very limited and frustrated.

On the other hand, a “not-so-experienced” gamer who joined around the same time did not feel hindered at all. However he DID feel a strong sense of progression?

Season 1 world events scaled down to about 20 people in raid content… The DREAM!

And I am pretty sure that the Fractals could thematically and technically allow it…

Olvendred.3027:

Novuake.2691:

“any other dragon” We have only encountered 1 dragon so far to compare.

Zhaitan, Tequatl, The Shatterer, The Claw of Jormag, Blightghast the Plaguebringer, Ogravros the Moondeath, Fafnarin the Heartslayer, Horrogos the Soulbreaker, and The Shadow of the Dragon. Also Glint, if you want to count GW1.

So comparing minions with Elders now? Whether they are dragons or not, the comparison is between ELDER Dragon Zhaitan and Mordy.

Semantics, right?

I am with Donari, once you have unlocked the collection I am pretty sure the JPs will still drop the toys.

I guess that is a good thing, the longer maps are populated the better.

What do you guys prefer on a Celestial Roamer Engi?

Obvious you will be DPSing and controlling better on the Rifle.

But the defense on the pistol/shield is so useful.

Drytop is still populated? Wow…

L Step.8659:

The problem with this is they just add RNG for the sake of trying to add more time to the content, which is silly.

Content should be played for fun, not because you’re forced to because you’re not lucky or the developer wants to stall out something as long as possible.

I get there are people who think they earn things in games more because they devoted the hours into the collections and whatnot, but really it is silly in the overall scheme of things as someone can still devote a lot of time and still be unlucky.

But you are not forced to do anything.

I find the Carapace/Bio-luminescent gear kind of MEH, so i am not getting it, and I am pretty completionist.

Although I probably will end up getting it SOMETIME.

The V.8759:

AED is great I think. I do aggree that the toolbelt is weak. Your cast time is almost as long as the stun and hard to land.
Rocket boots are wonderful. Smoke bomb + RB is a safe escape. Giving stealth and a huge leap.

But there are better alternatives for the exact same effect. But I do not want to start a Elixer gun VS Rocket Boots discussion here. Its been done a million times

Options :

Log in ONCE during the release window.
Farm a teensy bit o’ gold. I believe it should be around 30Gold per episode, which is not much.
Live without it.

Hannelore.8153:

They probably don’t plan to do any of this. That’s why they came up with Mordremoth, a “super dragon” with a reach far beyond that of any other dragon, and a power that is far more dangerous (corrupting the Pale Tree/Sylvari).

Zhaitan, especially, was small beans in comparison.

You kind of got the cat by the kitten here…

“any other dragon” We have only encountered 1 dragon so far to compare.
“Zhaitan small beans”? I don’t even see how this is even remotely true, it was underplayed sure, but if you look into it, you will notice that Zhaitan was just as dangerous as Mordy.

Rocket boots is crappy to be fair. You have so little cpntrol over it… Although it can be a useful escape in WvW.

Ragnarox.9601:

Amd is just crap for gaming.

Go for i5.

Not true, yes AMD is NOT AS GOOD at the moment.
But its not outright crap.

However when it comes to GW2 specifically, AMD does not perform well at all.

No luck involved AT ALL, not a drop of RNG involved in getting tomes.

Literally 2-4 matches of PvP, which I do ANYWAY, gives you a tome.
The other rewards in PvP are worth a lot as well, so its not like you are grinding tomes at all.
Not to mention PvP is fun as all hell. (as in hell is fun, no idea how that makes sense, but point is its fun!)

So key farming with the level 10 quest is still perfectly viable.

Should have expected ArrDee to make an appearance. At least it was constructive and not just rambling. :P

I WANT A.E.D to be better but alas it will need more work.

Dear lord STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT GRIND for skins, its what the game is, so what? That will never change, do you expect endless gear progression AND then complain about balance in WvW the next day?

God the hypocrisy is too much.

For ANY sort of gaming, anything above an I5 4690K is a waste of money.

Better off spending more on a graphics card.

An I5 4690K, 8GB of 1600Mhz RAM, R9 270 (or better) graphics card and a motherboard capable of overclocking (Z97 chipset) will give you the best results without costing too much.

Minimal diminishing returns.

Devs have confirmed all of this is permanent content, so you will be able to get this for a LONG time. Possibly as long as the game exists…

I think that would make a big difference for the skill, you may just be onto something.

I think 900 is a bit much though, 600 I think.

ukuni.8745:

its not bugged and its not your aim, it has a 130 range i believe and you need to be facing your enemy, i cant think of many situations an engineer wants to be that close and facing there enemy, id say its nearly worse then maul on rangers.

Ah yes, never actually noticed the range, assumed it would be higher.

Well either way, the toolbelt is useless. to be fair.

I want Season 3, I also want an expansion.

Call me greedy…

But taking away LW is stupid since its done well more than half the time.
Not to mention that even if an expansion is announced it would be a months if not a year from release, what do you want me to do till then?

So yes please, gimme Season 3.

ukuni.8745:

i actually just posting something on another post about aed, make gadgeteer apply stability instead of retliation,and buff static shock to be ranged and no cast animation (kinda like a long streak of lighting that stuns you after 3/4s on a second ), would give it some viability in SD builds.

Now that you mention the toolbelt skill, I just remembered that the reliability on that skill is TERRIBLE. Not sure if its bugged or I am just terrible at timing it.

Hi all

So its been a few months since A.E.D got a very significant buff.

However after trying it for some time I found it to be EXTREMELY situational (but very effective in those situations to be fair) and that the burst heal and utility on the Healing Turret is still just so much better.

Anyone got an opinion on the A.E.D or even uses it effectively?

Situations I have found it useful :

1. Decap engi, where getting that point decapped or capped no matter the AoE damage being dropped on you can win the game.

2. Necros, which as we know is the engineers greatest counter, the A.E.D buys you quite a bit of time to deal damage or get out as needed to at least be semi effective vs a necro.

What else do you have to say?

Hi, do you serve a purpose in PvP?
Or are you actually a decap engi?

Or do you mean in PvE?

Thanks! Curunen.8729

Think that was my issue, never made sure I had a clone up for the skill.

And there is the weekly “im leaving GW2 post” LOLs…

Now for the traditional. GIMME YER GOLD!

Kreed.2768:

There’s already a phantasm with a shield. It’s called the Phantasmal Defender and it’s a utility skill. As for avoiding spike… I’d say using Distortion is the most common method. There’s also sword #2, but Distortion can be used even when stunned or otherwise CC’ed, so it’s pretty awesome.

I can not bring myself to give up another utility for the defender, which is kinda useless and uses 1 of your 3 illusion/phantasm spots, there are just better utilities to use…
50% damages mitigation is poor as well with how little HP that thing has.

I am still very sketchy on when and how to use distortion and the exact mechanic behind it?

When I do use it I just end up failing the timing…

Suggestions? Please?
:)

How awesome would that be on a phantasm mesmer?

With at least one damage mitigation skill?
A bit OP most likely…

Anyone else like this?

MOAR WEAPONS PLEASE ANET!

FYI, I main engi, any other class just do not have enough damage mitigation for me… And I want to roam with Mesmer but its HARD… How to avoid that spike damages?!?!?

Tao.5096 you sure?

Anyway, Anet BANS these players, I do not see if there could be any steeper fine…

Interesting…

Will be keeping an Eye out here.
Although I can not imagine it would be exceptionally good…

If you do decide to go Celestial, just concentrate more on kitting (bomb/grenade kit is a MUST have), 6 in Alchemy for the passive heal when using a kit is REALLY strong.

In general I would say your build is not really meant for roaming.
You need more reliable damage AND more damage mitigation.
Rifle and your kits and odd choice in turret will not do that for you.

With your current build you are more of a burst Engi, which isn’t ideal for roaming but it can be done if you know when to run and when to fight.
But it really is an all in or all out build, you have no way to get out (escape) when things go south, so you only have 1 choice once you commit, KILL or DIE.

Anyway, for your current build, Zerker would be best, better yet, Zerk and a few knights/soldiers stuff (4 out of 6 trinkets is what I would make knights, or 3 out of 6 Soldiers).

Bunker is a general term.

Zerg definitely is a product of the old StarCraft days. Large group = zerg.

However the zerg term is common in many online cases. A large influx of user to a specific website is also referred to as zerging.

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Engineer_-_Celestial_Rifle

Celstial Rifle is the “it” build these days… SirKoroshi did a pretty good few vids on it.

“But no matter what you do, you will always have the worst stability skill in the history of gw2. " NEIN!

The Mesmer is worse on that front.

1. Interactive combat.
2. ART ART ART!
3. The actual diversity in PvP and a little less so in WvW.
3. The lore!
3. OK I should stop now…

coglin.1867:

Novuake.2691:

Ele and Engi are the same thing game play wise but for ONE crucial difference.

Ele has the damage.
Engi has the utility.

That seems to be irrationally self contradicting. I wouldn’t consider “the damage” and “the utility” as the same thing at all.

Uh? Wut?

Sirkoroshi…

https://www.youtube.com/user/SirKoroshi/videos

Halvorn.9831:

I think most of you are missing the point.

Personnally I finished this achievement in less than half an hour, I typically have scores of 580+ at the end of the rounds. So I thought, why complain about this, it’s easy…

But then I had that EU-lag, that happens from time to time. And then you will not complete a single round. I quite often score 100/100 per song, but then I was thrown out of the bell choir after a few seconds. There is no feedback on what happens, nothing, you’re just out.

So I can now understand how it feels if you have to do this and you are not in the lucky situation of having fibre-channel connection somewhere in the US. This game is fun (at least for me), but too fragile.

Try playing on EU from South Africa, nightmarish…

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Going full dps is still viable in both pvp and WvW….. idk what you are on about.

Its viable sure, but not PURE damage potential, you usually end up getting some damage mitigation, like Engi Shield or Ele Arcane Shield.

Viable yes to go MOSTLY damage (as you are still forced to get some sort of damage mitigation), optimal, no.

And only viable if you are very good at what you doing.

PvE sure, you are MOSTLY right.

PvP and WvW also exist however. Try going full DPS… I dare you…

The feels with that song! Chills, chills, so many chills…

FIVE HUNDRED!!! I know right…

But it IS an achievement after all.

Its like Anet has these GREAT ideas one day and the WORST the next day.

Achievements should be HARD, not TEDIOUS, know the difference.

Vukorep.3081:

(note i didnt play engies much but…) Engeneers are and can be:

-mostly ranged characters
-heavy condition damage while applying all sorts of condi types
-can apply and share all sorts of boons
-incredible amount of utility
-medium health and medium armor
-personally more fun to play with than a warrior
-isnt a typical"medieval"class,but a stempunk gun,turret, gadget,alchemical potion guy
-has good positions in pvp
-can use turrets to deal damage,crowd control,and support

Mostly range? NEIN!
They are actually the most effective at close range, less than 300.

Can use turrets? Sure. SHOULD use turrets? Not if you want to be competitive. Its fun, but not really any good.

Ele and Engi are the same thing game play wise but for ONE crucial difference.

Ele has the damage.
Engi has the utility.

Depends on what you plan to be doing.

Let’s assume PVP shall we.
Turrets in general are not GREAT in PvP unless used with something else (kit) to supplement the damage and utility loss with turrets. Otherwise you just end up standing around and feeling useless as your turrets die around you.

There are some nice mix builds, currently testing the following.
Knights gear.
Rifle + Flamethrower.
Turrets : Thumper + Rocket.

This build is actually pretty great for decapping and defending as it has GREAT disabling potential and some decent sustain damage if you can keep them down (immobile) while you spray and pray. NOTE : This isn’t ENOUGH damage on heavy healing types like Eles or so. But if you can AT LEAST interrupt their healing skill, MAJOR one, then the damage is actually kitten good, but interrupting that heal is real important for bringing them down.

Reason for the turret combo, which is odd since Thumper is not great EXCEPT for decapping and defence is that the combination is constantly giving you retaliation and protection with experimental turrets major trait.

Still testing it out though, trying to find a nice little balance of turrets and sustained DPS + CC.

EDIT : My next experiment I will replace the flamethrower will Tool kit. FOR MAXIMUM CONTROL! But less damage.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

Zhaitan is dead. Arenanet has confirmed it in interviews and in the hidden arcana library in the Priory they have a tendrils (or it may have been his tail) off of his corpse hanging from the roof… He’s dead 100%

Yeah, his tail.

Either way, dead or no, magic can retcon pretty much anything.

I do not see WHY he would not be dead though? GW2 has 5 other dragons to deal with, not like Zhaitan is The Mandarin or something.