No… armor for different races uses a different piece of texture. 3d rendering software usually tile (repeat) not strech texture if its not of appropriate size. I’m sure you have never used a 3d software before. If you find the graphics blurry, i sugest you NOT use LOW as your graphic setting.
Heartseeker actually does very little damage. It’s only 336 unless the enemy is under 50% hp. At less than 25% hp it does 672, but that still doesn’t compare with a kill shot or fire grab (when burning) damage amount. The reason people cry so hard about HS is that it can be spammed if you don’t mind burning up all your initiative.
/Backstab from behind is 806 damage
Yeah but thief has more +damage traits compared to Ele so its easier to see a large number on a single hit on HS or backstab compared to firegrab. I dont care about QQ’s. This is just for the fun of the bigest damage number in 1 hit.
Edit: It wont work for OP anyways since thieves already get 100% crit chance from a stealth trait.
Doesn’t matter because even the least “popular” profession has at least 200k of them running around. How many you see depends on what you are doing. Engineers & Necros are rarely doing dungeon runs but can be seen often in sPvP. WvWvW = Thiefs & Mesmers & Rangers. Etc
I second this. Good in PvE good in WvW… wouldn’t even need to reset traits or get a 2nd set of gear. It is somewhat lacking in range though… scepter is unreliable after mid range.
I only proposed this because he wanted a equally character good in both pvp & pve. Engineer are more biased towards pvp while warriors are more biased towards pve.
For guardians in range pvp, scepter are good finishers and lockdown while staff can suport and protect your group. I’m actually seeing a lot of staff exclusive guardians in pvp recently.
OP needs to grow up realize that its his/her decision to either log in or not. Skipping a daily far from something that can be called a “punishment” in any sense. A punishment is when the game deducts something you earned, not denies you something you clearly dont deserve. You decide your goals and how and why you achieve them. If getting ascended gear is your obsession, FotM is clearly a better method.
I wouldn’t call it a punishment, but it is a bad mechanic..
If you do miss a few months and come back to these Guild commendations and Laurels its really in your favor to just quit the game outright and uninstall than to try and keep up with the non leavers, personally wonder if Anet thinks these things through properly..
As people who quit give zero money.
Is it wrong that people who have played longer (and consistently) to have an advantage?
in that note, with some minor effort on their part, they should be able to catch up.
As far as “bad mechanic”, i can lists its advantages & disadvantages as well. Its ultimately up to Anet and the players to decide if its worth it. Changing daily to hourly will just cause more problems as well. Honestly not having ascended gear is not the end of the world
OP needs to grow up realize that its his/her decision to either log in or not. Skipping a daily far from something that can be called a “punishment” in any sense. A punishment is when the game deducts something you earned, not denies you something you clearly dont deserve. You decide your goals and how and why you achieve them. If getting ascended gear is your obsession, FotM is clearly a better method.
Wow…ok.
I don’t agree with your idea of what “punishment” is, but I’ll work with it. Take player A and player B.
Player A plays 20 hours a week; all primarily on weekends. He completes 3 dailies total: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Player B plays for 10 hours a week. Player B logs on for about half an hour every day to complete dailies and does FotM 3 times a week.
As far as ascended gear goes, Player A will always be behind Player B even though Player A puts forth more effort.
That is where many people are getting upset. They want to work towards something, but with the time gates on amulets, accessories, and even rings with FotM dailies, time is the greatest obstacle. It doesn’t matter if you are super fast at clearing dungeons, it doesn’t matter that you are a Master Crafter and like making your own gear, and it doesn’t matter if you prefer simply hanging out in WvW.
If you don’t do your daily, FotM, and now Guild Missions, you will be behind. Period. They are taking away our ability to play the way we prefer and still be rewarded.
That’s punishment.
No. Punishment is:
every time you post something shallow like the above, anet deducts 100g (or equivalent in experience) from your bank.
Thus you are not punished.
Also:
1. B is smarter than A, and B follows the rules. B deserves to be above A.
2. Reward comes with work. No work =/= no reward =/= punishment.
3. Ascended is not compulsory. You are not behind anything, you just have self esteem issues.
4. ‘A’ putting in more effort is YOUR opinion. Total time spent =/= more effort. Its 1 effort. Taking time everyday is also 1 effort. Thus both efforts are the same except only one is in line with the requirements.
“Many people” dont care. People who are obsessed with BiS achieved their “ascended” goal months ago. All’s left is just a bunch of whiners looking for handouts.
Once you’ve finished your daily and can see the Monthly list in the UI, you can mouse-over each element there to see the real totals, without anything hidden by the whole tiers thing.
For me, i think the hardest to achieve is 100 vets… Playing causally will probably take me about 20 days.
If killing enough vets is a problem you could try farming this mini dungeon:
Also gets the maguuma veterans for the daily done really fast.
Thanks for the tip.
As i said, i will only take me about 20 days out of 30. I’m not in a hurry, I only brought it up because based on how i play, that’s going to be the last thing i complete from the list.
To contribute to the topic, i cant WvWvW due to my “meh” connection and won’t fractal so… no problems with this monthly. I have skipped most monthlies in the past without posting on the forums because i can understand that its my choice and i stand by it, and dont care much about ascended gear.
OP needs to grow up realize that its his/her decision to either log in or not. Skipping a daily far from something that can be called a “punishment” in any sense. A punishment is when the game deducts something you earned, not denies you something you clearly dont deserve. You decide your goals and how and why you achieve them. If getting ascended gear is your obsession, FotM is clearly a better method.
Once you’ve finished your daily and can see the Monthly list in the UI, you can mouse-over each element there to see the real totals, without anything hidden by the whole tiers thing.
For me, i think the hardest to achieve is 100 vets… Playing causally will probably take me about 20 days.
so people dont just get it all on the first day(some of us have over 100 karma jugs), a sort if incentive to continue playing for a bit more time.
Expect them to introduce new currency & tokens in the future.
btw. BiS means nothing. All of the content (outside fotm) can be completed with a mix of masterwork-rare-exotic gear. If you want there are karma merchants in orr that sell exotic trinkets
EVERY profession needs more ELITES. Not just engineers. Guardians and Necro elites have it the worst
hmm.. let’s see.
Guardian:
- Renewed Focus: can save u in many situations and can be really helpful if used right.
- Tome of courage: mass heal to 100%… nuff said. have u ever tried killing a guardian and his team while he’s using it? good luck with that.
- Tome of wrath: mass quickness, knockdown, burn, might/swiftness.. come on son, what else do u want?
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Necro:
- Plague: ever played a condi burst build? well u should try it… its very strong
- lich form: i’ve heard so much op flaming about this skill… and the damage u deal is great…
- Summon f. golem: yea, not that great.
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have u actually ever played engi?
Played all 3 till i was bored to tears. Only play engi now.
- Renewed Focus: only elite i use(because my current build uses virtues). only one usable under water as well
- Tome of courage: have u ever tried killing a guardian and his team while he’s using it? Yes, its called spike damage! i assume you are talking about group battles since the guardian has allies.
- Tome of wrath: drop in dps even when i was a full burn condition build.
Necro:
- Plague: drop in dps even when i was a full bleed condition build. only one usable under water. kills your minions. reduces survivability when used.
- lich form: dps same as full exotics. kills your minions. reduces survivability when used.
- Summon f. golem: only used for knock downs.
(which do i use for necro? none! i use my racial elite and in pvp i dont even use my elite because i die faster when i use them)
You speak as if from theoretical knowledge not experience. I would take supply drop any day if my other options was any of the above.
My point is EVERYBODY would profit if more elite skills (than 3) were introduced instead of being forced to choose 1 out of 3. You need to get the “only buff the profession i play mentality” habit.
You don’t seem interested in which sigil to use and more about whining about some damage tax when you lack the skill to win. Again if you feel so strongly, don’t use engineers.
What your excuse when engineers can consistently beat thieves in pvp?
Assuming you want to give 2h’ers 2 sigils, then this applies to all 2h’ers and then you would whine about how your thief is useless because he/she is owned and you will start a thread to reduce the 2h’ers back to 1 sigil.
1. most engineers use on critical (for dps builds) or on weapon swap (kit heavy) sigils. which one depends on your build.
2. i dont think they are any sigil bugs but try not to use 2 of the same sigils at once
3. you only get the sigil of weapons being used (as well as stats). In this case (as an engi) other professions dont get bonus from weapons not currently swapped in. So its either 1 or 2.
4. 2-handers have better stats and 1+o have two runes. Not really a deal breaker. If you feel so strongly about that sigil, fell free to not use rifles. Other people will still use them.
5. If 2h weps are given another sigil, their stats and damage will have to be lowered because it effects balancing for the entire game.
Don’t forget, All this time and engineer downed state still represents no threat to anyone, it’s a guaranteed easy kill once down. So that’s another good reason to target engy.
No. How is a downed engineer less a threat than a warrior or necro or ranger? They all have single target interupts. Even guardian with their aoe interupt can only use them once. Downed Ele, thief and mesmers are not a threat once you learn to adjust for their teleport. In comparison to all others, engineer has one of the best downs because they have 1 single target interupt and an aoe interupt.
I usually let people come to me as im playing a tankcat variety. I do enjoy fighting other engineers but its to measure my ability more than “bullying”. Anyways unlike other professions, engineers have more options for spvp so its always more interesting. As far as easy kills go, i find that warriors are the easiest to kill while mesmers require the most effort.
Disagree that Engineers need to be more popular or that they are unpopular to begin with. I currently have 6 avatars with full exotics and i still enjoy (play with) my engineer the most.
OP a lot of your suggestions doesn’t make Engineer a better profession and more fun to play with / against. Its mostly just asking for buffs instead of analyzing the profession. Try actually playing the other professions. Go against people who are good at playing Engineers.
Engi Pistol 1st attack vs Thief Pistol 1st attack:
Both are bleed focused attacks, but Thief does a little more damage while Engineer has aoe.
I concluded that they are balanced. However the “aoe for damage” makes engineers attack less desirable. In general Pistols are the weakest weapon in the game being the only single hand range weapon. Theres a reason we dont see many thief’s with focus on pistols.
In conclusion i think all pistols should receive a damage boost
I dont see any level 80 exotic soldiers (P/V/T) weapons on the TP
They’re under different names (they don’t have the Soldier prefix). For example, Incinerator (well, I don’t really recommend buying that one). I’d filter out the weapon type you’re looking under, then browse through the available exotics. They all have different skins too.
I actually think he may be right O.o
I don’t see P/V/T weapons under anything. It may be dungeon exclusive. Can anyone else find a non-legendary one?
I’ve seen many. Unfortunately i have to mouse over each exotic to find them. They usually cost 2g and above. As previously mentioned its easier to do AC to get them.
The question should be how do you want to play. Most pve content can be completed in the method that you choose to do it. Skills that make pve really easy are flamethrower kit, bomb kit, elixir B….
No. Considering its easy to lvl 10 times a day… it would make the items you get from them worthless. Nobody would start new characters or play any content. Everyone would just speedrun CoF p1 20 to 30 times a day. Then the game will really die.
I sPvP daily since 2 weeks ago and i find that engineers are pretty solid there. (not to brag but i get a lot of top kills awards) Even spec’d for def, i find that pistol 2 and 3 are really good. 1 is still useless. Rifles are even better.
If you want to play turret build bring at least 3 of them. Focus on camping on 1 cap point and spread your turrets out. When an enemy comes go in front and engage them. kite them while your turret do the damage. The point of sPvP is capturing and holding points. The longer you delay them the more points your team gets and a win gives a huge amount of glory. Dont expect to beat 3 or more players alone. If you see 3 guys coming, just leave your turrets and move on to the next point.
Just remember PvP and PvE plays differently and skills that are good in PvE aren’t necessary good in PvP.
i dont disagree with OP. I dont stand around and let ppl die but i do hesitate to help. i do however get myself downed on purpose to help ppl out. 80% of my non dungeon rez are on npc tho as mentioned by Kain Francois.4328. I also completed daily crafting by refining so…
as it was always, as for the fixes they were minor
You guys whined everyday that you wanted stats and sigils with your kits so they gave them to you and your response is “as it was always, as for the fixes they were minor”?
The sPvP daily rewards have been different from the PvE rewards since they were introduced. Why would they offer the same rewards now? Why didn’t you complain that the sPvP daily didn’t give karma like the PvE dailies? Methinks the OP is just another person who wants to have something to complain about…
I agree with this post. If they wanted to increase the rewards for Daily PvP, it should be rewards associated with PvP. OP should be ignored.
Correct me if I am indeed wrong but I believe that this only takes your damage rating into account from your lowest damage weapon. So having a shield, which obviously does lower damage than pistol, it will take the stat from the shield.
I’m a bit sleepy and I may be stating the obvious here but I only realised this now.
No. Assuming you are using Pistol + Shield, your 1, 2 & 3 damage depends on your pistol while your 4 & 5 depends on your shield. This applies to all characters.
For kits, i assume they have a base damage (scaled to your level), but i dont know that number. We would have to experiment with the kit on different levels with 0 healing stat.
Garrus: “Drop Medkit, heals 96 for me now and I have very little focus on healing power.”
really? I was healing for 950~1000 per drop yesterday. I will try tonight to see if its more/less now. My weapons are both soldier prefix.
Only missed 2 so far. Once because i came home too late and too tired and the other because i was too sick to play.
I just wish the dailies would stop giving the basic transmutation stone as the bonus. At least make it a fine transmutation stone.
Actually the confirmed rewards are the karma jug and 1 mystic coin. Theres a chance to get a random gemstore item and it IS possible to get fine transmutation stones.
First off, you really need to learn to spell check.
Its not advisable to have both grenades and flamethrower at the same time because both require you to have 30 points in their trait bar. If you want to do high damage, then consider focusing on grenades.
I don’t want to faceroll. I just have a minor neurological condition that makes management of a bunch of buttons difficult.
Then stay away from elementalist and engineers.
Necromancers arent hard to use but are not rewarding atm.
Thieves and mesmers often need you to have good on the fly reaction so if you dont think u can handle them…
Warriors are the easiest to pick up and most preferable in pve. Kill stuff b4 they kill u. A bit boring imo.
So i would go with rangers or guardians. It would depend on whether you prefer to play a tough character or agile a character. Both can be easy and still fun
Thanks for the help. Orion the Cursed, you sound angry!
Nah, just bored and skeptical. Maybe you are new to RPGs. It always goes without saying Warriors/Fighters with lots of passive skills are easiest class to pick up. Its kinda weird to come to a unique class thread and ask for a faceroll experience.
In this case the class/config i recommended can steamroll 95% of the content just with as few as 1, 2, F1, & 4 buttons. In comparison my engineer needs to press F1>(hold w)>6>1>2>3>9 just to heal.
Edit: On that note, i wouldnt use P/P because they are outclassed by the bombkit and bring nothing to the fight.
I used to use Rifle rarely before the patch ( that made kit to be affected by sigils ).
Now I got P/P just for the sigils > bloodlust and battle , and I rarely use my pistols as I find explosives to be more than enough .
Up to you. I find in your case, having a rifle to replace grenades worth more than 1 sigil.
Pros:
-further range
-jump shot for jump puzzle
-1 more trait,
-1 more utility slot
i wont bother swapping from grenades, Grenades requires you to have a specific trait
to be effective and usually you would get 1 hit before the monster closes in. Just use your rifle1 for range. The +power you are going get for explosives should make it viable and it frees you up for extra traits.
Edit: On that note, i wouldnt use P/P because they are outclassed by the bombkit and bring nothing to the fight.
