Guild Wars 2

It is the name of a bar in a menu. Who the heck cares. You are still an engineer.

Engineer is probably one of the strongest professions in the game.

A lot of tools in our kit… are extremely strong when used properly. I would take some time to watch videos and learn the class a little more especially if you are new.

Because from where I stand… as an engineer… I feel we are extremely overpowered.

After reading the preview on MMORPG.com I am pretty excited.

It seems that the following information on Gyros has been released:
“Each of them has a fuel gauge that determines the time remaining before they explode.”

Source: http://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/443000/guild-wars-2-devoile-le-mecatronicien-la-specialisation-d-elite-de-l-ingenieur.htm

FlamingFoxx.1305:

I like them both, but I think I prefer the guy on the left more. He looks pretty bad kitten :P

Yeah I think he looks like a bad cat as well. Thanks for the input!

Dustfinger.9510:

Agreed. One on the left is awesome.

:D

Rouven.7409:

I look at it as a sort of “terminator” blend, and I like it for that, but otherwise I personally prefer the “nature” route for this race.

So I vote for Legolas in this case

You seem to stand alone in your decision but thanks for the reasoning!

shinreigari.7318:

Both look very good in my opinion, and i love the natural style sylvaris can have. That said, i slightly prefer the one on the left, simply because it looks cooler and a bit unusual and therefor, more interesting
Nice job on both of them

Thanks!

It seems the Engineer is getting more likes! Thanks for all the input.

Hello fellow Sylvari!

I have attached an image of two characters I have made. A simple favor I ask of you is to choose which one you like better or if you hate them both just state that.

Thanks for all that reply.
You help me greatly.

Yes I was wearing them. Yes I talked to the armor black lion dude.

I am still missing 2 hats from when the wardrobe thing happened… I have tried everything.

The actual GW2 Emblem Cap and the Wizard’kitten. Sigh… IDK if I can get them back just kinda annoyed.

My issue is this… since before release my favorite class has been elementalist…
My favorite legendary has been kudzu…

It has been my hopeful wish that one day my weapon/skin can be equipped by my elementalist and not just sit useless on random alts…

I think longbow ele could be cool… RIGHT? But what do you guys think the chances of seeing something like this actually happen…

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Visit your local Black Lion Trader (Armorsmith) and you will find all your Town Clothes and Toys.

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/45944258-Town-Clothes

I already did this.

I have the Executioner’s Outfit but the Axe seems to be missing. I wouldn’t care normally but the only reason I bought this was for the Axe.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Necromancer – Was a little confused by these traits they are so defensive
Parasitic Contagion – This feels like a Curses trait… I can’t see a heavy condi user this deep in Spite. And as a power user with ‘some’ condi I wouldn’t see this as worth it.
Path of Corruption – At first this sounded really weak but the more I looked at it the stronger it sounds… I guess it really depends on what the boons are getting turned into.
Unholy Sanctuary – This is interesting, not sure if it is going to be popular but seems good.
Unholy Martyr – Some group utility for a necro. I am just sad that it has to be deep in this tree. Also sad that it half a clone of a current sigil they have.
Renewing Blast – This is going to have to heal for a hefty amount for people to take it. Line heal skill directed at targeted enemy. (Or you could drop target and aim at allies). It is interesting for sure.

Ranger – Interesting traits added here
Read the Wind – This trait is weird. I usually take pierce and range when using longbow. And now taking this forces you to choose range and not take pierce. I think this should be rolled together with range and a new master tier trait should be created.
Strider’s Defense : I do not like the idea of an RNG block while auto attacking my life away with sword. Just feels too random and I can see a lot of: “Wow I lost cause my ________ was RNG blocked… GG Anet.”
Poison Master – Something increasing PSN damage. This is interesting.
Survival of the Fittest – I am happy to see some condi removal love here as well as survival love.
Invigorating Bond – Not sure how I feel about this… it might be too strong depending on how it works out.

Thief – I don’t think this is going to INCREASE build diversity that much
Revealed Training – Sounds interesting would like to see if thieves end up taking this and actually changing up their builds.
Invigorating Precision – Interested to see this coupled with healing signet. Would like to see further balancing on this if it is too strong.
Resilience of Shadows – I like this because it makes going in stealth feel more secure. Will be interesting to see this compete with Shadow’s Rejuv.
Assassin’s Equilibrium – Doesn’t sound useful. Usually I am not getting CC’d the second I leave stealth.
_ Bewildering Ambush_ – This makes for an interesting trait.

Warrior – These all seem fairly solid with the exception of the last one
Burst Precision – This is super strong, allows the warrior to stack non crit stats while still landing huge burst skills.
Dual Wield Agility – 10% doesn’t sound like much but 10% faster actions = 10% more damage if it works out the way I am thinking it will.
Rousing Resilience – This unfortunately requires you to get stunned… but will be amazing when you actually get that 1000 armor. I can see this needing some type of rework.
Phalanx Strength – So much group might!
Brawler’s Recovery – This is the worst grandmaster trait added. Rethink this to be a blind immunity for 1-2s or rework to something different all together. Blind removal is the same thing as auto attacking. (And the example you gave of swapping to evic, If you are in a blind field you are still going to be blinded before evic does its damage.)

Being a player who has started playing from launch, spend the first 6 months of the game only doing sPvP (on every profession) and highest leaderboard rank at one time was top 10 on team arenas. I spent enough time in PvE to earn 2 legendaries, these are my thoughts on the new traits.

Elementalist – I feel like Elementalist got some powerful traits with the exception of Lightning Rod
Blinding Ashes – Not too powerful seems like a passive defense mechanism since it would be a little hard to place a well timed burn and hope the CD is down.
Lightning Rod – It might be just me but I think this is weak, I don’t feel like Elementalists have a huge number of interrupts to take advantage of this.
Stone Heart – This feels strong. I can see builds appearing based around sitting in earth and just being a real pain in the kitten bunker. Not sure how I feel about it until I see it in action.
Aquatic Benevolence – This feels strong. Again I need to see this in action to get a proper view on how strong it really is.
Elemental Contingency – These boons make sense for the attunement receiving them. Is interesting and cant wait to see it in practice.

Engineer – I feel like engi’s traits were too turret-centric and not fixing the issue of elixir-centric condi removal
Synaptic Overload – This feels like it should be in firearms. (Firearms has traits for Rifle and Flamethrower which both have knock-backs.)
Bunker Down – This feels like it should be in Explosives. (Explosives is all about bombs, mines, and well… explosives…)
Fortified Turrets – This is interesting but doesn’t do anything for actually keeping the turret out to be a turret. If I took this I would still use it for a blast finisher after 4s.
Experimental Turrets – Honestly was really dissapointed with this, I can never see taking this over HGH, Automated Response, or even Cleaning Formula (which isn’t even Grandmaster). This trait is fairly bad. Every time I try and play a turret build (that doesn’t revolve around destructing them) they die really quick in PvE and PvP.
Gadgeteer – I am fairly excited about this as a trait. Has great synergy.

Guardian – As I see Guardians are already powerful. these traits are cool for making new interesting builds
Amplified Wrath – This seems good but needs a higher % increase to be worthy of grandmaster IMO. It makes burning worth a kitten as a mostly power oriented profession.
Radiant Retaliation – Honestly this threw me off. I see how you are trying to create build diversity but I feel like this is going to flop. I feel like this could be something different.
Communal Defenses – I think this is pretty cool group utility and will be nice for overall reducing group damage.
Force of Will – A guardian with high…er health… Will be interesting to see this in action… They already live forever with super low health!
Purity of body – 15% endurance regeneration feels really really low. Vigor is 100% and most traits that provide passive endurance regen is 50%.

Mesmer – Wow mesmer got some really interesting traits here not excited to go up against a mesmer at all
Power Block – Good god I am not looking forward to going against a daze mesmer. This is super strong to lock out someone of their heal or even elite skill this long.
Triumphant Distortion – This feels… weak? I can see it as a moment to rest/recup in a group fight but that’s about it. Or dominate AOE pulls in PvE.
Bountiful Disillusionment – This looks really good and will provide some interesting build diversity.
Disruptor’s Sustianment – Daze bunkers are going to be cool.
Maim the Disillusioned – Nothing much to say about this.

After seeing the preview I was a little confused as to why the traits were placed in the trait trees they were placed in.

Dropping a bomb when crit seems like something that belongs in explosives.
Synaptic Overload would fit really in the Explosives or Firearms…

Would like to see the two switch places.
Thats all.

Unfortunately I had just gotten the legendary longbow and I feel like the rifle would have looked amazing with this.

Is there any chance we can make the bowstring of this legendary invisible? It looks real weird having a bow string connect floating petals…

Lets say I had an item from an old meta achivement. (The Slick Backpack)

And it accidentally got… deleted…

Is there a way to get this back… I was really hoping if I went to the achievement it would give me another but unfortunately that is not the case.

Halp

Finally finished my Warrior with my legendary.

Finally finished my look with my legendary.

Dub.1273:

I’m fine with making condition gear more desirable. But please don’t make condition gear with defensive secondary stats good. Right now all content is faceroll, even more so if using toughness. Making PVT/etc. deal more damage would result in facerolling dungeons in fast time without any risk.
In my opinion defensive gear is for bads who do not even deserve dungeon completion. At least they take longer than proper playing people, at the moment.

Take defensive stats out of the game or remove any offensive attributes from them, that would be a good change. As this won’t happen, just leave it as it is. But, I repeat, do not make defensive gear desirable, not at all. Rabid deals way too much damage right now compared to direct damage.

I used rabid but because I mainly WvW and do dungeons for downtime with friends for fun. I mean obviously I shouldn’t be doing massive damage wearing condi/precision/toughness but… I shouldn’t be totally weak, especially on fights where something increases damage like dredge fractal or crystal golems in arah.

Don’t have the time to handle 2 characters or id have a zerker jus chillin for dungeons.

ProxyDamage.9826:

“Guys, what do I like the most?”

We don’t know.

Don’t have to be rude was just looking to get other’s opinions. Typing “sylvari 15char.” would have sufficed.

Carpboy.7145:

I like the sylvari a lot more, especially with kudzu. But im not a huge fan of the wings and shoulders with the rest of that set. I’d try and get nightmare armor instead of the noble pieces.

I tried nightmare… I really don’t like nightmare heavy armor :/. It looks empty? Thanks for the response tho.

Hi!

Alright I am almost done with my kudzu and I am looking to make this character one of the following but cannot decide.

Try and imagine the backs and colors as interchangeable… Wanted to show everything I was thinking without really creating a lot of images.

What I like about both.

Human: The way the shoulders are angled on the side looks a lot better than the way they are angled on top for the Sylvari. Also the wings (mostly because of the shoulder angle) end up looking a lot nicer from the front. Also I can use the boots without any clipping problems (the boots having clipping problems with the pants on sylvari however I get a huge discoloration issue when using the boots). I would probably go with light of dwayna with human.

Sylvari: I really like everything lorewise about sylvari, from a story perspective I love playing one. I also feel like the nature of kudzu being super planty on the planty race feels “right”. I would probably end up going with the rose backpiece if I went with the sylvari.

Looking for other’s opinions on the two looks…
~Thanks

Is it possible to get a gem refund for the gathering tools I have on one of my characters now that they are account bound…

I have 2 sets of the first year set of tools and would really appreciate a refund.

Character that has the second set equipped is a sylvari guardian named cadighan.

Well been playing engi since launch I like em… just wish they were… tweaked…

winning team joiner… hmmm

I am the kind of player who likes to play one character and stick with it. I will play everything else just to learn their skills, traits and learn everything so I know my enemy as well as I know myself, but when it comes to focusing on playing, exploring, and growth I stick with my ‘main’.

I cannot find another class I enjoy playing, its really bothersome. I really want to enjoy Warrior/Guardian but I find them… lacking? Normally I enjoy tanking (in pve) and that high risk + High reward play-style (in pvp), which I suppose a full zerker warrior kinda fulfills. However tanking in this game isn’t really… a common thing… id more quickly get kicked out of a group for not being full zerker.

Just trying to rant/find a solution… if anyone has a suggestion please, would be grateful.

tldr: bored of engi, suggest another proff/build that is enjoyable.

Currently the Guardian can do extra damage with the sword weapon. The chain skill: Sword of Wrath > Sword Arc > Sword Wave is the issue here.

How it is preformed: After landing a hit with Sword Arc, spin your character so that you are no longer aiming toward your enemy, Sword Wave will go off, not hit anything, however still deal damage to your target, HOWEVER not go back to Sword of Wrath. So you can turn around and land Sword Wave a second time.

Video Included.
http://tinyurl.com/owrjdtk

Dear Jon,

Could we please see rifle get a damage buff of some sort similar to the way ranger longbow works (but backwards).

The whole weapon is in this spot where further away you deal less damage, closer up you deal more damage, which is great. I love that. But what I am suggesting is this:

0 – 300: High Damage
300 – 600: Medium Damage (Its current damage now).
600 – 1000: Low Damage

And change scope to something else… lets face it… scope doesn’t make sense anyway given how close we need to be for all of our gun attacks to be effective. (You could change the name of scope to “Stronger nade throwin arm”)

Not sure what happened but you kinda ruined these leggings graphically. It sucks. Please god fix them… I can’t find another pair of pants I like.

Link isnt working for me : /

Edit: Original Link working, Dev link isnt.

Through seeing what my town clothes ‘2’ shirt would look like I accidently deleted it when making and deleting characters…

Anyway I can get this back? :S

My norn that I dont feel like leveling but he looks so cool

Nike.2631:

You put it in there this month?

Its the sort of thing I’d bring up every time they refresh the thread. (monthly more or less)

Literally Yesterday.

Nike.2631:

Your best bet for improvement is to document the problems here~

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Issues-with-character-art-weapons-or-armor-2/first

Unfortunately I already posted there… as you could have read in my original post. I am still trying to get this look to work for me, because I love the lore behind the Asura and willing to look past the fact that my legendary would be small… But hope is looking dim because I do love the T3 armor look. But the clipping and graphical issues are just… too annoying.

So as of recent I decided I wanted to make an Asura Mesmer, had the tier 3 transmuted down to level 2 gear and put it on my newly made character only to realize how terrible the clipping issues were.

So naturally I post the issue on the graphical issue thread and do some research online about this… I continue to find out that this has been an issue for 7 months now and looked a lot better before some graphical change was done to it about 7 months ago…

So I beg of someone from Anet to fix this SOON… or I will go with the mass population and be rolling a human for my Mesmer… Sigh@graphical bugs turning me off races for the 3rd time.

Rage Cube.4573:

The right shoulder/arm piece on the asura male model on the T3 cultural CHEST armor.

Seems to be falling apart…

Okay I found an animation that shows it off a little better. Maybe it will help you see whats actually wrong with the model.

The right shoulder/arm piece on the asura male model on the T3 cultural CHEST armor.

Seems to be falling apart…

I was messing around with the Scepter of Thorn just kinda spamming the joke skill on my female Sylvari while exploring cities… and this joke shocked me…

“How do you survive an encounter with a dragon… run faster than Snaff”

Was shocked that was in there… Better not say that to Zojja…

thats… unfortunate… So rifle build all potions or static discharge or bust if I want to show it off… :S

I have been playing around with builds and have finally decided to settle down with a nice high direct damage bomb/potion build.

Now my real issue is this… I want to get the predator but… I fear I will never really see it in action… :<

Has their been any word of Legendary effects showing through kits or is this just a lost cause.

Is the birthday present based on account age or character age?

I am looking for this image in a larger format to be used as a wallpaper… Does it exist?! I sure hope so. Its bad kitten

Basically I am having a hard time choosing which character I want to make my “Main.”

Both are guardians. Just can’t decide which to go with.
So I turn to you community. Which do you think looks better.

Norn or Sylvari.

Thanks for your reply’s in advance. They are greatly appreciated.

I would like to see a way to toggle the idle animation of this skill. The only time it looks alright is when you have an actual shield equipped that is shaped similarly to the kite shield shape.

Suggestion of replacement:
The aura targets get when you hover over them. Have the appear around the character with aegis except blue. Would be significantly less obnoxious.

Rhaps.8540:

Rage Cube.4573:

That we get name changes on the March 26th patch…

Please… tired of being female with a male name :<

I cant help but wonder, why did you give your female character a male name in the first place? And what is her name?

I do hope they add this feature as well though, don’t really see any down sides to it.

It was a male Sylvari. By the time I hit 80 I really hated male Sylvari voice, animations, and the way weapons like hammers sheathed awkwardly on their back.

Lafiel.9372:

I doubt name change will be implemented this patch

I am really hopeful. The item is already in the game files!

That we get name changes on the March 26th patch…

Please… tired of being female with a male name :<

I am not sure if this has been answered or even talked about however:

I really would like to change the race of my character and I understand the limitations of personal story/whatever that would need to either be reset or something drastic to resolve those issues however…

I think it should be a possibility.

On a slightly related note. Male Sylvari have this issue where a sheathed hammer hovers about 2ft above their head. Fix this please its really aesthetically frustrating.

Given the other two melee 2H weapons both embody control and direct damage, I would imagine the Greataxe looking something like this.

1: Gash (bleed) > Hemorrhage (bleed) > Sever Artery (weakness)
2: Blood Bath (Spin Bleeding all enemies)
3: Crippling Leap (Leap to an enemy crippling them)
4: Vile Guillotine (Bleed and Psn all targets in a cone)
5: Decapatate (Leap to a target and deal damage based on their current health or bleed stack count… like heartseeker)

Callin it now.

Just throwing this out there for engineers.

Throw Elixer R on you bars for a nice stun breaker and get an extra roll out.

Also if you throw it at your feet right before you die, it will revive you.

Have fun