I think we are less than that, those stats showed characters created, not mains that are level 80…
I must agree I feel like in Warhammer online where engineer were in much worse position actualy we were only 2 engineers at max rank at whole server:-) On other hand we are not mainstream:-)
Its Legendary. Due to time and effort I expect something like this even if you will must unlock every single Sigil what you want to use for thakittens not gamebreaking its just comfort thingy
But it’s not. It’s not “just a comfort thingy” to be able to swap your weapon to any & every ascended stat option available. For me to do that I’d have to acquire 1 of every single stat option for a particular weapon. Which takes not only a lot of time but also gold and a ton of used inventory space. That’s not a comfy thing. That’s game-changing.
Meh I will have some “advantage” for I dont know 2 weeks? Who cares. Stats advantage isnt important for me. Right now I carry (well not all at one ofc) on my main engi 10 different weapons and 5 armor set with different stats and sigils/runes for diferent builds and situations what I use. This is all about saving space in inventory. Its simply something what Legendary gear CAN offer. Its not gamebreaking its just about personal comfort.
Its Legendary. Due to time and effort I expect something like this even if you will must unlock every single Sigil what you want to use for thakittens not gamebreaking its just comfort thingy
You miss the point Usualy if you have 2 weapons like for example Battle Sigil in your Rabid Pistol and Energy in Soldier pistol. Everyone for specific build what dont work well with different Sigil. Basic idea was here keep one legendary weapon and switch stats and sigil with your build.
what gear and traits should go with SD then? I know I have no stun breaker but with half soldier and 20 in inventions I should be able to survive more than berserker aren’t I?
I also thought about the 30 in tools for lower cooldown on SD but with full serker and no defensive traits you become very glass cannon and die like in one shot.
How do you stay alive in full berseker?
SD build are simply hit and run, you cant expect survability if you want damage (at least if you play engi). Goal is maximize damage and kill enemy faster then they even try something on you. You simply cant hybridize SD builds because you lost damage and dont get enything really important.
Full zerk gear + ruby orbs or diviny or scholar runes, sigil of fire, air or battle, +100 precision +10% crit damage food and 30 points in Toolts that are the basics. Great investment is also infused precision even if you use speedy kits, because speed is everything. Moment of surprise and keeping distance is everything.
There is way how to tune up SD build by might. You must use MedKit (with is best for SD build anyway because 30 points in Tools). Use 2 Runes of Altruism, Enhanced Performance trait from explosives and Sigil of Battle. You will get 9 might every 10s while you swap on MedKit.
I think noone played SD with pistols..ever:-) Well skills.. You pretty much use same as all other SD builds since beta.
SD builds are about maximal damage (especialy critical damage) output in shortest time and run out as fast as possible. With that gear and traits you pretty much lose more than 50% of damage compare to standard SD builds. You have no stun breaker or other escape ability, no swiftness and no vigor so you will be pretty much free kill
Well leap from rifle is pretty sux for escaping due to animation delays, 50% endurance regent works like permanent Vigor (and dont stack with them). Recently changed Rocket Boots incredibly boost up our mobility especialy if you use it with swiftness or even better with Superspeed. 25% Speed boost can be good to negate combat speed slowing but noone use it because there much more usefull traits.
Enginner is pretty good with mobility imo but we will never achieve that insane mobility of Thieves.
I’ve recently switch MedKit for Healing Turret. Its imo provide much more support for party. Also you can stack up to 9 Might (12 with elite) for 20s every 24s or up to 13s stealth every 24s. Its pretty simply just use combo: Healing Turret, Rifle Turret, BOB, Fire (or Smoke) Bomb and blast both turrets
What did you use for Stability? How did you deal with grubs?
Anyways, do you have any kind of proof (video, picture)?
On topic: I prefer fights with some depth. Fights which are so hard that you are literally forced to make mistakes and then have to recover from them. Instead of executing a pattern flawlessly which is what we currently have.
I did it for myself not for showing off so I havent video but I can do it again and film it if you want it so much:-)
I know basicly what he doind but knowing exact pattern and timing nope:-)
Well at first time I tried simillar tactic to pug runs so keep range but it dont work well:-) End up with condi build with tons of evade (sigil, runes, trait) and block where first phase was on range and rest on semi-melee trying stay behind him.
And those 10 attempts also included making your tactic from scratch and without any previous experience?
Or did you just copy someone else’s tactic while having done it 100+ times with a group?
Well I did about 20 regular runs since launch with group before so I basicly know what Lupi doing. I cant copy tactic because I never saw engineer do it before:-)
You must run it after you start game and it must be in windowed full screen mode.. Also if you made own cursor (especialy with different size you must edit settings.ini a bit. Open it and add there this code:
[General]
Auto Update=True
Hide Cursor While Dragging=False
Which Cursor=1
Updates Per Second=120
That cursor offsets depends on how big you cursor is and what is his position. For example my gudelines are for resolution 1440×900 so I must made cursor 2880×1600 and set offsets to 1440,900
Basicly best way is have to as much evades as possible so 50% all the time from trait (its cap you cant stack more with food for example) and two 50% restore on swap from sigil and runes.
- Key is learn the pattern and kill orbs fast so the cant pull you (if they do and AoE are there just use Elixir S).
- You can block AoE and ilusions. Ilusions can be blinded so explosions dont damage you its great when you need take orb and may of them are near.
- Sometime there are too many ilusions so let them explode into block.
- Damage isnt problem you just spam pistol skills all the time and you will be fine
- Trait and -duration food reduce cripple from Liadri almost to 0 so you dont need much condi removers.
Hi guys I have a small tweak what can help.
Afaik everyone has sometime problem to find cursor on screen especialy if there are many effects and fight is hectic. Sometime it takes second or two than you find them and properly set it for throwing grenades for example. So I tried figure out how to make cursor more visible. Its impossible (more like bannable) trying to change orginal cursor in data file but what you can do is add another overlay to existing one in windowed full screen mode (works same like gw2stuff event overlay)
I`ve recently discover program called gw2cursor: https://github.com/fritzw/gw2-cursor what does exatly what we want. Its simply add another cursor what follow existing one. There is no interaction with client so dont worry noone will steal your stuff:-)
Point is you can very easily edit program`s overlay cursor in some editor like Photoshop and make you own. For example I made this guidelines what I see everytime no matter where cursor is (orginal cursor isnt visible on screens but its there in game in center). Very handy while you throw grenades for example:-)
I personaly give up “engineer look” because simply every engineer trying looks like that. Almost all medium are pretty ugly and as nice bonus clips with charr tails so making great looking set was hard:-) And now its perfect for me. Especialy with Hylek potion and legendary aura its look so awesome:-)
Hi guys. (sorry for bad english)
As many others people without eagle eyes I have problems locate cursor on screen very often especialy in large fights where are a bilion of other effects. So I tried found some solution (I dreamed for EVE Online guidelines into cursor). Basicly you cant change cursor directly because its part of datafile but what you can is add to it another cursor overlay like GW2stuff overlay for events. Its simply another cursor what follow cursor in game.
I found program for that called gw2cursor (thx to guy who made it!): https://github.com/fritzw/gw2-cursor
Just download standalone version. You can simply start using it with default version or you can change cursor1.png into cursor what you want.
It was quite easy edit cursor and make my dreamed guidelines (screen is without cursor because printscreen dont capture it)
I hope devs dont see it bannable because it really helps colorblind people like me:-)
Hi,
So I think Im going to start an engineer. Reading some threads…yah itd be a nice change of pace.
-What races and genders do you think would look the least…goofy with the packs and guns that an engineer utilizes?
-What specs for leveling do you recommend and what stats to stack? I was thinking of a grenade engineer, or flamethrower/elixir gun thingy..
-Any general advice?
- I personaly play female charr (screen below). Before start I planed play asura but they are just too small to show off, all faces are terrible ect. Charr female has amazing furry tail and one horns what are tweaked with small gears – perfect for engineer. She move and dodge like cat and ofc charr has all racials skill with that engineering feel (you dont use tham later but still if you want a bit RP).
Only problem is with some armors and tail – its clipping fortunately not all of them
- Grenades+ P/P are best way for leveling. Other builds require pretty much all trait points to work. Stack gear with Might, precision, crit damage and condi damage. You pretty much dont need any defensive stat if you lern to move and dodge.
- Every 10 levels go to trading post and buy best green gear for that level. Its incredibly cheap and it helps a lot. Also as was mentioned first 10 trait point invest into tool and get speedy kits. It make your life much easier:-)
I just did 8 orbs with this build (specialy maked for this:-)): http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqel0p6ZH5SfF17IxoHdW0bWkiHb5PKkbaB-jACBINBkCEk+AIHqIaslWFRjVJjIqWdDzgrIa1CBsYNA-e
With all that endurance its quite easy. In 2nd phase just run where you want and lay bombs Liadri get hit almost everytime so here isnt problem with damage. Kill orbs with pistol AA as fast as possible they are dangerous:-P
One of important things is reduce number of ilusions. Just let them explode on you with block you will have much more space.
Actualy there are 2 consumables what can help you. First is pretty much well known Grawl Totem for 3s AoE fear (great when you want pickup orb and ilusions are around) http://dulfy.net/2013/01/16/gw2-useful-and-fun-consumables-guide/#4c
And very unknown Harpy Feathers – works like Spykit (but you can move) for 3s invis but without cd (devs dont nerf it yet so dont tell him:-P). You can stack invis up to around 10s.
