I chose to use a ft build to stack might for power without sacrificing much toughness or vitality.
I primarily use my rifle for damage because I believe that hip shot hits so hard that their mother can feel it when I have more than 15 stacks of might.
I get the might through ft juggernaught trait, enhanced performance, and using napalm for a fire field to blast with thumper turret and occasionally rocket boots. .
In solo fights I try to wittle down an enemy’s health mostly with hip shot to keep them at range. Then I will use flameblast then jumpshot, blunderbuss, and overcharge shot to try and finish them off. My flameblast hits for about 3k Jump shot for about 4k
Against particularly tanky or dodgey enemies I try to utilize all my control abilities
to prevent them from healing while trying to keep burn on them.
I also really like the aoe blind on the ft especially against thieves.
In group combat my tactics are mostly the same except I try to tank a lot of damage and keep enemies off squishier classes with knockback. I like to spread might and jump shot onto people.
On a separate note I’ve never used bomb kit in wvw ankitten ot very familiar with it. But I agree that it does massive damage and am planning on giving it a try eventually.
edit: I am using celestial rings because those are the rings I went for when I was choosing trinkets, I am not listing those because I think they are amazing for the build they are just the actual thing I have in that slot.
Ok, I’m sorry I was kinda a kitten to you with my reply, but I was somewhat offended that instead of offering helpful criticism or asking questions about how my build works you told me my build was kitten and I should run bombs instead.
If you want I can explain to you how my build works and you can explain to me how you think I could achieve what I want to achieve from my ft build with a bomb kit.
On a serious note, I’ve never liked bomb kit in serious wvw play, it has good damage, and control, but it is a melee kit. In group combat mobilty and range are more inportant than damage and if you plan to use a primarily melee form of damage with ridiculously low toughness you are not going to survive.
Most of the damage come from jump shot.
The main focus of this build is to have at least 15 stacks of might in combat at all times
other than that it is a burst down control build.
I don’t think this is anything new but I want any questions or criticism anyone has to offer.
HGH isn’t a bad idea because as well as might it gives you condition cleanses, invis, and stability, and remember that throwing the turrets from the toolbelt gives might as well.
I’ve never run in celestial gear but I ran grenades in wvw for a few months with a raiding guild and if you don’t want to run HGH I find that rocket boots is fantastic for mobility.
Slick shoes also works well because of the toolbelt stun break and the knockdown can be used very aggressively or defensively. Elixer turret is also nice for the shortest cd stunbreak, aoe heal clense, and weakness on auto attack can help against thieves.
I’d say look into everything and try things out until they work, though the only thing i would strongly recommend is putting 10 points into tools for speedy kits so you can have perma switftness.
If wvw is your endgame then pvp is the best place to learn solo and small group combat because wvw combat is nothing at all like any instance of pve. I would personally reccommend jumping into wvw after looking at a few different builds because wvw and pvp combat can differ from roaming to zerging, and wvw has its own things apart from combat that you should take time to learn
I’ve been playing engineer since launch and it has been an interesting ride, but I’ve noticed that on an engineer you make a build for what you want to do, and one build doesn’t work perfectly going from pvp, to pve, to wvw, but there are plenty of viable builds that work fine for any playstyle.
It’s not an HGH build, but I can keep up 8 stacks of might just staying in FT with those runes. Other than that runes will give might on hit. Then you have Napalm —> Rocket boots combo which will put me at base 11 stacks of might. You can also leap back for fire aura for extra might on hit and this doesn’t include sigil of battle stacks..
It has some burst potential with vulnerability stacks. Net shot will give 5 stacks with traits, then Analyze will give an other 10 (total of 15) so then you can burst with Blunderbuss, Jump Shot and Overcharged Shot on single targets..
Overall it’s more defensive than the previous build in close combat with FT and has more CC. Though I’m thinking of taking 10 points (possibly from Alchemy) for either 10 points in Tools for shorter Gadget CD or to put them in Firearms to either lower cd on Rifle skills or for 10% more damage. Alternatively longer burns.
That is almost exactly what I run except I run thumper turret instead of utility goggles for extra blast finishers and control.
I’ve been looking into frontline bomber builds because of the upcoming balance update, but I don’t see much potential in a frontline build with incredibly limited mobility without full soldiers armor.
With that being said I see a lot of potential in that build. It all seems like it would work together nicely. I would highly recommend playing around with it in wvw. It has the condition removal, might stacking, stabilty, and stun breaker, needed for frontline, I just don’t like the lack of sustainable swiftness.
tl;dr I like it and think it could work but it isn’t tanky enough.
I’ve ran a few builds in pve and I’ve found an engineer is as good at pve as you want it to be. Whether in damage output or support there are viable options for any situation. No other class has the range of viable abilities and builds that the engineer possesses.
I made an engie focused guild a few weeks ago to help people just starting out learn to play engie, though it’s not going well.
I’ve had trouble finding members and I belive part of that is because I’m on maguuma, and I refuse to leave because wvw.
I’ve heard there are other guilds out there that are engie only but I haven’t found any of them but I would be interested in joining one since my guild isn’t having any success.
This has been bothering me for a while, but why does every kit have to be so bulky and ugly?
I understand it is an identifier for the kit, but it makes my cute plush moto backpack almost useless…
I’m gonna be honest with you, my guild is just me and 2 other people right now…
If you are still reading this I just started a guild on maguuma which means I don’t really have much to offer.
But I see those auto responses and honestly they are not bad guilds but I’ve been a part of a large guild like that before and I wasn’t too fond of it. There is nothing wrong with large social guilds but they lack the community feel of a smaller guild.
I know you are on Ehmry Bay but I would be willing to guest, do dungeon runs, world completion, and endgame content.
If you have any questions feel free to pm me here or in game. Good luck with your guild hunt
-I am Evvenna, and my guild is Things That Go Boom [BOOM]
Engineer is the not easiest class to seriously play, which is why I’ve made a guild primarily for engies to discuss the various meta builds for all different types of play styles and game modes.
I started this guild on Maguuma, but I want anyone from any server of any level as long as they have at least the slightest interest in engineer.
I don’t expect people to rep frequently, and I do not expect this to be anyone’s primary guild.
My overall goal is a fun casual guild of engies helping engies.
Things That Go Boom is a new guild which focuses on helping people have an easier time playing engineer, as well as enriching the overall experience of playing one.
The guild has just started out but as it grows I want officers with an interest in every aspect of the game, that are willing to help others with builds.
Repping is not required and I welcome any engineer, of any level, from any server.
