Guild Wars 2

I love the fact that I cast it often thanks to Rune of Rata Sum.

Who cares? It is only a matter of time until all races house our experiments directly.
For now we are happy in letting them believe they are not just following our infallible masterplan for world domination. For now.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/races/asura/Personal-Story-No-Skritt

Try Rascal. I had my Engineer wearing the Rascal coat for a while before I went for a heavy steampunk feel. The Rascal coat with the Orr Karma headgear and shoulders might be just what you are looking for. Maybe even the coat from the Temple set would work well.

So my advice is to get the full Orr karma set, and if you don’t like the coat try out Rascal or maybe even Stalwart.

Nope.

I currently use my engineer only for Dungeons and killing dragons, so turrents are pretty much useless. I use Supply Crate though, if that counts.

I use R, Z and X for my utility skills and C for my elite.
Healing skill is in Alt.
Everything close to the movement keys and works nicely for me.

For dungeons I use P/P condition build with Elixir Gun and Elixirs. It works nicely.
I’d say that P/P is the build you want to use when you focus on condition damage. Maybe Bombs too. If you go Rifle and Grenades then you’d better go for Power.

My build has been heavily focused on condition damage for a while. I tried using nothing but P/P and go full on Elixirs, but the survivability provided by Elixir Gun made me reconsider and add it back again. My current build is 10/30/0/30/0, and I use Elixir Gun for support and for avoiding enemies, lasting a bit longer. I really love it, not for the damage it has but for the options it gives me. With a single shot I can apply weakness, with the other cripple, and give myself swiftness and then I can poison, move backwards and heal. Those options have saved me many times already.

Another nice thing is that with some simple trait changes (no need to visit the trainer) I can switch to a FT build, stacking Might like crazy and dealing with pesky waves of trash mobs. When doing TA up path I tend to use pretty much only the FT, and it serves me very nicely.

rizzo.1079:

Are.1326:

P.S: Stay away from water.

Not true, I don’t use grenades at all except underwater where you don’t have to manually target them. They rock.

The thread is about a Flmaethrower build.
Flamethrowers don’t work underwater (for reasons not difficult to deduce)
What do grenades have to do with anything here?

stats to kits
no nerfs to damage to “compensate” for that

I think it’s ORGY TIME

I always though Elixir X stood for eXtreme, or something cheesy like that.

The last time I felt like an engineer was when I started using the Tool Kit, because hitting people with a wrench and using a giant gear to block attacks felt very in theme. However I never really tried to be an engineer. I always aimed for the Alchemist vibe. So, well, if you consider an alchemist an engineer, then last time was yesterday. Using all elixirs and Elixir gun over and over feels really nice for me and this is the first game in which I can be an alchemist and not feel bad for wasting lots of money on potions and being forced to craft them all to be remotely useful.

Honestly, these names don’t sound Asura at all.
From the wiki:
“An asura’s name usually consists of a short, sharp first name with one or two syllables. Feminine asura names typically end in -i or -a vowel sounds, and the masculine in a consonant sound. Any asura whose name does not follow these rules may risk ridicule during childhood. Both male and female Asuras typically have two of the same letter in a row somewhere in their name. Asura do not have a last name, instead opting to use job titles, a krewe name, or honorifics to differentiate themselves. Those who choose to take a last name of a style similar to humans are rare and are considered eccentrics, though their surname is often ignored by other asura.”

On necromancer
When summoning minion:
“Arise my brainless, ARISE!”

When a minion dies:
“I suppose I can make another.”
“I will miss you always… You nameless thing.”

How can someone not love Asura?

He’s talking about elite skills.

I’d suggest D-Series, but I don’t see how Flesh Golem would be inferior to him. Well, D-Series has a nice AoE shield. I’d say it’s the best asura elite skill, so go with that if none of the necromancer elites get you interested.

Only and engineer would wear goggles above their goggles.

Also did the trasnmute thing yesterday. It works and is fine.
Just make the engineer with the goggles in your own account. Put it in bank and you are done. Nothing wrong with that. I’ve heard of Necromancers with 2 of each initial mask.

I only PvE. Level 42 currently.

I tried really hard to use birds, such as Raven and Eagle. I tried because I loved the idea of having birds of prey attack my opponent (I basically created a Ranger for using bird pets and Hunter’s Call skill from Warhorn). However, while soloing, I’ve noticed that they are way too fragile. They are dead in mostly 3 hits. While that wouldn’t be bad if they weren’t attacked all the time, they always seem to pull aggro. So most of the time I have a dead bird on a cooldown.

This made me switch. Now I use 2 bears and boy, what a difference. Sure, their damage is really low, but they are meat walls. They can take a lot of punishing and if they eventually get to 0 hit points, I just switch. As of now I have yet to see a bear reach 0 life and have the other on cooldown.

So my favorite one:
1- Black Bear: Oh yeah tank and gives them Weakness so he tanks for even longer.
2- Polar Bear: Get them Chilled so they never get to me.
3- Arctodus: Bleeding is always good since I use Shortbow most of the time.

I’m sure I’ll value Brown Bear more as soon as I start doing Dungeons.

I’d say your best bet is to pick Asura and use wolves and imagination.

Beast Mastery is one of the trait lines of the Ranger and it explores the main mechanic of the class, which is pets. So yes, it’s a very viable option. You even have many melee options in the form of sword, dagger, torch, warhorn and greatsword. Axes are mod mid-range, I’d say.

For me, male asura are either bald or have that hairstyle that feels like it was brushed back. All the rest is either terrible or just not good enough.

9/10
It delivers very well the idea of the Asura not really caring about the world and feeling they are so superior they stand above all. Oh, a dragon? Whatever, I just want to rest a bit.

My quality isn’t as great as it could, but here is my trying to trasnlate the feeling of complete and certain autocratic superiority:

Drastic visual change from my previous version. I got tired of the looking the karma gear had and decided to get classy.

RoBiX.6157:

Vekthor.8914:

RoBiX.6157:

This is my Asura Mesmer :

Oh my! What armor is that?

Corrupted Orrian Mantle
Svanir Chestguard
Inquest Gloves
Svanir Leggings
Masquerade Boots

Sorry for posting this late.

Thanks!
This is perhaps the coolest asura wearing light armor I’ve seen as of now.

naphack.9346:

You guys know the reason, my male asura warrior joined the order of whispers?

Go figure :>

I was like “holy kitten, that chick is hot!”

Can’t say my reasoning was much different from that.
I’d say that every asura atracted to females that tries to roleplay is bound to join the order of whispers.

RoBiX.6157:

This is my Asura Mesmer :

Oh my! What armor is that?

The elixirs you use depend on your focus. PvE, PvP, WoW, that all makes a difference. I myself do only PvE, so my elixirs are H (mandatory unless you go the Rune of Altruism route, at least from my opinion), B (I love that one, since it gives Might by itself), U (quickness helps stacking conditions at peak might stacks) and R (sometimes stun means death and the toss skill is awesome in dungeons). But once again, depends on your playstyle. I suggest that you try them all and see how it goes for you.

As for spamming them, I usually use B and U, with toss of H, B and U right before a fight. When they become avaible I cast them again. But I keep H and R in case of emergencies, as I do with toss R.If the fight goes smoothly, I fit these in the spam rotation for extra Might. With Alchemy at 30 and Fast Acting Elixirs, the boons last longer and cooldowns last less, so it’s not that much of an issue.

I’m glad I could help. Letme know if you want any other opinion

You aren’t doing anything wrong, actually. However, stacking might is more efficient with a flamethrower build, because with Juggernaut trait you get 7 might stacks just by keeping FT out. With the elixirs (don’t forget to toss them!) you can get a greater amount of stacks.

If you want to take this strategy to the max, you can use 3 of the runes that grant +20% might duration each when you have two of them. This gives +60% might duration in total. With food that also increases duration you can get 25 stacks by yourself.

Now, if you want to offer might for the group, I’ve once read that Rune of Altruism is very good with Medikit. It used to trigger whenever you equiped the kit (baring cooldown). It might be worth a look.

I hope you like it!

While I took some time to get used to the lack of survivability compared to the Elixir Gun, I now feel like I can do decently against groups of small enemies because of Coated Bullets, and the condition damage makes me less useless against bosses. And being able to get diversity from Flamethrower at anytime makes quite a difference too.

Well, when I made an Asura Enginner, I was expecting this kind of turrent:

Whelm.9072:

Power Gloves

Electro Punch – Rocket Punch – Thunder Clap – Thumbs Up! (buff) – Ground n’ Pound

OMG! This!
How come I never thought about that?
This is brilliant!

EpicFace.8096:

@Vekthor:
I recommend you select the option so when you click an AoE skill, it auto does it where your mouse is

I’m aware. I mentioned it in my post

I tried Grenades and while I can’t deny their Vulnerability stacking is pretty solid, I just can’t get used to being forced to click for each and every attack, everytime, for maximum efficieny. Even with fast AoE targetting option enabled.

Still, every attack requires you to click, even #1. So while it isn’t two clicks, it’s still at least one click and cursor positioning. After a while playing like that I (and my fingers) just got tired.

EpicFace.8096:

If I could have a FT P/P build, that would be cool. I have a build set myself, but I am willing to change
(my build: http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mMMM9cz0oLoGMmlCvM0xGG0VkqmRmk8khk7khA7070c7kIQ70V7owY )

The build is good. However, I consider HGH to be essential. Without it you won’t get enough Might stacks.

This is the build I use when I go for Flamethrower: http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mMMzz9Mz0MLovMMlovMax0x0VVRqmkq8khk7khA7070c7kIQ70V7owY

You can take out Elixir R and add Elixir S if you prefer. I just like Elixir R’s toolbelt a lot in Dungeons. Keep in mind that changing some traits makes this build also very viable for P/P. Just switch Juggernaut for Coated Bullets, Fireforged Trigger for Hair Trigger, Precise Sights for Rifled Barrels (or not) and Deadly Mixture for Potent Elixir. And switch the Flamethrower skill for Elixir U (I really like with pistols). That might sound like a lot but it really isn’t. You can do it between fights with no trouble, if you think pistols will do better (such as, say, you need to stay far from the boss).

Well, keep in mind you can reset your traits at any time for little silver, so it’s not like your build is set in stone. Your equipment sets are only really relevant when you are level 80.

I used Grenades to level from 70 to 80, and it went smoothly. However, having to click at each attack got tiresome fast. In dungeons, grenades are probably the best you can do for the group in what concerns bosses, because with Grenadier throwing 3 grenades and Steel-Packed Powder (25 points in explosives) together with Precise Sights (Trait V in Firearms) you can get 25 stacks of Vulnerability on bosses, and that makes them go down pretty fast.

Flamethrower is more of a trash cleaning build because of it’s cone AoE, and it can easily be switched for an Elixir Pistols build or Elixir Gun build mid fights, since the points pretty much go in the same place. With HGH and Juggernaut, together with food and runes that increase Might duration (if you want to invest heavily on that), and toss elixirs, you can get some rather impressive stacks of Might by yourself if you keep the flamethrower up. This build also likes very much that Sigils work on kits, since you’ll have 2 of them (because pistols).

I’m currently using a P/P build because I have invested heavily in Condition Damage and Precision in my gear, and this is the build that makes the most out of those two stats for Engineer and fits my playstyle best. Also, switching a few traits for using Flamethrower and burning people to death behind the walls of a keep is a lot of fun when you get bored of PvE.

In the end, it’s more a matter of what you adapt better with. I tried Grenades and while I can’t deny their Vulnerability stacking is pretty solid, I just can’t get used to being forced to click for each and every attack, everytime, for maximum efficieny. Even with fast AoE targetting option enabled. I prefer to drink elixirs like crazy back and forth and shoot a lot of small things at the same time with my Coated Bullets.

If I were forced to shoehorn those two builds, forgetting about playstyle, adaptability and everything, I’d say that the two builds you are in doubt are both good for PvE, but they work better as:
Flamethrower: Farming Events for Karma and Gold, cleaning trash in dungeons.
Grenades: Fighting bosses in dungeons and open world.

This is a generalisation, of course, but serves for showing what these builds excel at.

I hope it helps. If you want any sample build, let us know. I myself would be more apt to help in Flamethrower and P/P builds, but making a Grenade one wouldn’t be that hard either.

Currently using P/P with full Elixirs and HGH.

It’s not bad, really. With Fast-Acting Elixirs, Elixir U can be used more often and I can dish out some good damage with conditions. Using all Elixirs (H, U, B and R), together with Toss Elixirs I can get some good stacks of Might. I’m using it for PvE, and I can switch easily to a flamethrower build just by switching a few traits between battles.

My old build used Elixir Gun for healing but I have dished it. Now I’m stil debating if it’s worth of a skill slot for the survivability of Acid Bomb. Coated Bullets is godly for killing many enemies (such as in DEs), but that doesn’t mean a trait equivalent to Rifle Mod for the pistol wouldn’t make me a happy panda.

The feeling I get is that we mostly detroy small groups of enemies but don’t have that advantage against single opponents (such as bosses). It could be argued that this is coutnerbalanced by the efficiency of conditions over time, though. So we either pierce all the trash with our pistol bullets, or we get an advantage out of our conditions over time against mobs.

Either way, I’m not having such a bad time. I’m getting downed more usually than I was when I had Elixir Gun, but having Elixir U makes a great difference in DPS. I suggest this build for farming events, too, because hey, you’ll just get loot from pretty much every mob that spawns in the DEs, thanks to Coated Bullets and the Flamethrower if you are into that.

benjamin.5346:

Vekthor.8914:

- Remove random effects from Elixirs (the elite one can keep it since it’s a gimmick anyway).
- Apply weapon stats to our kits.

I do believe that applying the weapon stats to our kits without any nerf for “balance” would actually be enough to make the engineer viable as a DPS, ending most of the complaints that the class gets.

Hmm, I have heard this one as well, at least the ‘Apply Weapon stats to our kits.’ part. I’m interested to see how this would change our damage output. Is there any data regarding how MUCH it would increase or decrease the damage of each kits auto-attack?
(I feel the special abilities can be tweaked to bring them in-line if they are too powerful/not powerful enough)

I admit I have no math to back up my claims, just good old intuition.
However, having someone do the math on that would be very helpfull indeed.

- Remove random effects from Elixirs (the elite one can keep it since it’s a gimmick anyway).
- Apply weapon stats to our kits.

I do believe that applying the weapon stats to our kits without any nerf for “balance” would actually be enough to make the engineer viable as a DPS, ending most of the complaints that the class gets.

My engineer has more of a feeling of gunslinger then steampunk, but I think it still fits very well, mostly because my build focuses on dual pistols.

You are the best ranger I’ve ever seen.
TEACH ME, MASTER

From the wiki:

“An asura’s name usually consists of a short, sharp first name with one or two syllables. Feminine asura names typically end in -i or -a vowel sounds, and the masculine in a consonant sound. Any asura whose name does not follow these rules may risk ridicule during childhood. Both male and female Asuras typically have two of the same letter in a row somewhere in their name. Asura do not have a last name, instead opting to use job titles, a krewe name, or honorifics to differentiate themselves. Those who choose to take a last name of a style similar to humans are rare and are considered eccentrics, though their surname is often ignored by other asura.”

So a short, sharp name with repeated consonants?

All my predictions to the engineer in the next patch:
- Weapon stats now apply to kits. Kits deal -100% damage and inflict you with every condition every second.
- Everytime you equip the grenade kit, one of your family members get cancer.

Twill.6217:

I would literally give up my left ear for a chance to have one of those kitty-golems from the fractals.

Now it’d be funny if one of ANet programmers reads the forum and has a sadistic temperament.

Hammer already feels forced for engineer. I can’t picture axes at all.
kitten just give us a chainsaw! Farming in Cursed Shore would become much more interesting.

If I were to focus on a FT build, my main goal would be Might stacking.

So, in other words, Speedy Kits is not great, because you want to stay in FT most of the time. Since you are going heavy in Alchemy, going for HGH is a must. With Juggernaut and HGH, you can get a hell lot of Might stacks. Just use FT kit and 2 other elixirs (I recommend B and R or S), together with Elixir H, and all the toss elixirs from your toolbelt.

I don’t know how usefull it is to go the Tools tree in the Traits, but hey, your call. I’d probably go to Explosives for the Incendiary Powder (V), but maybe you can make better use of Static Discharge if you get up and close with your FT and spam your toss elixirs on the ground next to your enemy. Get Might stacks and discharge bolts of lightning in their face. But I’d suggest you test it first in the Mists.

Last but not least, runes! I’d focus on runes that increase Might duration. You can go 2 Runes of Hoelbrak, 2 Runes of Strenght and 2 Runes of Fire. That’ll give you +60% Might duration. With HGH and Juggernaut, if you spam all your elixirs, you’ll get some really good Might stacks.

Try it out in the Mists for seeing how many stacks you can get and test it in some golems to see how much of a difference that makes.

Hope it helps!

As mentioned, Elementalists are also a solid option.
Bunker Elementalists are quite decent, and you can also focus on full dps and be very efficient too.
The Attunement swapping is the closest thing to kits that I can think about (they are 4 and you can use them all during combat, even though they have a cooldown, different from the kits), and since Elementalist is also ranged (or more focused on close-quarters if you want, with D/D), I think it’d be the closest thing to the Engineer.

Oglaf.1074:

Like the Bone Fiend, you can clearly tell how it is partially constructed out of two rib cages – one of which is children-sized…

Well, I’d say Asura-sized.

The suit is mostly for roleplay uses.
D-Series Golem is the least sucky. Still not great.
Other Golem is rather bad, really.

But hey, they look cool.
If Engineers didn’t have Supply Crate, I’d probably use D-Golem.

sight
Ok, but I’m going for “cute”, not “hottest”.
Batanga. Since I saw her the first time it was decided she was my favorite Azura female. Followed by Zojja, mosyle because of her overall adorable short tempered behaviour.

You are correct. I had envisioned the build, but I failed to see that it’d all fall apart if I got downed, which is pretty much certain to happen at one point or another in a dungeon. Thanks for making me see this “little” detail that I had missed.

Hello everyone. I’m fairly new to the Mesmer class, but I’ve been browsing this forum for some hours searching for decent Mantra builds and uses. From what I’ve found, many consider these builds to be really hard to use and not really worth it, but I want to give them a try.

The plan here is to focus on PvE. I think I should make this clear before anything else. I don’t like PvP, even though I sometimes like to mess with WvW. However, the focus here is killing mobs and doing dungeons.

What I’ve gathered and that got me interested in this kind of build is that you can use your readied mantras while you are casting other ones, and while you are doing pretty much anything else. So my idea is to use the following build, and focus on the strategy I’ll explain after the link:

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mzmmMc0zMooRLmoogRmxx9Mazcqoaqc

Ok, so my ideal plan is to:
1) Start the battle with all my mantras ready and out of cooldown
2) Quickly cast Mirror Images followed by a Dodge, which will give me 3 Illusions.
3) Compounding Power means I have 9% damage right there. With my 3 ready Mantras and Empowering Mantras, that’s a total of +21% damage.
(Empowered Illusions gives the Illusions themselves +15% damage, but I don’t know if this adds up with the +21% bonus I already have, or if it’s calculated based on that. Anyway, that’s a nice increase.)
5) While my Illusions damage the opponent, unload my Mantra of Pain (3 stacks)
6) Shatter my Illusions with Mind Wrack (20% besides all other bonuses thanks to Mental Torment) while I recast Mantra of Pain.
7) Rinse and Repeat.

If the situation arrises, make use of Mantra of Resolve, or if I know the fight won’t have much conditions, use Mantra of Distraction while I recast my Mantra of Pain (again).

If things don’t go according to plan, Chaos Storm, then start recasting Mantras. Phase Retreat out of the mess while still casting Mantras, getting the Leap finish from Chaos Storm combo field, with Chaos Armor ready to be cast if needed too. Follow up by Phantasmal Warlock.

Also, my Healing is based on Mantra of Recovery, so I have 3 stacks of healing, which can be recast with the support of Chaos Storm + Phase Retreat, Distortion or Chaos Armor.

If things get too dangerous and I need to recast my Mantras even faster, Time Warp is there to help. if not, drop it for DPS increase for the whole group.

If all scape plans fail, Protected Mantras give me increased armor while I recast my Mantras, which will be happening most of the time anyway.

So basically the idea is to use Mantras but not sit around doing nothing while you cast them. The plan is to use my Illusions as shields while they provide me bonus damage, all the while I move, dodge and use Staff skills to remain as untouched as possible.

Well, that’s it. What I want to know is what more experienced Mesmer players think of this whole strategy/build, if it’s a good plan, if it can be improved and so on. Even if it’s not viable, I’m fine with that, as long as it’s shown to me why, since I think this is a way to make Mantras work well, at least in theory. I know from what I’ve read that this is one very hard build to use, but I’m willing to train with it until I muster it as well as I can.

Sorry for the wall of text and thanks a lot for the attention!

Edit: I don’t know why the post decided to underline a certain part of it, but I couldn’t remove it. Sorry for any inconvenience, was not my intention.

I too have started leveling a mesmer and even on the very early levels, I can see my DPS is quite different from the way it was when my engy was of the same level. I’ve heard people saying that early Mesmer levels are hard, but it just looks like so easy after I leveled my engineer.

I third this message and do hope those words are not lost on the wind.
I love the engineer class, but things are looking really dire. It’s hard to keep my hopes up in the current situation.