Guild Wars 2

RaynStargaze.6510:

Walorx.5129:

Should I use a bomb kit or a flamethrower for holding side nodes? I’m still playing around with my current build (ill release it on January 3rd along with my other builds for my fellow engineers) and I’m just seeing what others think

You fail right from the start – first thing you need to do to successfully defend anything – reroll guardian!

Guardians are too easy to play imo. And besides, it’s more fun to play an ele-like engineer then a guard. I could slam my head against the keyboard while eating a 3 course meal and still hold a 1vs3 on a guardian haha

Use rifle with fire rune. rifle turret/ elixer u/ tool kit. Stack traits and amulet for toughness/crit. Now you can do a very large amount of burst with immobilize ^-^

What about healing turret for a pretty much instantaneous all condi removal? Also the elixir gun heal removes a condition as well? But I can definatly see what you’re saying and agree with the stability/cc issue for us

@Nevir – But where will my amazing tool kit go?

I can see what you’re saying, but I still disagree with one thing you said Seether. You claim that engineers bring nothing to a team fight and all/most of our abilities are geared towards our own self survival. I believe you are forgetting all of the delicious combo fields that we can get with kits. For example, when I am in a team fight at graveyard, I know that my elixir gun aoe heal also can give aoe retaliation from the big bomb. Engineers excel at keeping people in place and ccing dangerous enemies so that your team can get their dps out before they can hit you. I like to think of myself as a silent angel of death sometimes because of all my knockbacks and immobilizes that my team can utilize so well to take down dps in an instant haha

I usually just throw a bunch of bombs and supply crate as soon as I see a portal on a node I’m capping and watch that poor Mesmer explode haha :P

@Recursivision Cool, I’ll contact you ingame once I get home!

I completely disagree Seether, I excel at holding my point in frees/paid tourneys. Many people haven’t played against a decent engineer, so the general consensus is that they are bad. They just take practice and patience to get viable with. But right now I’m running a triple kit bunker which works wonders in tournaments on side points and graveyard on the second map. I run tool kit and elixir gun for the great healing and blocks, so I’m just deciding on my third kit to use right now. Thanks for the insight! I appreciate it guys

The heals even when traited with bombs is pathetic. It’s honestly not even noticable since you aren’t in bombs for more than 4 or 5 bombs (well me personally). So it only heals like 1k in 4 seconds which is nothing.

Should I use a bomb kit or a flamethrower for holding side nodes? I’m still playing around with my current build (ill release it on January 3rd along with my other builds for my fellow engineers) and I’m just seeing what others think.

Here’s my current thoughts about either;

Bomb kit: It proves a stellar knockback which does semi-decent damage along with a plethora of conditions. Also gives a small amount of health when traited for (200hp give or take per bomb).

Flamenommer: Has constant burns, aoe blind, and a medium cool down directional knockback.

Thoughts, suggestions, etc? If you don’t play engineer, what do you think would be more effective against you if you came up against me?

Thanks!
~Vöz

Obselete [OBS] and Enguard [ENG] are 2 decent guilds in NA

Good to see a fellow engineer in the tpvp scene! Good luck getting a team. If you’re interested, you can tryout for my all-engineer team, Engineered For Perfection [efp]. Shoot me a message ingame on Jan. 2nd once I get back to Georgia.

Cheers,
Vöz

This is a game right? Games are meant to be fun… Right? I have fun on my engineer with the CC and overall baddassery. It certainly isn’t the strongest, but I’d love to see anyone who can beat me in a 1vs1 or kill me on a node! Engineers are rejected simply because they are difficult to play well. We get no love QQ

That’s why I usually just bring as many condo removals as possible. The randomness is absolutely terrible, but tbh I’m not sure how you could change the current system haha

BECAUSE ENGINEERS ARE THE BEST SON!

#engiswag

Call out everything you do! Whether it be typing or talking with a VOIP. It is crucial that everyone knows what they’re doing and who’s doing what. For instance, I usually run a bomb kit on my engineer when I’m holding nodes. I can use Big Ol’ Bomb to knock people away, but it also knocks away downed players as well. This is disasterous to my team if one of my teammates is trying to down them. Also whenever you need help or are going to try to cap a node, call it out. Working alone never solves anything! That’s the main issue with pugs right now. You dont need VOIP to tell everyone what to do, just say “1h” for instance if one is incoming henge. Little things like that can tell people that you need help or whatever and can get everyone on your team to get more organized.

1. Anvil Rock for North America and Desolation for EU
2. Thief… But engineers are also amazing in everything (wink wink)
3. As soon as you finish the tutorial or if you have a friend already in a pvp lobby, level 1.
4. Rank means absolutely nothing.
5. FIND A TEAM FIND A TEAM FIND A TEAM FIND A TEAM! The game is so much more enjoyable if you can communicate with friends while you play! Not only will you enjoy the game more, but you’ll learn and get better quicker. Also ask top tier players for tips, most will help and share their builds or strategies with you.

If you need any help ingame or have questions, feel free to send me a message here or ingame. My name ingame is Vöz.

Cheers and welcome to the game!

To attract more players I think they should have another free trial for PvP. Or if anything, a PvP only option to buy the game with restrictions (such as armor, npcs, and a max rank). If they implemented this, more people could buy the game for cheaper if they only want it for PvP and we can have more people tryin it out. Just a suggestion of course

MANVIL RAWK #1 eyyyyyy

As soon as I return to Georgia on Jan. 3rd its gonna get rolling man! Vacations ftw

I do agree, it can get repetitive quickly. That’s why me and my guild change things up a bit. I’m sure you’ve heard of the 5 man guardian team video. It’s hilarious and also makes a valid point. Changing things up makes the game fun. I roll with a 5 engineer team, might not be effective, but it keeps things interesting. And just like what ANet said, expect new features in Q1 of 2013!

@Seether If you haven’t noticed, the entire top tier community have overinflated egos haha. It’s a small reason some people have quit pvp IMO.

HEAR HEAR! I play my engineer in competitive PvP, but it takes far more skill to be a good engineer compared to the rest of the meta (guards for example). I just play it for fun though, not because it’s good. BUT you’ll find that playing it often can lead you to getting good enough with dodges and your skills to be able to win your fights. Engineers aren’t easy, but they are fun as nads!

#engiswag

Paid tourneys are like Disney World right now… You wait an hour to go once and it’s a 5 minute ride lol

Personally, I don’t see why so many people are raging so hard about the PvP in this game. Although I do agree that spvp needs a major revamp, I’m having a blast playing with friends in tpvp with VOIP. I think the general problem here is people are just playing alone and expecting to pug and dominate premades. It’s not going to happen, but I want to challenge some of you guys. I bet that if you take initiative to actually find a group of guys and just play for fun, I guarantee that you’ll not only find yourself winning more, but you’ll also find yourself having a good time.

Anyhowwwwwww, I gotta say that the combat system in this game is absolutely incredible! It’s easily the most fluid and on-your-feet gameplay I’ve ever played. The trait system is something that can change everything for someone who is struggling, it has SO MUCH POTENTIAL for people who are trying to theorycraft. The maps are also pretty fun, with some exceptions such as too many PvE elements and bugs on some maps. All I see on the forums are complaints. LIKE OH EHM GEE there are waaaaay to many complaints. They might be for good reason, but the game is still in its first few months of release. When has a MMO ever been perfect right at release? Give ANet a few months to get all these features we want in, such as custom arenas, matchmaking, etc etc.

Overall though, I thourghly enjoy the game at the moment even in its current state.

tl;dr – Find a team, wait for updates, have fun, and stop QQing.

Cheers,
Vöz
(Anvil Rock)

+7. Best idea yet, but seeing how ANet refuses to even acknowledge players’ ideas on how to improve the flawed current system… This post is only a fairy tale. If ANet does actually look at this and take a chance to change the system, I would bet money that PvP would see a very large increase in competitive teams (considering there are only about 10-15 decent teams in the entire game).

I’m up for being the leader/bunker of the new team. I have over 500 tournaments played on my engineer, so I know my roll very well. I can easily hold 2-3 on a node at a time and neutralize without problems. Anyways, if you’re interested in having me, shoot me a message ingame.

P.S. I’m in Florida right now on vacation, so I won’t be back until January 3rd to respond ingame.

Cheers,
Vöz

So how does this compare to the old super elixir bunker? Still viable or just a surivivable confusion role more or less?

Well now that the pulse heal for super elixer has been fixed and the grenade kit took a serious damage nerf, what is viable in tournaments now to compete with the other classes? I’m just not seeing anything that can match other classes DPS/Tank abilities. I really want to stick with engineer because I just love everything about it, but I’m not seeing how I can be of any help in competitive pvp anymore because of these fixes (although they were necessary).

@Goob I’ll message you ingame, I might be able to play that late.
@Yezhik It depends on the team. Normally in frees I can hold 3 long enough for my team get to my node. In a paid with a solid team, I can hold 2 without a problem normally.

I’d like to mix it up with my engineer and still be viable. Is there any insight about turrets being buffed or new ones being added in the next or future updates?

Hey guys, my name is Voz and I roll an engineer as a main. I’ve been playing competitive PvP since launch and am loving every second of it. Anyhow, I’m looking for a new team to practice with and do tournaments daily with. Here’s a little about me.

-Part of Anvil Rock server
-Able to play bunker well and hold 3+ for 1 minute or more.
-Available for practice daily from 4-6pm and 8-11pm EST.
-Willingness to try new things and learn more.
-Drive to win
-Can communicate well
-Fun to play with (in my opinion? Haha)

Anyways, if you’re looking for an experienced engineer for tpvp and such, shoot me a PM ingame or just post on here. If you have any questions for me just post em here. Thanks for checking me out and hope we can work together to kick some kitten in the future!

~Walorx.5129

Voz is a crazy good engineer.
Also definitely hmann for warrior!

I like to see how many deaths I got in a match along with my kills. It’s not a huge deal, but it’s just something intresting I thought would be nice to see at the end of a match. It wouldn’t be too hard to imput into the UI and I feel it would be a good addition to seeing how you’ve fared in the match!