Guild Wars 2

But on a serious note, Asura has Elite skills that fit engineer well and their cultural gear looks good. However, if you want a legendary to be noticeable you’re better off with Human. The new Magitech gear looks great too!

Attaching Ausran Cultural gear mixed with a little Aetherblades gear.

Well just dont pick Norn. Asuran sits on the post and hovers like an awesome engineer. Norn sits on the post and crotches himself, then cries about it while dangling by his scimpies.

I honestly think its Anet’s Bully device. It was created to punish the weak and nerdy for falling for using such silly and unnecessary crap.

Rather than sell it for 60s I decided to use it.

Well, the saying “did you have a nice trip” comes to mind. All it did was push me on the ground and then I got back up, like wtf is that troll device…Never using one again.

Just want to say I love the new creatures and the steam punk themes that keep coming! Achievements have been enjoyable, maybe even some of the most enjoyable for me as of yet.

However, these invasion closer achievements…they last 45mins which is fine, even though you need 13 of them which will take forever but that is fine too. What is driving me nuts is I can’t join my party members in other maps to play together as they keep getting full. Whats worse, and is really my absolute biggest complaint these days are these champ farms…I cant complete these achievements if they map I get stuck in is just running around killing champs again and not worrying about completing the event.

It is super super frustrating to be placed into overflow, without my own party members, spend 45mins working on 1/13 events only to have it repeatedly farmed for champs and not completed…I wont say more as it probably wouldn’t be helpful.

Dropping bombs traited with increased radius size as an Asura are still TINY compared to Charr and Norn.

I’ve also noticed when in Plague form with my Asuran Necro the radius around me is severely kitten compared to other races.

This is making Race matter and we all know what that does to a community.

I DEMAND EQUALITY!

I agree! I hope this gets fixed soon too!

Awesome man! I have thought I would be great to have both crossbows and Electric fields/more electricity for engineers but never thought about putting them together!

Great ideas!

I also agree with the OP that traits should be account bound and retraitable. I love playing all of my hard earned lvl 80s in WvW but it sucks being limited to only one character now. Using an alt makes your main character weaker than somebody that plays one profession exclusively. And honestly I dont see myself playing the game long enough to care to level any more than 1 maybe 2 characters even CLOSE to maxing them out in WvW the way the system is now.

Two: Phantom doors:

One buggy door: Shinnies and Rock throwing party

Hey thanks for opening my eyes to the bomb kit!!!

I was an avid FT kit user and still will likely use it for zerg tagging but Bombs are becoming my new havoc favorite! With troll kit, I mean tool kit also, there is no escaping the bomb fields and pry bar!

Love it!

I’ve noticed several times today siting in the ring of both towers and keeps and not getting the experience for taking it. Several of my party members also missed out on the exp so I know its not just me.

Is this happening to many people? Has there been any word if this is getting fixed? I also feel the way Exp is given needs to change. Having somebody treb a tower for 10mins and have a group go cap it as soon as the wall falls and the trebber not getting credit seems like an unfair way to divy points. Also defending a tower circle in a tower or keep and stepping out for a moment when it caps and losing out on all the points seems unfair.

Just want to point this stuff out and I’m sure many people have brought this up already. However, after not getting any experience even I’m sitting in the circle is just plain ridiculous.

I run FT/Rifle/Gadgets often. I have always enjoyed the build but I use the Rocketboots for the added mobility around the field. 900 range jump is super useful for gap closer or running plus it is a blast finisher.

My experience with Battering ram is it is difficult to hit people with. I usually run WvW so people are quick. Throw mine from experience takes more time to throw and set off than I like but it has specific scenarios. The AoE radius of throw mine always seemed alittle too small imo.

Utility goggles seem like they would be useful for fighting thieves and giving yourself a nice burst duration with added vulnerability stacks. Slick shoes is just funny and can come in handy often too. I always enjoy pairing slick shoes with rocketboots in WvW. This allows you to throw CC across an entire battle field or allows you to escape without too much problem.

So I guess I’m saying having the added Gadgets to your build to help a FT tank build is a very useful thing to do but dont over look other gadgets too. They are very good for many situations and with Speedy Gadgets in your build you should be set to swap.

Just my 2c, good luck with the build. You found a pretty solid one that can constantly be altered and tweaked.

Oh and to make this legendary a further nerf…have it make noises like this:

Since the only time Anet pays attention to Engineers is when they feel we need to be nerfed to cull our numbers, I think the new legendary should be a Nerf gun that shoots suction cup darts…jerks :P

P.S. fix my Ugly broken down hobo charr sack so i dont have to look at it anymore

(beating a dead horse with this one but couldnt help myself)

Other than that, thank you for the fun game!

So are the steam creatures and the Aetherblades connected in some way?!

I’ve noticed Aetherblade Campions and the Champion Steam Commander both drop the Deluxe Gear Boxes…seems like a connection.

I think it would be awesome if they were connected!

grayskull.2367:

I love this Magitech armour so much that i design a brand new engineer human for the set even thought i all ready had a char engineer, and name him Borg Primary Drone.

Love your Borg look by the way!

Loving the Magitech armor as well! So much fun playing with shinnies!

What about the Weapon Mods that I was talking about instead of kits. The new armor kinda show what I’m thinking. Instead of a kit on back it would be a change to the weapon ammunition area or something. Or like in this picture it could be an attachment to the arm. I did like the Belt option too.

I’ve always been going for the High Tech Asuran look for an engineer! Hard to do with kits of course…hem Anet hem please fix my ugly Charr Hobosacks.

There seems to be a growing population in Tarnished Coast too! Asura Engineer all the way!

BillFreist.1527:

Some pretty interesting ideas here. I was actually spit-balling some ideas on how to address this today. This has always been something that has bothered me, too.

For example:

• Have kits respect the existing back item flag. If you have a back item and you want to show it, hide the kit. If you don’t have a back item or choose to hide it, always show the kit. Obviously this makes it a little harder than usual to tell what kit you are using, so:
  • A nameplate icon similar to Elemental Attunements would be a good addition (I may add this regardless if we can get the art )
  • Move the kit somewhere else on your body. I know, crazy right? For example, who doesn’t like a sweet fanny-pack?

Hopefully this finally gets resolved soon, and I’ll do what I can to see that happen. Keep in mind, as Colin mentioned before, that there are some pretty beefy projects going on that are consuming our engineering time. But that doesn’t exactly mean we can’t sneak stuff in here and there .

-Bill

I think moving the kit somewhere else on the body is a great idea! Today I was thinking it would be cool if instead of a “kit” we as engineers would apply “mods” to the weapon we are holding. So pack is optional, we get an attunement sign on our name plate and the weapon we are holding has a “mod” on it based on what kit we are in.

Grenade Launcher Mod, Elixir Mod, Flamethrower Mod…maybe just a different type of cartridge sticking on the rifle or pistol.

Seems like a fair enough idea.

Hey! I have this really great back piece and rifle that I love and I want to make Predator but everytime I switch to an engineer kit it only shows my lame noobie hobo sack!!!!!

Engineer’s cosmetics is totally bugged out! I’m not talking little clipping issues! I’m talking everything genius and legendary about me is totally messed up when I use my utility and I ALWAYS us my utilities!!!!

This is a massive profession bug and needs to be fixed!

Thank you Anet for taking the time and effort to work on this asap!!!

Arkham Creed.7358:

Wiseman.4075:

Hey more new weapons and tons of them!…oh yeah thats right engineers dont get new fancy things…just the junk we earned when we were still wet behind the ears 8months ago

Eight months ago? You must have been one of those players who jumped in later. Nothing wrong with that of course, just saying, the game released on August 28th, so some of us have been using the same crap for nearly a year now. If you count those who started with beta, then a lot longer. As for me I started with the headstart access.

Yeah engineer was my 4th of 7 lvl 80s. Engineer has been my main since i made him and have absolutely loved the profession! But I will admit I do like dinking around with alts.

Which reminds I haven’t pleaded yet today.

looks to the heavens Please Anet! All this new beautiful art work (for the most part) and engineer still just looks like the little hobo we have been since character creation! Please allow me, as an Asuran engineer and master genius, to look like a respectable genius and not wield such dumb looking Charrgineer junky kits!

no no, I believe the forums need to be flooded with topics of engineers are totally screwed over the this system of weapons/kits works. I plan on bumping these topics as often as I get annoyed with this. New living story weapons and champion weapons? What engi cant enjoy any of them again? what you gotta be kidding me….Seriously this needs to be addressed. This issues drives me up the freaking wall.

I keep earning all these great new weapons Anet creates but no matter how many I get my engineers hobo sack I earned back when I was level 15 still covers these skins so i cant enjoy them!?!?!!

I think this is a bug and needs to be fixed. I’m trying to get this fancy legendary and I’m wondering how I will ever be able to enjoy it?!

Please Anet fix this buggy engineering problem.

Hey more new weapons and tons of them!…oh yeah thats right engineers dont get new fancy things…just the junk we earned when we were still wet behind the ears 8months ago

Wow great job on the more new weapons!…oh wait I’m an engineer and no matter what you come up with for weapon skins I’m still running around with the same hobo sack that I used as a lvl 15 engi 8months ago….

I agree Wxp should be account bound. Leveling anything in wvw takes far more time than I will ever care to play the game as it is. I would however like to pool my wvw experience as a player that enjoys alts so no matter what character I am playing my favorite part of this game can be fully enjoyed on all of my hard earned alts.

There is nothing that says “hey look how dedicated i am to wvw because I have 8 toons all fully geared but only rank 20 in wvw” when I play wvw everyday and all pooled together I should at least be rank 160. Eight toons ranked raider =/= rank bronze dude Not sure what the rank names are and dont care to look them up right now but you get the point.

that and it would take a life time to achieve 9995 ranks…especially when you play 7 toons. I feel your pain. I’m out in wvw everyday enjoying a fresh day on an alt but sort of feeling like its a waste of time when everyone else in the group has both guard killer buffs and I’m only rank between 60-10 on the different toons. I have a hard time enjoying only playing one toon too.

Chaba.5410:

Maiden England.3491:

Chaba.5410:

I think it is important to make that distinction, because when someone writes “organized zerg” I just have to laugh.

you must’ve never seen one then

Because there aren’t any. As size increases, the frequency of undisciplined actions increase. Zergs can be semi-organized in that a commander calls for fields and blasts, but they usually are a mess. Someone always manages to drop the wrong field and just forget trying to drop the right field in the middle of a battle. A zerg always manages to become amorphous on a field. Maybe some in the zerg are using VOIP which gives the appearance of organized play. Most in a zerg are not and, given enough numbers, do not need to be.

Compare with organized groups who strive to remain disciplined and coordinate on VOIP. Wrong fields and formation issues are mistakes in these kinds of groups rather than a feature.

I for one would love to see [NERF] do a GvG! I’ve played against you guys and you are lot of fun! I also agree a guild zerg tends to be very organized if everyone is on TS but getting pugs in a zerg reduces any organization at a steady rate.

Throwing in my 2c, I have to say as an engi its true you dont have a defined roll in a zerg unless one is assigned to you but thats no fun. I main an engi and while in a zerg, I’m spamming my 2x aoe condition removals, 4x heal/regens, grenades/conditions, FT conditions which also does over 10k aoe dmg over 2sec hitting up to 5 people every second. There are of course heavy condition builds using bombs and nades allowing you to tag the middle of a zerg or hit from 1500 range.

When it comes down to it, an engi’s roll in a zerg is to play smart and know the class and know what the zerg needs at any given moment and use our large skill set to meet those needs the best you can.

That makes so much sense! TC lost because we lacked enough [CATS]! TC will have to get on this!

New TC guild: Charr And Tremendous Squirrels

:P

The only thing I have ever used Mimic was to purposely get hit by ballista rounds in WvW and throw the round back. It seemed to do a lot of dmg but could easily get you killed. I’m not sure if it would ever be more useful to keep on a utility slot than something else.

Awe yes, you are correct! I should have looked at it closer! I just went straight from watching a build set up and didnt know it had been altered in patch. That sucks.

Thanks!

I tested the effects of Bountyful Power minor trait while using Runes of Lyssa and I only noticed a 10% increase in dmg. With 9boons being applied I was expecting 18% increase in dmg. Is there a cap to to how many boons this works for?

It was just a quick PvP test so nothing fancy and maybe I am missing something. Has anyone else tried this and can confirm when the deal is?

Thanks!

I’m an asuran engineer. I will be using an Arrow cart and swap out a utility for my escape from a zerg and will get locked in the arrow cart. It says to press f to get off but it wont let me, and wont let me use any of the AC skills and wont let me move or use any of my own skills. I cant swap weapons, no movement in any direction not even jumping. This has happened to me repeatedly today. I just completely lock up and get rolled instead.

I really dont appreciate the added frustration of repair bills and having to make my way back to a keep from spawn when I should have easily been able to escape.

Is this happening to anyone else? Has it been reported before? This is driving me up the wall.

I main used the dye “Pink Ice” with “Rose Ice” highlights.

My shoulder, head and gloves are all hidden so allow the glow aspect of sylvari shine threw as much as possible. Orchid Chest, Leggings and shoes for the pieces that show. Again adding the lightening back piece to help your back glow pink/purplish so you look slightly less “solid.” Also I really think celestial dye could help be the icing on the cake.

I used “ice” dyes but my skin color is also pink with some white and the glow is a whitish pink. I plan to get celestial when I can afford it.

And thank you!

Basically I just played around with the pinks/white glow and think it was more of a white. I cant remember which one exactly. I changed my skin to a bright pink and the pattern to a white. Used all sylvari gear and used the “ice” colors. I want to get celestial to finish it off. Using the lightening back piece you get additional glow and of course need to get the Mists weapons which I have none atm. The brightness of the color seems to be better certain angles.

My all time favorite Mesmer is the phantasm builds. Just keep the phantasms up and working the enemy and only tend to shatter when the next cool down round is ready or using distortion to spike people.

I love that run side to side landing on my toes! I feel like tinkerbell

My Mesmer is my Phantasm is my clone is my Phantasm is Me! Muhaha

Just felt like bragging a bit or at least throw some love towards sylvari.

I’d like to call phantasm camo for WvW. Using sylvari glow ability with their skimpy armor I have been trying to create a Character that looks like phantasms and phantasms look like clones. Plus adding the new glowy lightening backpiece I get that added glow that makes people second guess. This way when fighting small 1v1 or 1vX they have reduced odds in finding me and not knowing which is a decoy and which will hit hard.

It works wonders! I wish I had video capabilities to show people rage on retaliation and fury phantasms or blow their entire burst on a dumb little clone. I run all Phantasm build stuff, GS, scepter or sword/torch or focus. I’ve been thinking about using sword/pistol too. Using Decoy, Blink, xxx and Mass Invis you get that final added camo that is hard to break!

Love Mesmer Sylvari!

Just felt like bragging a bit or at least throw some love towards sylvari.

I’d like to call phantasm camo for WvW. Using sylvari glow ability with their skimpy armor I have been trying to create a Character that looks like phantasms and phantasms look like clones. Plus adding the new glowy lightening backpiece I get that added glow that makes people second guess. This way when fighting small 1v1 or 1vX they have reduced odds in finding me and not knowing which is a decoy and which will hit hard.

It works wonders! I wish I had video capabilities to show people rage on retaliation and fury phantasms or blow their entire burst on a dumb little clone. I run all Phantasm build stuff, GS, scepter or sword/torch or focus. I’ve been thinking about using sword/pistol too. Using Decoy, Blink, xxx and Mass Invis you get that final added camo that is hard to break!

Love Mesmer Sylvari!

Oh yeah and being an Asuran is key for this because when you use slickshoes you yell

“Slick Shoes! Like Grease Lightening!”

Freaking love it!

Just a build I’m sure a few people have played with since the new patch but I thought I’d throw this out there.

The Rocketeer!

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20 IV VIII
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30 IV IX XII
20 III VI

Rifle or pistol shield whatever makes you happy. I use both sporadically.

Utilities:
Healing Turret, Rocketboots, Flamethrower, Slickshoes, Supply crate

Mostly PVT gear with some Zerker and tiny bit Condition dmg
Superior Runes of Melandru with Poultry leek soup for -41% Condition dur, -66%stun dur

End up with roughly
2969atk, 36% crit%, 2500armor, 23000health, 200heal, -20%toolbelt, 300condidmg, 35%critdmg

The idea is to have pistol or rifle for the range and knockbacks, FT is main weapon, AR and regen kits are to avoid as many conditions as possible especially with such a big Necro/ele presence in WvW now. Heal Turret cures conditions and gives regen to everyone near by. Rocket boots are for offense or escaping and are available every 16sec and combined with slickshoes you can jump over a zerg spraying oil over main group knocking them down or running away and cc’ing people chasing.

With this build I can havoc camps, assassinate back line or supply lines, disrupt a zerg ball, catch up to anyone and out run anyone. I’ve managed to beat 1v2 guardian/thief, beat many many thiefs, beat warrior, out ran every class now though i feel like a thief should be able to catch me but with superspeed it is tough plus they have to keep up with constant swiftness and my leaps and oil slick.

By FAR my most favorite build now! I encourage havoc oriented engi’s to give this a chance!

To the FA char engineer that couldnt leave woodheaven to occupied by [RE],

Hats off to you my friend. I enjoy a good engi fight and i have ran into you before but fighting on the edge of the cliff for the past couple hours was fun. You are one determined dude.

Happy hunting

I guess my thought was if you transfigure your back piece into the quaggan backpack but then ascend it, the fractal skin will reappear with the new ascended stats. So I was wondering if transmuting the fractal back piece to a “white” item to drop “soul bound” stat, but then ascend the white stat version of fractal back…would it take on ascended stats, keep skin, and no longer be soul bound to other character.

Just wondering if anyone has tried it and if its possible to transfer the fractal back piece to a different character. Otherwise, its back to the grind for relics…which i’ll probably be doing anyway looking for skins.

Just wondering if you can transmute a soulbound ascended fractal backpiece to a different character? Transmute to white, lose stats but upgrade back to ascended? Does it work?