hmm… I’m not an achievement hunter so I dont really know what all achievements there are.
If there is a bundle kills achievement its probably that one. Or maybe it grants the kill to the weapon you have equiped. Or it could very well not give a kill to any of them.
I dont have access to the game right now, but couldnt you just write down how many kills you have of each weapon type, kill a few things with the flame thrower then compare?
EDIT: Remembered another one!!. The boat from “The Goonies” is at the end of a jumping puzzle!!
The Engineer stole several of Data’s gadgets as well. Such as the Personal Battering Ram and the Slick Shoes.
I did an event where I had to escort some kids to a hidden treasure and on the way they meet and befriend an etten, I dont recall the names but it made me think of the goonies with the etten taking the role of Sloth.
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There was an event, or maybe it was a renown mission where you help ogers tame new pets.
Some times they would reply with a line similar to “hug him and squeeze him and name him George.” Which some of you may recognize as a line from a Bugs Bunny cartoon where Hugo the Abominable Snowman wants to keep Bugs as a pet and name him George.
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What? Weird. it works in spvp, but not pve?
Yes, tho I think the spvp ver still has the healing turret’s toolbelt skill bugged.
There are several trait bugs with the 3 classes iv played; Necro, Engi and now Mesmer.
Makes me wonder if all the classes suffer from broken traits that just dont work.
And what is “Aim it like my fire staff”?
I think both spider legs and mini tank turrets would look awesome beyond compare!
However I find it very unlikely to happen. And that makes me sad.
I think simply giving us a bigger cooldown refund when picking up turrets would help alleviate the problem of not being able to use turrets in back to back fights.
But dang! It would be awesome to have a rifle, rocket and flame spider bot following me around.
“how come we have the worst utility skills? i’m screwed in every situation!”
Your doing it wrong. Say;
“We have the best utility skills! I can handle any situation!”
I just entered the story mission “A Tangle of Weeds” I was given the sword Caladbolg to do the mission with. I was looking over the skills of the sword when I noticed some have a special icon on them in addition to the casting time and cooldown time.
It looks like a water jug or a gord.
The Daybreak Blade and Flashing Arc (both skill1 attacks) have 1 of whatever this symbol is of.
Skill 2, Electrolyze, has 1
Skill 3, Skyfall, does not have the icon
Skill 4, Twilight Crush, has 5
Skill 5, Maelstrom Strike, has 1
I know the thief class has stamina but I think that icon is a star or asterisk.
I’m a mesmer and from what I can tell this symbol does not seem to affect anything.
Any one know what it means?
Iv yet to actually do the mission so maybe the mission will tell me, But I doubt it.
Also as a mesmer, my clones use the sword, not only do they use several of the attacks the sword has, not just the skill 1 auto-attack, but they actually deal damage with it.
donno if thats a bug or what but its sweet.
Edit: Just noticed I lost my shatter powers, thats probably why clones deal damage.
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It’s called a VOLLEY, not every shot is meant to hit a single target.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Volley
^ Warrior Rifle skill where all shots hit the same target every time at any range.
You really need to choose your words better.
It would be nice if they were magnetic mines and were attracting to enemies instead of just lying around.
whoa now, that sounds like something a creative inventor would have. The engineer isn’t about that, its about straightforward basic military gear.
“My minion master necro is both powerful and fun to play!”
“Mesmers really shine when fighting 2 or more mobs!”
I’m kinda confused here. So I’ll just lay down the facts.
You can use Basic Transmutation stones to merge 2 level 79 or lower items of the same type together. (two Swords, two Great Swords, two cloth boots, ect)
During the process you get to pick 3 things.
1. Which look you want the item to have.
2. Which stats you want the item to have.
3. Which upgrade you want the item to have. (if either weapon has an upgrade in it)
Fine Transmutation stones work the same way only they go all the way up to level 80 items and lower.
You can, and most do, craft your exotic pearl weapon then use a Fine Transmutation stone to change the look to a dungeon weapon, cultural weapon or what ever you like.
I think pearl looks so bad to encourage people to see out one they like and change the look.
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Previewing sylvari styled weapons never (at least for me and others Iv spoken with) show all of the weapon, Some reason “stone” (i think it is) part of the sword that makes up the blade never shows. So you can usually only see the part of the weapon made of vines.
As far as I know there are 3 sylvari styled weapon sets; Verdant, Nightmare, and Warden. And while I havent examined them up close , all three do look different.
Edit: I would like to point out that You can give a low level item, like a level 5 sword, the look of a level 80 weapon by using the Fine Transmutation stone.
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Theres one story mission I did where a sylvari mentioned that they are immune to the dragon’s undeath power but they didnt know why. My guess is the Elder dragons have equal power and cant corrupt each others minions.
The dragons make their minions by corrupting things around them, most use living creators like branded and risen, but not all, like destroyers.
Now who else corrupts things to bolster their ranks?
The Nightmare court!
Not only do they have sylvari and fern hounds, they also have several creatures under there control, like spiders, wurms, and panthers.
Even plant creations from simple bomb plants to walking plant husks to a big evil wishing tree.
sorry about getting off topic, I love theorycrafting.
My vote, Mordramoth is the Earth/Nature Dragon.
I also would not be surprised if an NPC in game calls the Deep Sea dragon “Bubbles” at some point. Just as a nod to the fans. You know.
1: the Grove load screen just looks like sylvari, the smaller they are the farther back they are.
2 the Diessa Plateau load screen looks like 3 humans, one with a horned helm. I assumed it was the Separatists. the area they are looking at (seeing as the sword is drawn probably to attack) looks alot like an early rendering of the Town of Nolan.
thats my opinion on this matter.
All the pistol attacks have some capability to hit multiple targets. The spread on the poison darts is its way to try and hit several targets.
So Mordramoth might be the name of 6th dragon and the sylvari’s master.
I pretty much used it once to see what it did and then never equipped it on my utility slots again.
this fits alot of the engi skills imo.
well I wasnt getting near as many dyes as you others but i was getting more than 0-1 a day so it was definitely more than usual. I was neting maybe 5 a day now. Really nice. before that change if I got a dye it would surprise me because it was so long sense the last I had forgotten they was even a drop.
Why dont they just go and make dyes account wide already?
Oh healing turret, I would like to see the initial healing and regeneration buff remove and replaced with a rapid healing pulse. at lvl 80 being healed 130 every second is way way WAY too minor. that needs pumped up to something more like 600 every half second, or so, maybe less. Its hard to tell without actually being able to use it in combat if thats too much or too little.
The overdrive can remove conditions and apply regeneration.
The healing turret should not be used for burst healing. The engi already has 2 other healing skills for that.
I use medkit, the Tool belt skill is a nice heal, and the med kit it self comes with nice options.
I would like to point out that the healing turret’s regeneration doesn’t scale with your healing stat despite what its tool tip might read. at lvl 80 it will heal 130 a tick, which is what other regeneration skill heal for when you have 0 healing. There is also a bug with it that will cause it to heal only 5 once the healing turret is destroyed.
So if you build up say 20 seconds of healing turret regen, then it dies you have to wait for 20 seconds before you can be healed by other regeneration effects that would heal you more.
Several people do like to place the healing turret for the initial heal, then immediately destroy it to take advantage of the very brief water combo field that causes an area healing effect. Gives a nice heal and has a short cooldown. I hope one day the healing turret will be “fixed” so its better to use it as a turret than as a burst heal.
You would think with all the short ranged and melee ranged skills we have, the engi would be in heavy armor.
I think a few people have tried going melee, but I never hear back from them. (they died!)
Iv never tried it, but if you are, may I recommend taking a flame turret? Its overcharge creates a smoke combo field that will keep you safe for a time.
The rifle as your weapon might be better than the pistol/shield, simple for the blunderbuss as a strong melee hit (closer than melee if you want to get technical), jump shot to close ground and charged shot to make some room if you have to get away. The nets great too.
Instead of adding new abilities, would it not be better to simply increase the cooldown refund when picking up the turrets?
I dont know the exact numbers, but I think you only get a 10% refund when pick up the turrets, I would like to see it increased to something worthwhile, maybe a 50% or more. Maybe base it on the turrets remaining health.
I seen some one suggest this a while back. And I liked it. Only to be fair the pistol(s), shield, and harpoon would also need a second weapon skill set.
It could be incorporated as part of the class function. seeing as our current tool belt tends to be packed full of under performing skills with longer than necessary cooldowns with only a few exceptions.
If your friend plays like I do, Rifle, 2 turrets and land mines, he will place 0 combo fields for you. (not that they seem very impressive any way) and tbh, the useful engi skills dont place combo fields, imo.
I would suggest a ranged fighter, but it greatly depends on your 2 play styles. if your friend is like me, again rifle, 2 turrets and land mines, the enemy wont beable to get to you due to the immobilized and knockbacks he will be dishing out.
Maybe try an elem, there pretty squishy on there own but with an engi keeping things at bay you might have fun with the class.
I’m only a lowly lvl 25 mesmer, and its pretty bad. Single mobs are fine, the mesmer is designed for 1v1. but if you have to fight 3+ enemys at once, your in trouble.
And dont even get me started on story missions. Never have I had to restart from check points so much. My engi never had to do that. its going to be a nightmare later when my missions start having me fighting the risen thralls.
I think part of my problem personally is im going from a range/support fighter (more or less) with very useful utilitys like turrets and weapon kits to this lightly armored short ranged (dual swords) mesmer with, imo, very crappy utility powers.
I’m having to get use to pretty much an opposite play style.
I’m sure after I unlock most of my utilities and play with my traits I’ll come to understand the mesmer much like I have my other character and it will all come together. But until then its hell.
If your like me and only really play PvE and started a necro to be a minion master, then the answer is no.
My original character was a necro and he was shelfted a long time ago. His only purpose now is to be an alt-crafter.
One day there will be a game that does minion masters right, One day.
I have to agree with nofo on most of the points.
And yes the hipshot looks kitten stupid. I dont know about you other races but my charr’s coat flys up each time he shoots. It looks like I’m trying to be Marilyn Monroe standing on an air vent.
Skills like the Blunderbuss even look stupid if you have one of the sniper rifle weapons equipped.
Heres an idea, replace blunderbuss with a machinegun styled attack, have it use the spread styled similar to poison darts (and change poison darts to act like volly shot, aka not randomly around the target but AT the target) have it still apply bleeding, fires maybe 8 shots really fast. This way it still has the “deals more damage the closer you are” aspect but also can be used at ranged and be effective against groups at a distance. Can call it Clip Discharge.
Replace skill 5 with a grenade launcher, as rifles tend to come with grenade launcher attachments, and the the engi seems to be all about the ordinance. have it add vulnerability in 2 stages. a direct hit adds 6 vulnerability while the “splash zone” only applys 3. maybe even have the direct hit deal more damage than the “splash zone”.
And there you have it,
Skill 1 – Ranged damage
Skill 2 – Ranged immobilize
Skill 3 – Heavy close ranged damage/moderate ranged damage, with varying stacks of bleeding on one or many targets.
Skill 4 – Emergency “get out of my face” skill
Skill 5 – Ranged aoe damage and vulnerability
Skills still pretty much do the same a they do now, just with out the need to be in the enemys face and the skills are even cooler with still having an engineer feel to them.
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First lets assume the flamethrower bugs are fixed, they would be skill 1 hits 5 targets instead of 3, it can hit objects while your moving, the flame graphic follows the hit zone. and Skill 2 doesnt fail after using skill 3. I’m sure there is more I just have forgot them.
skill 1, once fully fixed seems alright to me. maybe move the burn effect to the middle of the casting instead of the end. but w/e
skill 2, needs an option to detonate early.
skill 3 seems fine.
skill 4; napalm needs to apply cripple to any one that walks though it as well as the burn. maybe even a stun or knockdown when they walk into it. It needs to act as a barrier to limit enemy movement.
I would change skill 5 create a smoke area instead of the 1 time blindness. Maybe just take the flame turret’s over charge and copy it over to here would work fine.
I dont view the engi as being a “good combo-er” as many people have said, the combo fields and finishers are kinda funky to use.
To me, to say a class is a good combo-er, that means they can place and use combo fields naturally, as in they dont have to go out and make placing and using combo fields as there main goal. But thats exactly what an engi has to do if he wants to place and use combo fields.
It should be a byproduct of abilities they would regularly use, not something they have to go out of there way to get.
Wow, the difference in human and charr armor is huge. Not to get off topic, but kitten
Alot of the leather armor actually looks cool on humans but ALL of it looks like crap on my charr.
rerolling
Have you tryed fighting Shatter, Tequatl or Claw of Jormag? I do alot and it seems turrets refuse to target dragons even when there are no other options. Iv placed my rifle and rocket turret to face off an edge just so I could see them turn to see if they would shoot at the dragon. They never turned. That test was with jormag after his wings where blown off.
Other problems is turrets want to shoot at structures long after they have been destroyed. Trying to use turrets anywhere there are enemy “supply creates” is a waste.
This one is well known of course.
Sure, I love options!
So… in other words I should just sell all my MF gear because the only thing worth using MF on, Chests, aren’t affected.
This makes me happy that I can clear my bag full of MF gear. But also sad that I wasted the time and coin on crafting/gathering and upgrading it.
When you use there overcharge function it doesnt make them use that ability immediately, It simply changes there normal “attack” to the overcharged effect.
So if you tell your healing turret to use its overcharge function, Cleansing Burst, it’s normal healing effect is replaced with it.
So like Twengyne said, you have to wait for its next pulse to gain the effect. This is true with all turrets.
What Daredent is talking about is when you self destruct a turret it counts a combo finisher: blast. Your healing turret’s normal healing pulse creates a very short lasting water combo field.
So if place your healing turret, let is use it normal healing pulse (which it does immediately) then self destruct it, it will create a combo effect of Area healing.
This has nothing to do with what your asking about.
Simple suggestion to speed things up.
Make it so if you try to cast a spell/skill that uses ground targeting beyond its max range then instead of giving you the message that its out of range, simple have it cast AT max range in that direction.
We see the red circle, we know its beyond our reach, but some times its not about hitting the target, skills like Blink and Jump shot are often used for out of combat mobility, and its a hassle finding our max range while on the move.
I also say its a power weapon.
I use it along with my rifle and it works pretty well.
Power seems to be more powerful than condition damage any way despite your weapon of choice. Condition damage seems to kinda scale like healing, in that no matter how much you have it still sucks. (imo)
Iv noticekittenep getting asura styled weapon in the sylvari starter areas.
The other races get there own in there starter area, Char get steam, Asura get Glyphic, Humans get Krytan, I assume Norn have there own, but I never play in the norn areas.
I did manage to get a sylvari great sword from an early story mission. that iv been transmuting as I update my sword.
I need two sylvari one handed sword skins now. I’m thinking of maybe making a warrior, thief or hunter and do their first few missions as a sylvari to see if a story reward will give me a sylvari one handed sword. because I cant seem to find them any where else!.
Another MF hate topic. Getting old guys.
I think the problem is the way people are looking at it. Its hard for me to explain so I’ll do it as a hypothetical.
Lets say for the sake of argument, that when you have a full 5 man team, you get a team power score. Now a perfectly balanced team with the best gear in game would score a 1,000. Each person would be adding 200 points to the score.
Now the problem is if someone only scores a 150 they are seen as “hurting the group” 50 points instead of seeing it at contributing 150 points to the group.
Its kinda like that, but with “You play my way or you dont play” mixed in.
Its a known problem thats been like that since day one.
I suggest you read the the sticky;
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Engineer-bugs-compilation/first
for other known issues, there are several that will greatly affect your play style. Much like this one.
At first I also didnt like having all the people there, made it hard. but it thins out quickly once you get past 1/3 of the puzzle. usually by 1/2 im alone or with 1 other person.
I assume later when more and more people master it, it might be a problem again.
The banner is a problem. At first I liked it, but once I figured out when and where to jump it actually made things harder.
Best I can tell all the leather armors pretty much look the same. True, there are detailed differences like pockets, straps an a few are closed jacketed.
I wasnt impressed with any of them.
I jumped in the mist the other day to preview heavy and light armors. And i’m really disappointed with leather.
Heavy has some bland looking armor (I assume early level armors) but alot of it just looks awesome.
Light also has alot of good looking armor and a lot of variety in it.
Medium armor doesnt look cool nor have variety.
Plenty of mmos launch when they should remain in beta, its very common place.
And you are right, theres so many things on the engineer that just arnt working. They need fix first before they can even think about balancing the class.
As an player that picked the engineer for the turrets, the trait that should allow me to deploy my turrets using ground targeting is a game changer. And thats just 1 trait. There are several others that dont work that would also be game changers.
Once all that is working properly THEN they should start working on balancing.
I would list why the old UI was better but other already have time and time again so I will just say;
Change it back, Change it back, Change it back, Change it back, CHANGE IT BACK!!!
The fk is the matter with you people, if it isnt broke dont FK WITH IT!
Take the people who worked on this and put them to work on stuff that needs fixed.
No wait, bad idea, Fire them, they clearly dont know wtf they are doing.
Maybe the reason anet has been given all the love to only the explosive skills/traits is because they are reworking the way the other skills/traits work.
I thought I read somewhere that they didnt have time to refine the engi and necro before launch, so maybe they have a major overhaul in the works?
I doubt it, but a man can hope.
I like the idea of a the test after being reported.
Tho it will need some limits to prevent abuse. Such as, if the same person reports on the suspected bot again before 24hrs the test wont be given. It has to be from three different people with in a 24hr time setting. and all 3 must be failed.
Being Idle, must not count as a failed bot test.
also it needs to be implemented in a way so that it cant be used to grief people.
For example, If the test shows up the instant the person is reported it could be used to kill people if a griefer waits for the target to engage combat then report them. Maybe have the test appear at random several minutes after the report is sent.
After the three failed bot tests, the account should be temporarily banned for the day.
Until a human can review the reports and determine if the suspected user was actually using a bot. In which case they get perma-banned as usual.
Gems can be placed into ANY upgrade slot. Be that a sword, a helmet, a backpack or a ring.
Embroidered Gems can only be slotted into rings, accessories and necklaces, I think that is where people are getting confused.
you need the inscription and the 2parts of the weapon, If its a rifles, you need to craft a barrel and the stock. Then go to your discovery tab and place the 3 items into the boxes and it will tell you if it can make something new.
Edit: For more details check out http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Crafting
skip down to the part titled Crafting Items, for details on the different windows and stuff.
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I’m a newly lvl 80 engi, and I need both money and crafting mats.
Mainly the crafting mats that let me craft exotics, so far iv only had enough to craft my self a helm (that looks really ugly on a charr) and an ugly pearl rifle.
I started hunting the 3 dragons for the loot, other than that dungeons seem to be the only way to gain money.
So far Iv been using a white salvage kit on white items, selling the blues, using Mystic salvage kit on green items, and tossing yellows into the mystic forge.
I’m wondering how other people salvage stuff. I’m thinking of salvaging yellow armors and only toss in weapons. What little I know about these (pre)legendary items, they only come in weapon form.
or if maybe I should sell the green items and salvage the blues instead.
Seeing as we already have some very cartoony skills like the personal battering ram, slick shoes, a shrink/enlarge potion, and (defective) rocket boots, to name a few. I can see the engineer getting trick arrows.
With skills like glue shot and magnet, again to name a few, its clear the engineer is a “joke” class.
Were kinda the Go-Go Gadget of the guildwars2 world. that is, our devices are meant to be a joke rather than practical, or in the case of the rocket boots, designed to fail.
I agree, only engineers will have this problem. so its an engineer issue.
And I too have noticed it.