Guild Wars 2

I envision these “Drones” akin to Necro pets. I’m imagining them hovering along side the Engie shooting lasers, grenades, fire, etc. Now, the question is will they be as broken and useless as Necro pets are in their current state.

I only do WvW pretty much. That guy is so freaking out of touch with the player base its sad.

This is freakin hilarious!

I think Otaur was being sarcastic lol. But we all agree this shouldn’t have gone without fixing for so long….

I’ve found flame thrower in my Juggernaut build to help tremendously with killing their clones, they can’t shatter you to oblivion without their clones. The problem is dodging/avoiding that initial burst of mirror blade, GS#3, daze mantra which leads into power block then shatter, aka the wombo combo. Speaking from a Juggernaut Build prospective, if I can get them to blow their Diversion and I’ve avoided their initial burst I can kill them in 3-4 crit hits. I’ve mained a Mesmer since release and I’ve only recently switched to other classes. This patch has made Mesmers burst DPS gods. Things will get toned down eventually but that doesn’t really do anything for the now. I honestly try my best to avoid fighting Mesmers as much as I can right now.

Did he use a Flame Thrower? We also have access to stability through elixirs as well.

he makes it look so kitten easy. I wish I had his level of skill with the Engie. I’m new the class and just need to get used to pulling off the combos.

Devs, please respond!

Many, many good ideas in the OP. One can only hope these ideas are taken into consideration. What I love about GW2 is that its unique. However, WvW right now is that it’s broken, unattended, and what lil attention it does get is not what the player base really wants. This event for example, while I appreciate it’s effort didn’t click with me and I don’t care for it at all. To make matters worse are the bugs associated with it that people are abusing. If you cancel the event it looks bad for PR, you may not have enough time or resources to dedicate to fixing the bug so we may just be left with riding it out. However, in doing so that leaves a bad taste in the players mouths as it kind of shows that WvW is not being taken seriously and neglected when such a crippling bug is not being fixed or addressed. Overall I love WvW for what it stands for and it can be amazing should you dedicate resources to it and take some of ideas from the community and perhaps from other games as well.

I agree, something needs to be done about WvW or many of those that haven’t already left because of the lack of attention to it will eventually do so….

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

LB is OP against scrubs. LB is UP against good players.

/thread. This conversation can now be closed. OP, L2P. The ones complaining are probably some salty thieves who were looking for an easy kill.

I just started one about a week and in PVE it’s easy peazy and I looooooooove it. In WvW solo roaming that’s another story. I’m running Wolfineers condi build and I know it’s just a matter of getting used to things so I can stop fumbling my combos, etc. but it’s been a ruff road. This is to be expected for learning any class and has nothing to do with the Engie at all. However, when I’m not fat fingering things in WvW my condi output is freaking bananas, 2-3k burning ticks, high torment, bleed, and poison damage hit so fast that things just fall over. Loving it even though I’m struggling but I’m aiming to get better.

Have you fought Mesmers lately OP?

This thread has made my forum browsing day. Thank you OP and thank you Puck.9612.

Going to put that solo/1v1 through the ropes starting tonight thru the rest of the week when I get in. I’m going to make a few adjustments to the runes to possibly give myself perma swiftness roaming. Other than that I don’t think I’d change anything. Awesome build, thanks to all parties involved in its creation.

I have no problem with DD Celes on my Ranger at all. A well timed QZ’ed Opening Striked Rapid Fire/Point Blank shot when they are at like 50% health AFTER they’ve come out of Water Attunement will seal the deal. When I play my Cele I often fear Rangers more than Thieves….

We need to get Robert Gee to see this.

As someone who has mained a Mesmer since release I can say with 100% honesty…….run. Do not bother to fight them, do not think about, do not think you’re going to win….you cannot….if you’re a power ranger. This patch has done some amazing things for most classes but I can say power/shatter/interrupt Mesmers are the new king of the hill in terms of burst dps. Now I play a condi Mesmer which is just as lulz. 15 stacks of confusion and 10 stacks of tormet along with 5-8 stacks of bleeding 3-4 stacks of poison is just a death sentence if my rotation goes off correctly. Mesmer are unfortunately the king of the hill now. The only thing that stands a chance is a Condi Ranger and this is because Mesmer have kittenty condi removal.

All depends on who you ask around here. Honestly I’ve pretty much quit my Mesmer who I mained since launch to play my Ranger. I do WvW, that’s pretty much it. I don’t pve, I don’t do dungeons, I login and I kill people. I solo 90% of the time and I enjoy the hell out of it on my Ranger. While I can burst down squishies rather easily on my Ranger, Warriors, Condi burst guardians and “some” Mesmers can be a problem. Like any other class it has its issues but I’m enjoying it.

Furthermore after reading this topic here it has me really doubting the power of the condi engie :-(

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Condi-Engi-Issues/first#post5264329

Finally got my Engi to 80 last night and I’m looking to put together a set or two for her but I’m lost as to which to make for solo roaming. Yeah I zerg surf every now and then but 90% of my time in game is solo roaming looking for fights. What builds would you suggest for this? I’ve come across quite a few condi engies who were brutal, I’m not sure if I’ve ever come across any roaming power engies. I’ve seen a few builds regarding HGH/Mortar for WvW but I don’t know if they’d hold up for solo roaming. I’ve also seen a few condi builds for HGH as well but didn’t want to invest without knowing what their main purpose was. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Are you a lil booka from JQ or TC and were you playing around 8-10 pm est last night? If so then it probably was you lol. Thanks for the info!

So I’m on my condi Mesmer and I come across this Engineer. I’m like ok, it’s an engi and this shouldn’t be any problem at all really as I’ve never had any trouble with engis of any kind before at all. This was different….this guy was different……..He threw fire in my face and I had like 9 or 10 burning stacks on me instantly along with poison and bleeding. I think I was dead before I could hit my Mantra Condi Cleanse, lol. Good times……..My Engi should be 80 by the weekend :-) I’ve got to come up with a nice condi build to run with for solo roaming as that’s all I like to do.

Sorry for the abbreviated title, Anet’s stupid 45 character limit makes it very hard sometimes!

I ask because every Mesmer I come across is just GS/X, Shatter or Lock down/stun/ayyylmaoyoudead build, or the very rare like myself condi Mesmer who runs a combo of scept., torch, staff, pistol. I’ve thought about trying to come up with some trolly (PU), iZerker spamming, cripple build but I haven’t fleshed it out yet.

You make it look so freaking easy…….Awesome video!

Well, it was a fun week or so right guys? I’m still gonna pew pew though. I enjoy my Ranger more than anything else in the game right now, more than my OP Mesmer even….

There’s always a ninja nerf some where in there……..always.

That was pretty kitten impressive, amazingly well done. I’m scared as hell to run full zerker in WvW. I run 4 Cav/2 zerker for armor and a mix if of cav/zerker/celestial trinkets and I do ok. I like being able to take a few hits from Thieves, Warriors, and Guardians but I notice my damage suffers for it. Also how do you do with no speed? That’s the one thing that’s mandatory for me in WvW solo roaming.

*edit*Oh my…..oh my…..that condi ranger at 9:00 must have destroyed his keyboard/mouse after that fight. Well played, well played!

#Rekt
About time.

I’ve been running NM, WS, and MM/Skirm since the patch. I tried NM, WS, BM, in WvW and hilarity ensued when I started trolling people with Beastly Warden, when used properly it just allows you to kitten all over people. Interrupt their combos, interrupt basically anything they try to do and if you time it right and have your CD’s up you can instagib them for it. I do miss Skirm/Marks when I run BM but the things it can allow you to do is just lol.

I have 3k armor and got back stabbed for 10k last night. Yeah.

Yes, WvW. Sorry I forgot to mention that in the OP.

Hi all,

I’ve rebuilt my Mesmer, my Ranger, and my Ele. I now need to focus on rebuilding my Necro. What I’m trying to achieve in the build is as follows. Great roaming capability, this is the most important and foremost factor. It needs to have great escape…I know great escape and Necro don’t go hand and hand but if at all possible can this be done? I also need to be able to survive Thief/Ranger burst. I’m not a fan of wells but if Well of Suffering is required then so be it. I was thinking Spec Armor, Spec Walk, Well of Suffering and Lich Form. I know having spec walk and traveler runes seem redundant but walk is primarily there for the LF generation. This is what I’ve come up with so far. Mind you this doesn’t have armor or accessories as I’ve got to see what I’ve got in the bank for this guy as far as ascended accessories, etc. Any info you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-30;3kHFJ084gJVJ0;9;4A86;0236158137;9;9;0kk5-qsC5a

LOL Anet gonna Anet….kittening ridiculous.

Has ESO gotten better? I played it from beta to about 4-5 months after release.

Xsorus, what game(s) are you playing these days?

LMAO! They hated PU, now they hate Power Block. Haters gonna hate!

Undo the recent change to the Chaos line trait for the Staff CD’s and maybe look into that lil MtD thing we’re golden. From one Robert to another, thank you.

That was pretty impressive to watch. I have followed this build as of yesterday but didn’t get much play time. Has anyone else run a similar build and can post their thoughts?

Anet gonna Anet. It was fine the way it was man. Anything fun is breaking to them. Staff is far from an OP weapon. I can understand if this trait affected something like GS then yeah I’d be semi ok, but this is just silly.

Lmao I hope you guys who wanted your nerfs are happy. Idiots.

This is why we can’t ever have nice things. Patch has been out for a freaking day and already people are slacking at the jaws. Jesus Christ…..

That scene with Yennifer in the Witcher 3 that took place on a Unicorn makes Unicorns alright with me.

Kirito.9207:

We ask for buffs and we finally get them. Then we complain about the buffs lol..

This. Like wtf?

I’ve been running a Condi build as linked below ( I solo roam 99% of my time) and it hasn’t failed me yet but I am going to try a few interrupt builds tonight when I get in. The ONLY build that has wrecked me as condi was an interrupt Mesmer. The lil booka killed me twice, both times instantly. It was like stun, zerker hit, shatter, dead. All I could do was just walk away from the keyboard before I broke it. Time to fight fire with fire lol.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=VS;4kUVz097RWF71;9;4WTU;0256238247;41tWF30;0m9fgm9fgq-FqcAqYJ0;0Vk9nep9seu9xe010Jk1e;7C;9;9;9;9;9;1V6s5h

OP……. Delete this kitten!

IGN: Zera Targaryen
Playstyle: WvW and light PVE
Server: Black Gate
Role: Scholar
Time Zone: EST

I guess running away from a PU Mesmer was hard for the bads to do so Anet decided to just obliterate the spec.

A a condi mesmer thieves are so easy to kill. Torment, confusion, bleeds, poison, etc. make easy work of them. Now, as a Power mesmer…..that’s another story. I find that having access to multiple ways to stealth is key to beating them as well. Between traited torch, decoy, and blink I’m able to survive their onslaught.

OMFG Thank you Anet!