ft/eg is fine in any/all fractal scenarios. if that’s what’s fun for you then do it. i’m not a fan of elixir u so i won’t recommend it and you bring tons of condi cleanse with eg. i like rocket boots, elixir s, flame turret, elixir r, or tool kit in the last slot. you could even use elixir c if you are having trouble with condis but i never need it and i don’t think you will either.
no that’s probably the best condi build though i prefer taking 10 out of firearms and putting it into alchemy for both protection injection and backpack regenerator.
well for this particular build, i suppose you’re better off staying far away. you have many ways of kiting people with rifle and chill. however your kill combo involves being up close. net shot > jump shot > blunderbuss > overcharged shot > grenade barrage > grenade spam.
you can also lead off with overcharged shot because it’s instant knockback
make sure you put stability on yourself before you overcharge shot so you don’t get knocked back.
have fury up for the kill combo
you can lead off your kill combo with elixir s invisibility
Why Speedy Kits? You also already have Automated Medical Response, so there’s no reason to take Inertial Converter.
inertial converter is for toss elixir r and it refreshes the stunbreak and water field for good measure. automated medical response doesn’t refresh the healing turret toolbelt. and speedy kits because i like permanent swiftness lol.
have you considered taking out points from alchemy and placing them into explosives? you’d be supporting your party even further by stacking vulnerability, your bombs will do more damage, and you’ll gain even more might stacks on heal. you can also use grenadier for bosses that require ranged attacks if need be.
or maybe you could place only 15 into explosives and 5 into tools so you’ll have a recharged stunbreak and water field if your health goes too low. you can swap out elixir u for elixir r to make up for the vigor loss and the elixir r toolbelt is pretty amazing considering you have two of them.
also with 4% crit chance i’d swap sigils. maybe battle.
take out 10 from inventions and put it into tools for permanent swiftness
use fast acting elixirs/formula 409 instead of invigorating speed/fast acting elixirs because you can swap out elixir c for s and gain stunbreak/stealth/invuln while still maintaining good condi cleanse. if you want the permanent vigor swap out fast acting elixirs but you lose might gain, condi cleanse, longer heal cd, etc.
rifle is better than double pistols with power gear.
don’t use traveler runes. they are 10g each. use water/monk. i personally like two sets of 15% boon duration and one 20% might duration because i’m comfortable losing 10% might duration for an extra 30% duration in other boons(fury, swiftness, vigor).
personally i think giver gear is pretty garbage. you have plenty of boon duration from runes/traits. i’d run full zerk because hgh is a pure offensive build.
occasionally i’ll run a wrench smacking build for lols. i like the 6k auto attacks and 13k jump shots. used it in fractal 48 multiple times no problem.
you can easily keep up 25 might. use battle/strength and boon duration. you can use enhance performance too if you want.
hgh builds have excellent condition cleanse through 409.
stability, invisibility, guaranteed stomps through invulnerability and the other many upsides to having invulnerability.
grenades also do a lot of damage with power. with full rabid stats and lots of might, you’ll be doing a lot of physical and condition damage with high crit.
watch for jinn da vikk, ostrich eggs, chaith, or steamhawke. those are the engi players on that stream. watch ostrich eggs specifically because he’s the only engineer that does wvwvw.
am i the only one that thinks infused precision is a poopy trait? even with the new vigor changes coming up, infused precision does not equal 100% vigor uptime. say you swap to a kit and get vigor then you crit and get infused precision with 2 seconds left on your vigor. seems pretty shady. also i don’t even go into the firearms tree because i need protection injection and backpack regen to have any chance of surviving this stupid stun meta. plus the firearms tree is generally subpar anyway.
firstly infamous darkness, i wasn’t talking about you unless it really was you which would explain why you got so defensive. nobody wants to hear a snooty lecture every time they log on. keep that in mind.
second you’re just listing everything every class can do. who is going to take a venomshare thief or a terrormancer into a nerdy, sweaty speedrun that unfortunately so many people here think is the only way to play this game?
it’s evident some nerds just know how to suck the fun out of everything. can we just agree that whiners join the zerk heavies only party and everyone else just enjoy the game? i recall this one time i was doing a guild fractal 48 run and i was running a melee tool kit build because pve so why not. someone had to leave and then i guess we invited lunyboy’s buddy because he was one of these guys that likes telling everybody how to play their class. hey why aren’t you going grenades? hey run zerk armor because here is some math. god i could just hear that nasally voice and that nyah after everything he said.
i am pretty pumped for this patch. lots of great changes. love the transmute change. too bad they are overshadowed by the slight vigor nerf. the most exciting changes, however, are the nerfs to stupid builds like hammer/longbow and spirit rangers. oh i am excited.
well it’s clear some people understand all classes perform well in dungeons. others will type “zerk gear heavies only” in the lfg tool and eat fire shaman arrows left and right unless there’s a guardian wall in front of them and then proceed to tell me my class isn’t useful in dungeons lol. #1
i wasn’t talking about the list, even though the idea of categorizing class “usefulness” is moronic. but if you want a list here’s an accurate one. it’s quite possibly the most accurate list you’ll ever find for pve.
i have run every dungeon and every fractal 48+ with every possible group comp. the only thing that matters is the people playing the class, not the class. if you’re talking about speed runs, then that’s the very definition of class elitism and it’s idiotic and most of those people are terrible anyway.
my backslot item is the starting engineer item. they look similar so i don’t care much. i completely understand what you guys are saying though and am for change.
god the class elitism is for kittening kids. all classes perform well in dungeons. if you don’t agree then stick to your speedclear groups. or join my party and go on a tirade about how zerk armor is superior to everything so i can block you. my list is getting pretty big and my groups less kitteny.
every class contributes to dungeons, even necros. their 30/10/0/0/30 power build does quite a bit of damage. engis are probably the best vuln stackers in the game. we also have lots of fire and water fields, blast finishers, aoe heals, team condi removal etc.
for the elitists, the best dungeon comp has
1. damage
2. team might stacks
3. team fury stacks
4. vuln stacks
5. projectile reflection
if your build doesn’t have any of these, it still doesn’t matter because pve. run whatever you enjoy playing.
Certain fractal bosses get stronger the less health they have (Captain Ashym, Legendary Archdiviner). If you wipe on a boss when they have low health, they’ll retain their low health abilities. This has been like this for a while. Any fix on the horizon?
last utility slot can be elixir gun, elixir s, rocket boots, or whatever you want. runes can be swapped for nightmare, adventurer, or again whatever fits your playstyle. i find taking out 10 in firearms and putting it into alchemy for protection injection helps a lot against dumb warriors. if you run nightmare maybe consider smoldering to reach 50% burn duration.
-well don’t take autotool installation. it doesn’t repair the turret that much
-you’re building condi, but rifle is a power weapon. use pistol/shield or pistol/pistol
-deadly mixtures doesn’t affect condition damage. it’s not good for a condi build
-your damage is quite low. find a way to get more damaging conditions in. all you have now are burning and small bleeds.
it has many uses, mainly the blind and pushback. power builds have access to a pretty hard hitting burst with 2 and condi builds get more burning. then there’s a fire field which is always nice.
i wouldn’t run cleric gear because for elixir infused bombs, the difference between 300 healing power and 1300 healing power is ~120 healing, extremely negligible in pve. you’re still supportive through team might and fury, aoe healing and condi removal, and combo fields/blast finishers, but you also deal good damage. you can take out 5 in tools and put it into explosives for grenadier just in case you encounter a fight where you need range. you’d swap elixir infused bombs for something like power shoes in that scenario. you can also swap out some zerk pieces of pvt or knights or clerics if you want to be sturdier.
