schloumou.3982

> @"Handin.4032" said: > > @"schloumou.3982" said: > > > @"ArchonWing.9480" said: > > > Grenades are broken yes, but I've never taken anyone that uses Mortar Kit seriously. > > > > It's quite strong. Just not like most peops use it in wvw. Its a great utility pick with the pulsing blinds of flash shell, waterfield, poisen for down control etc. > > > > In large group fights, grenades lose a lot of their impact due to the "projectile hate" (e.g. bubbles, reflects, etc), except throwing them point blank at your feet. In smaller fights sure, it can be quite strong. For siege clearing - sure? But that's nothing other professions haven't been able to do, and is moreso an issue with how silly "walls" are in WvW for defense. > > If you die to an engi spamming mortar while it's running away, it's kind of your fault. The mortars don't move exceptionally fast and they show an AoE ring... so I'm not sure if you're standing still or running in a straight line to get to them? Not saying it's entirely a l2p issue, but if they're running away and you pursue, don't go in a perfectly straight line, or just don't pursue them. No idea why you quote me tbh. Nothing you wrote has anything to do with what i said.

> @"ArchonWing.9480" said: > Grenades are broken yes, but I've never taken anyone that uses Mortar Kit seriously. It's quite strong. Just not like most peops use it in wvw. Its a great utility pick with the pulsing blinds of flash shell, waterfield, poisen for down control etc.

Its a result of the environment and nerf of certain skills. With mounts in the game you can only roam with absurd mobility or stealth access if you don't want to fight 12 people at once. So after toss S nerf and more reveal + marked, it's basically the only option for engi. Just equip offhand dagger and flash on your ele or time your rupt. Its not an evade and they are very vulnerable in animationlock. Edit: Assuming you talk about rocket boots. Everything else is not even mobile compared to other roaming builds.

> @"UNOwen.7132" said: > > @"Yasai.3549" said: > > > @"Fueki.4753" said: > > > > @"Yasai.3549" said: > > > > Even with Grenade nerfs, Holo still vastly outperforms a good majority of builds. > > > How about Arenanet tackles the actual problem, which is Holosmith, **not Core Engineer,** instead? > > > After all, the over-performance comes out of that one traitline. > > > > Yea I get that people don't want Core touched, but Explosives is literally carrying the entire Engi Profession right now : it's just too good. > > Scrapper is also just as bad as Holo when it comes to abusing Nades. > > > > If people really want Core Engi to be better, then start asking for Tools buffs or rework. > > One thing which Core Engi has which isn't kitten like Holo and Scrapper is having a fully unrestricted Toolbelt, counting its Toolbelt Elite. > > > > Tools could use a significant rework to its traits so that it has more uses than just the passive traits. > > For one, Static Discharge is still a load of hot garbage when it comes to its targeting. > > Power Wrench is too specific to only Tool-Kit which is useless in general besides like 3 skills. > > > > Streamlined Kit effects are too weak compared to how strong Lock On is, because Engis can benefit way more from the Vuln application than any of the other effects from Streamlined Kit. > > Takedown Round makes no sense existing on Tools tbh, it feels more like an Explosives Trait, and again, its usefulness is extremely limited being a damage only skill which only procs when the target is above 50% hp. > > > > Adrenal Implant : I have no idea why this thing is a GM Major. This is basically the same as Rev/Ranger's trait Minor but it's taking up a Major slot, on the GM tier. > > Sure, it's 2x stronger, but it shouldn't really take a GM Major slot. > > > > Wanting Core to be strong is fine, but if Core, and by extension the entire Engi family is being carried by Explosives in their performance, it's obvious then that Explosives is way too strong. > > > > > The problem is that that wouldnt actually make Core Engineer playable. Core Engineer has an inherent flaw where its weapons are *garbage*. By design, theyre meant to be utility. Youre meant to use your utilities, i.e. primarily kits, for damage. If you nerf every half-way playable kit into oblivion, like Grenade Kit just was, then core engineer has no good weapon to use. Buffing Tools is not going to change that. And no, Explosives isnt the issue. Every thief is "carried" by Trickery. Every guardian is "carried" by virtues. There is usually one amazing traitline that every version of the class plays. Explosives is that traitline for engineer. Kinda always has been. I would maybe argue that it's actually alchemy. For all the years I play Engi, I can't recall a single viable build without it. And in combination with Holo it's providing stupid amounts of boons.

Two years after the announcement. Right on schedule. Dream job though. You and your team doing literally nothing for years to come.

> @"DemonSeed.3528" said: > A reduction in cast time would actually be nice, it'd push the limit of when I can more than likely bait out the enemies burst by luring them with low hp. What if it was at 1/2 instead of 3/4? Ye, that could work. And maybe a few seconds of regen if you don't get hit at all, when it's up. Not sure.

> @"Yasai.3549" said: > That's because AED isn't supposed to be used as a pinch heal, but a pre-emptive heal. > The intended usage is to get a feel for when yu might be taking the fat damage, and the pop it before hand before it happens. > > I use AED alot when I face down things which I know are gonna slap alot of damage in my face, like Trap DHs or Condi bombs from Mirages. > By rule of thumb, I just slap it on when I have around 10k hp, because even if it times out, it won't be a huge heal waste if I press the aggression and intentionally "trade health for pressure" > > It's also extremely powerful in PvE. > The only reason its not super used in the past is because it's okay-ish when untraited and Heal Turret Blast Combo used to heal way more. Aye, i allways forget to mention that i talk about PvP/WvW only. I know how it's supposed to work and from that point comes my problem. Seeing some people using it the way you do, like hitting it at at half life or so, when enemy burst is up, brought them even more problems because they usually shouldn't get over 10k dmg in 8 seconds when they don't make mayor mistakes, which leaves them at medium/low HP and A.E.D on full Cd. I think if you compare it to Rev heal it's way clunkier to use. Imho the cast time should be minimal to at least guarantee you those 8/5 seconds to pressure your fow when you are on like 20%/15% or find some traps/fields to run into. The large tell and cast has a bigger impact on this heal because you basically get only one chance to use it like DemonSeed said.

Some time ago people were oneshoting each other from stealth with this but it was a troll build that was food when you failed.

> @"Dawdler.8521" said: > Ah the standard reply of "well you're not fighting very good enemies" on the basis of watching 0.01% of a couple months playtime. Thing is, there is truth to it, that lies in the build itself. Condi engi has a to low application rate of threatening condis to be a viable dueler/roamer. Every decent player just hardcounters it by running cleansing sigil and pressure/cc you agressive. > I couldnt tell, because I rarely meet enemies that repeatedly kill me by pure skill. Most that do are carried by their class and rely heavily on being one trick ponies. Weird that. This is basically the problem I described above. When the build is to easily countered, you have to consider that maybe you are the one trick pony, that relies to much on people not cleansing/avoiding pistol 4.

> @"asterix.9614" said: > Yea, I have similar stats on my toon and I always make sure to dismount or use the mount skill 4 to make the ranger dismount (or I use a stun break if a ranger dismounts me). I never really have trouble with wvw rangers, in my absolute honest opinion 95% of all wvw rangers are either just trying wvw for the first time or are just newbs XD Overall skill level is pretty low in WvW in general, but I think Soulbeast is maybe the strongest dueler in the game right now.

It's somehow a cool idea but they should rework the Alchemie traitline and Elixier effects with it. I really hate how much our class is carried by the most passive line and boring boon spam fiesta. It leads to dumb non reactional gameplay imho.