ZeroSkitzo.5403

Make sure your build is optimized. @"AliamRationem.5172" has a great open world post and keeps it updated (he even responded above :)) Also, as you even noted, practice practice practice. You have less than a day experience on weaver and weaver isn’t a class you just “pick up”. I used to suck hard with it and could never get it until I committed to it. Learn each attunement and what they’re meant for (generally speaking: fire is damage, water is healing, air is damage/utility, earth is defense/utility plus amazing dual skill with fire). Overall - just keep at it as it’s one of the most rewarding classes to learn (coming from someone who’s played them all across all content)!

Engi is great in all game modes and very fun/versatile! I main it in all content (pvp, wvw, fractals, raids) and top dps/near top always.

> @"TaurusZA.5493" said: > Thank you everyone for the many helpful responses. I think I probably need to change my mindset and start with a other class, so am currently levelling up another character (guardian) to 80 to use condi firebrand to do this fractal. I still can't master the condi berserker and applaud those who can - the advice "get good" or "change class" is probably right! That’s the spirit! Good luck!

I’ve played all 9 professions and kept swapping between them until I hit engineer and now exclusively play engi in open world/meta events, pvp, wvw, and fractals/raids. Wvw: mentioned above but holo for roaming (or flamethrower scrapper for memes and plenty others), flamethrower/bomb scrapper for Zerg dps or support scrapper for Zerg. Open world/meta: holo or scrapper. Holo more engaging, scrapper for laziness. Pvp: plenty of builds here, again holo or scrapper mainly. Fractals/raids: power holo for most but also decent condi holo (although a lot more effort than say a CFB). I play cholo for CM100 then power for rest. I also have legendary armor so very easy to swap stats/runes. All in all, guardian has the most meta and flexible builds but since you mentioned engi, figured I’d comment on that since I main it. Most builds can be picked from metabattle, snow crows or discretize and tweaked as you want. Good luck!

> @"Wolfb.7025" said: > Condi warrior is good, yesterday I had a good one, pulling out more than the average dps. > > If you're true to your class get good at it, I also consider myself a holosmith one trick pony, condi holo is a hard rotation but I learned to do it and now I'm even competing against the meta classes on cm100 just ebcause I do love my class. Second this and everything else said above. Condi warrior works in CM100 and people love those that can swap/go BS for CM99 after. There’s also plenty of LFG starting at CM99. Side note - I also exclusively play holo and although cholo requires 3x more effort than CFB (almost didn’t bother with cholo bc of this), holo for life!

Problem with condi is most/every fractal (besides CM100) are short burst fights to phase the fight faster. CFB is the exception and can top dps in any CM or T4 daily. Also, I run holo exclusively in CMs (condi for 100 of course) and have 0 issues. Typically top dps or come in after CFB with a fractal X title. I also rarely run BS even in pugs although is preferred on swap after CM100. Sounds like it may be a get gud response if whatever class you play isn’t accepted. As long as you can do decent dps in the tier you’re in, you should be golden.

You should try both out in the pvp lobby. That said, I would say holo has more viability across all game modes (fractals and raids particularly) as a dps spec. Both are great in pvp but holo holds the cake there too. However, scrapper flamethrower build can do great with lots of barrier for survivability so just depends on what you like. Holo takes more “skill” via heat maintenance and is more fun to play and what I main. But when I want to be lazy in world meta events/farming, I go flamethrower scrapper