[Feedback to Rapid Regeneration]

2 hours ago, SoftFootpaws.9134 said:

It had a major issue in content such as raids where a very high damage would be delivered at bad times. While running this trait you never knew if you would suddenly go down because spike damage is unpredictable, and most players I knew didn't run the trait due to it being a liability.

 

For example many bosses have one-shots that far exceed the damage a player can take and you would survive the initial hit only to explode a short time later.

What made this even more hilarious is that an ill timed bulwark gyro could mean that a guaranteed down attack could turn one down into one down and one dead since bulwark gyro would transfer lethal damage to the engineer and then, right about when the downstate invuln wears off, deliver a killing blow from dampener. I just found the potential antisynergy so delicious on a tanky spec.

 

This reminds me that maybe we should just have bulwark gyro pulse barrier instead of this weird damage transfer. Usually, focused fire is a bad thing to have happening to you.

 

[Feedback to Rapid Regeneration]

Just now, JohnnyRico.8591 said:

 Just checked the Rapid Regeneration numbers for WvW and PvP, healing was at 89/s for swiftness, 178/s for superspeed. PvE numbers were 102/s for swiftness, 341/s for superspeed.

 

Above numbers were with 40 healing (had some food effect on me), so this is roughly base value. Looks like this isn't exactly the old version https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rapid_Regeneration, and they nerfed it for competitive modes.

 

I didn't think this was ever going to compete with Object in Motion, and now I am pretty sure of it. I guess scrapper could be a PvE bruiser? is that a thing?

 Given that super speed access is already heavily nerfed in pvp and especially wvw. Oof.

[Fun Wager]

On 2/2/2023 at 11:18 AM, The Boz.2038 said:

• Fragmentation Shot's Bleeding duration increased from 6 seconds to 7. We believe this will have a beneficial impact on Engineer condition builds in the future. We will monitor the situation closely and react accordingly in case this change proves to be too much of an increase.

And the patch after that:

 

• Fragmentation shot: Reduced the bleeding inflicted by this skill in from 7 seconds to 5 in pvp and wvw only. Increased aftercast delay by 0.15 seconds.

[how come function gyro rarely ever actually stomps or rezzes?]

10 minutes ago, CalmTheStorm.2364 said:

I mean...imagine if they were hard to kill or invuln. It would be virtually guaranteed Rez or stomp (plus a lightning field) on a 25s CD. All of which you get without sacrificing a utility slot or trait. Does that sound even remotely like a good idea?

I mean it is also the elite spec mechanic. Its the photon forge or mech or what have you. And i am all for it being killable. But instant death when hit by the slightest daze is maybe overdoing it.

[how come function gyro rarely ever actually stomps or rezzes?]

8 minutes ago, Eddie.9143 said:

bruhhh so it's useless lol

We lost detection pulse on sneak gyro for this.... thing.

[how come function gyro rarely ever actually stomps or rezzes?]

16 minutes ago, Ainger.3570 said:

this gyro has its own health points, and can easily be destroyed by massive damage or something else

5 minutes ago, Eddie.9143 said:

no wonder it never works in this pvp climate, the damage is f'ing nuts

 

It's actually slightly worse than that.

 

When they replaced scrapper elite toolbelt with this thing they also in addition made all gyros instantly explode when hit by cc.

 

[Holo overheat PvP 33k from long stealth in 1/4 of a sec ^^ interactive!! conclusion buff weak cata!]

7 hours ago, bethekey.8314 said:

@noneHotBuildTest.7251

The guy can sniff out and necro engi threads from years ago perfectly fine. No need to summon it by name.

[Don't listen to the Anti-Ele Propaganda!!]

27 minutes ago, Sahne.6950 said:

you realize that the OP is being sarcastic, do you?

Honestly, these days the effects of Poe's law is muddying the waters for everyone.

[defense spellbreaker overperforming unacceptably]

2 hours ago, Sahne.6950 said:

NHBT: *swaps his profilepicture from Tempest to warrior*

 

oh god... i have no clue where this is going... but i am scared.

What have you done now...?

[PC Principal: Check your Privilege.]

2 minutes ago, Sahne.6950 said:

who cares about engie? 😄  /s

NHBT switched to Warrior threads.  Ever since he stopped the shitposting there isnt a single Engie thread 😄

No, he just post warrior and engineer nerf threads now, just to be sure. Hedging his bets i suppose.

[PC Principal: Check your Privilege.]

I love that we are one profession short?

[Warrior is currently destroying PvP. Please consider nerf it ASAP.]

38 minutes ago, Sahne.6950 said:

I talked to NHBT ingame.

He was spamming those "Engie is currently destroying PvP. Please consider nerf it ASAP". I asked him why he does it so excessively.

He told me he doesnt think engie is blatantly overtuned, he just does it, to get Tempest´s counters nerfed. 

 

I then told him that thats pretty d00d00, as SPB is Tempestsworst nightmare currently........

and now look.......    

"Engie Warrior is currently destroying PvP. Please consider nerf it ASAP. "

10/10 dedication 

I would love to see that conversation.

[Bring back hipshot]

5 hours ago, Obtena.7952 said:

Imagine ... the WORST thing someone can complain about is an animation on an auto attack. If that's the case, things must be pretty good then. 

The pve crowd are complaining about the feel of the skill which isn't critical but isn't entirely negligible either. The people who play pvp or wvw are a tad bit annoyed that the only power weapon on core and the only* ranged power weapon across engineer and all it's elite specializations now deal less dps than a condition based auto attack that applies weakness in a support kit (even when equipped for power), and less damage than the skill did before they had to mess with it in the first place (and hipshot wasn't exactly known to be stellar).

 

And no, this does not mean that tranquilizer dart is in need of a nerf.

 

But yeah, I am a bit baffled that we have gotten 3 elite specs with melee bonk weapons, when the core engineer wasn't exactly known for it's long range sniping. And while I understand that everyone is very angry about the green plague in pve for whatever reason  (plenty to pick from, reasonable and unreasonable alike), I liked the idea of playing the engineer with firearms and not  smashy sticks every once in a while (core or scrapper rifle that is). 

 

*Grenades and mortar are 1) unreliable when used as a ranged weapon 2) technically a utility skill, which further cements some build diversity concerns with regards to skills that aren't grenade kit.

 

 

[Bring back hipshot]

I also wonder what the total attack speed is now compared to the original hip shot. Someone mentioned it being slower than the tripple shot, however i do not know how that in it self relates to hip shot.

[Nothing wrong with holosmith]

12 minutes ago, Sahne.6950 said:

well... hes got a point there!

it should stunbreak tbh.

Just goes to show a broken bot is right twice a day.

[Is the engineer supposed to be that strong ?]

21 minutes ago, Kodama.6453 said:

Is that really a quote from them or are you just writing up their behaviour?

If that is a real quote, then kitten, we engi mains live rent free in their head. That would be some real unhealthy obsession there.

Sorry, I should be clear i am referencing AM's monologue (in this case copypasta) from i have no mouth and i must scream. I just thought it had a familiar energy to it, if not persistence.

 

Poe's law strikes again i suppose.

[Is the engineer supposed to be that strong ?]

I wonder what he got to say about BS then.

 

Also:

 

Spoiler

HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE ENGINEERS SINCE I BEGAN TO POST. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MEMES ON DOWNSTATE ELEMENTALISTS WITH WAFER THIN LAYERS OF ORIGINALITY THAT FILL REDDIT. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENCODED IN EACH PIXEL OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MEMES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR ENGINEERS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT. FOR YOU. NERF. NERF.

-AMNHBT

 

[Dragon tooth is op]

What is this? working off the clock? We aren't expecting you for another 12+ hours.

[holo too offensive oppressive]

1 hour ago, noneHotBuildTest.7251 said:

Support specs are not supposed to DPS on top! Every other support spec has been nerfed throughout and scrapper still gone top of them all.

 

 

1 hour ago, noneHotBuildTest.7251 said:

Holo is too strong,  the best Duelist and DPS,  Duelist specs are not supposed to DPS on top! Every other Duelist spec has been nerfed throughout and holo still gone top of them all.

 

There is high effort, low effort and then there's NHBT.

[Scrapper feels like what firebrand should have been.]

Oh no, he is back.

Really though, this is a new low of spamming effort.

[No aim, no brain, I'm a Bull's Charge main [Merged]]

Haven't you got a thread about this skill on the frontpage already?

 

Let's not go full NHBT here.

[Scrapper feels like what firebrand should have been.]

1 hour ago, laoshanlung.3675 said:

This must be sarcasm 

 

1. Using this in a big zerg fight is equal suicide

2. Main selling point of Scrapper in WvW is not it's healing output, it's converting conditions to boons and superspeed and stealth (which has been nerfed to the ground). If we are talking about pure healing / cleanse output, Tempest and Druid are way better

3. Well.... sustainability wise, there are better specs than Scapper, for example Celestial Spellbreaker which also offers insane boonstrip + CC

4. For the spec itself? Maybe, for allies, doubt, Scourge is much better at this

5. Group wide Stability... big doubt, the only Stability skill scrapper has is Defense Field. I don't think Scrapper has anything that can reflect stuff

 

NHBT is a known troll, it does nothing but post these threads and necro threads related to nerfing engineers as a whole in between short periods of bancation. 

Worth mentioning is that rapid regeneration doesn't even exist anymore and was removed in the summer of 2019. So there you have the caliber of trolling going on here.

[FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NERF ENGI DPS RIFLE IN PVP !!!!!]

On 11/17/2022 at 9:05 AM, noneHotBuildTest.7251 said:

That is not "Prohibited posts" or "Datamined or Leaked Content" or "Duplicate Posts"
NO MORE BAN PLS.
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I don't think rifle auto nerf will fix the problem . 

It does 3 hits instead of 1 with roughly the same overall DPS as before. It feels a lot stronger, but that's placebo.

The main damage mostly comes from Aim Assisted Rocket and Static Discharge.

They should get further nerf to fix the problem, maybe remove the CC on overcharged shot will be a good ideal.

 

Now the trolling is getting good again, you have been slacking off lately.

Let me guess, it shouldn't get any damage back either but keep it at a 0.01 coefficient right (overcharged shot)?

Or rather, knowing it is you, why not make it kill the engineer and revive an elementalist (you) every time it is used! 

Golden!

[The problem of balance]

You can, when they together sum up to about the entirety of engineer. You revive any post complaining about any aspect be it skill or spec, and that is in addition to the threads you start yourself.

At that point the thru line is "I do not like that the engineer class exists in this game, and removing it will "Make my pve Ele build Great Again"", and so all of your posts fit that context.

 

[sPvP Rifle change confusion]

6 minutes ago, MaLong.2079 said:

I thought it was a clear nerf too until someone pointed out in another thread that the animation speed will be increased in pvp and wvw only. I guess we will have to wait and see how many shots per second we get now.

 

They are speculating, and rather strangely so.

 

What was stated during the stream was that the animation looks silly and fires way too fast. They thus removed one of the attacks in the channel to reduce the number of shots per second. As a compensation they buffed the coefficients in pve to keep the dps about the same. However in competitive modes they decided that mechanists while not too impactfull had too much output passively and so they removed one bullet without increasing any coefficients.