[Mechanist Feedback Thread]

15 hours ago, Malus.2184 said:

One thing I would really like to see is the mech being made water proof.

Mechanist is the only spec in the game that turns totally useless when placed underwater. Out of ALL the traits in the Spec there are only two that works underwater, Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits and Mech Core: J-Drive, and the benefit of either is minimal  at best. The frame only works if you've Barrier Signet, and then only for the duration of that. The Core gives a few more impacts at random and increases the Signets you can use underwater by a whole 2%-point. Meanwhile, the entire spec is gutted hard to the point where it's near useless as anything.

The easy counter to that is that "underwater combat is such a small part of the game." To that I say taht it still happens. If you do Fractals Underwater Ruins is still in the rotation. In EoD killing the Leviathan is an underwater event that you're useless at.

At some point in the future ANet will hopefuilly sort out underwater combat and improve the experience, and then Mechanists will still be left out unless the mech is water-proofed.

Specter loses access to the Scepter skills, however, still builds up resouirces to go into shadow form and can do so under water. The Virtuoso while lacking the dagger main-hand can still do things that conjures blades as well as use those blade under water.

The Mechanist can only go, "curses, my only weakness, WATER!" in reaction.

I hate Underwater Ruins with a passion as I know that I'll be utterly  and totally useless in that Fractal. A core Engineer is a better option.

This.

I don"t event get the putative explanation: no flamethrower underwater is 100% logical, but not jade mecha underwater feels cheap for an engineer 😅 I really hope Anet will come up with something viable. Underwater combat is part of the game experience whatsoever.

[Scrapper flamethrower PvE armor stats?]

28 minutes ago, backhand.4281 said:

Yeah I'm gonna start working on getting the commander armor set then and stack power, like you all have suggested.

Just kills me that I invested in a useless set of armor and rings etc. Can't even sell them cause they're soulbound, lol.

 

Well, just cross fingers for the EoD elite spec to be condi damage oriented. We never know, it could bring something new to the "watch the world burn in flames" thing 😁