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yes i managed to get them . thanks .

I am stucked since days because i am not able to find rifts. Every time they are already killed . I gave you my money and i am stacked at the start of this kitten. Can you give me money back or let me finish this first part of the story ? i can not stay 10 days on the first part and i can not play all the day. I don't ask you to modify the game, but in this situation i think , if i can not go on for what i payed , that you should at least give my money back for a fact of correctness . Regards PP

if you swap googles for toolkit and shield with offhand pistol you gain a lot in damage .

Does pistol autoattack proc explosion if i trait explosive line ? ( just a curiosity )

In spvp i prefer sage with burning fire and burning rage. It is not a condi setup but i find it more effective than with mender or cele . I find d/d core ele really a good and consistent setup. It is very easy to play and effective

AED is the only way to try to build without alchemy imho but i feel the need of alchemy in any case

Symbols guardian was a thing last season till the symbol nerf. Core necro has been a solid pick for like an year at least. Condi core thief is still performing well high tier games. I guess there are core rangers in top 50. also old core ele can be quite rewarding if well played

Here's the last clips I made on my tools/alchemy/firearms based core engie. Just random though, no theme (and you can see what I describe above happen in a 1v3 where I can kill 2 of them but not the condi mesmer). Don't u miss a bit of damage ? I play something similar but against for examples ele is really hard ( i win only if i am luck with elixir X or sometime moa )

how do you build d/d tempest ?

I usually roam and go 1vs 1 only with dagger dagger core. I am using a mix of stats fire water arcana. You have to keep moving all the time . Cantrips are till quite good imho , and the gameplay is for me quite always the same , attack in fire, disengage in earth/air (whater obviously for heals ) . You are not a warrior so you can not stand "long" in the fight , you have to move costantly but with cc and pbaoe you can do really good things .

I don't agree with the post. Core Ele is one of the best core profession of the game . Core DD, fire, water arcana is greatly viable for wvw roaming and for spvp. Better than weaver ? Yes and no. Weaver is probably stronger for an high skilled player but it is much more complex to play , with a stronger rotation to follow . core ele d/d is really easy. Core D/D can have a good sustain , a great mobility and a decent damage and great CC. In my opinion Ele is one of the class with a better core speak in the game . It is not too weak in respect of tempest and weaver. It is really easier to play than weaver so it is easier for a middle player to win 1 vs 1 and it is different and fits different roles/gameplay from weaver and tempest. Try it and you see that it is great . I also prefer S/F freshair on core rather than on weaver. But it is a personal taste in this case .

Core condi engi now can be quite good in small scale fights . Obviously the play style is different from holo or scrapper but now it is much better than in the recent past

Yeah, now I'm using different builds in 5v5 season. Live your idea but if u use only AED from gadgets that doesn't really worth the talents, I love slick sheos too wih stunbreak option. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PegAo6lFw+YesLWKWyPdJNA-z5YXGNWARmASPA here's my actual variant mainly for support, 2 additional healing fields, protection for allies and condi cleanse also, 3 blocking options and about 60% condi reduction for movement impairing effects, not the best option for dmg deal, but it works well in that too. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PegAo6lZw+YdsRWJWyPdtVA-z5YXGNWARmASPA The other variant for more stuns and burning dmg (Function gyro <3), but less support Your are hibryds build. Mine is pure Condi . With pure condi damage in my opinion pistoll offhand is till needed. I love shield but in my opinion it has a too long cd . Using toolkit and shield together is not a bit too much ? don't you get a lot of damage ? In my opinion if you go condi you should not go support, but bursting . For example condi holo is fun but holo gives you only access to burning so you have to cover them with something else and it it not always simple .

I am playing like this :http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PegAoqlJw4YfsLmKWyTZrbA-zZwKjITgMLAHGAIt is fun and quite strong becouse now bomb2 and bomb3 can be quite good in a condi setup. If you don't like aed you can change the trate of alchemy and take medkitbut i usually prefer A.E.D. becouse i am more used to it than to medkit and i love tool skill of A.E.D. . After last patch , in my opinion on Engineer, you have to use A.E.D. or medkit if you don't want to take elixir C . Bombs work well with glueshot or bomb 5. It is not the strongest build on engineeer but it is fun and in 2vs 2 for me it worked really well ( i am not a pro ) . I tried with Flamethrower but at the end i have got better resault with bomb kit . Probably it is a matter of playstyle .

I use something like this. I use AED http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PegAoqlJw+YcsLmKWyTZrbA-zZwKjITgMLAHGA but if you prefer you can play with medkit too ( i don't like it ) http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PegAoqlNw+YcsLmKWyTbrTA-zZwKjITgMLAHGA . I find it quite strong if well played . Bomb 2 and 3 can be really good in condi setup

I am playing something similar but a bit different. Bombs with pistol pistol now, condi, have a good damage output. Pistol3 , bomb 3 and prybar can hit quite hard . now if you play smart you can put a lot of condi . AED is not a must, i use it becouse it has a short cd and remove also condi . I use this in 2vs 2 tournament and i find it "viable" for nowhttp://gw2skills.net/editor/?PegAoqlJw4YfsLmKWyTZrbA-zZwKjITgMLAHGA

Bombs are good if you play condi .... bomb2 and bomb3 are not bad at all in a condi setup. They are not a power weapon more .

bs ? base health pool ?

Wich is strange cause people are trying to use condi zergs :) Fun. Stay at side, pull and kill is fun :) Don't you play for fun ? Yes but having a low effort builds takes fun out of the game for me.. I only tend to use some once in a while on some one I want to KoS hard, mostly insome one that thinks he is better than every one else due build.. to show I can win w-o know what I’m doing beside press condinspam. I was wining 1 vs 5 with condi renegade mallyx before patch only scrappers were harder to almost impossible, some even had those spvp icons after the server name and tag... it was quite broken but there were better and easier builds to carry at that time. Most time I didn’t even need to know what I was doing... well that’s not fun but was my lame up kos build.Using a build with 2 or 3 kits is not something i would call low efforts. Play engi with kits is like playing piano and it is the only reason i love it :)

Wich is strange cause people are trying to use condi zergs :) Fun. Stay at side, pull and kill is fun :) Don't you play for fun ?

Condi core engi, for roaming now can be a thing . If you go bomb, toolkit, elixr S elixir X you can have quite fan and it is not so underperforming. Instead condi for now are not imho great in zerging for the massive condicleanse organized zergs have. In that case with a condi setup you can only put aside and gang people out of the blob

For roaming p/p can work really well now. I use dire with a sigil of intelligense ( for proc burning ) AED , toolkit , bomb , elixir S elixir X , firearms, alchemy , tools and i can say that it is a lot of fun. Now with bomb2 , bomb 3, prybar and pistols the reapplication of condi damage is quite good . You have 2 distinct stealth access , a block ,a pull, moa and elixir X can be quite strong . Obviously it is not probably the strongest setup in the game, but i can ensure you that it is quite viable . Usually i kill times than i be killed . The reduction of damage helped condi engi a lot . For zerg it is not the best. You have to stay aside, pull and gank ... but it is not really usefull, only fun :)

Let me start thanking anet becouse i really love this patch. The reduction of damage is a great thing, something i wanted from ages. This has also permitted to play easily with much more non meta builds, there is much more build diversity now, as it was years and years ago ( before hot ). Thanks anet, this is really a great job and i am happy to be back. 2vs 2 is really fun. I play sometime in solo ( i have not much time ) and obviously it is a bit "harder" becouse you are far less coordinated than a 2 comp, but i love it also when i lose .How do you tactically drive your match : 2 together targeting the higher dps split in 2 1vs 1 ( never done ) 2 vs the most counter class of the enemy teams ( for example a necro ) random ? which is your strategy ? Under which circumstance you change it ?For me i usually suggest the first, obviously after first fight becouse when i start i don't know the comp .Do you modify your build basing on the teammate you have ? if yes, in which directions ?

Pistol pistol now in my opinion is really in a good spot. Try to play full rabid with bomb, toolkit , elixir S elixir X. I use firearms, tools alchemy . It is quite viable now in spvp /wvw becouse pistols now , traited, offers a good damage ( condi ) and bombs , if well used, can be quite strong too. try it . Obviously pistols are a condi weapon ... not a power one so if you try to use power you will have terrible resaults imho