Slyven.8637

Engineer is rusty,outdated, under-powered, underdeveloped, unloved, and underappreciated and inundated with inconsistencies. "That was a mouthful"Kits are weak, and weapon dps ie. rifle/pistol is a joke. Pfft i'd expect even a 300% damage increase wouldn't do much, Mortar is a runner up for joke of the year, merely someone to annoy people in WvW "and kill afk'rs" The "new" condi cleansing spec is so pathetically weak in the dps department "it uses pistol/shield" that it is a total waste of time the programmers spent in restructuring it. Most of the "good" engineers in Wvw are what I think are called "Kitten Scripters" aka hackers who 'borrow" the code, so not technically a hacker just someone who knows who to copy/paste from.The future of the engineer looks bleak, we got a dps lightbright spec, but it's cost/reward in the dps department isn't worth much if anything. it's a "oh that looks fun I'll try that out, and then have to go to a different class to actually do stuff unless in a futile sense of pity they allow you to play an engineer.

does the stats stack or do they run longer ie. 3 targets you get + 750 or 9 seconds?

Ok the whole idea of a Engineer using a weapon ie. mace to me is preposterous, Think about it, you are a soldier with mechanical skills, the enemy is invading, do you, Rush to your toolbox for a large monkey wrench?Pick up a large sledgehammer?Strap on your energy pack, pick up your plasma demoleculizer array and set it to maximum charge? Using tools as a valid weapon is only a last resort. = We are Engineers we don't hack and chop, we blow them up and burn them into a crisp. - with style-

Hmm I predict next elite weapon for the engineer is going to be a focus, our "remote control device" for our mechanical minions. :-)

Hmm, seems a step in the right direction, be nice to actually use my Engineer ingame instead of having to play another class to be an actual viable contribution to the gaming community. Medkit is very sacrificial, need to be made into a ranged mechanic, I'd say something akin to the flamethrower mechanism, the 1 skill does frost damage and the final tick, hmm provide some sort of boon and maybe chill the target. be a tanky spec to close to moderate range group support kit.

Why, why, why, do people think that an engineer should use their tools for a weapon? Um, They use tools to CREATE weapons. it's like expecting a gunsmith to go hunting with a screwdriver.

Hmm, I'm thinking, not a new weapon but the ability to swap weapons, and new kits, like the ones you always see in events or temporary items that are a hoot to shoot.haha, thought of a funny idea, the new elite be a random weapons crate drop where people grab something and it can be all kinds of odd weaponry.And make the engineers "healing" ability be something like a frost cannon, similar to the flamethrower but heals and damages on the skill1 and such.There is so much ingame engineered technology that should be available for engineers, I want to see this in my chatbox "We need some engineers"To be able to be a viable part of the WvW community as an engineer be awesome. But outside of roaming they arn't engineered for much viable support. Most kits seem to be undertuned from years back and outdated technology, In WvW I consider an Engineer to be the lowest threat. The "Yolosmith" is to much a vulnerable target, easy to kill the only defense they really have is fleeing, rocket-boots FTW. Low defense, lack of sustainability, lack of range, they are the perfect bag dispenser.My desire, for all the somewhat negative comments I just listed to be non-existant. To be a class that people want to be in their group and not hear or have to say the phrase, ok swapping over to class "X" so we have something that's viable. because people who play engineers really like engineers, but play other classes because simply, the engineer is basically a glittery toy now. I'm not going to complain about their damage,.................................... but dead dps is no dps.