the theme could have been amazing but alas it failed lack of weapons : because we have tons of other options , granades , flamethrower , ect having to juggle multiple cooldowns that u cant even see. if Engineer is all about tech why dont create something cool and awesome , hell look at asura , always creating cool things that made u go woahh, but engin cant have that because? not flashy enough , when u have proffs like Ele , Mesmer , guardian that are all about cool effects , ice , lightning , buttlerflies , blue fire , tomes , hell even warrior the most "simple" class ever , smash / crush / slash things around and looks badass . There is no point in playing Eng , when u can play something more fun and rewarding. there has been games that added Engineers and were tons of fun (Warhammer engineer , Dragon nest (tinkerer - gear master or alchemist both tons of fun) , and maybe even FFXIV machinist)