Zexanima.7851 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I've decided to give myself a challenge to rekindle my interest in PvE.Level character 1-80100% core Tyria map completionEngineerNo armor/trinketsNo mountsNo food/buffsFollow a theme (i.e. I pick weapons/traits/skills around this theme even if they are not optimal)All I have left to decide is what race should I be and what should my characters theme be. Any suggestions are appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaNet Staff Connor Fallon.9408 Posted January 30, 2020 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted January 30, 2020 Charr female. As for name, IDK. Syrra Gearbreaker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zexanima.7851 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 @Connor Fallon.9408 said:Charr female. As for name, IDK. Syrra Gearbreaker?I was thinking Charr. I love the female Charr voice acting. Maybe even run some racial skills since they fit engineer so well. What about a theme though? Tinkerer that love inventing? Explosives maniac (like junkrat)? Obsessed with burning things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arteros.9184 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Tinker Bell. Because I love her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynder.2509 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Despite not being a fan of engineer I have quite many of them.Two of them are charr, one is asura and the other one is a sylvari (actually concepted as a mechavari/cybervari).Theoretically, every race could be fine with the right background to the character but I'd definitely go with either charr or asura if you're not into creating entire background stories.Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batel.9206 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 My two engineers are an asura - for obvious reasons - and a sylvari. The sylvari is an interesting concept; my guy has spent most of his life around charr, working as a scrapper for warbands in the general area he's at, so he uses a lot of their technology (and as little sylvari-inspired stuff as possible...long story short, an encounter with Nightmare scared him so badly he went Soundless and fled as far away from the Grove as humanly possible). So his theme is based around cobbled-together/reworked charr technology - turrets, toolkits, etc., using a rifle and/or twin pistols as his primary weapon(s). He avoids fire and explosives, though...being a plant, he's rather flammable, or at least prone to getting his leaves singed.Anyway; that's just one justification for a sylvari engineer. You could go the opposite route for a sylvari and give them solely plant- or nature-themed stuff - cultural weapons, seed turrets, maybe elixirs if you imagine that said elixir is made of nectar or dew or whatnot.[ahem] Anyway, headcanon rambling aside and echoing Connor's suggestion, we can always use more charr ladies around Tyria. :D I'm not a fan of her voice-acting (maybe it gets better in later story content?), but charr are always a fun race to play as. Vita Burnpaw, from the Burn warband! ...because she likes burning stuff, and I imagine she's not too careful with her flamethrower... Maybe? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zexanima.7851 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 @Batel.9206 said:My two engineers are an asura - for obvious reasons - and a sylvari. The sylvari is an interesting concept; my guy has spent most of his life around charr, working as a scrapper for warbands in the general area he's at, so he uses a lot of their technology (and as little sylvari-inspired stuff as possible...long story short, an encounter with Nightmare scared him so badly he went Soundless and fled as far away from the Grove as humanly possible). So his theme is based around cobbled-together/reworked charr technology - turrets, toolkits, etc., using a rifle and/or twin pistols as his primary weapon(s). He avoids fire and explosives, though...being a plant, he's rather flammable, or at least prone to getting his leaves singed.That's an interesting backstory! My first character is actually a sylvari engineer. I never play them anymore though because it I miss what engineer use to be back in vanilla. That's why I decided to challenge myself with this.Anyway; that's just one justification for a sylvari engineer. You could go the opposite route for a sylvari and give them solely plant- or nature-themed stuff - cultural weapons, seed turrets, maybe elixirs if you imagine that said elixir is made of nectar or dew or whatnot.[ahem] Anyway, headcanon rambling aside: we can always use more charr ladies around Tyria. :D I'm not a fan of her voice-acting (maybe it gets better in later story content?), but charr are always a fun race to play as. Vita Burnpaw, from the Burn warband! ...because she likes burning stuff, and I imagine she's not too careful with her flamethrower... Maybe? :)I think it get pretty good, there is lots of personality in it. I was thinking pyromanic with a flamethrower does that seem a little too cliche? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman.6349 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Make Asura named Phikkit ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batel.9206 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 @Zexanima.7851 said:I was thinking pyromanic with a flamethrower does that seem a little too cliche? You can never go wrong with fire. ;)...that, and the flamethrower's a pretty handy tool for leveling and open-world exploration. I say go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman.6349 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 @Tman.6349 said:Make Asura named Phikkit ;)*oh and go steampunk with metallic colors*oh build theme my bad...uhmm Tools and Tech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue.8235 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Make an asuran engineer named Thermochemist Bhuum (as of right now it's available, checked it in game). (Pronounced Boom)The theme is explosions. All the explosions. Explosions everywhere. Explosively exploding explosions exploding explosively!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EXPLODE ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!if you don't make this character I will. This sounds really fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zexanima.7851 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 @Rogue.8235 said:Make an asuran engineer named Thermochemist Bhuum (as of right now it's available, checked it in game). (Pronounced Boom)The theme is explosions. All the explosions. Explosions everywhere. Explosively exploding explosions exploding explosively!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EXPLODE ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!if you don't make this character I will. This sounds really fun.Haha, I might very well do it because I have no Asuran characters yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaranthe.3578 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Two ideas.Asura - a genius inventor who meddles with battle gadgets and machines.Charr - Iron legion all the way. The power of the machine.Id go for a charr flamethrower engi that's all about fire burning your enemies alive screaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zexanima.7851 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 Thanks everyone for your input! While Charr was a big contender I have yet to make an Asura and this was a good chance. Here is the character! The theme will be explosives and alchemy. (because you never know when you'll discover a new volatile chemical!) I think he'll run double pistol. Let the adventure begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batel.9206 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 @Zexanima.7851 said:Thanks everyone for your input! [...]Ooh, he looks like a lot of fun to play with. Hope you have a blast with this! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vision.7265 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Guess this should be closed. You made your choice. I agreed with Connor Fallon. The engineer in this game is directly lore related to the Charr and their technology. I guess going Asura is a unique choice for RP if you make a story of the scatterbrained, Asura outcast who uses primitive Charr tech. Because you know, Asura tech is way futuristic and laser based. Asura have lasers for everything: dragons, doors, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if they had laser can openers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crepuscular.9047 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 @Connor Fallon.9408 said:Charr female. As for name, IDK. Syrra Gearbreaker?any option that we can start off as a charr cub, and grow into a fully matured charr by L80? :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zexanima.7851 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 @XYLO.7031 said:Guess this should be closed. You made your choice. I agreed with Connor Fallon. The engineer in this game is directly lore related to the Charr and their technology. I guess going Asura is a unique choice for RP if you make a story of the scatterbrained, Asura outcast who uses primitive Charr tech. Because you know, Asura tech is way futuristic and laser based. Asura have lasers for everything: dragons, doors, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if they had laser can openers.This guy uses it out of pure love of explosions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbru.6014 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 My Engineer is an Asura from the College of Dynamics, which has a branch dedicated to experimenting with Charr tech for Asura use. It's a perfect RP fit. Adding to the Dynamics experimenting image and the generally destructive nature of Charr tech, I gave him scars and torn up ears and a "scorched" look from all the lab accidents he has survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue.8235 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 @"Zexanima.7851" said:Thanks everyone for your input! While Charr was a big contender I have yet to make an Asura and this was a good chance. Here is the character! The theme will be explosives and alchemy. (because you never know when you'll discover a new volatile chemical!) I think he'll run double pistol. Let the adventure begin!YES EXPLODE EVERYTHING!I was thinking, as an additional challenge you can try to make the perfect screenshot. Really explore the open world to find an area that would be the best backdrop, then as you take the screenshot try to have as many explosives go off at once while the little guy does a fitting emote. It's a very different kind of mechanical challenge, but still requires skill using the game mechanics. You'd really have to think outside the box for this.Also,, alchemical volatility is a nice touch, kudos (do they still make those candy bars btw?) for that touch. Also loving the nuance of avoiding a shield, cuz yo're little guy is too crazy to have any form of protection. @"Jimbru.6014" said:My Engineer is an Asura from the College of Dynamics, which has a branch dedicated to experimenting with Charr tech for Asura use. It's a perfect RP fit. Adding to the Dynamics experimenting image and the generally destructive nature of Charr tech, I gave him scars and torn up ears and a "scorched" look from all the lab accidents he has survived.This is also a great idea to round out the character.Have fun explosively exploding explosive explosives around the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundabolt.8541 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 @Connor Fallon.9408 said:Charr female. As for name, IDK. Syrra Gearbreaker?I always had faith that Aenet staff were woke as heck, and now I'm absolutely certain of it. Female charr best charr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teratus.2859 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Charr and Asura are best races for Engineer.Human is a ok choice too.Sylvari and Norn are the least compatible due to culture.. Norn being rather rural and less technologically focused and Sylvari prefer to grow their weapons, armour, turrets, mines etc rather than manufacture stuff from metal and wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drizzt.1796 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 @Batel.9206 said:My two engineers are an asura - for obvious reasons - and a sylvari. The sylvari is an interesting concept; my guy has spent most of his life around charr, working as a scrapper for warbands in the general area he's at, so he uses a lot of their technology (and as little sylvari-inspired stuff as possible...long story short, an encounter with Nightmare scared him so badly he went Soundless and fled as far away from the Grove as humanly possible). So his theme is based around cobbled-together/reworked charr technology - turrets, toolkits, etc., using a rifle and/or twin pistols as his primary weapon(s). He avoids fire and explosives, though...being a plant, he's rather flammable, or at least prone to getting his leaves singed.Anyway; that's just one justification for a sylvari engineer. You could go the opposite route for a sylvari and give them solely plant- or nature-themed stuff - cultural weapons, seed turrets, maybe elixirs if you imagine that said elixir is made of nectar or dew or whatnot.[ahem] Anyway, headcanon rambling aside and echoing Connor's suggestion, we can always use more charr ladies around Tyria. :D I'm not a fan of her voice-acting (maybe it gets better in later story content?), but charr are always a fun race to play as. Vita Burnpaw, from the Burn warband! ...because she likes burning stuff, and I imagine she's not too careful with her flamethrower... Maybe? :)@Cynder.2509 said:Despite not being a fan of engineer I have quite many of them.Two of them are charr, one is asura and the other one is a sylvari (actually concepted as a mechavari/cybervari).Theoretically, every race could be fine with the right background to the character but I'd definitely go with either charr or asura if you're not into creating entire background stories.Hope that helps! Can you both link in pictures of your engineers? I'd love to see them for inspiration! fyi i hope to make an engineer soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbhalo.1547 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Asura in Inquest exo-suit outfit with inquest weapons, mark y golem backpack, inquest chair/glider and Exo-suit mounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antycypator.9874 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Why just don't make an asura named "Explode Everything" (it's available, I had this name on my key-runner once) but you can use only Explosives (grenades, rocket turret, bombs, pistol MH)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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