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Guild Wars 2: Engineer FAQ
SBFord
Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
The Arena.Net blog has been updated with a new FAQ about the recently revealed Guild Wars 2 character class, the Engineer. The team answers questions including whether or not the Engineer is best suited to a healing role and how exactly a Sylvari fits as a tech-heavy boom master.
Q: It’s difficult for me to visualize a nature-oriented sylvari as a tech-heavy engineer. How does the engineer fit with concept of each of the playable races?
A: The first engineers came from the ranks of the charr Iron Legion, who were innovative weaponsmiths. Soon other races began to take notice of how effective this new technology was, engineers from all background began to appear all over Tyria. Players in general are exceptional and unusual figures, heroes who stand out among their people. Just as there are asura warriors and norn necromancers, it’s not unheard of for an inquisitive, mechanically-inclined sylvari to become an engineer.
Read more on the Guild Wars 2 blog.
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Q: We noticed the skritt chatting in the engineer skill videos. Do mobs really chat while in combat, or was this just added for the video?
A: Yes, a lot of the mobs have scenes and chatter lines. Those skritt lines come straight from the game.
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So no dedicated healer class but they state that the Engineer is a better healer than the other classes so I guess the priest type players will stop complaining the holly trinty isnt here because it is now just not in a cloth wearing class. Well I retract it it says they are no different but they have more group heals so far then other classes. To me this class adds new insite to the game in a way other games havent tried but there doing it right so far at least from what I have seen.
Q: With Healing Turrets, Med Kits, and defensive skills like Absorb, does the engineer fit the dedicated healer/buff/support role in Guild Wars 2?
A: The engineer is no more a dedicated healer than an elementalist, necromancer, or guardian. The engineer’s healing turret and healing kit are both equipped in the character’s healing skill slot. You then need to consider how powerful each of those abilities are; the Healing Turret, for example, is very similar in power to the ranger skill Healing Spring. Absorbing a projectile is a slightly different version of skills that deflect projectiles, which we’ve seen from other professions. When built properly the engineer is a great support character, but no more so than most of the other professions.
So there it is dicrect from the Anet blog FAQ on the engineer.
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Um, actually 'direct from the Anet blog FAQ' he says they're no better a healer than any other class.
"When built properly the engineer is a great support character, but no more so than most of the other professions."
You even copy pasted it >_>
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That was lol worthy.
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Engineers are cool, they are the manly version of a mage.
Hehe yeah think of it as a necromancer/mage which doesn't wear a dress