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Introducing the Guild Wars 2 Engineer

On May 19, 2011 by Ash Meehan

Today ArenaNet revealed the newest profession for Guild Wars 2 the Engineer.

The engineer is master of  explosives, gadgets, deployable devices and elixirs.

Also as an engineer you will have access to kits which each provide engineers with special weapons and a backpack loaded with a full set of skills to replace their current weapon skills.

The kits types are:

  • Weapon kits: which equip a new weapon when activated so for example when you use the flamethrower kit you can do extra damage to other enemies via an Immolate type skill.
  • Backpack kits: This kit replaces your current weapon with a set of specialized skills like the ability to deploy bombs.

Turrets can be described as an engineers best friend and with turrets that can help slow down enemies and make them easier to kill is always helpful. You can also do a special overcharge on your placed turret which increases the ability of the turret placed.

The tool belt is another addition for the engineer which provides a set of special skills to enhance the engineers ability like healing or remote detonation of mines etc.

Below is a list of items the engineer can use:

Weapons

  • Main Hand: Pistol
  • Off Hand: Pistol, Shield
  • Two-Handed: Rifle

Backpack Kits

  • Tool Kit
  • Grenade Kit
  • Bomb Kit
  • Mine Kit
  • Med Kit

Weapon Kits

  • Flamethrower
  • Elixir Gun

Turrets

  • Rifle Turret
  • Thumper Turret
  • Net Turret
  • Flame Turret
  • Healing Turret

Video of some of the Engineer’s skills:

Screenshots of the Engineer’s skills:

Source: Guild Wars 2 Engineer

Author: Ash Meehan

Hi, I’m the creator of SG Gaming Info. When I’m not working on my writing or creating content for this site’s YouTube channel, I like to relax and enjoy character driven story games.


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