A Little bit Of Hope For Engineering

[Apellosine]

Just having a look through the patch notes for the ptr when i stumbled upon this little gem:

Synapse Springs now increase Agility, Strength, or Intellect (whichever is highest for the character).

At least now non casters have something to put on their gloves apart from the crappy 40dps tazik shockers.

[Brunevde]

I am glad that i did not drop eng seems like a start at least

[Highlight]

I'm weary of this. They may decide to add a backfire to it...

Really, though. Looks good!

[Simca]

I am glad that i did not drop eng seems like a start at least

A little bit of hope? A start?

Engineering was already the top DPS profession for casters. Now it is the top DPS profession for melee too besides maybe Tailoring.

Used on CD, it's 96 INT/STR/AGI now.

[George Costanza]

A start?

Engineering was already the top DPS profession for casters. Now it is the top DPS profession for melee too besides maybe Tailoring.

It was the top DPS proffesion for rogues if you used saronite bombs (in LK.)

[Yosef1015]

It was the top DPS proffesion for rogues if you used saronite bombs (in LK.)

hahah good one.

OT: WOOOOOOOOT
I was wondering why there was an intellect one and no other major stat increasing tinkers now I can get rid of my tazer.

[George Costanza]

hahah good one.

OT: WOOOOOOOOT
I was wondering why there was an intellect one and no other major stat increasing tinkers now I can get rid of my tazer.

Nice try...

[Apellosine]

I'm weary of this. They may decide to add a backfire to it...

Really, though. Looks good!

the high level engineering items/tinkers do not backfire unless you are lower than the max level, do people not know this by now...

[BlackBoss]

negative, been maxed engineer for awhile and i still get the backfires

[Rukah]

negative, been maxed engineer for awhile and i still get the backfires

Backfires with rocketboots have cost me (and the raid) boss kills. In Asc Council P3, poppde rocketboots, got blasted into the air, disengauged, got put on a random ledge ontop of the room somewhere with 20k HP, Parachute was on Cd and I couldn't hit the boss.

TL;DR boots shouldn't backfire in raids.

[Glomp]

As a fury warrior, this patch pleases me.

[Surgical]

I knew this would happen, i told people to wait and i'm glad I waited and didn't drop eng and waste gold leveling another proff from scratch.

For non casters Eng was effectively useless in PvE (can't comment for PvP as i'm not a big PvP'er), there's no way it was going to stay that way for any length of time.

[Barreveler]

the high level engineering items/tinkers do not backfire unless you are lower than the max level, do people not know this by now...

The belt tinkers always backfire. However, the wrath belt tinkers, (rocket boots namely) have a far higher chance to backfire at 85.

The 85 belt tinkers have a much lower chance to backfire.

The glove tinkers do not backfire.

[Deleted]

i would only liket hey revert nitro.. back to boots imo and maybe add some new tinkers

Would be imba if we had a ground mount that flys like haloween boss mount,it could be something that transforms when u want to fly,fusing bike with eng plane lol

[Hulari]

As a tank I'm still quite disappointed with engineering in this expansion. The only things I really use are the Helmet and the Glove Tinker for increased armour. Still haven't discovered the belt tinker to absorb damage but I heard rumours that it can backfire and cause damage instead of absorbing which makes me a little bit sceptical whether I should actually get it or not.

If I get a helmet upgrade I'm quite tempted to get Leatherworking or Alchemy instead because there's not a lot of benefits from the tinkers (imo)

[nilnar]

A little bit of hope? A start?

Engineering was already the top DPS profession for casters. Now it is the top DPS profession for melee too besides maybe Tailoring.

Used on CD, it's 96 INT/STR/AGI now.

Tailoring is better for casters.

[Zethras]

As a tank I'm still quite disappointed with engineering in this expansion. The only things I really use are the Helmet and the Glove Tinker for increased armour. Still haven't discovered the belt tinker to absorb damage but I heard rumours that it can backfire and cause damage instead of absorbing which makes me a little bit sceptical whether I should actually get it or not.

If I get a helmet upgrade I'm quite tempted to get Leatherworking or Alchemy instead because there's not a lot of benefits from the tinkers (imo)

It's a learned thing called Grounded Plasma Shield, and the backfire is either a debuff that gives you a 100% chance to be crit for 12(?) seconds, or instead of a bubble, it gives you an aoe taunt (bad for dps, not so bad for tank).

[Hulari]

It's a learned thing called Grounded Plasma Shield, and the backfire is either a debuff that gives you a 100% chance to be crit for 12(?) seconds, or instead of a bubble, it gives you an aoe taunt (bad for dps, not so bad for tank).

I haven't got anything to learn from the trainer so I presumed it was discovered when you craft something. That's what happened with a few Tinkers for me.

Thanks for the clarification. I Definitely won't be getting that tinker on my belt.

[Cactrot]

It's a learned thing called Grounded Plasma Shield, and the backfire is either a debuff that gives you a 100% chance to be crit for 12(?) seconds, or instead of a bubble, it gives you an aoe taunt (bad for dps, not so bad for tank).

Any idea how large the AoE is for the taunt? Basically, do I need to worry about it as a hunter at ranged?

[Bloodsail the Orc]

As a fury warrior, this patch pleases me.

/brofist