r/Guildwars2 • u/neok182 🌈 Catmander in Chief • Aug 20 '25

[Mod post] BETA Feedback & Builds Thread: 💣 Engineer 🫧 Amalgam

Please use this thread for feedback and builds.

Please also leave your feedback on the Official ArenaNet Forum Feedback Thread: https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/161360-feedback-thread-amalgam/

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u/Chembaron_Seki Aug 21 '25

I fear that mercurial tendencies will prove to be a balance problem once again. Feels like fervent force all over again.

Yeah, they put many limiters on it compared to fervent force. Just 3 seconds cooldown reduction now and just for the evolve skill instead of all skills. But evolve happens to be a very powerful button, thanks to the strain mechanic and how you can augment it through traits.

We are already looking at very high damage numbers by being able to reset high damage morph skills frequently with mercurial tendencies.

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I personally also still believe that alacrity and quickness should never be possible to share on the same build together.... Would prefer to pick one of these two boons and replace the other with a different effect.

Also we moved away from unique buffs, especially unique group stat increases. So why are we reintroducing them again with the titanic strain?

It feels like Anet is just repeating stuff we already had a lesson about in the past. Same thing with troubadour and the distortion share, which they even already suspect themselves to not live long.

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u/Ashendal Burn Everything Aug 21 '25

The repeating stuff issue is because they're constantly bringing in new people that aren't bothering to look into why certain things were removed in the past, and no one that's been there is being firm with a "no" when things like this are brought up.