Ultimate/Consolidated Engineer breed choice guide

[Cynic092]

Opi Engy <3

And not just TL7 either.

[muha]

Opi Engy <3

And not just TL7 either.

Good and helpful post.

[Beornin]

Opi Engy <3

TL1 too!

[muha]

Opi Engy <3

TL1 too!

Who fed the troll?

Does this mean Obssesive still roams the land of Rubi-Ka? Post in the "Who is your engi" thread if he is

[Beornin]

Does this mean Obssesive still roams the land of Rubi-Ka? Post in the "Who is your engi" thread if he is

Only very rarely. Actually noticed that my account runs out in 4 days. Last time I resusbscribed to be able to post on forums and hit the 6month thingy. Doubt I'll continue this time, so might start a few contests the next few days and give away all my stuff.

[IHaveHugeNick]

You better tell us what game you play now

[Beornin]

You better tell us what game you play now

My signature tells you I'm playing EVE. Not hardcore though, just a few hours here and there. Mainly waiting for Age of Conan, or something else interesting to pop up.

Anyway, the temperature is rising and daylight fighting it's way to dominance again here up north, so I might just stay mmorpg-clean for the summer.

[bryoni]

All i know is that when i rolled my engi (many moons ago) the 'master' engineers a that time said opifex was the best.

I have hate engineer professions ever since.

In all seriousness i think it comes down to what you want to do with your engineer.

[Alceona]

Opifex choose people who want to be totalcrafter/good dd (I think only opi can put on 2 300 LE pistols). Pvp with pistols is possible, isnt good like with AS weapon but posible. Opi eng could get 2600 AR on pistols with towers, 300 imps, css and panda/tara stuff (it much harder to do than get cap on AS)

Solitus has huge hp advantages .......... about 300hp. I dont know how much solitus has healdelta points at 220lvl, my opiengi has 160 every second.

For omni i think opisb better couse i can lend all my perks every 5 hours, even demolish nanodran on adv (+800 all off and +13%crit)

What about soli brid genom heal. For duel it's a good perk in mass pvp is nothink, couse if you can runaway you will run, if you cant runaway you will be killed through this slow hot.

I've made total crafter/dd/pvp eng, and opi the best brid for it. For pvp only soly the best choose, but atm no one the best in pvp even Gotak. So Bukevin place still avalible

[Moertje]

(I think only opi can put on 2 300 LE pistols).

really ....

[muha]

really ....

Boo, I somehow missed that comment
As the only problem to equip it was MR,
I think all breeds can dual ql300 pereg mk6, and MR is 60% agi, 40% int, so it is hardest for troxes. I doubt they have a problem too, as I used very small contracts, and didn't use exterminator eye.

[BlockAndLode]

I hate to come in on this thread WAY late, but I have to ask one question... I see alot of focus on PVP Engineers and which breed is better... What if you simply do not want to PvP and just want to make the absolute minmaxed tradeskiller/PvEer? Is a trader truly better for tradeskilling? From what I have seen, Solitus or Nanomage for tradeskilling is the best option with Nanomage taking the prize due to the focus on int and such. If I am wrong, please correct me, but I have been reading over these boards for HOURS trying to make a decision and none of the discussions focus on PvE/Tradeskilling alone. Take PvP out of the mix and discuss? I would really like to see more information on this observation.

[IHaveHugeNick]

Wait, breeds matter for PVE?

Just choose the one with best boobs.

Also yes, Trader is better tradeskiller

[BlockAndLode]

Can Traders do the same and more that Engineers can do or do Engineers have access to more specialized tradeskilling than Traders? What defines the better tradeskiller?

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Can Traders do the same and more that Engineers can do or do Engineers have access to more specialized tradeskilling than Traders? What defines the better tradeskiller?

Engineers have dark-blue psychology. Traders don't have dark-blue anything, tradeskill-wise.

Talking to trader friends, however, gives me the impression that having high tradeskills gimps traders for PvP and PvE more than it does for us. Engineers are also capable of dealing monstrous damage with toons capable of every tradeskill combine. Traders can't deal monstrous damage under any circumstances :P

[MajorOutage]

Traders themselves are more naturally suited for tradeskills as far as IP cost goes, but our overall toolset compensates for that, and then some.

[Takun]

Heh... engineer.. trader..

Played both, enjoyed both. Was only able to get the trader up to TL-6 and then the lack of damage and inability to get teams drove me to just give up.

Trader essentially has less (IP) cost in just about everything.. from evades to runspeed, tradeskills and weapon skills. Not having any green nano skills, we beat them out there, but the highest nanoskill requirements they have is 1800, and thats a buff from the new nanodeck nanos. Most trader nanos are around 1000 I would say, which is where a trader really has the advantage, not to mention that their drains will give them a nanoskill boost.

However, unlike us, most of their nanos are in-combat use, where as engineer is more like a keeper.. buff once and then thats pretty much it.

Personally I believe an engineer can get higher maximum tradeskills (green skills) then a trader can. However that advantage is far beyond use, as both should be able to make everything in game.

The main difference being, if your a tradeskill engineer you still have your pets and pistols... if your a tradeskill trader you still have... uhm... a shotgun (which is crit based damage)...

Being a tradeskill trader hurts your combat skills a lot more then it does compared to a tradeskill engineer.

In the short run, trader is more fun to play, in the long run engineer is most likely the better time investment.

However, I will leave you with this quote I have from my logs..

[Telbot] Takun: Well I'd rather play a trader or a shade then deal with this bull****

(talking about rebuffing and buffing pets on BS)

Cheers :P

[Alternity]

Solitus.


The return of Krypto draws near, unless the chicken is overobsessed with sexxoring walls I might avoid an epic /fail.

[Moertje]

How do you know you don't want to pvp lateron? You can't know really. Breed only matters for boobs and pvp, it's not even a question when talking about pve.
Therefor, seen the current status of breeds, I say DON'T GO OPI. And that comes from an opi engi

[Uaintseenme]

Not seen this thread active for a while...

Like pretty much everyone before me has said, breed only realy matters (and not a great deal) for pvp these days.

The only breed I would realy avoid, no matter what you want to do with your engie is nanomage, unless its a lvl 60 totw twink (and i have seen a lvl 60 trox bust out a slayer now).
The one defining advantage of nanomage was always better nano skills and uhm,, a complexion like veal.

But we have such an abundance of nano skill buffing items now that being nanomage realy doesnt make any difference at all aside from having lower hp.

Solitus will give you a nice all round engie, nothing massively impressive but it will work well and wont be much trouble to play.
Opifex will get you better weapon skills (marginaly) slightly higher AR on most popular weapon choices and an easyer time of equiping supple based armours, but at the cost of a small amount of HP.
Trox will give you lots of hp but have a slightly harder time of twinking end game symbs and at very low lvls your nano pool will dictate how high you can twink your pets rather than how much mc/ts you can muster.