Engineering 205 to get into FoH?

Aulirophile · 06-21-2006, 03:29 PM

Just curious why 205. I looked on Thott and didn't see anything really good at that level, and the resist trinkets and such are all 300 Engineering, so why recruit at 205 engineering as a minimum?

Templor · 06-21-2006, 03:30 PM

Do you plan on keeping your skill at 205 once you reach that? I think not.

Oloh · 06-21-2006, 03:50 PM

Gobo Sapper Charge prolly.

18,000 - 30,000 free AoE damage from a insta-click. Kinda see how that would be helpful.

Phoenix · 06-21-2006, 03:52 PM

Did they ever fix goblin landmines?

Cybsled · 06-21-2006, 04:09 PM

Landmines didnt work last I tried them about 3 months ago. I havent bothered with them since then.

Wodin · 06-21-2006, 04:50 PM

There was an incarnation of Viscidus that healed to full every time he reformed - literally the only way to kill him was to do one mass AE fest with sapper charges in the center of the room and pray to the lag gods.

Engineering is just generally useful though.

Cybsled · 06-21-2006, 05:09 PM

But it gets less useful as time goes on. Especially gnomish engineering. The only truely useful thing from gnomish is the Gadgetzan port, which lets you get to AQ/Ony faster.

WarderX · 06-21-2006, 05:10 PM

Engineering is the best profession in the game.

Discuss.

Tindel · 06-21-2006, 08:22 PM

engi is shit in every ways possible, herbalism/alchemy/enchanting is way more usefull

James · 06-21-2006, 08:29 PM

I guess if you're retarded. Engineering is *instant damage* on a scale much greater than any other profession. You need one alchemist, you need one blacksmith, you need one leatherworker, etc, etc, no one is arguing that. It's just that you get diminishing returns from those professions when you start stacking characters with them. Engineering, however, has dozens of instant damage items that do not detract in any way from each other or from the character. What makes more sense, then, a guild full of leatherworkers and alchemists that have their professions add jack shit to raids, or a guild full of engineers that can bust out 18k-30k damage when needed to? HMMM.

Cybsled · 06-21-2006, 08:35 PM

Instant?

All nades have cast timers and 1m reuse now. There are hardly "dozens". Sapper is the only instant that comes to mind, unless you count the pets or activated mines that function.

WarderX · 06-21-2006, 09:57 PM

Let me put it this way... if you're in a guild that allready has masters of the other professions, and you're not engineering, you're losing out. ESPECIALLY if you are a hunter or rogue

Zehn - Vhex · 06-21-2006, 11:59 PM

Our hunters suck at keeping flamegor tranq'd so we decided it would be easier to have everyone get 205 skill for goblin construction hats.

Keystone · 06-22-2006, 12:41 AM

really if you have it on that many people you'd be suprised how usefull it can be for all types of stupid shit, nef phase 3 gone wrong for example or rogues/hunters with jumper cables etc.

but yah it was originally a visc endeavor

Darph · 06-22-2006, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tindel

engi is shit in every ways possible, herbalism/alchemy/enchanting is way more usefull

We have that covered already, which is why we recruit engineers.

06-21-2006, 03:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aulirophile Ultima Ratio Regum Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,593 -3 Internets	Engineering 205 to get into FoH? Just curious why 205. I looked on Thott and didn't see anything really good at that level, and the resist trinkets and such are all 300 Engineering, so why recruit at 205 engineering as a minimum? __________________ "Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

06-21-2006, 03:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Templor open up my eyes... flooded with daylight. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,285 +0 Internets	Do you plan on keeping your skill at 205 once you reach that? I think not. __________________ Vever - Eonar What were they psychos? They look like psychos? Is that what they look like... they were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight his them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!

06-21-2006, 04:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
Cybsled Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 9,269 +15 Internets	Landmines didnt work last I tried them about 3 months ago. I havent bothered with them since then. __________________ Training the citizens of Norrath from 1999-2003!

06-21-2006, 04:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
Wodin Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,885 +3 Internets	There was an incarnation of Viscidus that healed to full every time he reformed - literally the only way to kill him was to do one mass AE fest with sapper charges in the center of the room and pray to the lag gods. Engineering is just generally useful though. __________________ Wodin - Troll Rogue - Elitist Jerks - Mal'Ganis

06-21-2006, 05:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cybsled Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 9,269 +15 Internets	But it gets less useful as time goes on. Especially gnomish engineering. The only truely useful thing from gnomish is the Gadgetzan port, which lets you get to AQ/Ony faster. __________________ Training the citizens of Norrath from 1999-2003!

06-21-2006, 03:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
Oloh Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 298 -1 Internets	Gobo Sapper Charge prolly. 18,000 - 30,000 free AoE damage from a insta-click. Kinda see how that would be helpful.

06-21-2006, 05:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
WarderX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,593 +1 Internets	Engineering is the best profession in the game. Discuss.

06-21-2006, 08:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
Tindel Rar Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 329 +0 Internets	engi is shit in every ways possible, herbalism/alchemy/enchanting is way more usefull

06-21-2006, 08:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
Cybsled Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 9,269 +15 Internets	Instant? All nades have cast timers and 1m reuse now. There are hardly "dozens". Sapper is the only instant that comes to mind, unless you count the pets or activated mines that function. __________________ Training the citizens of Norrath from 1999-2003!

06-21-2006, 09:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
WarderX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,593 +1 Internets	Let me put it this way... if you're in a guild that allready has masters of the other professions, and you're not engineering, you're losing out. ESPECIALLY if you are a hunter or rogue

06-21-2006, 11:59 PM	#13 (permalink)
Zehn - Vhex Lord of the Dance Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 6,459 +62 Internets	Our hunters suck at keeping flamegor tranq'd so we decided it would be easier to have everyone get 205 skill for goblin construction hats.

06-22-2006, 12:41 AM	#14 (permalink)
Keystone Fires of Heaven Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Your Mom's Bed Posts: 222 +5 Internets	really if you have it on that many people you'd be suprised how usefull it can be for all types of stupid shit, nef phase 3 gone wrong for example or rogues/hunters with jumper cables etc. but yah it was originally a visc endeavor

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