I was wondering if it was possible to pvp at high level (world or battleground), without engineering, while still relying on others professions (such Free Action/Swiftness potions, etc), trinkets (Tidal Charm, Barov, etc) and various stuff (Magic Dust, Linken Boomerang, etc) we can loot at some point. Does it make sense ?
No need to explain me how good engineering is, I use it on few characters and I love it.
I know some classes can benefit much more than others from that, like the warrior, while a mage has already plenty of control spells, blink, etc.
But everytime I plan to level a new toon I’m thinking about pros/cons of the class and end up choosing that same profession for some little extra features. Just can’t help it.
The fact engineering seems to be mandatory for serious pvp is kind of boring. Or maybe I’m doing it all wrong and we can perfectly be a beast without, thanks to our talent and knowledge. What do you think ?
I’d say go for it. Grab whatever profession you want. Everything doesn’t have to be min/maxed all the time imo. Rarely do I grab engineering on my pvp-characters actually. But I don’t mind loosing fights because the lack of it so I guess it comes down to that.
Sometimes I like to level something that to many seems quite mad, like destro or holypala but I enjoy the variation. Especially when it’s the seventh or eigth lock for example. Alot of people take issue with these things though. Not having the “best” profession for pvp or the “best” spec when leveling will get you called out sometimes these days… But I’d say just ignore them.
There is no ‘high level’ pvp for the most part in Era.
A few premades in the past were really good, so maybe to get in them you would have needed engi.
But for the most part this is not the case. As somebody mentioned above, if you flag carry it makes the difference. If you wanna kill those fcs, its also pretty useful. But even then, is not the majority of people doing it nor necessary. This is also confined to WSG.
I would suggest do not factor in engi in order to pick up your class, unless you want to min max the char. But also bear in mind, a 600 SP power Ele shaman will evaporate you in 1.5 sec regardless of what your engi skill is.
I would rather focus on good gear and hands first and foremost. The rest can be decided later.
As people have commented, if you want to flag carry in WSG, engineering will be a huge help.
For all other roles, since you know the benefits, i wont recap them here. overall i would say it is pretty optional. Running around with too much engi stuff on for too long in situations like mid fight can be counterproductive as well