Engineer & Mercenary Underpowered

[Klibabin]

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[Klibabin]

Merc and Engineer are ALWAYS on the bottom of the DPS of the team, MUL-T ,Artificer and Huntress. Example,

Artificer has a huge lack of mobility/dodge, but makes up ALOT in damage.
Lack of range of the Merc doesn't compare to the Dps output like the Artificer has.
Engineer Grenade attack does nill damage compared to other classes, and only the turrets are viable(and boring).

Haven't seen a single person with higher DPS or kills as either one.

If you believe otherwise post proof.

[Chicago Ted]

Engineer does need some changes, but only because of technical reasons — the turrets will sometimes just sort of "turn off" and not shoot anything until they get hit, sometimes not even then.

[빈빈]

I played monsoon on hahaha for over an hour with every character.
DPS doesnt rly matter... its not hard to do enough damage.

[Zefar]

Originally posted by Glijmiddel:

Merc and Engineer are ALWAYS on the bottom of the DPS of the team, MUL-T ,Artificer and Huntress. Example,

Artificer has a huge lack of mobility/dodge, but makes up ALOT in damage.
Lack of range of the Merc doesn't compare to the Dps output like the Artificer has.
Engineer Grenade attack does nill damage compared to other classes, and only the turrets are viable(and boring).

Haven't seen a single person with higher DPS or kills as either one.

If you believe otherwise post proof.

Are you for real?

The grenades deal a lot of damage and you can charge up 8 of them at once. This is perfect for groups of enemies that will all be hit by the explosions.

All of the buffs that Engineer gets is also given to the turrets. So when you reach high enough level your turrets do the work for you.

[Arkardu]

I just did my first Engineer run. Solo on Monsoon, I got a 80 min. run. With the right items, he is really good, but he is more stionary than the others. Mercenary seems pretty weak, as fire is such a big threat in this game.

[TmT]

Not true at all. Merc and Eng can pump out a ton of dps if played correctly.

[Puru]

Engineer is the best character honestly. I don't think he's particularly exciting to play but he does the job just fine

[Killermajaro]

merc is my most played. and is quite strong later game... what makes engine underpowered is his turrets just glitching out

[WhyNotZoidberg]

LOL. OK, lets stick to the facts, shall we?

Engineer has the single highest dmg value in the game and gains 2,8 dmg/lvl instead of 2,4/lvl like ALL OTHER characters, if you would have taken time to read, you would know. This makes him the single most powerful character in terms of raw dmg. His turrets allow him to essentially TRIPLE all his items. He can create cover, as the only character. He has one of the strongest base attacks in the game, if you pick up 2-4 syringes, he charges 8 shots in about 1,5 seconds...

He can use almost any item (unless they are mobility based) with 300% efficiency.

Let's keep it simple, if you think that engineer is a "weak" character, then it's 100% your fault for not using him right and being bad at math.
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Merc? Yeah, could hit harder. Then again, he hast the single highest count of mobility of all characters. Can dash up to three times if chained, being invul while doing so, has another ability where he gets invul for an insane long time, starts with double jump and can increase air time with right click ability? Only drawback: main attack is very wonky and sometimes won't chain correctly.

Weak? Damn, no!

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Maybe you should stop playing all the characters the same way. RoR2 makes a good job of being a lot less random than RoR, use your head.

Edit: typo

[Trashbag]

It seems like RoR2 carries over a lot of RoR1 in terms of Survivors.

They are incredibly powerful under the right circumstances, while having glaring weaknesses in others.

[Jamsterking]

Engineer>Stack bustling fungus>Place Turrets and shield> Win

[whts t color o electric sheep uc]

Engineer is easily the 2nd most powerful character in the game. Not even going to mention how disgusting Brilliant Behemoth is on him.

[DA_Kimika]

My only gripe with the engineer is the turrets seem to stop firing some times and sit idle for a little awhile.

[Lvl.100 Lich]

Unless you have created the game itself, you cannot truly judge if something is too weak or too strong in 2 DAYS. Each character is unique, has different strengths and weaknesses, and is meant to be played a different way from the others. If you try to play Engineer like Merc, you're going to get skull-sexed. I would explain here the strengths of each class, but those above me did a pretty good job of pointing out their strengths. My FIRST run wit Merc I hit 77 items, level 21 and was alive for 84 minutes on normal.

Get gud before complaining the game is too hard or unbalanced.

[Akutare]

Originally posted by DA_Kira:

My only gripe with the engineer is the turrets seem to stop firing some times and sit idle for a little awhile.

This is exactly my problem too, Engineer seems fine when his turrets actually want to work