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Level 24 and the DPS around this level sucks without proper gear >.>

It's definitely not a class for you if you are expecting: 1) Amazing DPS, 2) Amazing PVP, 3) Easy leveling. It's none of those.

Levels 1 to 25 were a real challenge for me. Most of it is due to figuring out new stats and dealing with a reinc debuff (-33% Vigor is a thousand times more painful than -33% damage/healing output). I died a lot in the beginning until I figured out where to place my turrets so that I wouldn't aggro extra stuff. The turret can't be recalled, unsummoned, or controlled in any way, until much later on when you get a ruby that allows you to set a specific target (30sec cd). The turret does not have extra aggro on its shots so it doesn't tank very well, even if you wait for it to attack first. AoEing on this class without a level or gear advantage is a guaranteed death. This class has no CC while leveling and is very squishy even with an offhand; if you accidentally aggro, you are dead.

Now the GOOD things about the Engineer are:
It's an actual support class. It's like what they tried to do with Bard, but failed. This class is for people that love to party and raid and work in groups. Most of your talents, rubies, and world mystery skills are based around supporting your team members' survival and DPS. I have not really PVP'd yet (P2P leveling is a bit empty), but from the looks of the available skills, I would say that the Engies are the flag defense or supportive DPS from the back lines.

For me? 8/10. More turret control would really help the leveling aspect. This is exactly the class I've been looking for.

As Ghost said, the problem with turret aggro gets annoying by the time and it takes some time to work with it. By this it reminds me of bard class and all the aoe spells that kill you while lvling (and losing exps if reinc, oh so much rage).
I find it very enjoyable (expecially the animations) still tho and I can't wait to reach endgame to test more builds and use this class properly in parties and raids.

Level 36 Bard here.

It's been a pain to level and I don't see that many great things in their Talents/Rubies.
The turrets aggroing random things is hilarious but aggravating.
It's dps isn't impressive and the frag grenade is terrible. Most people like it but I found the radius irritatingly small.
They go squish pretty easily but with Hover Pad and combat mode you can really avoid damage. I've been using Mage barriers and almost never take damage now.

The pvp with them is rather boring. I find myself just chasing people around and spamming 2-3 buttons. Then again I was in the 20s with no good skills.
I can see this class being alright in pvp but much like the psi you gotta be tricky with it. You can't just run into places expecting to kill things.
Steel trap is an interesting move and I'd like it more if it was faster acting.
If it wasn't for the visuals of the moves I don't think I'd continue to level it.

I'd suggest the class to anyone who found psi too weak and bard too boring.

32 and loving it

In responce to the turret phantom,
there is a ruby in 3rd grid that u can take, so u can decide where the turret shoots to.

Everything but the mosquitoes and steel trap just go after whatever the hell they want =p it is pretty hilarious. A friend of mine was testing the vespiary and it would walk to any target at its max range (including neutral npcs). It can get quite far before it dies. Way too risky to use in raids and parties.

Target Marker does work in a pinch! However, there are still some problems with the light turret overall. It fires so slowly that its battery charges will often outlive the target. With the cooldown on marker it'll just target whatever the hell it pleases. It will also (sometimes) not switch targets if it's in the middle of shooting, so if you don't get the mark off before it spawns, it may pull extra things.

I'd be good with having an instant self-destruction or recall button that lowers the global cooldown on attacking devices. Like Combat mode.

Quoted from "Ghost"

I'd be good with having an instant self-destruction or recall button that lowers the global cooldown on attacking devices. Like Combat mode.

I totally agree. That kind of option should totally be available.