Guild Wars 2

Hi guys! I’m rather new to engineer’s DPS calculation. Actually, I’m kind of confuse on how dps damage is calculated.

I got a question. I was running a build with burning condition build where I stack massive condi-damage and burning duration. I find it pretty cool with pistol 4’s skill.

However, I notice that the regular pistol shot has the ability to cause bleeding damage up to 5 enemies, 1 tick per shot. Along with explosive’s bleed I thought it would be a good idea to switch my gears to run bleeding damage. So I purchased a second gear loaded with condition damage and bleeding duration. I am able to bring the bleeding duration to 8.5 seconds (which essentially it’s 8sec) and roughly 1200 damage per tick.

I went to test it and I am usually able to stack up bleeding to 10-12 on the designated enemy. Along with the potion that provides quickness, I am able to get it up to 14-16 ticks. However I find the damage itself ramps up after 7 shots.

In my humble opinion: I think it’s not bad, considering I also torch kitten up with my burning shot.

I guess the actual question is, which is actually better bleeding damage vs burning damage? How do they fare in a pve mob scenario and a mano-e-mano scenario? I see there are more chance for bleeding via grenades and bombs whereas we engineers only have 3 attacks that has burning damage.

Thanks!

bleeds are typically longer and stack high and have a long ramp up time

burns have high base damage and scaling and are burstier

both are important components of condi engis damage. but if youre working with a constrained budget, go for burn duration over bleed duration since the shorter ramp time is better for most of the scenarios youll prolly find yourself in.

also, dont think of it as “i can do this or this”, think of it as “i can do this and this”

Maniac nailed it, pretty much. Both of those conditions are bread and butter of Condi Engie DPS, and focusing on one in particular will result in a DPS loss (both burst and sustained).