Guild Wars 2

It seems that pistol 1 at a perfect range (at around 700-800 range) hits twice and actually applies both bleed. Is this a bug or intended?

1 Question: Do you have the major Trait “Coated Bullets”?

If you have “Coated Bullets” then you can score double hits on enemies who are near the pistol’s range limit. Very effective use of Coated Bullets, too!

One of the few times I actually like pistols – when you’re at 1050 range getting double hits in WvW. Not a safe range though, compared to the 1500 you can get with grenades – but there is a definite satisfaction in hitting twice in an AoE with each shot.

The bleed effect could also be from critting on the explosion, which will have a 30% chance to cause bleeding on crit.

If you have a Sigil of Earth on your weapon, that’s another 60% bleed on crit.

This is why I was saying Coated Bullets is good in the other thread You’re getting an insane amount of hits, more than a FT easily (just as good at the very least, but from much better distance and no “miss” problems), into a group of enemies. Tons of chances for any crit proc gear, which synergizes very well with that trait. Plus the bleeds that come with the #1 skill, but even if you don’t count those you can get tons of burns (Incendiary Powder), more bleeds (Sigil of Earth, Sharpshooter), life steal (Sigil of Blood, food), Flame Blast for tons of AOE goodness (Sigil of Fire), and so much more.

You won’t get a ton of conditions for proc’ing. You’ll get a ton of chances to proc from the crits you get.

All your proc-on-crit applications will still only affect 1 target, which will reset the CD.

A pistol with Coated Bullets and an Elixir Gun, however, make for a mean way to apply poison to a LOT of players. Each shot of Pistol’s Poison Shot can affect up to five people.

If they ever give Coated Bullets to Static Shot (doubtful, but I always keep my fingers crossed for it), you could turn your pistol into the ultimate condition weapon.

As is, P/P is a good way to stack up conditions on enemies, and coated bullets means you can stack poison and bleed on multiple enemies with ease.

It does more than double hit at the precise range. If the bullet hits any object deemed impassable by game design, it explodes and does double damage there, too. So when you are shooting something that is standing against the wall, or shooting something from high above, you’ll get that double hit.

That I haven’t noticed. I’ll have to pay more attention when I’m firing at enemies on the towers in WvW. That’s the only time I take advantage of that characteristic.