Guild Wars 2

Howdy,

Im new to GW2 and new to it’s engineer-profession.

I saw this pvp movie of an engineer with a rifle, using his “2” skill (root) on a NPC in a pvp-map. It lasted like 5 seconds or so :S

Seems really powerfull, but mine is baseline only 2 sec. I tried getting it up by going to “the mists” to get scaled to max, then i got it to 2,5 sec by using the trait that gives you 30% condition duration.
But i cant get it up higher. I also didn’t see any contition-lengthening sigils at the vendor.

How did that player get the duration up so high, and do improved condition upgrades also count for the knock-down of a rifles “4” skill?

Like i said, i’m really new to this game so i could be missing something or misunderstanding stuff.

There are some Runes that can increase condition duration; it’s possible he’s got a maximized version.

Also, are you certain it was the 2 skill, or could it perhaps have been a Net Turret net?

As for the knockdown…don’t think that works that way. Same with stun on Static Shot from Pistol 3 and Shield 5, as far as I know, it’s fixed to a set length, no matter what is done.

The highest the Rifle #2 can theoretically go is 4 second duration (Requiring 100% condition duration to achieve)

30% condition duration from Explosives trait line, 10% from 2x Superior Lyssa runes, 10% from either 2x Mad King runes or 4x Nightmare, 40% from Rare Veggie Pizza = 90% duration increase.

These would result in a 3.8 second immobilize from Rifle #2 and a 5.7 second immobilize from Net Turret tool belt skill.

Condition Duration has no effect on Knock-down and would not effect Rifle #4.