Guild Wars 2

I’ve been trying to learn to play while strafing/running in circles and it seems like a lot of the Pistol moves aren’t hitting the enemy at all… can I get some advice for how to play as a non-still mobile player without watching my damage plummet when the moves aren’t connecting with the target?

Strafe in a clockwise direction, in other words, go left.
Because all characters are right handed, when you strafe right, the weapons “to hit” cone
isn’t facing the mob, so nothing connects.

It actually is a bit more than that, it seems at least as far as the ft is concerned that the camera direction is actually more important than character facing within limits of course. Anyone that has used the ft knows it’s propensity to miss against static targets like environment buildings and the like this is due to many of the hitboxes being semi below the ground to fix it you simply adjust your camera to look slightly more at the ground. Other skills seem to work in a similar fashion as well so with a bit of camera adjustment I think you will find it easier to hit against mobs. Again this has it’s limitations ie if you have the camera faced behind you and fire it is likely to still miss.

In my experience only flamejet skills (1 from FT and 4 from p\p) don’t work with strafing. All others will always hit your selected target as long it is not directly behind you.

F/T #1 will hit while strafing you just gotta find the sweet spot with the camera – about the only time i get a miss from it is when the mobs dead.
The same applies to F/T #2 and p/p #4 its camera positioning. your toon will always b middle of screen keep the mobs at 12 o/clock
OH and F/T #1 gives 5 chances for a crit every second

And maybe it’s just me, but I find the flamer a LOT easier to use with autotarget off.