Guild Wars 2

With the removal of condition cap at hot release does that make pistol pistol eng viable ? I was thinking of using them on hot release along side hammer , but never used eng before so the mechanics or puzzling to me .

Who says you’ll be getting a weapon swap, or that Hammer will be a condi weapon?

P/P is already very viable unless you’re talking about PvEsports in which case it wouldn’t really make a difference since the only intensity stacked condition that it applies is bleeds and is very terrible at doing so!

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Keep in mind that the cap changes will likely be in PvE only.

ArrDee.2573:

P/P is already very viable unless you’re talking about PvEsports in which case it wouldn’t really make a difference since the only intensity stacked condition that it applies is bleeds and is very terrible at doing so!

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It stacks confusion too. With the PvE boost, confuse is actually powerful against faster attacking enemies. But still, p/p is much weaker than the other options.
For off hand: Glue shot is pathetic. Blow torch is decent, but outshined by firebomb. The shield skills are generally a much better choice, if you want main hand pistol.
For main hand: auto-attack is terrible unless you can stack groups of enemies together and use the trait for pistol shots pierce. But, this is useful in very few situations. Grenades and elixir gun are both better at stacking bleeds. Pistol 2 can be a good source of poison (but grenades can perma poison even bosses) and does moderate damage. Lastly, static shot: it can be useful for a little extra confusion if you bounce it between 2 enemies and combine it with pry bar and concussion bomb.
Overall though, rifle is generally preferred for PvE (of course with kits being the main dps) because it does much more damage.

I seriously doubt confusion will ever reach more than 10 stacks!

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