Guild Wars 2

This one’s for you, Flamethrowing brethren.

Which weapon do you think works best for sPvP? At the moment, I’ve noticed a lot of more experienced people use the rifle, and I would like to know how it compares to the alternatives. All three bring something to the table, we have:

P/P: Glue Shot (Traits may extend crippling, not sure), lots of conditions.

P/S: Ranged-reflect, a push + Blast finisher, a brief block, and a 2-second stun, same conditions as P/P (except burning)

Rifle: Net-shot, Overcharge Shot (Traits give net-shot crippling for sure), Jump Shot + Leap Finisher

At the moment, I’m using P/S, as I enjoy the ranged-reflect and the melee-range stun to be useful in most situations, but, as I said, many more experienced players use still use the rifle.

Thoughts?

There is a 10pt trait in explosives that has a 33% chance to burn on crits so if you have enough precision you can get away pistol shield or rifle. That means you have other ways to apply burning through your main weapons besides the offhand pistol and most of them are longer range than blowtorch.

That trait and incendiary ammo themselves both give burning, so I’m not sure that’s really and issue with FT builds in general.

personally, I find the rifle to fit in to the FT playstyle much more effectively than pistols or a shield. while each weapon has its own uses/advantages, the added CC and crowd control is exactly what I like about the rifle. see my sig.

p/p or p/s would suit a more power/condi heavy FT build than my bunker, perhaps.