Guild Wars 2

Does anyone know how the game handles this? For example, if an elementlist is already stacking burning on the target, and I apply a burn as well, who’s actually doing the damage?

I always see the number scrolling as though it were mine, but does that mean it stops ticking for the elementalist? Maybe it chooses who has higher condition damage? But if that’s the case, does that mean if their condition damage is higher than mine, my burn will never actually start since they can stack it almost unlimitedly with a scepter.

I can’t really find any information on the technical aspect, but really I just want to know if it’s even worth it to bother applying burns in larger event encounters when others already have it covered and just focus on direct damage and support.

The way I’ve heard it here is that it takes whoever does the highest condition damage and prioritizes their ticks first, followed by lower ones.

So yea, if you know in a large group others can upkeep better burns it’d probably be pointless.

Just imagine how OP it would be if burning stacked. one VoJ pop in a group would burn to ashes anyone