Guild Wars 2

I’ve been thinking about this and would like to know before I invest in my sets of exotic gear. While in group dungeons running a burn build with sword/focus + scepter/shield, does condition damage help as much as I think it should or would I be better off if I just got Crit Dmg % as the 3rd stat on some of my pieces. Without the ability(to my knowledge) to easily track the damage output of certain builds, I can’t really tell especially since my knowledge of the game isn’t where I would like it to be.

I usually run between 30-40% crit chance unbuffed. If Condition Damage is still really useful for a burn build, how much approximately is at least needed to be had for it to be worth it at level 80? I’m probably overthinking this, but would like to know your facts/opinions.

Personally if you want go with whatever armor/weapons you want and go with the crit damage % on your jewelery. Gives you a balance between the two stats.

i had a similar problem, so what I did was take the middleground.

My gs is carrion legionnaire so it give 1300hp along with power n condition dmg (also put the rune that causes bleeding on crit since i hav both condition dmg and crit figured it’d b good)

Then I spec a few pieces of armor with Power+prec+toughness

So I end up with 18k hp 2500 toughness, 800 and some condition dmg and like 32% crit

Every 5 points of condition damage you have it = 1 burn damage. It is different for the others. However for burn it is a 5 to 1.

Is the dmg of symbols affected by attack power or condition dmg?

I have no condition damage and as i add more power its damage goes up.