its not a bad idea for game modes like PvE where Confusion can actually deal a fair ammount of damage on AI
maybe even WvW where you could 1v1 a total idiot and have your food buffs and utility buffs and boosters and all that other cheap BS that allows builds to “function” in there.
In sPvP or tPvP all this would be is a buff to the thief tearing apart your face or the Warrior dealing out high damage cleaves to your team. Confusion is hard to stack and it doesn’t do a lot of damage without exceeding 15 or 20 stacks on your target. sure you could potentially get 2 maybe 4k per attack but on a 30k HP necro that can just use channeled or pulse AoE’s all you’ve done is give them haste to lay out EVERYTHING in no time flat while doing maybe 7k of damage if you’re super lucky and no one cleansed it.
Also dont forget that Haste, for some stuipd reason, also increases the Pulse rates of any AOE or channel skill used while under its effects.
Ele’s could cast Meteor Storm in about a second and a half, then the flaming stones would rain down for half the period of time at twice thier normal speeds over the same area.
Necro Wells would pulse their 5 over a period of 2.5s thats one pulse per .5s.
This isn’t a Bad idea per say, but it needs a lot of something extra thrown into it thanks to the way Gw2 works vs how Gw1 worked. Gw1 auto attacking meant dealing maybe 20-40 dmg and it was often the only thing you could do while you waited for your skills to be needed. Hexes and Conditions were a lot more deadly and debilitating.
Gw2 you can abuse any and all skill with almost 0 resource management and all over your skills are more than capable of dealing 1-7k damage. Conditions are just annoying short duration issues that mostly don’t change how you approach or continue your attack, Gw2 has no hexes capable of complex punishment/reward mechanics.
So to expand on your idea
Grants your target Haste for Xs , Inflicts your target with Confusion for Xs, Confusion Damage increased by 2X maybe 3X, Target is Easily Interrupted for Xs (some new condition or an add on to weakness incoming attacks have a XX% chance of interrupting an action)
This means the target is basically forced to use quick attacks but now must consider cleansing confusion seriously as its suddenly become very dangerous to them to just spam away. Becoming vulnerable to interrupts from anyone in the area also prevents long channeled skills from being abused to avoid the confusion all together and just reap benefits from the haste.
