Guild Wars 2

Regarding weapons!
The following assumptions are made (full gc)
power = 2400
expertise = 30% (from marksman)
precision = 2028 (57%)
prowess = 111%
but no traits are included…ye I know, not the best…

enemy armor = 2600

And now for som dps (calculations do include cast/animation times, cooldowns, uptimes etc)~

Longbow

• Long Range Shot: 989 (max range)
• Hunter’s Shot -> LRS: 1120 (max range)

Short Bow

• Crossfire: 1276 (always flanking, includes bleed)

Greatsword

• Slash-Slice-Stab: 1007

Sword

• Slash-Kick-Pounce: 1657

Some conclusions. sbow auto beats lbow auto under optimal conditions (has been said before), Just hacking with sword auto is true profit (also known).

Rapid Fire is awesome and it doesn’t have that long of a cooldown when traited. Definitely a good skill, especially since it is channeled and hits stealthed enemies.

Something is wrong with those numbers. I’m far from tanky (actually ptv/knigh mix) and my LB 1. on max range rarely hits less than 900.
Also, rapid fire is great. I killed sooo many thieves with it when they thought they are safe Ofc, dmg isn’t too good and imo LB 1. and 2. REALLY need a buff/fix, but it’s far from useless.
But yeah, I have 5% dmg for LB from eagle eye. Not big, but every bit counts.

Hunter’s Call is more for closing or gaining distance, I think.

I’ve always found Longbow as a weapon to swap to, burn 3-2-4 if needed, then go back to melee.

Some clarification…

• This is against 2600 armor, that is, rather sturdy.
• This is dps – damage per second using only what is in the bullet point
• This is average weapon performance and criticals
• This is mainly to compare the auto attacks.
• Of course traits changes these numbers
• The numbers themselves aren’t that important, it’s the ratio between them that is, I just used some to be able to include bleed…
• It’s all theoretical, a lot of practicalities change the outcome

I admit though that I’ve overlooked some details…so removing useless facts…