Guild Wars 2

When I first started this game everyone said “stack condition and get a shortbow”

my problem with this is the 25 stack nonsense, I feel somewhat useless when there’s 25 bleeds on a champion.

here’s my quick and simple question.

If i stack Power/Precision and use Shortbow / Axe+Warhorn – am i gimping myself? or could the fast attack speed combined with power/precision be a viable option? not to mention there’s poisons/bleeds going off, even without high amounts of condition it still adds to whatever pure damage you’re doing.

in short, power/precision on shortbow, yes or no?

thank you.

I, personally, run power/prec/condition on mine. So yes. Power/Prec … /Condition.

You can run Power/Precision/Crit Damage, or Power/Precision/Toughness and get away with it just fine. Someone did some math in another thread and found that the shortbow beat the longbow’s… everything, in DPS, just off its basic attacks alone and without the bleeding.

The point of running a pow/prec/cond build is to maximize the damage that you are doing, at least in solo PvE and dungeons when not grouped with other people who stack strong bleeds as well. If you’re not trying to get “the most damage possible”, then just run with what you find the most fun, and build yourself around that.

the way i see it, the shortbow is a dps weapon, bleeding is a bonus.

i run full berserker, and it’s great.

RapidSausage.4620:

the way i see it, the shortbow is a dps weapon, bleeding is a bonus.

i run full berserker, and it’s great.

Shortbow is both DPS and condition. Good damage and good bleeds. With my gearing and traits, I can maintain 15+ bleed stacks on a target without issue. And since I am running rampager stats, I still have high enough power that I hit pretty hard as well.

SynfulChaot.3169:

RapidSausage.4620:

the way i see it, the shortbow is a dps weapon, bleeding is a bonus.

i run full berserker, and it’s great.

Shortbow is both DPS and condition. Good damage and good bleeds. With my gearing and traits, I can maintain 15+ bleed stacks on a target without issue. And since I am running rampager stats, I still have high enough power that I hit pretty hard as well.

to me, PVE is farming, i never really do any dungeons, so tagging is top priority for me, and berserker gear + SB 1/2 second autoattack are the best tools for that imo.

conditions can be somewhat good in dungeons since there’s only 5 people, but in open PVE your bleeds will hardly be of any use when many of the skills in the game apply bleeding and the mob already has 25 stacks.

RapidSausage.4620:

SynfulChaot.3169:

RapidSausage.4620:

the way i see it, the shortbow is a dps weapon, bleeding is a bonus.

i run full berserker, and it’s great.

Shortbow is both DPS and condition. Good damage and good bleeds. With my gearing and traits, I can maintain 15+ bleed stacks on a target without issue. And since I am running rampager stats, I still have high enough power that I hit pretty hard as well.

to me, PVE is farming, i never really do any dungeons, so tagging is top priority for me, and berserker gear + SB 1/2 second autoattack are the best tools for that imo.

conditions can be somewhat good in dungeons since there’s only 5 people, but in open PVE your bleeds will hardly be of any use when many of the skills in the game apply bleeding and the mob already has 25 stacks.

You can hit the cap in dungeons if there is another bleed-spec chara there too. Bleeds can be quite useful in general PvE as they are additional damage and the enemy will usually go down before you actually reach your personal cap. And if you are speaking of world events that are being zerged, then honestly it doesn’t matter what you run as sheer numbers will win regardless.