Guild Wars 2

I’m only starting out as Thief but I notice the same old recommendations for zerker gear. Doesn’t all this poisoning benefit from more condition stats? Or are the kills so fast as to not bother (at least in open world?)

poisoning is a condition effect so yes it is affected from condition damage, however poison is useful because of the 33% healing reduction

i run a condi d/d build with dagger training and the poison damage adds up very much

This is not definitve, but as a general advice:
D/d pve: zerker
D/d pvp: sage or carrion
Everything else is still possible, and people do it. However I would recommend you to stick with this formula unless you know what you are doing and why you are doing it.

The poison and bleed is weaker dps than the power. You get more dps out of just amplifying the direct power damage.

OK, got it …. thanks