Guild Wars 2

I’m sure this has been discussed but i just switched to P/d so am curious

2- Body Shot – if i want a projectile finisher ill use dancing dagger – more damage + cripple – I’m not good enough to know to use Body shot if I have 3 rather than 4 initiative.

I think vulnerabilty doesn’t increase condition damage. No synergy with mainhand pistol. This trait seems poorly thought out.

3 – Shadow Shot – I suppose could be useful. If I’m in melee range I CND to stealth. I suppose might use if have 4 rather than 6 ini. I usually have 6 ini though since I’m P/D.

Maybe use if under revealed debuff but practically i don’t use it.

Suggestions – Body Shot – some sort of interrupt?

Shadow Shot – Maybe a stack of confusion for shotting them int he head?

Seems like 2 is totally useless and not a good return on initiative.

For 3 maybe I should try it but meh, I want to CND.

Personally, I’d like for Body shot the possibility of ‘charging’ it for a more potent shot.

Thus, just pressing the button gets you the actual body shot. But If you hold it for 2-3 seconds, you’d get a more potent version (+damage? +vuln. stacks?) and a blast finisher centered around you.

I like the 3 skill on p/d but rarely use it. pistol 2 is IMO a waste of initiative

Skill 3 is mostly for kiting melee foes, while skill 2 is a team skill more than anything. When with allies I can reach the vulnerability cap very quickly, allowing my team to quickly take down the target. Also, a few shots of Body Shots and a Shadow Strike can hit quite hard too.

I like 3 as is. It definitely has its uses.

Skill 2 is bad. The problem is that it is more aligned to a P/P set-up. So my suggestions:
—For skill 2- Remove vulnerability and instead apply poison for 3 seconds. This gives P/D players 2 conditions to work with and allows for some new build options (poison duration for example)

For P/P players, move vulnerability to Unload. Each unload cast should apply 2 stacks of vulnerability. In other words if they cast unload 3 times in a row, they would apply 6 stacks.

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Skill 2 is bad. The problem is that it is more aligned to a P/P set-up. So my suggestions:
—For skill 2- Remove vulnerability and instead apply poison for 3 seconds. This gives P/D players 2 conditions to work with and allows for some new build options (poison duration for example)

Oh my. 15 in DA you could stack up some weakness, so much sauce.

2 is literally useless. 3 is great but there is almost no need to use it because in most cases it is just smarter to stealth.

The change to body shot cant happen because of pistol 4. Maybe more vul and less initiative. Shadow Shot having a condition attached was tossed around a while back or something. I know P/D was promised a cover condition but who knows when. I would love to see a buff come through here.

3 is very useful but also very situational. Stealth isn’t always the answer and at times you just need to get out of the direct area to avoid dying. Perfect example is the ranger branch immobilize. 3 Hits that, teleports you back, lose the immobilize, leave the direct area where all the damage if focused on.