Guild Wars 2

I had a lot of fun hassling enemy groups with the shortbow the other night in WvW and was wondering if anybody has used Power Shots from the Shadow Arts tree?

I’ve come up with something like this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYUQFAFoI4Uk0j6f4r6C6ecVrqVA

but it hardly seems worth it to take Power Shots. I’m going to re-trait soon, and haven’t been a big fan of the Shadow Arts tree.

So, is it worth it… or am I wasting my time?

Not worth it. The entire trait is kinda a joke…just like Ricochet, and some others.

bleh… I suspected as much, ah well…

Those 5% damage bonuses are only really worth it if you want to try and cram the absolute maximum damage out of every attack, otherwise a 1000 crit will become a 1050 crit, and that 50 extra damage isn’t really going to do much.

Coffeebot.3921:

Those 5% damage bonuses are only really worth it if you want to try and cram the absolute maximum damage out of every attack, otherwise a 1000 crit will become a 1050 crit, and that 50 extra damage isn’t really going to do much.

Pretty much this. Unless your build is stacking multiple damage boosts to unleash hell all at once upon your enemies, straight up +damage traits tend to be lackluster.