Guild Wars 2

So yeah everyone knows that Brutal shot sucks as using it only decreases one’s DPS unless using it in large groups against bosses…where it still doesnt do much. Thus it needs work so here is a thread where we can all post our suggestions on how to fix it and so the Devs can put some attention on this so the rifle stops being the only 4 button weapon in the game.

Personally I thought up two fixes:

More Vulnerability: Kind of obvious. Pump up the vulnerability so it at least doesnt make our DPS drop when alone. 15 stacks maybe?

Replace Vulnerability with weakness: This one just kind of popped into my head at one point. I personally think it fits the weapon theme hell even the skill itself better then Vulnerability.

Brutal Shot: Causes 5 bleeds for 10 seconds. 15 second cool down

Grok Krog.9581:

Brutal Shot: Causes 5 bleeds for 10 seconds. 15 second cool down

More Delicious bleeds!!! Mwuahahaha!

I like it.

5 buttons, do not ever forget to include burst.
Now we see that brutal shot at least has some use when grouping up on boss. You lose a bit of DPS but you help everyone to deal damage(i guess more damage than otherwise casting 2 bleed shots) so it’s a win situation. Obviously enough it’s cast time requires to be halved, though.
Here, let’s put greatsword in the same category.
Only time I’m going to use arcslice is when I want a dodge from trait(15) in strength. I’m not just yet going to waste my damage(single target not so decent damage spell with solid cast time that gives NO other bonuses except that fury that you have with around 100% with just FGJ and SoR but causes me to lose 9% crit and 12% damage temporarily(on a DPS build with consideration of self-survival that I’m using, 20/30/0/10/10, it is a GREATSWORD/X spec where X is a constantly changing value depending on the situation and my personal preference(I’m using ALL weapons, it just depends on the situation. You can never be flexible enough! Only combinations I’m not using are mace/axe and mace/sword(second one, I used it only once when I was soloing lupicus, but it’s just trollish unless you plan to solo some bosses and still in most cases axe/sword beats that on switch)