This is a little video that I threw together to help you understand what your traits are actually doing.
There are some flaws with the damage trait testing currently, forgive me for my mistakes, but I am going to get on and test some hard numbers with some steady weapons to get some accurate figures on damage traits.
The written guide can be found here:
http://www.vvv-gaming.com/forum/topic/57851-warrior-trait-testing-oh-my/
And remember we are recruiting