Guild Wars 2

Skill 2 for the Greatsword or sword is similar across professions – the single skill activation causes multiple hits.

The skill reports that the warrior hits for 8 × 1624 and the damage on-screen and in the combat log shows that this is 1624 per hit and there are 8 possible hits.

The mesmer sword skill reports that it hits for 8 × 808 and again you can see that this is 808 per hit

The guardian greatsword skill on the other hand reports 9 × 1251 but from the combat log this is not per hit but it is 1251 total.

Why is this not consistent? Surely (even though the guardian can move while whirling) the attack should do 1251 per hit to match the other similar skills?
I have not checked the ranger skill but the wiki entry suggests that it is also listed per hit.

Note: the 1624, 808, 1251 are taken from the wiki entries rather than from an actual character build.