Guild Wars 2

this issue has been bothering me for a while, at least i’ve only noticed it for the past 2 months.
basically the tooltip for the sword burst (f1) ability says that you apply 8 bleeds as well as 8x whatever damage, however ive noticed that i never damage the foe more than 4 times. the other 4 times just dont happen at all UNLESS you happen to crit.
However, I’ve noticed that this does not happen when i’m battling bosses in instances????
i know that sounds so odd but its the only time ive noticed the 8x dmg actually occurring the proper 8 times.

Is the tool tip wrong? Am i missing something? AM I THE ONLY ONE????

I will try this also tonight