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One solution to this problem would be to go sword/shield – hammer with three different runes to make signet of rage give you 46 seconds of swiftness and the trait point to make signets recharge 20% faster. That means you wouldn’t get much in the way of other bonuses from your runes so its a bit of a trade off, but I personally really like it.
Sword 4 starts as one bleed and increases to a stack of four over the course of several seconds. It’s pretty easy to test as you can go to Heart if the Mists, throw your sword at a golem (as it is a short ranged attack) without auto attacking and watch the bleed tick up.
For a condition damage build you need toughness or you’ll never be alive long enough to kill anyone.
I really like my longbow, but the above poster is quite correct in saying that you must spec into it very deliberately to be any good. I got the precision/toughness/condition damage gear from TA and have been quite happy in WvW. It does sort of stink in that the gear will be only good for the longbow or a sword build but that’s sort of how it had to go if I was going to use the longbow really effectively.