Guild Wars 2

Is duration (condi or boon) worth investing in for wvw.

I know condi can be worthwhile in PVE as mobs rarely cleanse although more damage in a shorter timeframe is often better. My limited experience tells me that the prevalence of cleanses in wvw leads me to beleive that higher initial condi damage is better as most long duration conditions will be cleansed before having full impact whilst shorter burstier condis may actually have some effect.

Boon duration is also useful in PVE but probably suffers similarly in wvw as the amount of strip and corruption would result in most boons seeing only a fraction of their potential uptime.

It may well depend on the actual length of initial boon or condi with regard to average time of removal. eg Anything that lasts for short duration might possibly benefit from duration extension whereas most long duration effects would probably be dealt with before the normal duration has even expired let alone any extended duration. Also relevant would be ability to avoid the removal hit, ie access to blocks, invulns and stealth with improve chances of boons staying for full uptime.

Comments and discussion where duration may be useful or detrimental (ie classes, builds, roles, etc).

Yup, Rise of the Tengu

How about a condition that delevels the opponent for x seconds and is stackable?