Guild Wars 2

I’ve run both bomb and Flamethrower skills and I have to say that FT is far superior, at least in my playstyle.

True, bombs do more damage, but that’s because they’re big ’ol signs that say “WHATEVER YOU DO DONT STAND NEAR ME IM A BOMB LOOKIMEE”
this is especially true with the utility for the bomb, very easy to dodge.

On the other hand, a flamethrower is much, much more difficult to dodge (think of the difference between airblast and bigolbomb), and while I agree it’s a bad idea to run it while your opponent has retaliation, a button press brings you back to your rifle (which you should be using along with FT anyways cycling cooldowns) In addition, the Juggernaut ability is exceedingly powerful. I also prefer the blind that comes with FT.

Napalm blast is a must with your healing turret water field and for your fire field, the fact that it’s a blast finisher now has won me more fights than I care to admit.

Oh yeah, and the autoattack goes through walls and the final tick is a free ignite every time.

Lastly, since not a lot of people run my build, I get the advantage of surprise and nobody knows my counters.

Different strokes for different folks