Thank you everyone for the replies.
I perhaps should have been more clear. I dislike the use of kits, but I’m not totally opposed to using them so long is isn’t tedious. I have seen some of the recommended builds which use three kits and their weapons in finger contortion acts to get their rotation working.
I am going to play around with Elixir Gun some more as that does not sound half bad or require aiming like grenades does or to be in melee like bombs.
I really like all of the abilities on 1-5 for P/S, but I am willing to use P/P or Rifle. In fact I often run around with P/P when doing off level PvE stuff. However I use P/S in the zerg or in WvW (Reflecting a Kill Shot makes my day.) simply as a matter of utility. I find Rifle is awesome in SPvP and to a lesser extent WvW, but found that Explosive Shot is just really really good against an opposing zerg or a mass of mobs.
I am going to see if I can track down some “Giver” guns tonight and build a set of Condition Damage armor and see how this works out.
Thanks again for all of the feedback, and I apologize for making it seem like I was completely inflexible.