A whole lot of misinformation in here around condition damage…. You don’t compete in dungeons in a condition damage build. A heavy condi build does low damage because of the following:
1. Your stats don’t synergize well. To get condition damage + other damage, you need to take Rabid/Carrion/Rampagers. All three give very weak returns on power damage because of no crit damage, so your power damage is very lackluster.
2. You don’t damage structures, at all… (though carrion/rampager does okay here)
3. Your weak returns from vulnerability.
4. You get your burns, and poison overridden by any other user that may have no control over when those things proc (like a guardian). These conditions are always first come first serve, and there is no priority system.
5. Your bleeds at 25 will get knocked off by any new bleeds, even your own, potentially sending a 30 second bleed packing for a 4 second crit bleed.
Are there places where conditions work well? Sure… but not nearly as many places as where zerker works well.
Are you hurting your team rolling a full condi build? Most likely, but it isn’t the end of the world, as most PVE is not so difficult as to REQUIRE zerker players (See old arah 4).
In the best case scenario you can make due with conditions, and in a poorly optimized party you can be downright useless (see a party with multiple mesmers proccing short bleeds in zerker gear or a double condi necro party).
What you should ask yourself: Is it right that I have to justify my spot in this group by my personal ability, and not the merits and advantages of my class?
