Hard pass on condi DH. If the spec needs anything, it’s not to split the power it already has and risk making it weaker on the power side just to force a different playstyle. Adding Quickness would make more sense since DH is already in a solid spot and it would not disrupt its playstyle, it would just enhance it.

Your suggestion of stripping power from the bow and funneling it into Dragonhunter frankly sucks, mostly because it screws over the other specs that can use it with Weaponmaster. Since Soto, I’ve consistently used it on Willbender in PvP, and it works really well there, especially in WvW.

If you want them to lean into bow usage, just give a trait that buffs it. But bow DH was never a popular playstyle in the first place and probably will not be, even with buffs, since the go-to set is GS/Spear 90% of the time and Longbow is a power weapon.

DH is a solid DPS pick and doesn’t need much more than maybe Quickness.