Am I... doing it wrong?

[Alrisaia]

Though I don't use Trap anymore, I'd suggest you charge everytime for the "Bleed" effect. From your rotation, I can see you are an Elite "Support" Assassin. While there is nothing wrong with this you also can't expect to deal more damage than those who don't really make it a priority to buff (SV) and lay traps. I roll elite dives with a full out bow build. All bow skills + SV, 220+ DMG and a pet who has a AOE ability or passive (Clyde, Mali or Wrathjaw). For bosses I equip a pet who hits a single target hard (McCraw or Granite). With Elite Mobs, I pop smoke and bow away. If you hit Aim Shot the second it lights up you can get up to 50% crit. Pop smoke, uncharged AS, uncharged Nox, AS, Charged SSS and repeat. Arrows fly out so fast it looks like your toon is glitched. Add normal shots from Shipmaster's bow of Force between cool downs. Eats your mana, but knocks mobs out fast. Hope it helps.

So - I tried the above, and here's what I've found.

My run times are almost identical with PUGS if I use Flints for the crowd and Depraved for the boss or Flints for the crowd and Bow for boss.

In fact - I switched to Ribbit, and after I started using him, stacking aimed shot, I've seen my crit % get as high as 83%... so - Definitely not losing the AOE blade spin attack, combine that with Ribbit's +40% crits and then AOE Flintlocks OMG... devastation, when my net pulls them in I hit the blades and ribbit and watch the blood fly.

Consistent times of 5 minutes in PUGS with 3 warriors and me we can do it in 6 mins if they can keep the MOBs off of me... and I stay alive. I'm getting better... I think I was doing it wrong...