confused... Savage Shot vs Distracting Shot

Savage shot does not have a cast/prep time, and Distracting Shot's prep/cast time is listed as "3/4" (I assume this means 3 quarters of a second).
My first question is how come I seem to fire a Distracting Shot *much* quicker than a Savage shot? the animation looks 2x as fast at least!


Both shots interrupt "actions"
Distracting has a bonus if the interrupted action was a "skill", while Savage shot has a bonus if the interrupted action was a "spell"... which leads me to my next question.
Am I correct in assuming Distracting Shot will deal 14 damage when it hits, no matter what (provided my target was performing an action) since all actions are skills? I read page 123 of the manual and got confused by the wording.
I'd appreciate it if someone could explain this to me.

That probably means that Salvage Shot only activates on your next attack, while Distracting Shot can be activated within 3/4 of a second anytime during an action.

And yes... Distracting Shot deals that amount of damage no matter what your target was doing.

Btw, not every action is a skill. You might just hit a foe that was plain "attacking." The only difference there would be that when you hit a foe using a skill, the skill is disabled for a little while.