2009-08-17, 11:14 AM
ImVindictive Wrote:I was just in an argument the other day about Bucc vs shad in terms of dps and of course they used your chart.
I think an 8 minute interval (Bucc's transform/untransformed) would be more accurate to see how much DPM considering bosses last minutes rather than seconds. Your spreadsheet is a start but you should consider delays from start to finish (2 seconds assassinate/boomstep combo).
I just feel like it be more informative rather how much someone can hit in 1 blow. If you want help I'd gladly assist
These numbers aren't based on how much damage people do in one hit. DPS is a measure of average damage per second under ideal conditions. Damage per minute is a pointless extension of that number. It doesn't matter if a Zak run takes 30 minutes. You're not going to be doing a different amount of average damage. I'd rather look at 80ks and 100ks than 4.8ms and 6ms. It's neater and outputs smaller numbers. Just multiply by 60 if that matters to you.
All delays in between attacks are already taken into account. Boomerang Step, for example, is not listed by itself as an attack, but Step/Assassinate is, because the chain can be spammed.
If you want to know how much damage a Buccaneer can output in 8 minutes, figure out how long they would be transformed in seconds, multiply by DPS, figure out how long they would be untransformed, multiply by DPS, and add the two numbers. For Shadower you would just multiply 480*the attack combo they're using.


