2011-01-18, 03:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 2011-01-18, 04:58 AM by SaptaZapta.)
Majora Wrote:Would most of this be based on a minute of attacking? I just have a realllly difficult time understanding DPM/DPS, I'm like a rock it just doesn't sink in.
Well, yes. DPM = Damage Per Minute. (DPS = Damage Per Second).
This assumes you're just spamming your attack as fast as it will go.
So, for example, if you have a weapon+skill combination that lets you do 300k damage per attack, and attacks once a second, you do 300k DPS and 300*60 = 18m DPM. If you were, say, fighting a boss with 30m HP, it would take you 100 seconds (1 minute and 40 seconds) to kill it.
If you have another weapon, that lets you do 450k damage per attack, but only attack once every two seconds, you can do 450*30 = 13.5m HP DPM. With that weapon, it would take 133 seconds to kill the same boss.
(Those numbers are for illustration purposes only. The speed difference between various spears is not that big.)
Note that DPM matters mostly for bosses. For normal training, you want to look at hits-to-kill. That is, if the slow weapon takes two attacks to kill each enemy, and the faster takes three attacks, that usually nullifies the speed advantage.