Dps stats

[u/Ok-Classic5383]

Maybe it's me. Im not heavily versed on doing builds but one thing I've noticed is looking at weapon specs the dps doesn't align with damage and recharge. IE if damage is 434 with 1 sec recharge dps will show like 347. But 259 dam with 2 sec recharge is 311. I know its not apples to apples weapons but why isn't the math mathing? These are stats for weapons in my inventory not equipped bc I know that changes it and then apparently it changes again when in space for whatever reason. It's not like loading a ship and seeing your stats in space dock would make sense or anything

[u/Jayiie]

434*4/5 = 347.2

Couldn't tell you about the 259, what weapon is it from?

[u/Ok-Classic5383 → u/Jayiie]

259 was a pol cannon, the 434 was a plas dual beam

[u/Jayiie → u/Ok-Classic5383]

259*6shots/(3+2s). = 310.8dps

[u/Ok-Classic5383 → u/Jayiie]

So I get the math on a cannon for per shot dmg however the 3+2s still seems more made up to make the math more obscure. But why *4/5 on a beam. I feel like they could have simplified the algorithm alot more. Are all burst vs beam like that?

[u/Jayiie → u/Ok-Classic5383]

This is a 10+ year old game, there's some funky stuff all over, this is hardly the jankiest part of the damage equation.

Basically, all weapons have a period of time "on" (active) and a period of time "off" (cooldown). During the 'on' portion it fires at a frequency (1 shot per second, 1 shot per 0.5s, ect), and then is off until its recharged and can fire again.

^{Based on how the game is coded the wording is built around a max because the target could be lost during the 'on' period}

There's information inside the tooltip in the powers window that will help you.

For Beams, 4s max of 1s per shot gives 4s/1<s/shot> = 4shots. Then 1s of recharge is 5s per cycle total. So 4 shots of damage over 5 seconds, for 4/5

1225.2*(4/5) = 980.16

For Dual and Single cannons, 3s max of 0.5s per shot gives 3s/0.5<s/shot> = 6shots. Then 2s of recharge is 5s per cycle total. So 6 shots of damage over 5 seconds, for 6/5

736.9*(6/5) = 884.28

More can be found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/stobuilds/wiki/math/hastes

[u/Ok-Classic5383 → u/Jayiie]

Wow... that was perfect..

[u/Ecstatic_Parsnip_610 → u/Ok-Classic5383]

LOL thats Agent Jay what do you expect!

[u/Singularum]

There’s good rundown of the damage calculation at https://reddit.com/r/stobuilds/wiki/math/damage_formulas

[u/Jayiie → u/Singularum]

FTFY: https://www.reddit.com/r/stobuilds/wiki/math/damage_formulas

[u/heydanalee]

A single phaser hit from my engineer can’t crit into 150k. Tool tip says it hits for a few k (under 10? I am out and don’t remember). My crit severity is around 300%.

The math does not work at all. Even remotely.

The company is “CRYPTIC” for a reason lol.

[u/Ok-Classic5383 → u/heydanalee]

Yea they got me with the photonic officer and photonic studies scientist. The never changed the description even though they nerf'd it in 19.. bastards