Beren Hurin
Onslaught Inc
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.11.22 15:35:00 -
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You are kind of overlooking fitting in your analysis (before core/weapon fitting skills).
Duvolle AR: 90 CPU/ 13 PG
Boundless CR: 81 CPU/ 8 PG
Duvolle AR on lvl 5 gallente assault: 67.5 CPU/ 9.75 PG
yeah, -13 CPU isn't a ton of benefit but it may make the difference between a ADV vs. PRO grenade or ADV vs. PRO damage mod.
Also, how do you know how fast the Combat rifle is firing between bursts?
Also isn't AR ADS dispersion better than the ASCR dispersion? That's a +1 for AR in my book, especially at close range.
Finally, don't forget that you are listing both max DPS and effective range. You only get 30% of max DPS at the effective range. |
Beren Hurin
Onslaught Inc
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.11.22 15:50:00 -
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The other analysis that you'll want to think about too, is weapon + suit matchups. Ideally, all rifles will be MOST bonused with their same race assault suits.
An Duvolle AR + Gallente assault with a good chunk of armor, and some shield, vs. a minmatar combat rifle with minnie assault mostly shield and very low armor would be an interesting matchup. Both would be bonused +10% against each other's main source of HP, but the minmatar would have to shoot through it's slightly penalized HP first, additionally, it has to shoot through the quickly regenerating HP, while the gallente immediately shoots through its bonused HP with its plasma. The gallente suit would, more than likely have greater armor HP to shoot through than the minmatar would have shield.
IOW:
An anti shield DPS weapon with +10% bonus to shield is likely more effective against shield suits than an anti armor +10% weapon vs. armor suits with the same DPS.
This is because armor suits are more likely to have more than 10% more armor HP than a shield has shield HP.
Another way of saying it is, there is significantly more armor to shoot through across all suits (all varieties, not populations). An AR vs. a shield suit still will likely be better than a CR vs. an armor suit (because of HP amount) in most situations. Then if you think about how most people are still running shield suits this gives AR (and ASCR) a leg up, IMO.
So lets move this conversation into fits before we act like guns just shoot themselves on the battlefield... |