Quote Originally Posted by Enfarious View Post
I did that w/ light shot also, use a PS3 controller, so moving back and forth between every shot isn't really the most efficient method. I also use very few macros on arc/brd for now, I haven't hit 50 yet, maybe I'll use more then. For now though using a /shot /wait /shot for 5 shots per press is decent, it's almost an AA.

This whole bit w/ DPS being the important stat is incredibly counter-intuitive, maybe that's just because of years of the base dmg value being the most important in XI, but I'll adapt.
I find that it makes sense in my opinion. If it were simply base damage, then there would be no reason to ever use low delay weapons the way everything else works in game. The Damage is balanced by the delay ONLY for AA. In the case of WS, they have their own cooldowns and TP limitations to keep them in check and thus are unaffected by delay directly in any way, so lower delay weapons would have very soft hitting WS which would result in them being incredibly inferior. This is in fact the reason why everyone thought the Garuda weapons would be crap when their stats were first revealed.

DPS however gives a solid measure of how much damage the weapons will put out compared to others with AA, and by making it so it is the primary stat that effects WS damage it becomes consistent. This way, one can chose high delay/high damage weapons, such as the GC and HDcraft weapons, or low delay/low damage weapons based on personal preference.