Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Ayvar]

Nah. I wasn't asking for best in slot upgrade, as I already knew weapon was obviously stronger, I asked how much of a loss it was in comparison and it's not enough to care about waiting a few more weeks when my dps will be well over 200 regardless and I hardly do coil for it to really matter. He gave me the info I needed(the stats) and I made my choice. Simple right?

I think it would be interesting to get some kind of measure of how much of a dps loss a certain reduction in stat score would be. Let's take my own stats as an example, and for the sake of argument say I do 300 dps on a dummy (with decent gear your dps should be around this area, but I have no idea of exact numbers). Assuming all things equal with your rotation, your dps will then become purely a function of your stat score, which we can determine using the stat weights.

So with 474 accuracy, I have 46 WD, 447 STR, 271 DET, 396 CRIT, 431 SS = 46*7.54 + 447*1 + 271*0.22 + 396*0.16 + 431*0.146 = 979.75 stat score

So a 979.75 score gives me 300 dps, meaning each point of stat score is equivalent to 0.306 dps. The loss of 8.174 stat score points (as in the case of taking the Wyrm chest piece over a +1 relic) would therefore equate to a loss of 2.5 dps.

This is obviously an extremely rough calculation (and assumes a linear increase/decrease in dps with stat score), but could also be refined by replacing gear to raise and lower your stat score and seeing how this affects your dummy dps. This could be a useful way in the future to get an idea of how your overall stat gain/loss will affect your eventual damage output.