Difference between revisions of "Damage per Second"

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Damage per second (a.k.a. DPS for short), is a measure of how much damage a given weapon does per second.

These DPS formulas don't account for a pawn's shooting skills.

It's just a calculation of raw, total output damage (on a single target).

The DPS of weapons on the weapons page have been calculated using the following formula:

This is the maximum potential damage, ignoring accuracy.

$Max DPS = (Damage \times Burst Count) \div ((Cooldown + Warmup + (Burst Ticks \times (Burst Count - 1))) \div 60 ticks per second )$

This is the realistic damage output of just the weapon itself with accuracy factored in. Doesn't account for colonist skill.

$Real DPS = Max DPS \times Average Accuracy$

Numbers are rounded to two decimal places for readability.

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 Damage per second (a.k.a. DPS for short), is a measure of how much damage a given weapon does per second.
 ==Disclaimer==
-DPS assumes that '''every shot hits''' (which, in reality, is very unlikely for non-explosive weapons). DPS does not factor in other variables like accuracy or miss radius - it is a measure of how much ''potential damage'' a weapon ''could'' do.
+These DPS formulas don't account for a pawn's shooting skills.
+It's just a calculation of raw, total output damage (on a single target).
 ==Calculation==
 The DPS of weapons on the [[Weapons|weapons page]] have been calculated using the following formula:
-{{math|big=1|DPS {{=}} (Damage &times; Burst Count &times; Blast Radius) &divide; { [Cooldown + Warmup + (Burst Ticks &times; (Burst Count - 1)] &divide; 60 ticks per second } }}
+===Maximum DPS===
+This is the maximum potential damage, ignoring accuracy.
+{{math|big=1|Max DPS {{=}} (Damage &times; Burst Count) &divide; ((Cooldown + Warmup + (Burst Ticks &times; (Burst Count - 1))) &divide; 60 ticks per second ) }}
+===Real DPS===
+This is the realistic damage output of just the weapon itself with accuracy factored in. Doesn't account for colonist skill.
+{{math|big=1|Real DPS {{=}} Max DPS &times; Average Accuracy }}
 Numbers are rounded to two decimal places for readability.
 [[Category:Game mechanics]]
 [[Category:Weapons]]