Difference between revisions of "Damage per Second"

Revision as of 13:44, 23 March 2021

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.

$Max DPS = (Damage \times Burst Shot Count) \div (Ranged Cooldown + Warmup + (Burst Ticks \div 60) * Burst Shot Count - 1)$

Where

$Burst Ticks = 3600 \div Fire Rate$

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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 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 ) }}
+{{math|big=1|Max DPS {{=}} (Damage &times; Burst Shot Count) &divide; (Ranged Cooldown + Warmup + (Burst Ticks &divide; 60) * Burst Shot Count - 1) }}
+Where
+{{math|big=1|Burst Ticks {{=}} 3600 &divide; Fire Rate}}
 ===Real DPS===
 This is the realistic damage output of just the weapon itself with accuracy factored in. Doesn't account for colonist skill.