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There's a link floating around out there that contains a web-based damage/second calculator that some people are raving over...I'm sorry...but its not a very good yardstick for measuring and comparing weapon effectivness.

A few months ago this thread was stickied all over the forums. The original post is 3 pages long and explains some mathematics to determine your weapon effectivness based on min/max damage, weapon speed, your speed skill and armor peircing. There's even a way to compare effectiveness while factoring in HAM costs.

I took these formulas and created a spreadsheet where you can enter your weapon/skill info and it will tell you how effective your weapons are. You can compare your weapon to weapon or even see how effective your pets/droids are in combat.

SWGInfo.xls

This is an MS Excel spreadsheet. If you don't have Excel you can go to the Open Office Web Site and download Open Office: its a free 100% MS Office compatible software suite.

I'm providing this here for the Carbineers and to my guild...hopefully my DSL line won't get slammed too hard.

I'd like to see what you got but it won't load.

What do you mean "it won't load"?

Will the spreadsheet not load? Maybe you need a later version of Excel or get Open Office. I just downloaded the file and opened it at work to be sure that the file itself and download site are valid and function properly with Office 2000, Office XP, and Open Office.

I'd be willing to bet you got some kind of issue on your end to work thru.

Sounds like this spreadsheet has already been done.....

http://tafirehawk.com/GoA/Carbineer%20Actual%20Firing%20Speed%20Table%20V2.xls

Thanks to NOVA for the data

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TAfirehawk wrote:

Sounds like this spreadsheet has already been done.....

http://tafirehawk.com/GoA/Carbineer%20Actual%20Firing%20Speed%20Table%20V2.xls

Thanks to NOVA for the data

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Totally different spreadsheet...totally different data.

My spreadsheet is based on the Volsted Gridban post from a few months ago containing calculations based on SOEs own game mechanics to determine the base effectiveness of a weapon when factoring in min-max damage, base speed, your own speed modifier and AP value. The rating, using his calculations, shows a true base damage/second including Armor Peircing bonus.

What you can do with the spreadsheet I devised is do a comparison of different weapons you own (you plug in actual data from your weapons) to see which is the most effective in sheer damage numbers (not counting damage type). If you're really into math you can take the damage resists of a MOB and subtract the % of the resist from the effectiveness to see how effective your weapon is against that target and compare it to other weapons against the same target.

Also, you determine the base combat effectiveness of your pets/combat droids/faction pets to compare to yourself when using specific weapons.

Message Edited by TAfirehawk on 03-15-2004 03:00 PM