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I can't decide which one is more effective.

I've experimented and concluded that in 30 seconds, i can shoot an animal more times with fan than I can with stopping.

Altough stopping does more damage in one shot, fan hits mores time thus does more damage in the big picture.

Also, add that my gun is an FWG 49-280/1.1 speed to the formula. Which shot should I be using?

Garlic Cruton, Sunrunner

With the 1.1 speed you may be better with the stopping shot. Look at the overall damage over time and see what is best. If you avg 500-900 or so with fan and hit once per second then hit for 1200-1500 every other second with stopping shot you have look at the total damage in a 1 minute fight.(Fan = 30k-54k and Stop =36k-45k) Of course those are ideal numbers and not very realistic. Also ham costs come into play, unless you heal that up with stims as most do, therefore reducing your number of shots per minute.

Add to all of that the fact that at Master Pistoleer the speed factor becomes a non issue since you will make both shots once per second.

So your best shot is not so easily determined, but maybe this will help you get closer to an answer.

I'm hitting 500-1000 with stopping shot, and doing the 800-1500 pt shotswith fanshot. Plus, just observation is showing me that stuff goes down faster with fanshot. It's my best attack by far. I spam it. I believe 17 instances of it fit in the combat queue.

Unless you're a Master Pistoleer, SS won't be a better damager than Fan Shot with your pistol. At Stances IV, you're still going to be doing more per second with FS. And if you're worried about causing aggro through the area effect Fan Shot when facing a mob, KipUp Shot is still better than Stopping Shot (even at Stances IV).