Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: Speed vs DPS vs SAC
I rate my weapons 1) Damage 2) SAC 3) Speed
I do ask my customers what they want and am willing to change priorities if they want though.
Well, that depends on the purpose and type of the weapon..
1) Are you going to use the weapon in long fights (i.e. vs. high-level mobs, in PvP, as bounty-hunter vs Jedi's, etc) ? Then SAC will be more important.
2) Are you using a pistol(naturally lowSAC), carbine (medium SAC)or rifle (high SAC)? Note: For Carbines& Rifles, weaponsmiths can use "Rifle Stocks". Those parts are quite decisive, as they can reduce the SAC, by up to ~20 pointsat no speed loss. An averagerifle stock would add signifantly to the speed (0.3 - 1.0) and only give a small advantage (6 -10 pts). Same goes for the scope.. if the ws isn't able to produce one that matches these values, rather ask him not to add one: +6 accuracy or better, no or low speed loss (around or below +0.2).
JeffM wrote:Im evaluating high end weapons (and deciding whether to use my ADK on my new pistol). Where do most people rank speed, DPS and SAC in terms of importance (which is most important, which is second, which is third)?
While i personally feel that all of these stats are important alot of my recent requests have been low SAC,high DPS,damage and speed should be good but they havnt been the main things people are looking for.
Since i have an alt for combat i have some theories about this.In pvp a person needs to do alot of damage in a fast amt of time.So youd think go with a high damage weapon however in this case i think the DPS is more important,while you can't do a massive attack you can do alot quicker attacks which cause more damage in the long run.
I may well be wrong but it seems to me that the winner in pvp is the person who can keep up a good fight longer,hence the low SAC also.
Anyway thats just my take on it,i hope it helps.
JeffM wrote:My new pistol is unmodified 1.8 speed, 17 accuracy bonus, 372 DPS, 966 max damage, 81 SAC. I believe it has been fully sliced. Is that worth an ADK?
yeah, that's decent enough. dmg capped featherweights are hard to come by. the SAC is a little high (should be high 70s if the WS created it using all the benefits at his/her disposal), but that is very workable. you can take your pick of dmg pups or SAC pups, depending on what kind of fight you are heading for.