[quote]zzSleeper, how did you arrive at those numbers??[/quote] DPS values are taken from the game files. As mentioned previously, the formula for the numbers in the chart is: (Attacker DPS) * (Attacker Weapon-type vs Defender Armor-type Effectiveness) / (Fleet Supply Cost) Against strikecraft is additionally multiplied by the accuracy modifier.
Updated OP to add race-specific EDPSPS charts.
[quote]Illuminators when firing one beam do triple damage (so full nominal damage) with it. So muliply that number by 3. I tried firing at a single ship with a single illuminator.. and it did full damage from just 1 beam. You can test it to be sure, maybe i did it wrong..[/quote] My testing indicates the Illuminator can hit a target with a single beam, and thus only 1/3 of their full dps to a single target. [quote]how does one calculate the actual DPS from that?total of all ban
[quote]zzsleeper I was just trying to say that you should use dps charts that are not incorrect in the future and double check what your relying on.to tell if its correct or not, check entity files or sites that extract the info from entity files, like.http://roe.totalgamingnetwork.com/wiki/index.php/Sins_of_a_Solar_Empire/Flak[/quote] Thanks for pointing that out, I've updated the chart with the correct values. [quote]...The Flak value there has to be taken by half because of
This graph shows the average dps of each ship type verus every other ship type per unit of fleet space it takes up. These calculations take into account weapon-type versus armor-type effectiveness and chance-to-hit against strikecraft. DPS and Supply values from all three races are averaged for each ship type in these calculations, with the exception of Long Range - the Illuminator gets it own line and is not included in the Long Range line due to the different damage type. Values will of cour
