Number Crunching

[AeternusDoleo]

Aeternus, that won't take refire rate into account. A plasma cannon gets a lot more recharge time then a laser does, generally speaking. Unless you first multiply the damage and energy per shot by the refire rate of the gun (which is all the damage per second and energy per second columns in the wiki are), your figures are inaccurate.

I take the shot values for both energy use and damage applied. The result is exactly the same, since the energy expended is also deducted only when a shot is fired. Go ahead and calculate it if you wish: Damage divided by energy usage should in all cases equal damage per second, divided by energy per second. I've found that the per second values were already rounded, so the shot values were more accurate to use.

Comparisons in weapons are only useful when you're given the option of which gun to use. The majority of factions do not get that choice.

Most people have access to at least the civilian guns, and their own faction weapons. The comparison does have merit in this sense: You can see what's what, and make your decision based on that. These comparisons become even more useful for transport and capital craft turrets, since you have a wider selection available to all in those.

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