DPS of heavy attacks vs light attack spam?

a_thielen_ESO

Do heavy attacks add up to more damage over time than just spamming light attack?

Is there a secondary reason for using heavy attacks outside of damage/knockdown? Like does it activate enchants more or anything?

Anyone have like a breakdown of actual dps numbers between the two diff attack types?

claudius_Dark

For bow attacks heavy attacks are better than light pling pling.

a_thielen_ESO

Do you know any specifics? Bow is an interesting case, because if you want max dps with charged attacks, you have to know exactly when to release, accounting for any internet latency as well.

claudius_Dark

I don't understand the need for knowing exactly? I think that is just with repetitions you know when to release. Sometimes of course it's more important to do a dodging roll than to get your shot off. Is latency the same thing as lag? I'm sure I have more to learn about the 'twitch' side of things, but it really helped me a lot when I learned to use a heavy attack.

a_thielen_ESO

If you don't know exactly, you really don't know something, you just think it, that's why

Gaudrath

You only need to know when to release with the bow. Everything else releases automatically.

One thing to consider is - more frequent light attacks means more frequent chances for a critical hit.

SuperScrubby

http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/light-attacks-vs-heavy-and-igneous-weapons/

Someone did some testing on it already. Enjoy.

a_thielen_ESO

I've seen that. It's good to look at, but at 2 months old in a very young game it would be nice to have it done again. It's results are strange, for it to vary in effectiveness from weapon type to weapon type. I also don't know what igneous weapons are. Just weapons that cause burn? Or special VR weapons?

It's like why bother with heavy attacks that can make you vulnerable, and require a lot of prep time. I'm trying to understand what the devs were thinking.