Weapon Damage Analysis (Light Attacks)
AshleyLee
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Ok, I have been trying to make sense of the weapon damage attacks. If anybody can help decipher this for me I would appreciate it.
I am VR5 Sorcerer, I did this testing in the Rift on the same mobs.
Weapon Set One: Sword and Shield.
Dominion Blue VR4 Sword w/dominion VR4 Shield
Dmg information: Base Dmg: 110 +70 Disease Dmg
Light attacks 94 dmg, per hit +63 dmg every 4/5 hits of disease
Weapon Set Two: 2-handed Axe
Purple VR5 2-handed Axe (Bloodfury)
Dmg information: Base dmg 140 +30 unresistable damage
Light attacks: 129dmg +30 dmg every 3/4 hits of unresistable
Weapon Set Three: Bow Blue VR5 The Poachers Friend
Dmg Information: Base dmg 113 +36 Poison
Light attacks: 156 dmg +32 Poison every 3/4 hits (Close range less than 20m)
I am trying to understand why the bow by far and large would do more dmg per hit plus have a very high rate of fire. means the bow is superior wpn. I am not against bow's it just seems "broken"? that the bow would have such an advantage in dmg. over a 2-handed axe. Especially when the "dmg" seems to be w/e ESO feels like. I have NO pasisves or any skill points in bow at all. I only recently found that it does MORE dmg than its "base". i have been told there is some invisible cap on melee wpns or 2h wpns at any rate. I have the most passives skills in 2-handed. I am going to be respecting all my skill points out of 2-handed. Is this working as intended? Is it broken? My character sheet shows a "cap" of 171 for Weapon dmg I am no where near that with any weapon but my dmg does seem to be capped with 2-handed. Even adding up the bleeding passive and other passives it doesn't equate in dmg anywhere near that of the bow with a much lower damage.
Below is the video of my testing
http://youtu.be/a2UpccfWP-M
I am VR5 Sorcerer, I did this testing in the Rift on the same mobs.
Weapon Set One: Sword and Shield.
Dominion Blue VR4 Sword w/dominion VR4 Shield
Dmg information: Base Dmg: 110 +70 Disease Dmg
Light attacks 94 dmg, per hit +63 dmg every 4/5 hits of disease
Weapon Set Two: 2-handed Axe
Purple VR5 2-handed Axe (Bloodfury)
Dmg information: Base dmg 140 +30 unresistable damage
Light attacks: 129dmg +30 dmg every 3/4 hits of unresistable
Weapon Set Three: Bow Blue VR5 The Poachers Friend
Dmg Information: Base dmg 113 +36 Poison
Light attacks: 156 dmg +32 Poison every 3/4 hits (Close range less than 20m)
I am trying to understand why the bow by far and large would do more dmg per hit plus have a very high rate of fire. means the bow is superior wpn. I am not against bow's it just seems "broken"? that the bow would have such an advantage in dmg. over a 2-handed axe. Especially when the "dmg" seems to be w/e ESO feels like. I have NO pasisves or any skill points in bow at all. I only recently found that it does MORE dmg than its "base". i have been told there is some invisible cap on melee wpns or 2h wpns at any rate. I have the most passives skills in 2-handed. I am going to be respecting all my skill points out of 2-handed. Is this working as intended? Is it broken? My character sheet shows a "cap" of 171 for Weapon dmg I am no where near that with any weapon but my dmg does seem to be capped with 2-handed. Even adding up the bleeding passive and other passives it doesn't equate in dmg anywhere near that of the bow with a much lower damage.
Below is the video of my testing
http://youtu.be/a2UpccfWP-M4
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Moiskormoimi✭✭✭✭Agreed. I've been playing a Dawn's Wrath destro mage and I've always felt that my abilities were lacking in the damage department. I don't think that the passives and the abilities themselves work as intended, and if so, they're so negligible that it really isn't seen in combat.0 -
Brakkar✭✭✭This is so true.
I have a full dw dk build, heavy in stamina and high crit rate.
At vr7, with Hudig's Rage set and Ashen's grip set, my dps with 2 vr7 epic swords easily hits 600 in open world.
Light attacks with a bow, with no skills and not even trained to max so not all passives and I am doing 400 dps easily.
Shouldn't it be more like 200 with light attacks only?0 -
AshleyLee✭✭✭i am replying to this thread in hopes of keeping it alive. I know its a long post but would really like more responses.
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Vandril✭✭✭✭This is interesting. I never noticed this.
I recently went Bow/Medium Armor to level up those skill lines while casually plowing through my V-Levels. I'll have to test this some, myself.0 -
Sakiri✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭This is so true.
I have a full dw dk build, heavy in stamina and high crit rate.
At vr7, with Hudig's Rage set and Ashen's grip set, my dps with 2 vr7 epic swords easily hits 600 in open world.
Light attacks with a bow, with no skills and not even trained to max so not all passives and I am doing 400 dps easily.
Shouldn't it be more like 200 with light attacks only?
Good luck drawing heavy attacks with a bow.
Feels like forever. I barely have time when I counter to exploit knockdown because of the draw time.2 -
RagnarSS✭It is totally weird. I thought one and shield was broken and still think it does lame damage. My weapon does 66 damage base and my stamina is 17 so it raises that to 69. If I do a basic attack it does 53 damage but 140 on heavy attack. My bow states it does 66 damage too but a basic attack does 89 damage. I get that it is a 2 handed weapon but then the 2 handed sword should do the same damage on that basis (which it doesn't). My bow skill level is also 7 levels lower than one and shield. I think they should increase the one and and shield. Having discovered the damage from an add on, there is virtually no point going hand to hand. You may as well just shoot from really far away and even better hold it down and do even more insane damage!!0
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Techkey1✭✭Super late post on my part but, agreed.CP 477 | Dark Elf | Dragon Knight DPS | Ebonheart Pact | Solo Player | No alts
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