Verdant bow vs P8 gun, need advice please!

[Sahnn]

Just a quick question for all of you number guru's that understand this game much better than i ever will. So i got my P8 gun yesterday which is 55dps and i had the Verdant Relic Bow.

I thought that having a 55dps gun compared to a 46 dps bow would be great, however my raid numbers and parsing numbers are not showing that. If anything they are about the same.

Of course i had to drop some dex on my other items to add hit for HK and i lost my 4 piece proc on my Nimble Rogue gear as well which randomly procs for like 225 or so.

I guess i am asking any of you experts that i have already experienced this to shed some insight. Is the gun better? Should i still use the bow? Is losing 30 dex > than the 9dps on the gun.

Any feedback would be appreciated. If more info is needed let me know but i think i covered what is needed. Major loss was 30 dex give or take, keep in mind i added AP and CRIT from the gun however.

[Phaetill]

Just a quick question for all of you number guru's that understand this game much better than i ever will. So i got my P8 gun yesterday which is 55dps and i had the Verdant Relic Bow.

I thought that having a 55dps gun compared to a 46 dps bow would be great, however my raid numbers and parsing numbers are not showing that. If anything they are about the same.

Of course i had to drop some dex on my other items to add hit for HK and i lost my 4 piece proc on my Nimble Rogue gear as well which randomly procs for like 225 or so.

I guess i am asking any of you experts that i have already experienced this to shed some insight. Is the gun better? Should i still use the bow? Is losing 30 dex > than the 9dps on the gun.

Any feedback would be appreciated. If more info is needed let me know but i think i covered what is needed. Major loss was 30 dex give or take, keep in mind i added AP and CRIT from the gun however.

parse with each,use whichever parses higher..simple

[Sahnn]

parse with each,use whichever parses higher..simple

Was hoping for more of an explanation than that, but thanks captain obvious! lol

[Sharzak]

I keep seeing people say parse, what does that mean?

[Blays]

I keep seeing people say parse, what does that mean?

DPS meter ........

[Fatalwound]

did u make sure u made up the hit u lost from changing from a pve weapon to a pvp weapon.

[Sahnn]

did u make sure u made up the hit u lost from changing from a pve weapon to a pvp weapon.

Yes i did.

[Phaetill]

DPS meter ........

Well I say parse bc the originals where dps meters & called parses here,I use a custom addon that shows all types of dps,enemies & mine in real time in the game...so technically I don't parse anymore

Also it measures true dps,which parsers technically did not.

[Phaetill]

Just a quick question for all of you number guru's that understand this game much better than i ever will. So i got my P8 gun yesterday which is 55dps and i had the Verdant Relic Bow.

I thought that having a 55dps gun compared to a 46 dps bow would be great, however my raid numbers and parsing numbers are not showing that. If anything they are about the same.

Of course i had to drop some dex on my other items to add hit for HK and i lost my 4 piece proc on my Nimble Rogue gear as well which randomly procs for like 225 or so.

I guess i am asking any of you experts that i have already experienced this to shed some insight. Is the gun better? Should i still use the bow? Is losing 30 dex > than the 9dps on the gun.

Any feedback would be appreciated. If more info is needed let me know but i think i covered what is needed. Major loss was 30 dex give or take, keep in mind i added AP and CRIT from the gun however.

Also depending how much planar attune you have gained it could make an even bigger or closer gap on the 2 depending what you have leveled in it...really shouldn't be a huge diff either way bro,unless ur a serious min maxer.

[Blays]

Well I say parse bc the originals where dps meters & called parses here,I use a custom addon that shows all types of dps,enemies & mine in real time in the game...so technically I don't parse anymore

Also it measures true dps,which parsers technically did not.

oh ok thanks for clarifying the difference for me. Does your addon filter shocking cipher?

[alcoholic666]

Just a quick question for all of you number guru's that understand this game much better than i ever will. So i got my P8 gun yesterday which is 55dps and i had the Verdant Relic Bow.

I thought that having a 55dps gun compared to a 46 dps bow would be great, however my raid numbers and parsing numbers are not showing that. If anything they are about the same.

Of course i had to drop some dex on my other items to add hit for HK and i lost my 4 piece proc on my Nimble Rogue gear as well which randomly procs for like 225 or so.

I guess i am asking any of you experts that i have already experienced this to shed some insight. Is the gun better? Should i still use the bow? Is losing 30 dex > than the 9dps on the gun.

Any feedback would be appreciated. If more info is needed let me know but i think i covered what is needed. Major loss was 30 dex give or take, keep in mind i added AP and CRIT from the gun however.

So...you picked up a better dps wise weapon, but dropped a bunch of dps stats...and they about even out?

Sounds about right.

Go to a dummy. The ones in your home city, not the ones on the forums. Test with one weapon. Then without switching gear, switch to the other weapon. You dont need a dps parser if you pay attention to the numbers on the screen-25 percent increase in DPS on the weapon should be easily noticeable. Do a 1 minute rotation, then check your combat log, do another rotation and compare.

Or get a dps parser and guesstimate.