Talk:Corvas/@comment-85.224.216.61-20141113205155

So I see there's a lot of people saying this weapon sucks compared to the Imperator, and that they get alot of hate for it in return so let's break this down with some numbers shall we?

So first off the base dps of the weapons are:

Corvas 420*1.0=420

Imperator 40*16.7=668

So assuming that the shooter hits with every single shot and pellet fired without pause, we can see that the Imperator is already in the lead but that won't do the weapons justice since this does not include anything besides the base weapon damage.

We can exclude the base damage, fire rate and elemental mods between the weapons because they only serve as a simple multiplier that is the same for both weapons so we're left with crit and status, so let's start with crit.

Unmodded average crit dps:

Corvas (420*0.85)+(420*2*0.15)= 483dps  | 483/420 = 1.15 = 15% damage increase

Imperator (668*0.9)+(668*2*0.1)= 734.2dps  | 734.2/668=1.0991 ~10% damage increase

And then with Parralax Scope & Hollowed Bullets (+40% Crit chance/+60% Crit damage)

Corvas (420*0.79)+(420*3.2*0.21)= 614.04dps |  614.04/420 = 1.462 = 46,2% base dps increase from crit.

Imperator (668*0.86)+(668*3.2*0.14)= 873.744dps |  873.744/668 = 1.308 = 30.8% base damage increase from crit.

Conclusion: So while the claims I've seen to that the crit damage increase is greater, on the Corvas, the end result is still that even if you were to mod the Corvas for crit, you could put the same mods on the Imperator and remove the two crit mods and still have a higher dps potential since the Imperator sits at ~734base dps without crit mods while still including it's own base crit, and the Corvas only goes up to 614 with crit mods. (That number doesn't even pass the imperator base damage when you pass on counting crit)

As for status, the Corvas has double what the Imperator has (while both are deplorably low) So I suppose going for a status build is what you should do if you play with the space shotgun and want to use it for what it does best.

There may be people out there that like the Corvas for the feel of the weapon and I can get that, but please do not fight over something this silly, because it's not even a contest between these weapons when looking at which one is stronger.