Talk:Acrid/@comment-11753608-20130727132623/@comment-11753608-20130728042713

So after trying to do all of this, I ran into two separate errors that crept into the damage calculator when I transferred it into google docs I had to deal with and then I did a whole bunch of calculations for the two weapons against a level 65 charger with my current mod levels and I realized two things which temper my statements a little.

1.  The Despair will NEVER outpace the acrid against light infested due to the .5 damage MP for armor piercing damage.

2.  Despair only start to outpace Acrid on very high level mobs - we're talking level 100 ish or above - and only then if it is pretty much fully loaded with max level mods.

The only factor I wasn't going to check out is that with a 120% barrel diffusion mod on a acrid, it loses about 50% of damage output after two shots because it has already loaded the target up with ticks. This applied to bosses and high level mobs. It would take quite a lot of extra calculations about fire rates and what not to figure that all out.

In the end, it leads me to the same conclusion, when maxed modded and fighting high level mobs and bosses, the despair will win.

I can take you through those calcs but I lost a lot of time on the detours above. I can do it tomorrow if you want.