Elements of Comparative Weaponry (LE1)

This mod does not modify weapon stats in any way. It only changes the display and has no effect on balance.

In Vanilla:

• []Damage Per Second. This is mainly just x x . However, the numbers displayed are often modified by an invisible which can be very arbitrary. In some cases, that factor makes a bit of sense: e.g. semi-auto weapons won't always be used at max fire rate, but even then it is not consistent (the Volkov and Thunder are both semi-auto with a fire rate of 3/sec, the former gets a of 0. 9; the latter of 0. 78). So it often looks like the main purpose is just to put the displayed value more in-line with other weapons. In addition, some weapons like sniper rifles with high damage but low rate of fire suffer a lot in the comparison (there can be very good weapons with an underwhelming displayed damage value).
  • []Heatsink capacity (in seconds). This is pretty straightforward, except that the calculations are not always correct (try to get a Razer X to overheat in anything close to 3 seconds). And the effect on the overall damage output is not very intuitive, and does not account for the cooldown time after overheating (which is not always the same).
    • []Accuracy Rating. This value is actually drawn from the "old" weapon stats from the original game, which (as far as I can tell) are not used at all in the Legendary Edition, since they changed the weapon system. I guess they mostly kept the same manufacturers making more accurate weapons... but not always. So this value is basically not representative of the actual weapons.

      See the mod pictures for some examples of problematic cases.

      With this mod:

      Precisely describing weapon stats with only 3 numerical values is not an easy task. The idea here is to have DPS(sustained) and DPS(burst) to give essentially a min/max range of damage per second that can be expected from the weapon, rather than use a hidden to have some weird arbitrary average. Assuming you hit all your shots, the damage output should essentially always be somewhere within this range, depending on the situation and usage. And the Accuracy Rating should give an idea of of how easy it is to hit shots with different weapons.

      []DPS (burst). This is essentially the damage during the first second. Weapons like snipers with high damage but fire rate < 1/sec will not be at a disadvantage. No in the calculation... you may still prefer the Breaker (fully auto) over the Thunder (semi-auto), but at least now you know the Thunder has a larger maximum possible