Talk:Natasha/@comment-33028069-20170926212401/@comment-31269503-20170927080950

It's really easy. Honestly. Let's re-calculate on Natasha example.

1) Full combo damage. You need to get 1 projectile damage multiplied by the number of shots in magazine (think Orkan or punisher) or 1 full shot damage (think Thunder), or 1 full charged shot damage (think Trebuchet) or DPS (think Scourge).

For Pin it's 2760x4=11,040 for Trident it's 6850x3=20,550

2) Then you need to find out how long it takes to shoot and fully reload the gun. For some guns shooting is instant (think Thunder), or takes one second (think Trebuchet-Zeus); for others it takes some time (around 4 sec for Orkan, 14 sec for Molots etc)

For Pin it's 2 RPS, so for 4 rockets it's two seconds fire time, and twelve for reload = so 14 seconds cycle; Trident it's 3.7 for fire and 10 for reload = let's make it 14 seconds too.

3) Then you take damage from p.1 and divide it by time from p.2

For Pin it's 11,040 / 14 = 789 cycle DPS

For Trident it's 20,550 / 14 = 1,468 cycle DPS

(cycle means that we are taking into account both fire time AND reload time).

Outcome: So now it seems that Trident is way better than the Pin in terms of DPM, right? However we must take into account the fact that we got TWO pins instead of ONE Trident, so actually it's:

1,468 vs 789*2 = 1,578 and more than that, you can also fire Pin on reload. While this has no effect on DPM, it actually a lot more convenient. So in terms on "being better on delivering damage" two Pins are the best.

But then we go back again to the -100m range and smaller splash radius, and lower hardpoint location (so you can't fire Pins above cover, while being hidden) and difference in fire rate (Pin unloads in 2 sec, Trident in almost 4 sec), which makes weapons not very convenient to use together.

So while it's doable and, honestly, if we take price difference, better value for money, Trident Fury is still better (more convenient) bot overall, if we do NOT take gold\upgrade time and costs into account.