Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Handguns

These handgun measurements are part of the Lancer Knightz data collection project. We also have lots of sword data. If you'd like to help us collect measurements, then please contact the project administrator, Donkeyhaute.

Clips per Minute

This table shows the combos per minute of various handguns, at various levels of attack speed increase (ASI). To collect such data, a tester takes a gun to any safe area, such as Moorcroft Manor. He or she repeatedly fires full clips for a solid minute, and records the result in the hidden HTML comments in this table. The test is repeated, until it seems to settle on a single answer for the clips per minute, which is then entered in the table explicitly. However, even then the result should be regarded as approximate. (Data marked with a prime ' were collected by Shuraka; others come from Donkeyhaute.)

Some remarks:

• In most cases, each increment of ASI increases the clips per minute by 2%-5%. The geometric mean of the increases is about 3.6%.
• Blitz Needle seems not to benefit much from ASI at all — less than 2% per increment. Perhaps the large cool-down period at the end of the clip is not shortened by ASI.

The following table shows the resulting damage per second (DPS) from firing full clips at ASI+6 (at depth 28, with no damage bonus coming from UVs, armor, or trinkets). Unfortunately, many of the damage data on the wiki have not been updated since the Spring 2012 handgun damage increase this spring. So we can fill in only a few rows right now. The alchemer DPS numbers ignore ricochets, which can vastly increase damage output.

Charges per Minute, and Charge Movement Speed

This table shows two kinds of data about handgun charges: how fast the user can move while charging the gun, and how many charges per minute (CPM) the gun allows.

The Dash and Penalty columns show movement speed data. To collect such data, the tester goes to the train platform on the west side of Moorcroft Manor, with no movement speed increase or decrease. The tester runs from the north end of the platform to the south end three times, with the gun charged. The average of the three times is shown in the Dash column. When not charging a weapon, this dash takes a baseline 6.8 seconds. The Penalty column shows how much longer than baseline the measured dash time is; it's a measure of how much charging the gun slows down the user.

The 0 to +6 columns of the table contain CPM data. To collect such data, the tester goes to a safe area, such as Moorcroft Manor. For each level of charge time reduction (CTR), the tester executes charge attacks for a minute straight against thin air. Each test is repeated until it seems to settle on a single answer for the CPM. However, even then the results should be regarded as approximate. Also, we should note that all tests are carried out with ASI+6, because ASI has a small effect on charge attack speed. For example, Callahan CTR+4 does 16 charges per minute at ASI+1, but 17 charges per minute at ASI+6.

Based on the data collected thus far, the average decrease in charge time for each level of CTR seems to be about 6.3%.