Pack hounds have the highest DPS of any weapon?

erik9631

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Hello.
According to Coriolis, Pack Hounds as it currently stand are the weapons with the highest possible DPS.
I would like to ask whether these values are correct.
I made numerous Fer-De-Lance builds each with different setups, and the one with packhounds scores the highest DPS against shields as well as armor.
I have been comparing the values against an anaconda with 6A shields, unengineered and against another FDL with engineered shields and 50% resistances. The pack hounds won each time.


This is the multicannon version.
https://coriolis.io/outfit/fer_de_l...ZAVwBsAXAAmzwOClenaiA===&bn=Multicannon lance

Anaconda 6A shields
DPS Shields: 57
DPS Armor: 70

Fer-Der-Lance, Engineered shields (53% Kinetic, 54% thermal 56% explosive )
DPS Shields: 28
DPS Armor: 67

Railgun version with plasma accelerator, (PVP meta)
https://coriolis.io/outfit/fer_de_l...FMAzZAVwBsAXAAmzwOClenaiA===&bn=Railgun Lance

Anaconda 6A shields
DPS Shields: 73
DPS Armor: 130

Fer-Der-Lance, Engineered shields (53% Kinetic, 54% thermal 56% explosive )
DPS Shields: 43
DPS Armor: 130

Packhound version
https://coriolis.io/outfit/fer_de_l...wDNEBXAGwBcACTHPARmBZjeCA&bn=Pack hound lance

Anaconda 6A shields
DPS Shields: 74
DPS Armor: 206

Fer-Der-Lance, Engineered shields (53% Kinetic, 54% thermal 56% explosive )
DPS Shields: 50
DPS Armor: 192


Anaconda and fer der lance used for DPS comparison.
https://coriolis.io/outfit/fer_de_l...=.EweloBhAOGQUwIYHMA28QgIwVyKBQA==&bn=Shields

https://coriolis.io/outfit/anaconda...mUEY4BYQFMCGBzANikI4SEhQlA==&bn=Default conda


Are these values real? If so is there any reason why to chose any other weapon over the hounds?
 

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
They can be pretty lethal, but mostly to external modules.

Hull and shield damage is rather low.
Also, ammo isn't that high, and there's a good chance some of the missiles will miss, or be shot down, or ECM'd.
 

Marklar_

Marklar_
erik9631 said:
Are these values real? If so is there any reason why to chose any other weapon over the hounds?
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DPS numbers don't tell the whole story, not even close, you don't want to choose weapons that way. If you experiment with different weapons in the actual game you'll see why everyone isn't running around with packhounds.
 

Wasp0

Wasp0
Get your targets shields down and unleash the Pack of hounds at hull and especially external modules and watch them go down. Watch Ur heat though they can cook you up quite quickly.
 

IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
Starman 1966 said:
Packhounds generate heat like crazy and suffer from low ammo counts. Mine are gathering dust. If you are after DPS, try frag cannons.
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What happens when you take a ship known for having heat issues, fill all its hard points with pack hounds, and send it off on a kill-the-pirate mission:

[video=youtube;MoTU7k-A5hY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoTU7k-A5hY&t=108s[/video]

Hillarity ensues - and note how many times we overheat here.
 
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Bunkerkind Anni

Bunkerkind Anni
IndigoWyrd said:
What happens when you take a ship known for having heat issues, fill all its hard points with pack hounds, and send it off on a kill-the-pirate mission:



Hillarity ensues - and note how many times we overheat here.
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you are not really applying that DPS in that video. sure, that would be the same for any other weapon... but its a topic about theoretical numbers :D
 
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