EVE General Discussion

It all depends on what you are doing or trying to do.

The HP on both of those is deplorable.
How did you get your HP that low?

Usually even on a frigate you'll want several thousand effective hitpoints. (Base HP/(1.0-lowest resist)).

Though the amount you can self-repair is also important.
A ship that can self-repair fast enough doesn't need as much HP.
But in your case the ship is very likely to get one-shotted by anything larger than it.

Google EVE University and read up on some of their tutorials... specifically fitting, tanking, dps....

Helps a lot and will answer your question prolly...

Maybe its me but i always thought if you did large DPS with your guns then your HP damage from your guns should be also high. But as you can see the smaller DPS gives a higher HP damage

Yes

I wanted to know is having a higher Hit point damage more important from your guns or having a higher dps from your guns?

You can hit high HP all in one shot or high HP over time, it's a trade off.

For difficult enemies you will want more DPS. If you are doing something like easy missions and you want it quick, you may prefer a long range high HP gun to kill enemies in one shot.

I put railguns on my catalyst after training skills to fit the best I can fit, and do level twos in it. After linking the guns a lot of enemies in those missions die in one shot.

I think the OPs confusion on DPS vs. HP damage is a question of Rate of Fire.

HP or Volley is the damage a single shot will do before you account for resists. This may also be referred to as "Alpha".

DPS is the damage your guns will do over time before you account for resists. It takes into account your Rate of Fire (but not any reload time).

Looking at the numbers you gave the first is likely a Rifter fit with Auto-Cannons and the second is likely Artillery. The Auto-Cannons cycle faster so will have higher DPS but will do less damage per cycle than the Artillery. Because the Artillery cycles slower, you will get more punch (HP) per shot but that punch will come slower (less DPS).

The Artillery is great is you intend to navigate at range (see the optimal and falloff of Artillery vs. Auto-Cannon) and try to snipe your target. If you prefer to get in someone's grill and do damage that will outpace any repair or logistics they have in place, Auto-Cannons may be the way to go.

Additionally, you're likely better off posting this in the Ships and Fittings Discussion Forum.

Words to live by.

Most of the time higher DPS is better than higher volley

However, in a fleet fight where throwing a MASSIVE amount of damage at something at once is vital using a high volley would be paramount.

If you want range and want to kite then you're kinda stuck with the high volley instead of higher DPS because the long range guns are all designed to be volley based.

Decent DPS is still important for high volley guns though, because high volley guns compensate for their high striking power by having a really slow rate of fire in comparison to other guns. This low rate of fire could mean that your target has already repaired some of their HP back before you fire again. If you wanna crack a sustained tank like that then raw DPS is the key.

DPS is damage per second

The HP figure depends where you are looking for it, as it may or may not be with skills applied. You are probably thinking of damage per shot, which combined with your rate of fire equates to your DPS.

In PVE, DPS is always better.
In PVP, DPS is always better unless there is a specific reason you need to do higher damage per shot, but less damage over time.