Warfare & Tactics

Kinetic:
Damage applied = 504 * (1 - 0.81) = 95.76

EM:
Damage applied = 382 * (1 - 0.74) = 99.32

So in this case EM does slightly more damage because the resist is lower. This is basically just because the kinetic resist is so high for a blood clone. In a lot of situations the pure DPS boost from the kinetic bonus on the Drake outweighs the resistance difference, so it's usually worth using kinetic missiles. Even in this situation, with a very high kinetic resist, the DPS boost with EM is very slight, because the Drake does so much more base damage with kinetic.

Can you detail what values you put into the calculator? I was just using the 504 and 382 you gave me as "paper DPS" numbers before any losses from resistance/sig radius/velocity. That said, the velocity and explosion radius should have no impact on resistance choice (they have the same damage penalty either way).

I don't trust that calculator, because putting in an extra large signature radius yields damage above the base damage supplied, which is impossible. Unless I'm way off base, and please someone correct me.

Reference this thread which explains missile damage well.

Since you're using missiles with identical EV and ER values, it doesn't matter - both missile types will be affected in the same fashion, and will suffer the same degree of damage reduction, so if you're just trying to determine which damage type to use, it doesn't matter.

All you really need to compare is the amount of raw damage against the resists.

If your numbers were right, there is 74% EM resistance, which means 26% of your damage will get through if you use EM, and 81% kinetic resist, so only 19% of your damage will get through.

Kinetic: 504 * .19 = 95.76
EM: 382 * .26 = 99.32

However, your numbers are NOT right. With all else being equal, EM missiles on a drake should do 66.7% of the base DPS of kinetic missiles, but the numbers you have provided show EM DPS numbers that are closer to 75% which, simply put, is impossible.

I'm pretty sure your original DPS values erroneously included drone damage.

Considering you can't even add drones/ammo properly to BC's loadouts section (and haven't been able to for the better part of two years) I wouldn't trust that calculator at all. The previous posters are correct, explosion velocity/radius have absolutely no bearing whatsoever in relation to resistances.





This equation is correct.

**EDIT**

The velocity/radius calculations are being made upon the DPS/resist calculation, so "total DPS = base damage * (1 - resist percentage)" is accurate. The explosion velocity/radius calculation is made using this DPS figure, not the base DPS figure. A very simplified way to look at it:

(total DPS equation) * (explosion velocity/radius equation)

Yeah, I have no idea if those figures are accurate or not, I was only speaking to the validity of the method being used to derive actual DPS. Edited my previous post while you were posting.

Resistances still matter - you just start to get some damage bleedthrough to armor as you get that low (and you cross the regeneration peak). Once you get into armor, it's a new set of resistances, but it's not all that important. The tl;dr is just use the kinetic missiles.



Ah. Battlecruiser 4, then? That means you're talking about ~36.8% Vs. 40%. It's really insignificant. I wouldn't worry about it.

Er... the drake gets a 50% bonus to kinetic damage at level 5, 10% per level. 429.3 is only 40% over 306.7.

If the missile DPS is 306.7 with non-kinetic, it should be more like 460 with kinetic at BC 5.

Not to be argumentative or anything, but the math on this one is driving me nuts.