Which weapon gives me more damage?

Well let's see...for this scenario to happen i need to have the empress shoulder on and that currently would lose me 16% STR but i will gain 4 att.

With my set up now (current shoulder, 140 cannon), 279,257 clean. Str is 4883 (999+3884). I don't think cannoneers have any w.att buffs but with monkey magic only i have 291,243.

% boss is actually 87% because i have another 30% from my secondary, and i will cube for more of it this saturday. (i know this diminishes the return, so i figured i would mention)

The other way to think about is... that 65% gives you a 27% increase in DPS, which is weighed down by a decrease of 25%stat (approx) and 20WA. You definitely have >=100%stat, which at the maximum gives you a loss of 12.5% DPS, and you definitely have >= 300WA, which at the maximum makes you lose 4% DPS, for a cumulative maximum approximate loss of 16% DPS. The question now is not which is better, but rather how much better.

The below calculations are extremely rough, and is but an attempt to estimate how much hard stat, %stat and WA+%WA (compounded with the weapon multiplier which idk...) you have.

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From the numbers you provided me, and with some rough estimation, you have in the order of 1298 - 1398 STR (before %STR/all, discrepency is due to approximation with and without DEX respectively). Using the larger number as a lower range estimate, you have about 249%stat/all [wow?]. From the total STR you provided me, and approximating the DEX component, you have a total effective WA of 14.01 - 14.30 before dividing by the weapon multiplier.

Assuming a larger weapon multiplier to weigh down the WA contribution, you have approximately 794WA before factoring in all visible %att sources. Even with 100%att, you will still have WA in the order of 400WA. A decrease in 12WA [I threw in the Empress shoulder WA] is 3% drop in DPS, and coupling in the loss in shoulder %STR which makes you lose about 5% damage, your overall decrease in DPS is about 7.8%. That is quite a bit less than what the 65% boss will provide.

A full back-calculation would require ranges after individual buffs from MW, MM, and find a way to remove some WA with minimal changes elsewhere. I probably should have asked that of you earlier, but I guess that is now less relevant to you now.

Hadriel