The Division, DPS or level of weapons?

[RRGT19]

Hi,

I'm new playing The Division and it's a little confusing.

Should I prioritize DPS or the level of weapons?

 

Look at this screenshot that I took:

 

 

The sniper that I'm using right now is lvl 15 and it has 3984 of damage but, the sniper on the left is level 18 and it just has 2575 of damage, why?.
I don't understand.

How can I know if a weapon is better than another one?. A lot of low level weapons have more damage than weapons with more level.

Help me with this...

[Aytex]

When you're just starting out pritorize dps

 

Once you hit max, start grinding for better gear and specs.

 

That was my DPS build, but the higher you get the more you should do skill power and health along with dps

[zMeul]

prioritize DPS, as far as I know level doesn't factor in overall DPS

 

gear level only counts after lvl30 when you go into world tiers - world tiers have gear level requirements that you need to meet

 

also, there are two types of marksman rifles:

• high dmg/shot - low overall DPS, small magazines 
• low dmg/shot - high DPS, large magazines

I prefer high DMG / bullet since it can take down red mobs with a single headshot

[RRGT19]

8 minutes ago, Aytex said:

When you're just starting out pritorize dps

 

Once you hit max, start grinding for better gear and specs.

 

That was my DPS build, but the higher you get the more you should do skill power and health along with dps

so, wait me a sec....
I pick up weapons that I find in the city.
If a weapon has more DPS than the weapong I'm carrying, I switch them....
Everything is about DPS, no matter the level and no matter if one has more or less damage than the other, if it has more DPS, use it.
that is what you are trying to say?.

[RRGT19]

3 minutes ago, zMeul said:

prioritize DPS, as far as I know level doesn't factor in overall DPS

 

gear level only counts after lvl30 when you go into world tiers - world tiers have gear level requirements that you need to meet

so, to get that very clear.
See my answer to "Aytex" above...

 

What does DPS means exactly?.

[zMeul]

19 minutes ago, RGomez9119 said:

What does DPS means exactly?.

it's a complicated formula that takes into account:

• dmg / bullet
• RPM (rounds / minute)
• magazine size
• reload time

PvP play relies on burst damage; while for PvE is better to have sustained damage since enemies (purple, yellow, gold) are bullet sponges

 

but don't worry, your world will be turned upside down when patch 1.6 hits - soon^TM

[Aytex]

4 minutes ago, RGomez9119 said:

so, wait me a sec....
I pick up weapons that I find in the city.
If a weapon has more DPS than the weapong I'm carrying, I switch them....
Everything is about DPS, no matter the level and no matter if one has more or less damage than the other, if it has more DPS, use it.
that is what you are trying to say?.

Dps is damage per second, it dosen't really scale well with the enemies tbh its not a accurate representation

 

But yea, if you find a gun that does + Green then switch it

 

It only matters once you hit 30 cause raids are hard as fuck

[zMeul]

3 minutes ago, Aytex said:

It only matters once you hit 30 cause raids are hard as fuck

only the 1st few times until you understand the mechanics, then it's quite boring tbh

[Aytex]

15 minutes ago, zMeul said:

only the 1st few times until you understand the mechanics, then it's quite boring tbh

thats why I only have 60 hours on the shit game lmao

 

Somone bought it for me .-. 

[zMeul]

2 minutes ago, Aytex said:

hats why I only have 60 hours

332hours

 

bought the game last Dec with the discounts

[Ryoku]

27 minutes ago, RGomez9119 said:

so, to get that very clear.
See my answer to "Aytex" above...

 

What does DPS means exactly?.

For the most part you want to take the weapon with higher dps, only exception I do with this is with sniper rifles, I take the one that does the highest dmg per shot (typically a bolt action one) That way you'll do more dmg per headshot, you'll 1 shot weaker enemies and do serious dmg to armored targets.  With all that said you need to find the weapons that work for you, some weapons just handle like garbage and it doesn't matter how much dmg they do if you can't hit your target. 

 

While I was lvling I had a hard time finding a good weapon at one point and then this blue m60 dropped that was major dps increase, I slapped it on and it was alright but then I unlocked the skill tactical Link that makes you do more dmg and shoot faster, and it made the m60 a monster, It just melted the enemies I was facing at that time.  Eventually you'll get max lvl and find good assault rifles and what not.

[Praesi]

It depends. More DPS is good, but i trade some DPS here and there if a Weapon has better Skills.

I could use another Weapon with 20k more DPS but would lose 2 awesome Skills on my main Weapon which would result in the end in less DPS.

Just try Weapons on the shooting range, if you are not sure what to use.

 

[stealth80]

It all depends on the patch - for levelling don't worry, just take what weapon does the highest damage, as of right now, Assault Rifles are best and I run with a sniper as my secondary wep, which is good fore levelling also.

 

When you go end game (for now) you want 4 x Alphabridge pieces of armour and try as you may for Laraes Barrets Chestpiece (think I'm on run 80) - When you get to exotic level gear at 30 your weps will have 3 additional skills - The 4x Alphabridge allow the 3 skills from each wep to count to each weapon, meaning you have all 6 on primary and secondary - You wanna go for Brutal, Fierce and Deadly on your weapons, which is nail to roll on one weapon, but much more forgiving using 4x Alphabridge (but you need same weapon cat)

 

This will all probably change with the inc 1.6 patch which I believe is gonna make skill power MUCH more valuable

 

 

[RRGT19]

35 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

It all depends on the patch - for levelling don't worry, just take what weapon does the highest damage, as of right now, Assault Rifles are best and I run with a sniper as my secondary wep, which is good fore levelling also.

 

When you go end game (for now) you want 4 x Alphabridge pieces of armour and try as you may for Laraes Barrets Chestpiece (think I'm on run 80) - When you get to exotic level gear at 30 your weps will have 3 additional skills - The 4x Alphabridge allow the 3 skills from each wep to count to each weapon, meaning you have all 6 on primary and secondary - You wanna go for Brutal, Fierce and Deadly on your weapons, which is nail to roll on one weapon, but much more forgiving using 4x Alphabridge (but you need same weapon cat)

 

This will all probably change with the inc 1.6 patch which I believe is gonna make skill power MUCH more valuable

 

 

what is best, assault rifle or Light machine gun?.

Sometimes I find good assault rifle and sometimes I find a better light machine gun, I'm switching weapons all the time, should I do that?.

A mean, at lvl, for example, 15, I have an assault rifle but, then at lvl 18 I find a better light machine gun with more damage.... and the cycle repeats..

[stealth80]

9 minutes ago, RGomez9119 said:

what is best, assault rifle or Light machine gun?.

Sometimes I find good assault rifle and sometimes I find a better light machine gun, I'm switching weapons all the time, should I do that?.

A mean, at lvl, for example, 15, I have an assault rifle but, then at lvl 18 I find a better light machine gun with more damage.... and the cycle repeats..

for levelling just take what ever is good dps as said - The stuff I said is more for endgame - it doesn't take long to gear, infact with the world brackets you can probably get to 256 in an evening (with coffee)

 

But, ye go 4x alphabridge (I use 2x strike also) and best bet is Famas (assault rifle) and LVOA ( Assault rifle) and don't use any accuracy/stability mods, if you lucky on your LVOA rolls you end up with 15% crit, + headshot damage, +15% damage, +15 accuracy, chance to refill mag on kill and +10% damage to elite mobs

 

here you can see the talent stack, ones from 2nd wep are green:

 

[Praesi]

11 hours ago, RGomez9119 said:

what is best, assault rifle or Light machine gun?.

Sometimes I find good assault rifle and sometimes I find a better light machine gun, I'm switching weapons all the time, should I do that?.

A mean, at lvl, for example, 15, I have an assault rifle but, then at lvl 18 I find a better light machine gun with more damage.... and the cycle repeats..

Dont worry about it and dont fall in love with a weapon, you will not use it for long. ?

[RRGT19]

20 hours ago, Praesi said:

Dont worry about it and dont fall in love with a weapon, you will not use it for long. ?

 

On 2/21/2017 at 3:46 PM, stealth80 said:

for levelling just take what ever is good dps as said - The stuff I said is more for endgame - it doesn't take long to gear, infact with the world brackets you can probably get to 256 in an evening (with coffee)

 

But, ye go 4x alphabridge (I use 2x strike also) and best bet is Famas (assault rifle) and LVOA ( Assault rifle) and don't use any accuracy/stability mods, if you lucky on your LVOA rolls you end up with 15% crit, + headshot damage, +15% damage, +15 accuracy, chance to refill mag on kill and +10% damage to elite mobs

 

here you can see the talent stack, ones from 2nd wep are green:

 

 

On 2/20/2017 at 8:32 PM, Ryoku said:

For the most part you want to take the weapon with higher dps, only exception I do with this is with sniper rifles, I take the one that does the highest dmg per shot (typically a bolt action one) That way you'll do more dmg per headshot, you'll 1 shot weaker enemies and do serious dmg to armored targets.  With all that said you need to find the weapons that work for you, some weapons just handle like garbage and it doesn't matter how much dmg they do if you can't hit your target. 

 

While I was lvling I had a hard time finding a good weapon at one point and then this blue m60 dropped that was major dps increase, I slapped it on and it was alright but then I unlocked the skill tactical Link that makes you do more dmg and shoot faster, and it made the m60 a monster, It just melted the enemies I was facing at that time.  Eventually you'll get max lvl and find good assault rifles and what not.

one question about sniper

I have two right now:

1. lvl 21 - MK17 - 5506 damage - 275 DPM

2. lvl 22 - M44 - 12.1K damage - 55 DPM

 

The second one has more damage per bullet but, it doesn't appear as it will give me more DPS, why?, if it is more powerful and can kill a guy quicker. It shows as it will decrease my DPS.

 

How this works?, about sniper, what I need to see?.

 

[Ryoku]

1 hour ago, RGomez9119 said:

 

 

one question about sniper

I have two right now:

1. lvl 21 - MK17 - 5506 damage - 275 DPM

2. lvl 22 - M44 - 12.1K damage - 55 DPM

 

The second one has more damage per bullet but, it doesn't appear as it will give me more DPS, why?, if it is more powerful and can kill a guy quicker. It shows as it will decrease my DPS.

 

How this works?, about sniper, what I need to see?.

 

The bolt action sniper rifles shoot slower so they have less DPS (Damage Per Second), So the over the course of a long fight the faster firing weapon could do more dmg.  But with crits and the higher dmg per hit the bolt action sniper can still be pretty viable assuming your not missing and hitting consistent headshots.  Me personally I'd take the m44 over the M1A cuz I'm confident that I could do more dmg getting headshots with it.  Especially since you can cheese the game a little bit with the 3rd person system and stay behind a wall and still shoot around it.