Average Weapon Damage Calculation

[PhoebusRevenio]

Does anyone know how the game calculates the Average DPS of various weapons?

I attempted it with the small energy siphon component:

7-12 damage range
9.5 average damage per hit
4.35 second cooldown
Damage/Sec = 9.5/4.35 = 2.18

The average damage of the energy siphon is reported by the game as 1.63

Is there something I'm missing?

 

[Cheikar]

The game factors the weapon component's accuracy into the DPS calculation. However, it will not factor in any evasion that a target has, since that would vary with the target. DPS shown should be interpreted as expected average DPS against a target with 0% evasion.

 

[PhoebusRevenio]

Okay, thank you, now the math makes a lot more sense.

2.18 * 0.75 = 1.635

Should be easier to just choose what I want the avg DPS to be, and then solve for min/max damage, instead of guess and check.

Once again, thanks!