Well you have to take the abbreviation by it's definition lol...

"Damage over Time, generally abbreviated as DoT and or simply dot, refers to inflicting some damage on one's foe which will be applied at a regular interval for a limited duration."

"Damage per second (DPS or dps) is a measure of the damage dealt by an entity or group over one second. DPS is a more practical measure of damage output than plain damage, as it allows you to effectively compare damage output."

You are correct when it comes to DPS. That is what you are talking about not DoTs.

I'm not using WoW definitions... I'm using mathematics. Holy fuck bud.

Damage / time

As in, a calculation. Jesus christ.

ya candabro, this is not terminology thats new. dont reinvent the wheel. dps = damage per second. dot = damage over time. They do mean different things.

Overall, i think your overthinking this.

Take total damage, divide by animation/cooldown. Thats your dps.

take attack that ticks damage x times during animation. thats dot.


Also when doing damage calculations, just take the dps value out. Your calculation should have total damage for the attack with the animation time factored in (which will give you your dps without doing extra math), since you want total damage in X seconds anyway.

This post was edited by drwhoool on Aug 3 2016 03:55pm

also a lot easier to doj hyperbeam since it takes so long to charge