I find it a bit weird that in all this debate of Calamity vs Crossbow no one has mentioned breakpoints. And also the post I quoted was the only one with the right approach to it: Maths, look at the numbers.
Someone with both weapon types should see what Attacks per second they get with each setup and then improve Sonicgundam's post by including these breakpoints
Sentry Tick Rate.............APS
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54.................................0.98182~1.10204
48.................................1.10205~1.25581
42.................................1.25582~1.45945
36.................................1.45946~1.74193
30.................................1.74194~2.16
24.................................2.16001~2.84210
18.................................2.84211~4.15385
12.................................4.15386~
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Breakpoints are taken from
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12674158852I might do it later myself, just not right now
Edit: I believe in D3: 60 fps = 1 second
Edit2: On second thought I have to admit that the Sentries' internal cooldowns make the breakpoints less important. So probably crossbows are in favor
yeah, your 5 sentries have nothing to do with your attack speed. their damage is still whats most important for the build.
the resource management on a 1h crossbow is also a lot worse than a 2h, as you have to dump more CA's to do equivalent damage, and the sentry setup is very resource dependent.
my math isn't perfect btw. the 10m vs. 14m is just a vague example. the difference in avg damage between a 1h xbow and 2h xbow usually ends up being larger than that, making the 1h more pointless.