Dr. Boom DPS tests 2.7 vs 2.8 speed weapon.

Testing variable:

Testing on Dr. Boom in Netherstorm, no pet damage included, only ranged weapon damage.
Aspect of the Hawk active, no other buffs.
5/5 Improved Aspect of the Hawk
I drunk a Fel Mana potion at 50% mana in each test
Trinkets: Bladefist’s Breadth (not activated), Mark Of Conquest (to extend the length of testing before OOM)

In each case I simply fired auto/steady until I was OOM, drinking a fel mana pot at 50% mana.

Don Santos with 32 DPS bullets: 474 DPS
Don Santos with 37 DPS bullets: 484 DPS
Steelhawk Xbow with 37 DPS arrows: 502DPS

Both weapons had 28 crit scope fitted, crit % was quite similar in all tests.

The bottom line is as a BM hunter with 5/5 Imp Hawk, I was clipping a lot more autoshots with the 2.7 weapon, and still clipping autos/missing steadies with the 2.8 occasionally.

My latency ranged from 400-800ms during the test.

I think the sad fact is that due to our latency, we are going to have to aim for slower weapons to achieve the best DPS. Sunfury Bow from Prince is 2.9 speed, I don’t have that one unfortunately but maybe if Keiya does she can compare.

This means wolfslayer is probably not going to be much good for a BM hunter with our level of latency, so those that were looking forward to getting it will probably be better off with Sunfury instead. It also makes the Epic bow from Heroic Steamvaults worth a look (3.0 speed).