A DPS listing of weapons in Battleships Forever, based on the stats in the Weapons and Modules Guide. It is recommended for new players to read the Weapons and Modules Guide before reading this list.
What is DPS?
DPS is damage per second, and is the simplest indicator of how much damage a weapon does compared to other weapons. While DPS is an important attribute, there are many other factors which contribute to a weapon's effectiveness, like its accuracy or interceptability. For instance, beam weapons generally have a much lower DPS than projectile weapons of a similar range, but beams cannot be shot down by point defenses, balancing it out.
Glossary
Frames between clips: Normally, reload time + (rate of fire * (clipsize - 1))
Clip damage: damage * clipsize
Damage per frame: Frames between clips / Clip damage
Damage per second: Damage per frame * 30
Floating point numbers rounded to 4 decimal places
Weapons
Pulse Gun
Frames between clip: 37
Clip damage: 24
Damage per frame: 0.6486
Damage per second: 19.4595
Gatling Pulse Gun
Frames between clip: 133
Clip damage: 96
Damage per frame: 0.7218
Damage per second: 21.6541
Blaster Cannon
Frames between clip: 35
Clip damage: 17
Damage per frame: 0.4857
Damage per second: 14.5714
Gatling Blaster
Frames between clip: 82
Clip damage: 68
Damage per frame: 0.8293
Damage per second: 24.8780
Quad Blaster
Frames between clip: 20
Clip damage: 17
Damage per frame: 0.8500
Damage per second: 25.5000
Repeater Gun
Frames between clip: 83.9031*
Clip damage: 30
Damage per frame: 0.3576
Damage per second: 10.7267
*83.9031 = 60 + (12 + 6 + 3 + 1.5 + .75 + .325 + .1875 + .09375 + .046875)
This is my assumption of the rate of fire for a repeater gun.
Tachyon Driver
Frames between clip: 70
Clip damage: 32
Damage per frame: 0.4571
Damage per second: 13.7143
Plasma Charge
Frames between clip: 220
Clip damage: 60
Damage per frame: 0.2727
Damage per second: 8.1818
The DPS represents the minimum possible damage from a direct hit, i.e. no splash damage.
Missile Launcher
Frames between clip: 120
Clip damage: 25
Damage per frame: 0.2083
Damage per second: 6.2500
Mining Beam
Frames between clip: 50
Clip damage: 20
Damage per frame: 0.4000
Damage per second: 12.0000
Scatter Beam
Frames between clip: 80
Clip damage: 42
Damage per frame: 0.5250
Damage per second: 15.7500
Beamer
Frames between clip: 250
Clip damage: 70
Damage per frame: 0.2800
Damage per second: 8.4000
Shock Beamer (uncharged)
Frames between clip: 150
Clip damage: 40
Damage per frame: 0.2667
Damage per second: 8.0000
Shock Beamer (charged)
Frames between clip: 301 (calculated, not experimentally derived)
Clip damage: 80.25
Damage per frame: 0.2667
Damage per second: 8.0000
NOTE: Partially charged Shock Beamers deal damage between 40 and 80.25.
Calculations are done under the assumption that the DPS remains the same.
Mega Beam
Frames between clip: 400
Clip damage: 200
Damage per frame: 0.5000
Damage per second: 15.0000
Flak Gun
Frames between clip: 20
Clip damage: 4.5
Damage per frame: 0.225
Damage per second: 6.7500
Splash damage is unknown.
Particle Gun
Frames between clip: 18
Clip damage: 6
Damage per frame: 0.3333
Damage per second: 10.0000
Weasel Gun
Frames between clip: 160
Clip damage: 60
Damage per frame: 0.3750
Damage per second: 11.2500
Pulsar Gun
Frames between clip: 120
Clip damage: 96
Damage per frame: 0.8000
Damage per second: 24.0000
Sidewinder
Frames between clip: 204
Clip damage: 100
Damage per frame: 0.4902
Damage per second: 14.7059
Railgun
Frames between clip: 120
Clip damage: 40
Damage per frame: 0.3333
Damage per second: 10.0000
Other Weapons
DPS for Tachyon cannons, Tachyon repeaters, Demeters are unknown since it is difficult to measure their damage.
