Sorcerer DPS BIS discussion

[Kaedis]

Quote:An extra 50 power will get you an extra 11.5 bonus damage bringing us to a total of 861.5 bonus damage or 1087.644 equivalence points

An extra 50 willpower, equals an extra 50*1.05*1.06 = 55.65 willpower which would give you 11.13 bonus damage giving you 861.13 bonus damage total. It also increases your crit rate by .276% Thus you would have 861.13*(1+(.35.276*.75)) = 1088.959

Will of the Sith and Mark of Power stack additively, not multiplicatively. Also, don't forget to include Unnatural Might, which amplifies the Bonus boost by 5% in both cases.

With this, 50 Power gives you 12.075 Bonus Damage, for a total of 1088.37 EP, while 50 Willpower gives 11.655 Bonus Damage and 0.2605% Crit, for a total of 1089.52. This reduces the benefit to 7.5%. That said, note that Bonus Damage comprises only about 2/3rds of the damage of an ability, and the remaining third scales with Crit but not Power, amplifying the benefit beyond the calculated EP values (to around 9.1%, specifically).

However, this did help me find the error that left me confused above (as I was finding the same thing from my calculations, Power > Willpower): my spreadsheet didn't automatically include MoP and WotS (it assumed the Willpower I was putting in was post-buff, ie. from the character sheet). Without the 11% boost Willpower gains, it falls behind Power (by about 1.8%), but that 11% boost is all that's needed to boost it ahead of Power again.