weapon speed

[WarOrk]

Is a higher number better or not in weapon speed?  I'm "guessing" that lower means shorter cool-down between uses, but I can't tell since it seems to be based more on actions/skills than weapon.

Seems like the big Axes are higher numbers (which would indicate slower) but not sure.

[Esri]

Bigger = slower, but DPS is DPS.

[Kaid]

Basically its like this.

Slower weapon speed = fewer bigger hits. Better for spike damage in RVR to get killing shots in but misses hurt more.

Faster weapons = more smaller hits more consistent damage but easier to heal through due to its consistancy.

DPS is damage per second its averaged out so two weapons with the same DPS will do the same damage over time and it becomes just a matter of personal choice on if you like faster or slower.

Eventually the theorycrafters may declare one or the other the bestest but at low levels it really dosn't matter to much pick the one that looks tastier to you or cooler.

[Kaid]

Oh forgot to mention at this time I have not seen any correlation between weapon speed and active skill usage. So the weapons speed currently I think only matters in regards to auto attacks which is a pretty small portion of your total damage.