Talk:Ion Turret/@comment-25550798-20141030144310/@comment-6969786-20141031053750

DPS = Damage per Second ( not damage per shot ).

Rate of Fire has always been somewhat of a mystery. They give no unit of measurement which makes this number kind of useless. Your calculations assume that RofF is Shots per Minute, but its not.

Its been a long time but I once did some testing on the Plasma Turret ( listed RofF = 8 ) vs Mega Tank and I believe I came up with the Plasma Turret Rate of Fire being per 30 Sec.

Since the Plasma has the same RofF this would match your observation also,  making the the RofF 15/16 shots per Min ( fractions of sec could account for the 16 over your measured 15.  Best way to measure is for a whole min if you could ).

once you have this you can calc the Damage per Shot

13,298 damage per sec = 797,880 damage per min

797,880 damage per min divided by 16 shots per min = 49,868 damage per Shot.

This of course can be altered by the Ion Cannons & the targets Damage filters.

I haven't tested this but a Level 8 Ion should be able to destroy a Level 16 Mega Tank ( 41,000 Health )  in 1 shot.