Epic snipes?

[StarSeven]

How do they compare to each other damage wise.  Mace looks much worse is that the actual case?   I tried searching for info on this topic but couldn’t find anything.  
 

I always go Dark or Electric for my PPP, thinking about Mace but not sure if it makes sense. 

[tidge]

I've never taken the Mace pool on a Stalker... but here is some other info you may find useful about Snipes

 

"Quick" Snipes get a damage bonus based on the character's +ToHit, up to +22%. IIRC, at this cap it makes Quick snipes do as much damage as a Slow snipe. There are a few ways to boost ToHit (the Kismet piece can contribute +6%) and the Experienced Marksman piece will make the Snipes be always quick. In practice, I've found this to be a good option for any character that can sit close to the +22% ToHit value... but generally I can't get Stalkers there... so I tolerate the Slow Snipe. The range of the slow snipe is better FWIW, but once engaged I like Stalkers to have the ranged attack option.

[Uun]

All the epic snipes use the same damage formula in Quick Snipe mode. In Normal Snipe (slow) mode they're all the same except Moonbeam (Soul Mastery). For some reason Moonbeam does scale 4.5 damage vs. scale 3.56 for Mace Beam, Zapp, Frozen Spear and Psionic Lance.

[StarSeven]

But they have different activation times correct?  Which isn’t accounted for in damage formulas.  So mace does the same per click damage but way worse  damage per animation time? 

[Maelwys]

Damage per Animation time never factored into the original game balance mechanics. Only Damage per Activation click (and the other raw stats like base recharge time, AoE radius and endurance cost)

[Uun]

1 hour ago, StarSeven said:

But they have different activation times correct?  Which isn’t accounted for in damage formulas.  So mace does the same per click damage but way worse  damage per animation time? 

You are correct, Mace has a longer animation time than the others. Quick snipe Arcanatime is 1.584s for all except Mace, which is 2.244s. Slow snipe Arcanatime is 4.488s for Moonbeam, Zapp and Frozen Spear, 5.148s for Mace and 3.168s for Psionic Lance.