Quote Originally Posted by Azrael View Post
While the archer dps fetish is amusing, the equation doesn't take crit into account, nor does it take into account the fact that now that your blast shot is fixed, a higher damage bow will gain more from the skill, which doesn't interrupt auto attack. There is more to the Archer class than just dps.
Actually blast shot was always like that.

Whilst I am not sure about this (need to compare with a melee str archer) but I think the blast shot damage is based on dps.
I tested it with a bow and a spike which gave me around the same dps but the spike had higher damage. blast shot damage was around the same.

But the real key to dps is crits. which is why sniper battle xbow is the best. Plus 2h/s is nice