Analysis on engineer weapons and skills in practice

[Hullukko]

Here's what I did. I took my toon SoiledPants to Sloucho Wasted. Hammered through the first few mobs to the room on the right with two tv-headed enemies that can heal themselves and started writing down numbers.

SoiledPants is a level 30 pure int engineer with full custom atomite armor and eagle-eye implant.

Hypothesis: Rifles rule and nerf guns are for the death count minimizers

I recorded 100 hits made by me to an enemy, more than 50 emapthy ticks and 120 hits made by an enemy to me with the purple weapons available for an engineer.

Atomic Dispenser:
4051 non-crit damage
54.013 average non-crit hit
67.52 average non-crit dps
42 minimum
68 maximum
75 con-crit hits
1009 crit damage
84.08 average crit hit
69 minimum
103 maximum
13 crits
12 dodged by enemy
84.44 average empathy tick (out of 50+)
4076 non-crit damage taken from 120 enemy hit attempts (ignoring misses)
106 cirt damage taken from 120 enemy hit attempts (ignoring misses)
38.45 average damage taken from enemy non-crit hits
41.73 average damage taken from enemy crit hits
4535 taken in total with 3 dodges

Bionic Crushers:
3500 non-crit damage
47.3 average non-crit hit
78.82 average non-crit dps
37 minimum
59 maximum
74 con-crit hits
713 crit damage
59.41 average crit hit
49 minimum
75 maximum
13 crits
13 dodged by enemy
80.17 average empathy tick (out of 50+)
-- didn't bother to do the enemy damage

Black Widow + 28 limited shield:
3998 non-crit damage
52.61 average non-crit hit
75.15 average non-crit dps
39 minimum
63 maximum
76 con-crit hits
850 crit damage
77.27 average crit hit
60 minimum
94 maximum
12 crits
12 dodged by enemy
83.26 average empathy tick (out of 50+)
3772 non-crit damage taken from 120 enemy hit attempts (ignoring misses)
380 cirt damage taken from 120 enemy hit attempts (ignoring misses)
34.61 average damage taken from enemy non-crit hits
38 average damage taken from enemy crit hits
4152 taken in total with 1 dodge

Incinerator + 28 limited shield:
3602 non-crit damage
46.18 average non-crit hit
76.97 average non-crit dps
37 minimum
55 maximum
78 con-crit hits
411 crit damage
58.71 average crit hit
49 minimum
67 maximum
8 crits
14 dodged by enemy
80.5 average empathy tick (out of 50+)
-- didn't bother to do the enemy hit

for comparison I took damage from the enemy with my max-defense gear, i.e.
plat armor plus dodge implant with the widow and 28 limited shield:

1936 non-crit damage taken from 120 enemy hit attempts (ignoring misses)
457 cirt damage taken from 120 enemy hit attempts (ignoring misses)
33.96 average damage taken from enemy non-crit hits
38.1 average damage taken from enemy crit hits
2393 taken in total with 51 dodges