[Foggon]

Synth. Here is my answer to you, and it is not very scientific so-to-speak. I don't run a parse or anything(Kind of takes away from the fantasy right?) but I have asked friends to parse me from time to time and this is what I find...

Using faster weapons with less damage I notice my DPS is generally always about the same.. give or take about 3-4 dps..

Using harder hitting slower weapons of or about the same ratio, I tend to have about the same DPS on average as the quicker weapons, but with a bit more variance... maybe 15-20 more or less dps.

Before I had my epic I played with many weapons. Bags of weapons. My quick weapons(and my overall average dps) was about 45 dps. I feel like I saw that number everytime I asked for a parse, 44 or 45.. sometimes 48. But when I pulled out the meat luggers.. sometimes I would reach up to 68 dps, and other times I had seen it as low as 34 dps.

Some nut somewhere probably has all this calculated out, and like I said I don't have the fractions and numbers to min/max these tests of mine.. But I think simply enough it is because if you miss with a high delay weapon then you just lost a ton of play time. If you miss twice with a big delay weapon you might as well start the bus and go home.

Of course on the other hand you have the chance to hit two doubles in a row for maximum damage(Mmm dat feels) and that's the kind of stuff that causes the fluctuation in dps.