Don't beat me up. I needed to start it's own thread for this because it's alarming me. Discussion was started in THIS thread.
I did some research. Doh.
All QL200 weapons.
QL200 Hammer 1-906(100) 2.01/7s
QL200 Alloy 1-366(350) 2/2.5s
QL200 Pipe 3-222(382) 1.5/1.55
I used 600 attack on all values as a midrange attack.
I show results with 600 melee init and 1000 melee init.
I used 100% aggro when appropriate, spreadsheet only takes this into account.
First, I used the spreadsheet outlined in thre thread above.(http://home.austin.rr.com/shakti/weapeval.xls )
I would tend to disagree with these results because they are not consistent with gameplay. But they are here nonetheless.
Hammer
600 Melee init: Damage 33-5052, 398.10 DPS.
1000 Melee init: Damage 33-5052, 512.70 DPS.
Pipe
600 Melee init: Damage 44-1259, 250.8 DPS
1000 Melee init: Damage 44-1259, 250.8 DPS (same, yes, capped at 1s minimum I believe on attacks)
Alloy
600 Melee init: Damage 33-2057, 447.6 DPS
1000 Melee init: Damage 33-2057, 447.6 DPS (capped again I'm guessing)
Next, I used the damage calculator at antiguardians.org
Hammer
600 Melee init: Damage 3-2265, 153.23 DPS
1000 Melee init: Damage Same
Pipe
600 Melee init: Damage 8-555, 144.6 DPS
1000 Melee init: Damage Same
Alloy
600 Melee init: Damage 3-915, 158.27 DPS
1000 Melee init: Damage Same
Aniguardians data seems a lot more consistent with gameplay (I've mever gotten a 5k hit on a mob, but 2200 sounds more likely), although init caps seem to happen a lot faster (already capped at 600 melee init).
Short answer. Even a single 1hb Alloy looks really really good in terms of DPS. You're not going to double your damage with 2, but you are going to make up the differential if these calculations are to be believed.
The only thing I'm concerned about is one of the main reasons that I went 2hb in the first place: I don't like minimum damage. I was told that 1hb would run into min damage.
I'm also concerned about IP spenditure, i.e. my 2hb is capped for title at 81. I don't think I'll ever raise it again until I'm damned sure that I don't want to go 1hb.
Any thoughts from people who really use 1hb?
I would have used it from the start but I was under the impression that it was not viable at all. I don't like being a cookie cutter.
As suggested in the thread above, I'm going to take a ride to home in BS and look at some enforcers tonight.