i recently looked over the chart that cronic put up
but some of the things he said were incorrect
heh fps is BAD you want low fps, the lower the fps the more shots in a second. thats why 7 fps is better than 9 fps
and its not frames per second
its frames per SHOT
diablo is ALWAYS 25 frames per second
therefore with a 9 frame bow you shoot once every 9/25th of a second and so on
and on sorc its not really fps
CrossBows can be faster than 11fps
example,
you can hit 8 fps with 133% ias on a chokonu or a demon crsbow (-60)
btw the - or + signs mean nothing and they are based on % not like melee where there is one attainable number
eagle is 10 so is hydra
the ias charts seem correct for the most part but
6 fps is not possble
i had a 5 shael -10 bow
60% ias armor
10% belt
30% from gloves+boots
20% from amulet
45% from helm
thats 265% ias on a -10 bow
and i even tryed using a friend pallys fanatacism it does not surpass 7 fps
btw the highest an ith bow can get in terms of speed is 140%which means you still need one source of ias besdies the bow
and the damage would be crap
BTW if anyone has ever wondered why even if you have low% ias and you shoot 7 fps with fanatacism even thought fanatacism only gives about 35% ias
is because fanatacism adds to Eias
eias is "effective" ias and it doesnt go through diminshing returns
same thing with r/w
r/w from the barbarians passive skill tree counts more in the actual speed movement opposed to for example 30% r/w from the skill
skills that have increased attack speed DO NOT go through dimishing returns