[zenith]

With all the variables in combat, 3 hits with one weapon will lead you to inconclusive results. Even 50 is not enough.

Conrad's test results, while much appreciated, aren't very conclusive. Unknowing to him, some of his attacks were done with different attack code versions. Here are Conny's hits with version 13 of the attack code sorted by damage per hit (the attack code version can be seen on the results page at the top).

Metal Storm : 27 attacks / 270.3 dam per hit / 1040 max
Flechette : 2 attacks / 246.7 / 678 max

Not very conclusive. Everyone knows you can land a huge crit with a Flechette, but with only 2 attacks he hasn't seen one yet.

I know most people want to see the monster crit. It's bragging rights. The new weapons do more damage per hit than their predecessors, even if some don't drop the crazy critical hit.

Higher crits lead to more random attack results. If unleashing insane crits is wanted over overall damage per hit, I can make some more changes.