Thread:DaphneDiane/@comment-11216936-20130711133643/@comment-484486-20130712034438

You can consider attack speed to be another multiply by ( 1 + attack speed ) effectively. If you don't already have elemental damage on your character the 14% is better in terms of DPS, if you do already have elemental damage, chances are the 8% is better. That side I would be temped to consider the attack speed regardless.


 * Additional benefits of attack speed
 * 1) Improves per hit effects such as wisdom. You hit more often during the same time thus regaining more energy.
 * 2) Waste less DPS. Smaller DPS at a faster rate decreases overkill and allows you to move to shooting the next target faster.
 * 3) * This is especially useful if you are farming areas that you can steamroll. If you can kill stuff in one hit, it's more important in how quickly you can move on to the next target.
 * 4) * It is also useful in co-op play as it will increase your kill number relative to other players just by being able to be the one that gets the last shot in.
 * 5) More benefit from Bandit. This is similar to overkill but for overheals, attacking faster means improved chances to recover from burst hits.