Top Midrange Sniper - Max Pulsar and Hussar Comparison

Nice to see this, however you’re doing a couple of things wrong.
First of all, test-results need to be taken with a grain of salt, as they’re not representative of real in game performance, the reload cycle of pulsars vs the continuous reload of hussars make a lot of difference when you’re playing, pulsars have lockdown which I’m not sure if you mentioned, etc etc etc. It also looks like you have a mechanic skill on your invader?
The end result also seems dodgy: If your results show that 2 A + 2 B outperform both 4 A and 4 B, surely there are other variables at play.

I’d encourage you to think about this more on a sliding scale of various factors - personally I think Pulsars are better, but there are so many things that affect what works best in a given scenario that your test fails to capture.

Surprised the hussar has misses at range and a different kill time at 400 vs 600. As far as I’ve noticed my Dragoon’s don’t miss at longer range.

I was not testing inside of 400 meters because that is no longer mid range. The pulsar would increase damage the closer you get due to shot spread that the hussar does not have.

there was no real difference between 400 and 600 meters, but because the hussar did perform ever so slightly better at the max of 600, I would personally use the hybrid build to gain the lockdown from the pulsar and have very slight increased damage from hussar.

No need to get all defensive.
What I’m saying is that “what does more damage” in your test operates on a scale of *time*, not just range. Pulsars have (not exact, but you get the idea) 5 second burst followed by 5 sec reload whereas the dragoon-style weapons have a period of burst followed by 1/3 of that dps. What you really tested for is “which build kills *this* invader quicker” in the very isolated scenario you put up.
I’ve done extensive calculations on this 「dookie」 and trust me when I say that a slight change in parameters can drastically change the outcomes when reload cycles are involved.

Videos: I have no desire at all to make a YouTube channel. Takes way too much time for me, so I think it’s great that people such as yourself take the effort to put content out there to help ppl make sense of the game. But when presenting numbers... you really need to know what you’re doing or risk misinterpreting the results - which is what you’ve done in this case. Sorry if I come across as an arse on this, but to me your conclusion (2 of each) is nonsense and if you want to be taken seriously, you cannot state that 2+2 equals 5 (see “dodgy results” below)
Pilot: cool, I just thought I saw some slight healing. My bad.
Dodgy result: no, you’re wrong here. There is no possible way in which 2 pulsars and 2 hussars will kill 8% faster than 4 pulsars or 4 hussars. This result simply invalidates all of your results and should prompt you to redo the test until you can get perfectly reproducible results.

I noted no real difference between pulsar and hussar pwhen compared at the same distances outside of 400. There are obviously differences between 400 and 600 when comparing the same weapon.

Off course I don’t think you faked the video.

Look, I’ve done enough of these sort of damage tests to know that they are often not 100% reproducible. When that’s the case, you’re looking at accuracy discrepancies or the infamous damage bug. This is why, to get an adequate understanding of how a weapon performs, you often need to do several identical tests. Or not, if you don’t care. 
Iow, if you did the same test again, you might come to a completely different conclusion (“pulsars suck” or “pulsars are 50% stronger than hussars” or whatever). I’m exaggerating to put the point across.

IF you are interested in doing this better, you should consider first of all formulating a loose theory of what numbers you would expect the test to give. Then run the test and see if your expectation matches reality. If not, something else is going on, often some variable which you didn’t consider at first. Scientific method and all that.

xCHIEFx, nix, hey guys! I think you guys got off on the wrong foot here!

FWIW, I thought the video was very informative and very worthwhile for me. I won a Hussar in the last event and couldn't decide if I wanted to spend the resources and time to upgrade it. I don't have a bot I want to run one Hussar on. But, I might grind out a 4th Pulsar now, or wait til the Hussar is in the WS, and probably throw them on a Hover.

I did kind of wish that you didn't have pilots on the Spectre. I think I saw two skills there that add to the Spectre's damage. The issue for me, when using damage boosters in these types of vids, is that it makes it harder for the viewer to do their own damage calculations cause they have to factor in the extra modifiers. Plus, some new'ish people might not realize that there's extra damage coming from the pilots and may get different results when they try these builds for themselves

I agree 100% and am working on stats to present to the developers since I do have access to them.