Having gone as far as I want to go with my gladiator on C-Aion before NA release, I thought I'd sum up some things in regards to the their DPS, which seems to be an endless source of discussion and misinformation on the class forums.

First I'll cover the basics and then let the pictures tell a thousand words. To those who know nothing about the class, gladiator is the armored DPS class in Aion who brings third or debatabley second highest single target damage and undisputable highest AOE damage. They can wield every melee weapon in game, and can Dual Wield. AoE damage is only accessible with the use of 2 hand weapon, which also have a chance of knocking target down every time they crit, thus making them the weapon of choice for PvP, while Dual Wield (DW) outDPSes 2handers by a wide margin but loses AoE and knockdown.

1.2 nerfed attack speed stacking for DW, while 1.5 will nerf crit multiplier (which is a rumor based on bad patch note translation) or crit chance, which would not effectively change anything since most glads stack crit to soft cap of 450.

The way crit damage is calculated is this:
1H weapons crit for 3X or 2.5X the value
2H weapons crit for 2X or 1.5X the value.

So Dual Wield's damage is
(Weapon 1 damage + Weapon 2 damage) x crit multiplier

Now as for the actual stats. I've recorded my kill times on same mobs over a course of 10 kills with a stop watch, to find out the averages. I did a test when I was level 20, 25 and 35. Upon reaching 35, I screenshotted most of the weapons I used in my early tests and replaced a few I no longer had in my inventory, and went to beat on some elites which have high HP pools, thus providing good test subjects due to the killtime margin being very narrow.

Now see the results for yourself.

Originally Posted by Xenogrant Platinum coin weapon quest cant come soon enough.