yeah I figured that much out when I got into this mission with someone bragging about his AlphaBridge build having 600k+ dps but my Reclaimer + Cauduceus was downing elites faster than him on Legendary. Or when youtubers would have lower firearm stats but higher DPS numbers than me. I quickly realized that I needed to focus on per bullet damage, passive and actitive damage modifiers and my own ability to maintain a steady stream of bullets on target. To this day (started playing in Dec 2016) I have yet to find an LVOA-C that beats my G36 C. And to top it off, I got my hands on an Urban MDR and a solid Deadeye + SVD build. Unrivaled face melting "applied" DPS!