Max Damage Possible
You will need:
- A Goliath
- The Diminisher design (50% extra damage with ship ability and a 5% passive bonus)
- 20 LF-4 upgraded to level 16 on level 6 drones upgraded to level 16 (Zeus and Apis). With all drones equipped with Havoc drone designs
- 2 Damage boosters (20% extra)
- A full Pilot Bio (12% extra)
Calculated damage:
(15 lasers + (20 lasers * 120% (havoc) * 106.4% (upgraded drones)) * 106.4% (upgrade bonus) * 103% (pincer) *105% (passive bonus diminisher) * 160% (seprom) * 120% (boosters) * 112% (pilot bio) * 6 (rsb ammo) * 150% (diminisher skill))
26,854 damage with LCB-10
161,128 damage with RSB-75
If you are doing a damage test you can add damage from rockets or smartbomb (against a Citadel a smartbomb can do about 100,000 damage).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aYe4XZHBxQ Watch this for maximum damage.
Due to a number of factors the damage numbers can go over the limit, for example: due to lag, in which the damage of two separate attacks are combined and shown as one damage number. However this does not change the "DPS".