Quote Originally Posted by Cathy View Post
in a 1:2 ratio (7:16 is not a 1:2 ratio) the difference will be almost nothing.

So imo, the orb is good.
I just tried putting the numbers into the dmg calculator. Going with bm3 on manticore with all the synnergies, hl and enervation, using a 14 amp 12 dmg crystal/orb instead of a 40 dmg crystal/orb showed a drop of about 170 per hit of bm3.