That's mine (and why is this post ignored?)
A short (I'll try) summary for those who are afraid to click the link and read all the pages. 4x Powerfist and later 1x sword on Halix, Arkadian mob with 30 - 50 HP encountered. Used weapons: Castorian EnKnuckles-A (2,738 dpp); Castorian EnKnuckles-1 (2,032 dpp) ; Mux-1 EnergyGlove (1,345 dpp); Mux-2 EnergyGlove (1,140 dpp); Laconian Sword (2,851 dpp).
Only Laconian and EnKnucles-A maxed.
Results from best to worse: Laconian (91.1%); EnKnucles-A (85.7%); EnKnucles-1 (78.8%); Mux-1 (66.1%); Mux-2 (58.9%).
I've killed over 12k Halixes for this experiment. I costed me a little less then 2400 PED on weapon decay alone and a bit more then 2500 PED on decay for all. I got just about not yet 1800 PED back, that's an average return of 72.5%.
Weapons with lower dpp gives more skill-value per PED.
Probably a weapon with better dpp gives items with more markup.
A weapon with lower dpp gives more and higher globals, but it's only to compensate a bit for the other crap loots.
I now hunt with Khorum Ice Dagger (2,871 dpp) for another experiment, Hadraada this time, and I'm at 96,1% return.
I wish you the best of luck with your experiment. But more then that, I wish you returns that help you get a clear picture of what dpp does.
Ardorj