How to tell if a weapon causes void damage

So far my data points to this being the right explanation: Impact is a measure of how much to scale the Attack of the weapon by, to determine a per-bullet damage. If you make a plot betwen Impact and bullet damage in weapons with the same Attack (sidenote: all weapons of the same level, rarity and weapon slot have the same Attack) you'll see a correlation. I don't know the exact scaling factors and numbers involved, or whether this changes as you go up towards legendaries/exotics as my data is mostly from the most consistent baseline source of weapons I have (white primary engrams from Cryptarch, which give lvl 15 weapons). I also only own a single legendary and no exotic weapons.

This means that if you're comparing Attack directly you might as well be comparing levels. Impact will give you a rough idea of how large the single-shot damage will be relative to other weapons with the same Attack, but if you're comparing a lower Attack weapon with one with a higher Attack, you'll have to do some quick headmath to determine if the weapon will do the right kind of damage for your usage pattern, based on impact difference and rate of fire. In general at this point it's better to just testfire the weapon.

The data I refer to is available in this google spreadsheet

What doesn't carry over (becomes a normalized amount)

• Base defense
• Base weapon attack

What does carry over

• Weapon progression (including damage bonuses)
• Armor progression (Including Defense bonuses)
• Abilities
• Character progression (stat upgrades)

This means that even though they are on relatively equal starting ground. A Level 20+ will have an advantage over a level 5, but not so much that the low level doesn't stand a chance.