You will see most tress have a state required move which will do high damage (a lvl 47 ability ) , even though wooden dummy drill is high damage, ki charged foot sweep does more.
Seems reasonable to me. it's not "Too Strong"
Like you said, you "assumed" that the Assassin moves had higher damage. Also, it's harder to get WDD off than it is to get Punt (theoretically) as you have to ensure the state.
INSANELY powerful moves are OK, but they have to look REALLY cool... which Ki charged foot sweep doesn't. It should be replaced with like... a crazy backflip kick thing... or a somthing with a crane stance.
Just a thought did you have dmg clothing on for Assassin? Looks to me like you had dire wolf on both times and that gives dmg for ma so maybe you had more dmg clothing for the ma shots and less dmg clothing on for assassin? Dmg clothing helps the end dmg result
Aye, and the opponents may have also had differing levels of Thrown and Melee resistance
Ah, just noticed it was an Agent NPC. Agent NPCs seem to have higher resistances than EPN NPCs of the same level. I think all the different types of NPC have differing reistances to accompany their loadouts.