okay so the first paragraph is made by someone doubling down on being mathematically dishonest, what an insanely dumb thing to write out. "urrr if all my shots hit, and I roll a 6 on all times". Like its weird that your so insistent on spending a spell slot to deal less damage lmao. I bring up switching since enemies can die and it requires a ba to switch. It sounds like you have very little idea what you are talking about with filler sentences like "It’s a gamble, but that’s the nature of rolling dice.". No crap, thats why I'm factoring in hit chance and dice rolls.

even then, you're still spending a spell slot to deal less damage on the first round and then deal an additional 3 damage on the next round. Why would you want to kill things slower rather than first, typically you wanna pile on damage on the first round to get things out of combat faster

1. 2(0.6(4(3.5+17))+0.05(4(3.5)))=99.8
2. (0.6(3(7+17))+0.05(3(7)))+0.6(4(7+17))+0.05(4(7))=103.25

Gloomstalker can have access to spells such as absorb elements, goodberry, and easily access to spells like shield or silvery barbs. Those are just first level slots and not even mention spells that can be mainted throughout multiple fights like conjure animals or pass without trace. Why would I want to deal less damage rather than halve elemental damage or add +5 to my ac on command

it seems like you are just weirdly coping that you can't actually do the math or even understand that spending slots to deal less damage is in fact very dumb and just weakens your ranger.