Am I missing something why isn't the other talisman much better?

The fury talisman has much lower base damage than the maji.

your better rolled one is a worse base.

fury talisman has 49-91 base physical damage compared to 61-114 on maji.

this is the number that gets multiplied by your %phys modifier which is why the total damage (top line) is basically the same.

the new one is still slightly better if divined appropriately but not by much.

Could be wrong since I only started playing two weeks ago, but one has base values from an item 19 levels lower so even though it has the 29% more increased physical damage and then the additional 18%, it’s not a significant amount more than the other one.

I saw that people said the base is worse, but do you also have the passive skill where modifiers that apply to your companions also apply to you? Attack speed is a big damage booster.

Fury has high rolled T2 %phys and 3 runes, Maji low rolled T3% phys and 2 runes, its a huge difference.

No way to answer your question without seeing more of your build/passive tree

Vaal both of them and see if one of them gets better

This is generally why I use Path of Builder to work out if a new purchase is better than my old purchase; small variances in numbers snowball into huge dps differences. I’ve seen a 400 div talisman outperform a 500 div talisman despite a huge numerical disparity because of some small difference between damage affixes and attack speed (NOT DPS) that somehow give the seemingly lower roll 1000 dps more on Oil Barrage.

Made me double take because there's someone who did almost the exact same as you and hour after you, only with Obliterator bow vs Artillery bow