Does avater of balthazar+running stance stack?

Sorry, but I am new to running.

Running speed increase caps off at 33%. Individual skills can bypass it, but they can't stack past 33%.

In short: no.

Nuh uh, I've gotten 66%

I doubt that. What skills were you using?

No you haven't. Max speed boost is 33% when combining skills, unless you're using Dash for 50%.

Technically you can get 66% with junundu tunnel, but that is the one exception

Single skills override the stacking cap, so it's not really an exception.

So if you use a 50% increase in speed at the same time as some other speed mod. What will be your final speed? 33% faster or 50% faster? Does it take the highest value?

What about Essence of Celerity and a running stance? (25% or 33%, doesn't matter)

It takes the highest value, so it will be 50%.

Using the essence of celerity with any running stance, your final speed will be 33%.

Speaking of which, I forget, can speed stances cancel out hexes? If I recall back in early 2006 ANet released an update that either made it so they can or they can't. I recall being able to sprint my way out of cripples, though - that or I was drunk at the time.

Sorry, it seems to me that you just contradicted yourself. Will essence of celerity and dash together give you 50% or 33% increase in speed?

Probably just drunk. I was in Kryta a few hours ago, to get Grasping Earth for my Mo/E, got hexed by a Mergoyle(dont remember which skill, but a slow), and couldn't run faster using Windborne Speed. Not sure if other skills wouldve worked, but I don't think so.

It always takes the highest value. Dash would override the essence of celerity. When I meant any running stance, I mean outside of the ones that exceed the cap (such as dash, junundu tunnel, etc).

The update allowed speed boosts to actually boost your speed if you were hit by a -50% speed effect (whether hex or the crippled condition).

Before that update, all +speed boosts did nothing to help you.

Is that update in effect now? Because as in my previous post, I was recently hit with a slow, and a speed boost I used did nothing to change my speed. Not enough to notice at least.

It's been in effect for quite a while now. Try to remember the exact speed boost and hex you were hit with and there might be an explanation.

Mergoyle Wavebreaker also uses Deep Freeze so it's possible that was the reason your Windborne Speed didn't have any effect.

I dont think they were wavebreakers, I was coming from Beetletun. The speedboost was windborne speed, as I was Mo/E to get Grasping Earth from Hot Spring Murders quest.

Was it Pin Down?