precise effect of enchanting mod

jray14

jray14

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

NC, USA

Ohm Mahnee Pedmay [Hoom]

Anyone have an authoritative answer on the precise effect of a +20% enchantment duration mod for different times?

Search results here on gwguru have a consensus that duration is truncated, but those results are quite old.

I couldn't find anything on the official wiki.

The unofficial wiki has a table that is obviously messed up for times below 8 seconds but otherwise indicates that duration is rounded, and in particular rounded up when the decimal portion is 0.5.

So what's the beef? I know I could just go set up some experiments, but I'd be grateful if someone in the know could save me the time. Thanks

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

I would suppose that only the people who actually coded the game could give you a precise answer. I don't think, given lag and other variables, that you could get a "precise" answer by experimentation. My gut feeling is that the 20% is exactly that - 20%. There's no reason to assume that the resultant time isn't arrived at by simply multiplying the base duration by 1.2. But, then again, maybe it's not.

IronSheik

IronSheik

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Join Date: Mar 2008

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N/

Wikia tables are correct
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
Etc.
Tested with mending and heal breeze

jray14

jray14

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Join Date: May 2005

NC, USA

Ohm Mahnee Pedmay [Hoom]

Thanks for the testing! I guess I was rash to assume the table was "obviously messed up." Quite surprising that you can extend the duration from 1s to 2s, for example.

Arduin

Arduin

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Join Date: May 2005

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Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by IronSheik View Post
Wikia tables are correct
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
Etc.
Tested with mending and heal breeze
How can Mending have a duration?

Bob Slydell

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arduinna View Post
How can Mending have a duration?
LOL...

And I don't know about the enchanting mod all that much, but It is very noticeable that the duration is a lot longer when you cast an enchantment with the mod then without.

Quaker

Quaker

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Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

One question. How do you test this? If you test it by using a stopwatch and observing the apparent length of time a spell lasts, this may not necessarily be the same as the calculated time in which the effect actually lasts as far as the game mechanics are concerned.
That is to say - an enchantment may look as though it lasts 2 seconds, but this may be partially due to the time it takes for the client-to-server and server-to-client updates to happen, but does it's effect actually last 2 seconds as far as the game mechanics are concerned?

IronSheik

IronSheik

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Join Date: Mar 2008

Wolfenstein: Goldrush

Zombies Go Nom Nom [Nom]

N/

Unless I'm completely stupid and my 100ms ping failed me

I took my dervish, a totem axe, peace and harmony, and shield of forece @ 1 earth prayers, Shield being 2, PnH being 1 @ 0 Divine.

I casted Shield, and with the .75 aftercast, and them both being 1/4 cast spells. PnH would have come up exactly one second after Shield did, and since they should both theoretically, (If tables are correct) end at the same time, and I can even check with my mysticism health/energy, which they did.

Quaker

Quaker

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Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Yes, but your basing this on the physical appearance (or dis-appearance) of the skill effect, but not on the resultant in-game affect if you are actually in battle.

Killamus

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Join Date: Oct 2008

Test it with patient spirit - it rounds up. Patient spirit will end exactly as it can be casted again.