About Stacking and Runes

Gozza

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/R

19 Feb 2006 at 17:02 - 1
Well basically, what does stacking and not-stacking mean? Do I recieve a penalty or something if things do stack?
Also, can I put a rune on all of my armor pieces without getting a penalty of some sort? Furthermore, could I (for example) use a Minor and Major rune of vigor and get the advantages from them both? Or use the same rune 5 times (on all pieces of armor) and get the advantage 5x?

Thanks in advance

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

19 Feb 2006 at 17:08 - 2
simple

1 rune per piece of armor

1 rune per type with the greater having the effect

any attempt to add a second rune to a piece of armor overwrites the original rune.

they will not add up

Gozza

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/R

19 Feb 2006 at 21:05 - 3
Thanks, much appreciated.
Can anyone explain to me what stacking means? I'm still confused about that. Thanks!

Mandy Memory

Mandy Memory

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Xen of Sigils [XoO]

W/

19 Feb 2006 at 21:54 - 4
Stacking stuff will stack with other stuff, like a helmet that gives +1 blood magic and a rune of blood magic that gives another +1, they will "stack" to +2

all runes are non stacking. They will not stack with another rune of the same type. two runes that gives +1 blood, or one that gives +1 blood and one that gives +2 blood will not stack, you will end up with the highest of them. The health penalties do stack.

You can stack a non-stacking and a stacking bonus

Knights/Ascalon stacks with absorption, but not with itself

Gozza

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/R

20 Feb 2006 at 00:26 - 5
Makes sense, thanks!

Lets Get to Healing

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

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Mo/W

20 Feb 2006 at 03:43 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mandy Memory
all runes are non stacking.
Wrong. Absorbtion runes stack.

koneko

Site Contributor

Join Date: Sep 2005

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Mo/Me

20 Feb 2006 at 04:09 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lets Get to Healing
Wrong. Absorbtion runes stack.
Wrong. Absorption runes do not stack.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Rune

Quote:
Originally Posted by GuildWiki
Runes affecting the same attribute and vigor runes do not stack within their own type. You can only receive the benefit of the highest potency rune from each. However, the health penalties from all attached runes will stack.
If runes stacked, you would see hundreds of wammos using 4-5 superior absorption runes at once.

Mandy Memory

Mandy Memory

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

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Xen of Sigils [XoO]

W/

20 Feb 2006 at 04:39 - 8
I think you would more likely see a couple sup axe runes on a gale axe warrior if runes stacked.

Lets Get to Healing

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Mo/W

20 Feb 2006 at 04:52 - 9
SO its a bug that absorbtion is the ---->ONLY<---- rune that doesnt say non stacking. and btw ur evidence shows nothing that says they dont stack.

koneko

Site Contributor

Join Date: Sep 2005

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Mo/Me

20 Feb 2006 at 05:17 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lets Get to Healing
and btw ur evidence shows nothing that says they dont stack.
Quote:
Originally Posted by GuildWiki
Runes affecting the same attribute and vigor runes do not stack within their own type. You can only receive the benefit of the highest potency rune from each. However, the health penalties from all attached runes will stack.
GuildWiki > you

Go try it out for yourself if you like. Go buy four minor absorption runes and throw them onto a cheap set of armor, then come back and tell me that they reduce damage by 4. (Hint: they will most certainly not, and will only reduce damage by 1.)

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

20 Feb 2006 at 05:19 - 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lets Get to Healing
SO its a bug that absorbtion is the ---->ONLY<---- rune that doesnt say non stacking. and btw ur evidence shows nothing that says they dont stack.
Runes of any kind have never stacked with each other - well, not the positive benefits anyway. So why anyone thinks that they stack now is beyond me.

Caelus The Fallen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Glasgow

Voice of the Darkness

E/Mo

20 Feb 2006 at 11:37 - 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lets Get to Healing
SO its a bug that absorbtion is the ---->ONLY<---- rune that doesnt say non stacking. and btw ur evidence shows nothing that says they dont stack.
The reason they dont say non-stacking is that they do stack with knights/ascalon, which already has a non-stacking tag.
You will notice that as much as absorbtion does not say non-stacking, neither does it say stacking.