Weapon Bonus, goes it stack ?

Supremacy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mad And Dangerous

W/R

28 May 2006 at 08:44 - 1
Hi guys.

I noticed in Vasburg Armory, that you can buy for example:

a Fire wand, with the following bonuses:

Halves casting time of fire magic spells (20%)
Halves skill recharge of fire magic spells (20%)

and a Flame Artifact with the exact same bonuses.

my question is then, does those bonuses stack, so it becomes 40% insted of 20% ?

Rathcail

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

28 May 2006 at 09:01 - 2
Quote:
Originally Posted by Supremacy
my question is then, does those bonuses stack, so it becomes 40% insted of 20% ?
Won't stack like that, but the two 20% faster recharges (for example) do work together as separate checks. Essentially it has a 20% chance of faster recharge and then another 20% chance after that, which would have a small possibility of the already halved recharge getting halved second time for even faster recharge.
Like rolling a die twice instead of just one time.

Supremacy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mad And Dangerous

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29 May 2006 at 14:27 - 3
okey so eighter way, it's better to have 20/20 than just a single 20% ^^

Well thanks for that guys, helped me alot. ^^

Haggard

Haggard

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Urmston, Manchester, UK

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

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29 May 2006 at 14:52 - 4
Its been fully covered here:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...d.php?t=119826
In the FAQ (Please check here first) section ¬_¬

And here's Savio's picture on the subject:
(sorry for stealing it Savio!)

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

29 May 2006 at 15:41 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Haggard
And here's Savio's picture on the subject:
(sorry for stealing it Savio!)
As long as one person understands it, I don't mind ^^

Now, as far as the incorrect posts go, I'm sick of seeing it so I deleted them. There's no good reason to leave wrong posts around to mislead more people.

Ehrenia

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

Melted Chocolate Bunnies [EaT]

30 May 2006 at 00:39 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Savio
As long as one person understands it, I don't mind ^^

Now, as far as the incorrect posts go, I'm sick of seeing it so I deleted them. There's no good reason to leave wrong posts around to mislead more people.
i see so you deleted my post which was correct, and not misleading. well thanks a bunch.

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

30 May 2006 at 02:13 - 7
Your post assumed that when both chances occured it was still only half cast/recharge, which is incorrect. When both mods trigger, the half recharge is halved again, meaning it only takes a quarter of the time to recharge. You don't get a 36% chance of halved spell recharge with 2 20% mods, you get 32% chance of half recharge, 4% of quarter.

The correct percentages are:

Code:
Mods	Half %	Qtr %
20-20	32	4
20-15	29	3
20-10	26	2
15-15	25.5	2.25
15-10	22	1.5
10-10	18	1

Supremacy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mad And Dangerous

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31 May 2006 at 15:05 - 8
but okey.. no matter how you turn and flip it inside out, theres still better chances for faster recharge and cast with 2x20%.

thats all i wanted to know. ^ ^