Superior Runes?

MindBullets

MindBullets

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

SLC, Utah

How many Superior Runes can a fellow have on him?
Thanks,

Mind

Kha

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

Five, since you have five pieces of armor.

Shamblemonkee

Shamblemonkee

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

UK, Bristol

Gwen's Red Capes [Gwen]

Mo/R

I thought they didn't stack?

ICURADik

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

The -hp stacks.

Kha

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shamblemonkee
I thought they didn't stack?
If that was the question, the OP should've asked that.

Quote:
Originally Posted by ICURADiK
The -hp stacks.
Yep. The bonus to the attribute doesn't stack, only the HP penalty does.

DeathBound

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

It don't stack for me.

MindBullets

MindBullets

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

SLC, Utah

So to understand Kha...Only one of the Sup Runes will have an effect?
I have an axe and a vigor.
I will only see the effect of one of them?

Thanks,
Mind

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

So would 2 superior runes of 2 different attributes both have an effect? or just 1?

Ie I put on a superior Axe Mastery Rune and a Superior Strength Rune.. will I get the full benefit from both or just 1?

Linkie

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

Norway

P/W

The same attribute won't stack, different ones will.

Zenny

Zenny

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Moa Birds [MB]

Mo/N

You can't have 5 Superiors of Strenth and have the effect of all five. (You'll have only the effect of one rune and a bunch of -75 HP penalties.)

You can't have 1 Superior and 1 Major of Axe Mastery and have the effect of a Major and Superior. (The higher tiered rune will override any lower runes of the same attribute.)

Also you have to know that Major Runes have a -50 HP penalty and Superior Runes have a -75 HP penalty. If you were to put all Superior Runes on (with the exception of Vigor and Absorption Runes) you could have a -425 HP penalty total.

You CAN mix different attributes and have 1 Superior Strenth, 1 Superior Axe Mastery, 1 Major Vigor, 1 Minor Tactic. (As long as the attributes are different, then there won't be any problems.)

Cunning

Cunning

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Vabbi, Elona

Ex Talionis [Law]

Me/

What happens if you use 5 sups when you only have 200hp?

Zenny

Zenny

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Moa Birds [MB]

Mo/N

I think.... it just leaves you with 1 HP max lol :X

twicky_kid

twicky_kid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quite Vulgar [FUN]

all -hp stacks my char has 105 life from 5 sup runes

Weezer_Blue

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

by the no stacking statement, they mean runes of the same attribute don't stack. You can't get rank 30 in an attribute by getting 6 superior X runes. But you can get +3 in all your primary profession attributes, if you'd like.


... Of course, the penalties are heavy, so use them sparingly... unless you're one of those solo underworld monks, in which case, use as many as you can find, with no vigor.

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

Thank you to everyone for those answers. muchly appreciated. I thought that was how it would work, but I admit that the comments made before my post had me puzzled and I was afraid I had been wrong. I only had 1 minor rune anyways, but just got a second and so wasn't sure if it would work or not (different attribute).. especially considering the confusion that was comming from the post's before mine.

Weezer_Blue

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

Runes do stack with non-rune items though. Like the "reduces damage" part in Knights Armour is just like an Absorbtion Rune, but they stack, and the +1 -attribute- on most headgear also stacks with runes. Because of this, the highest you can get in any attribute (without using skills to boost it for a short amount of time), is 16: 12 ranks using attribute points, 3 using a superior rune, and 1 using headgear.