what stacks?

Macel

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Does poison dmg stack with bleed dmg stack with magic dot?

does more bleed dmg stack with previous bleed dmg, same with poison?

ginetti

ginetti

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Join Date: May 2005

Darwin, Australia

it all stacks

Aiwahead

Aiwahead

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Louisiana

Deciders of Fate

Not exactly, though yes, the three versions of degeneration stack together

IE: A bleed, a Poison, and a Health Degen (IE: Necro or Mesmer spell) stack together, leading up to a decent amount of DOT

HOWEVER.

Multiple instances of the same type of DOT do not seem to stack. So if you cast a second phantasm or a necro casts a degen spell on the same creature, you dont get even more.

To be honest, in this case I am not sure which takes precidence: The higher degen amount or the last cast.

Anyone have a definitive anwser on that?

Macel

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Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aiwahead
Not exactly, though yes, the three versions of degeneration stack together

IE: A bleed, a Poison, and a Health Degen (IE: Necro or Mesmer spell) stack together, leading up to a decent amount of DOT

HOWEVER.

Multiple instances of the same type of DOT do not seem to stack. So if you cast a second phantasm or a necro casts a degen spell on the same creature, you dont get even more.

To be honest, in this case I am not sure which takes precidence: The higher degen amount or the last cast.

Anyone have a definitive anwser on that? Oh really? I can understand the magic DoT not stacking since it is a hex. But poison? Other people have seemed to be of the opinion that the damage from a new hit with a poisoned arrow will stack with whatever dot was leftover from the previous poison hit...

And I suppose that brings up another question I have.. Is there a maximum health degeneration? The health bar only has so much room for <'s..

Epinephrine

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Macel
Oh really? I can understand the magic DoT not stacking since it is a hex. But poison? Other people have seemed to be of the opinion that the damage from a new hit with a poisoned arrow will stack with whatever dot was leftover from the previous poison hit...

And I suppose that brings up another question I have.. Is there a maximum health degeneration? The health bar only has so much room for <'s.. Multiple instances of the same skill or type do not stack - but I know that necromancer DOT and Conjure Phantasm DO stack, so it isn't "magical" DOTs not stacking, it's simply that you can't put two Conjure phantasms on to get it to do twice as much. Two people can Life siphon the same badguy though - doesn't boost the degeneration, but they both get life out of it.

They all stack to a maximum of -10 degeneration. I believe they stack beyond that, just that -10 is the maximum the player will degenerate, so you can stack -16 on a guy and he'll have -10 degen; if he is then given a 7 arrow Healing Breeze he's at -9 degeneration.