Guild Wars 2

Conditions, do they require the full second or can you get away with E.g. Currently 3.9 second duration on condition but only get 3 ticks rather then 4 ticks. (3 + 30% = 3.9)

Is this a bug or do conditions no matters what round themselves down even know your 0.1 second off the full 4 seconds.

It’s been like this for a while I’m just wondering is this how its meant to be or is it really a bug.

It’s meant to be. They all round down, stun, conditions, even boons.

Yep, things that tick once per second tick once per full second, not per rounded second. Boons and conditions will still last exactly as long as is calculated (such as the 3.9 example, Sol), but the Regeneration boon or non-confusion damaging conditions won’t tick beyond the full second.

This doesn’t mean condition duration is useless if it only gives you partial seconds, though - if you apply 3.9s of burning, then 1.2s of burning before the first stack runs out, you’ll get 5 ticks from the burning rather than just the 4 from rounding each number down.