Guild Wars 2

just to make sure. wiki says movement boosts do not stack. is this true for ALL sort of boosts? even traits? for instance engi Inventions_VIII_PowerShoes don’t stack with Swiftness boon?

correct.

only minor exceptions are that many movement skills benefit from increased movement speed

ens.9854:

correct.

only minor exceptions are that many movement skills benefit from increased movement speed

do you mean skills benefit from single max boosts, or boosts stack for skills? say if i have power shoes and swiftness, with my acid bomb (engi elGun #4) will i fly backwards at +33% or +66% speed?

i think he means that skills like rocket boots which propel you will propel you further with swiftness

The highest boost of all your boosts is taken, but movement speed increase is capped at 33% anyway.

This means that 66% speed increase is generally not noticeable compared to the 33% from Swiftness... but if you’re chilled, it’ll completely cancel the chill’s slowing effect, while swiftness will only partially mitigate it.

cheese.4739:

The highest boost of all your boosts is taken, but movement speed increase is capped at 33% anyway.

This means that 66% speed increase is generally not noticeable compared to the 33% from Swiftness… but if you’re chilled, it’ll completely cancel the chill’s slowing effect, while swiftness will only partially mitigate it.

i wonder how this works. if it is multiplicative (as i would think it should be), it should take +200% boost to offset your chill

it’s additive, just like boon/condition duration modifiers

cheese.4739:

The highest boost of all your boosts is taken, but movement speed increase is capped at 33% anyway.

Except the thief trait that lets you move +50% in stealth

nope, you still max out at regular speed+33%. The trait says 50% so that it would still hit max while in combat but unfortunately that’s bugged right now so you just get combat speed+33%.

GrandmaFunk.3052:

nope, you still max out at regular speed+33%. The trait says 50% so that it would still hit max while in combat but unfortunately that’s bugged right now so you just get combat speed+33%.

It was patched shortly after implementation

Wait, the thief trait actually does break the caps? I’m pretty doubtful of this - the 50% would presumably only be to completely counteract cripple and mitigate chill, as other >33% buffs function (One With Air, Mist Form, Super Speed). You got a source for this, ens?