Guild Wars 2

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If I give protection to my allies, will the allies have the enhanced protection (40% damage reduction) or just 33% damage reduction?

yes they will get the damage reduction. effects of boons are applied by the person who applied them

Pretty sure they won’t.

I assumed it was that protection on a tempest is more effective. rather than protection applied by a tempest is more effective

I know this was last year, but it seems like the description of the trait has changed – now it says 20% increased effectiveness but doesn’t display the total new % of protection like it used to. Anyone else notice this?

33% + 20% = 53% effectiveness. Can anyone confirm?

wetwillyhip.7254:

I know this was last year, but it seems like the description of the trait has changed – now it says 20% increased effectiveness but doesn’t display the total new % of protection like it used to. Anyone else notice this?

33% + 20% = 53% effectiveness. Can anyone confirm?

The +20% modifier is multiplicative, not additive.

0.33 × 1.20 = 0.396

It is likely rounded up to a 0.4 reduction.

arkaile is correct