Spirit effects, do they stack?

Spirit effects, do they stack?

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Posted by: solrik.6028

solrik.6028

Q:

If there are 2-3 rangers, or more, with spirit build, will the effects stack?

More precisely, would it be possible to have 100% protection/swiftness up-time?

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Spirit effects, do they stack?

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Posted by: Chopps.5047

Chopps.5047

It stacks according to the rules of boons. Protection and swiftness stack in duration; if you have two frost spirits up, though, you will get (traited) party wide flat 14% damage increase (on average). Also note there’s internal cooldowns on spirits besides frost. I hope that helps! Happy hunting!

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Posted by: solrik.6028

solrik.6028

It stacks according to the rules of boons. Protection and swiftness stack in duration; if you have two frost spirits up, though, you will get (traited) party wide flat 14% damage increase (on average). Also note there’s internal cooldowns on spirits besides frost. I hope that helps! Happy hunting!

I know that the boons stack. I want to know if the internal cooldowns of the spirits are of the type “X seconds left of sun spirit cooldown” or “X seconds left of Y’s sun spirit cooldown”

If there are 2 rangers with stone spirits summoned. Will one of them receive first 3 seconds of protection, and then another 3 seconds from the other one?

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Posted by: Indoles.1467

Indoles.1467

Not that I know of (but I’ve honestly never tested it). From prior experience with the game, I’m under the assumption that a player can only receive one type a buff since every other buff works that way. In other words, if you are within the range of a spirit and receive its initial buff, then any other overlapping spirit buffs simply can’t be obtained as you already have that type of spirit buff from a specific spirit (you can’t obtain 2 frost spirit proc chance buffs at once).

However, maybe if you can move between spirits, you could manipulate the icd of each of them to proc effects twice as often for any spirit but the frost spirit. Obviously, that assumes the icd isn’t linked to your character, but linked to the spirit that gave you the buff, which I doubt is true.

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Posted by: solrik.6028

solrik.6028

Not that I know of (but I’ve honestly never tested it). From prior experience with the game, I’m under the assumption that a player can only receive one type a buff since every other buff works that way. In other words, if you are within the range of a spirit and receive its initial buff, then any other overlapping spirit buffs simply can’t be obtained as you already have that type of spirit buff from a specific spirit (you can’t obtain 2 frost spirit proc chance buffs at once).

However, maybe if you can move between spirits, you could manipulate the icd of each of them to proc effects twice as often for any spirit but the frost spirit. Obviously, that assumes the icd isn’t linked to your character, but linked to the spirit that gave you the buff, which I doubt is true.

That is correct…. And there is a but.

The spirits have 10sec ICD (except frost) and when the effect procs, the buff the spirit gives (the buff that gives you a chance to proc) will not be applied for 10sec.

Which, theoretically, would mean that a second spirit of the same tipe can apply the buff on the player in those 10sec. The question is if it does exactly that or not.

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Posted by: Chopps.5047

Chopps.5047

You can proc both spirits but as I said, it stacks according to boon rules. Protection from multiple sources stacks in duration. This is true of anything that gives protection. Two people’s spirits do not share an ICD if that’s what you’re asking. Two stone spirits do nt share ICD, but each one has an indiviual ICD. I hope that clears things up.

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Posted by: Indoles.1467

Indoles.1467

You can proc both spirits but as I said, it stacks according to boon rules. Protection from multiple sources stacks in duration. This is true of anything that gives protection. Two people’s spirits do not share an ICD if that’s what you’re asking. Two stone spirits do nt share ICD, but each one has an indiviual ICD. I hope that clears things up.

If that is true, you would still have to get out of range of the spirit you just proc’d from, wait until the buff wears off, and get within range of the other spirit within 10s to get the benefit right? Or do they both proc independently and one simply isn’t displayed in the UI.