Guild Wars 2

Untraited a full recharge now takes 35sec.

With 30 points in trickery, the recharge rate should increase by 30%

30% of 35sec is 10.5 sec so a full recharge should take 24.5 sec, so why does it currently take 27 sec?

Because you’re not a rocket scientist. You forgot to incorporate you’re relative position on the map and the time of day ;-) <—— LOL No idea how to activate smiles.

Because it’s increasing the recharge rate, not reducing the cool-down.

Steal 100% recharge rate = 35 seconds
Steal traited to 30 points which means 130% recharge rate = 26.9

We call the route from point A to point B “AB”
so you travel from point A to point B in 35 minutes.
Now you travel from point B back to point A with 30% increased speed.

Question: Will the time it takes you to travel back be reduced by 30%?
Question2: Will you get from point A to point B instant when you travel 100% faster?

No!

Speed when you travel from A to B = 35s/AB
Speed when you travel from B to A = 35s/AB /1.3 = 26.92s/AB
Speed when you travel 100% faster = 35s/AB / 2.0 = 17.5s/AB

Simple math… no magic involved

crouze.3078:

We call the route from point A to point B “AB”
so you travel from point A to point B in 35 minutes.
Now you travel from point B back to point A with 30% increased speed.

Question: Will the time it takes you to travel back be reduced by 30%?
Question2: Will you get from point A to point B instant when you travel 100% faster?

No!

Speed when you travel from A to B = 35s/AB
Speed when you travel from B to A = 35s/AB /1.3 = 26.92s/AB
Speed when you travel 100% faster = 35s/AB / 2.0 = 17.5s/AB

Simple math… no magic involved

It’s just most people are thinking reduced cool-down by 30%, not increased recharge by 30%. Hell I thought that earlier as well mainly due to tool-tip error that they hot-fixed.

Ok thanks, good point, makes perfect sense now!