Guild Wars 2

While messing around with the Virtues tree for the Guardian class, I noticed some issues regarding the actual math behind the virtues themselves. It appears as though the calculation behind the Virtue recharge is either broken, or intentionally being diminished. I’ve included the math involved so you can see I’m not just complaining to complain. ANET, could you please provide some sort of response, is this actually a bug, or is this intentional?

Example – Virtues = 30 = 30% Virtue Recharge Rate

Virtue of Courage = 90 sec recharge.
Virtue of Courage with Virtue Recharge Rate = 90 * (100%-30%) = 90 * 70% = 63 sec

So I have assumed that my recharge would be 63 sec according to my basic understanding of mathematics. However, as you can see in the photo attached, which includes all the pertinent information, the recharge rate is actually 69 seconds. (Photo shows 68, but I couldn’t capture fast enough) It turns out that 30% Virtue Recharge Rate is “actually” 23.33%. Once again, ANET, please explain.

I think what the issue is here is that “Rate” is not the same as “Time”.

Recharge Rate implies that there are 2 values, usually a rate is a value over time, like heart rate = beats per minute.

Your calculation is just using time of the recharge. I noticed exactly what you noticed but I realized that 30% does not mean 30% less time. It means a 30% FASTER RATE.

Interesting, and thank you. I think we’ve resolved this just between the two of us! Thanks for your help.

For anyone that might be reading…

Let’s assume that the recharge rate is 1 count per second. For this example, lets consider Virtue of Courage, which has a 90 second recharge, IE – it takes 90 counts to recharge. When you consider Virtue Recharge Rate at 30%…

Recharge Rate = 1.3 counts per sec
Virtue of Courage = 90 counts to recharge

Duration of Recharge = 90 / 1.3 counts per second = ~69 sec

(This essentially means you are 30% more effective per unit time)

Looks perfect! Mystery solved