Musings and comments...
Is it compound or straight addition?
Published on April 22, 2009 By moondrgn In Demigod Strategies

If I get a couple of +% regen items (e.g. a couple of helms with +X% mana per second), how do they stack on top of each other? Is the %age added first, then applied or is it compound %age where one is applied first, then the second is applied to the total of the first's application?

As an illustration...

If I have 10 mana per second and I put on 2 helms that give me +100% mana per second, do I end up with:

1. 10 + (10 * 1.0) + (10 * 1.0) = 30 mana per second, or

2. (10 + (10 * 1.0)) = 20 + (20 * 1.0) = 40 mana per second?


Comments
on Apr 22, 2009

Yes, I would really like to know if they are stacked additively or multiplicitavely.

If I had to guess, I would hazard that they are stacked additively, but I really don't know.

on Apr 22, 2009

it would add the % together , so if u had 2 helms with +100% it would be like having one with +200%, if i were to guess, but some clearafication would be good

on Apr 22, 2009

Jethro420
it would add the % together , so if u had 2 helms with +100% it would be like having one with +200%, if i were to guess, but some clearafication would be good

To my testing, this is indeed how it works, it adds your % bonuses together before applying them to your static +#/sec.

on Apr 22, 2009

you'll have to forgive me for a memory lapse, else i would surely give credit where its due and link the thread.

 

however...i have a distinct recollection of seeing some number crunching someone did and they came up with the conclusion that percent bonuses stack additively with one another. so if you have a +10% item and a +25% item you are gaining +35% to that stat. the same thread author (really wish i could remember who it was, sorry) also determined that percent bonuses are applied LAST meaning they increase all of your constant bonuses as well as your base stats. 

on Apr 23, 2009

Thank you very much for that very informative reply.

on Apr 23, 2009

For the critical stuff on the other hand it's different

Each item will keep its effect and % but you can possibly have all of them together

For exemple the gauntlets Critical x2 and Ashkandor Critical x4 and the Assassin's Plate Critical x1.5

If they all trigger you'll have 4x2x1.5 = x12 Critical Hit. Chances are low, but stacking up critical gear is a good idea:)