Curse

absolutcrobi · Sep 15, 2007, 02:11 PM // 14:11

How do multiple instances of Halves Casting Time, and Halves Skill Recharge stack? The Nightbringer has:
* Energy +10
* Cold damage: 11-22 (Requires 9 Death Magic)
* Halves skill recharge of spells (Chance: 20%)
* Halves casting time of Death Magic spells (Chance: 20%)
* Halves casting time of Death Magic spells (Chance: 20%)
* Health +30
* Two-handed
Is it as simple as 20% +20% = 40% chance to halve casting time of death magic, or is there some other formula for it?

Burst Cancel · Sep 15, 2007, 02:29 PM // 14:29

IIRC, each chance is applied separately. In other words, the game first checks the first 20% chance, then it checks the second 20% chance - even if the first check succeeded. That means that, in a 20-20 situation, you have:

.8*.8 = 64% chance of normal cast
.2*.8*2 = 32% chance of 1/2 cast time
.2*.2 = 4% chance of 1/4 cast time

Savio · Sep 15, 2007, 05:33 PM // 17:33

However, stacked HSRs can only reduce recharge time to 50%, so if both activate you'll still just get half recharge time. HCT doesn't have a limit on how low it can reduce cast time.