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taz2crazy

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Major absorption rune stacking?

This is a question that was asked earlier but no real answer was given.

Are major absorption runes stacking?

can you mix it with superior, major, and minor to make it stacking?

What is the best rune combo for a wammo?

06/14/06 19:22

the big t

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

i was doing some testing on this and at first i found taht majors stacked then i went to buy a sup and found that the majors and the sup did not stack but the that the sup overrided the major i might be wrong but that is whta i found

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06/14/06 19:24

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

Absorption runes apply to the armor that they are located on I believe, from what my friend told me. They don't technically stack, but absoption runes on your head and chest are most important for the plus absorption there (this is where most hits occur in the chest, and do more damage in the head) while superior vigor and ur other superior rune and minor rune should go on the other spots. I'm pretty sure im right.

06/14/06 19:31

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

yeah taht would explain why they did not seam to stack at all times but at some times they did

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06/14/06 19:33

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

Erum, guys absorbtion runes don't stack. You can have one minor, one major, and one superior, only one of those runes will work. Two absorbtion runes will not give you -6 damage reduction, only -3. And, as far as placement/effect...

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06/14/06 19:54

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

there is no text in the rune text taht says it will not stack

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06/14/06 19:59

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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Asorption runes are global no matter where they are they have the same effect. they are not stacking. what they mean by that is if you have armor that asorbs dmg then it will stack on that not on each other.

06/14/06 20:12

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

my only questin is why does it not then say taht is not stacking like all other runes

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06/14/06 20:13

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

Well, e-mail ANET and ask them yourself. They probably just haven't realized it's missing the text. But, common knowledge is, runes don't stack, only onto armor with mods.

06/14/06 22:45

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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absorption explained

06/15/06 08:06

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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my only questin is why does it not then say taht is not stacking like all other runes

Because Absorption runes do stack with absorption armor, but not with other absorption runes.

And all runes are global, so you should only have one absorption rune, because the others would be useless.

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06/15/06 08:10

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

so your saying, that putting a supior rune of absorbsion on every peice of armour you can has only the same effect as using it on one?

06/15/06 08:39

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

that seems to be what happens...

06/15/06 10:04

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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so your saying, that putting a supior rune of absorbsion on every peice of armour you can has only the same effect as using it on one?

Yes. If you have a Superior Absorption on one piece of armor, that's it. Adding another Superior/Major/Minor Absorption won't do a thing.

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06/15/06 10:06

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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so your saying, that putting a supior rune of absorbsion on every peice of armour you can has only the same effect as using it on one?

Yes. If you have a Superior Absorption on one piece of armor, that's it. Adding another Superior/Major/Minor Absorption won't do a thing.

So what i'm getting is this:
I can use only one rune absorption, weather it be superior, major or minor for a set of armor?

to add to my absorption i need one (any more than one will not benifit me) piece of armor that has damage reducing properties.

Then i can also have a shield with absorption properties.

Is this combo what will give me the most absorption?

06/15/06 10:39

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

dbl post

yes i'm a noob

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06/15/06 10:39

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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Correct.

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06/15/06 10:42

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

Im not too much of a sup and major rune person...unless its on my soon 2 be 55 monk

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06/15/06 11:08

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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i was wondering where you're getting that info from?!

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there is no text in the rune text taht says it will not stack

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General Dude got it right. seeing this topic, i decided to sit down and take the time to find out if they stack or not. i had 2 sets of armor. both being droks platemail, 1 set with all sup absorption, and 1 set without. i tried the full set first and had my friend beat on me with out skills, he did about 3 damage. then i switced off the helm for the non sup absorption helm an he was doing 6. i did this so on down the line untill i had no superrior runes of absorption, by this time he's doing between 15 and 18 damage (somewhere in that range) proving that the absorption runes take effect where ever they are.

maby there's a flaw in my test somewhere, and maby im wrong. but i dont feel like argueing about it anymore plainly because i set out to put things right the first time i do them, so if someone is willing to repeat my test, with a possible flaw fixed, then with all due respect, go right ahead so we can know for sure. but as HiroAyami said

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Well, e-mail ANET and ask them yourself. They probably just haven't realized it's missing the text. But, common knowledge is, runes don't stack, only onto armor with mods.

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06/22/06 12:35

HiroAyami

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

Well, I recently took the time and money to:

A) Make a full set of Droks Armor.
B) Infuse it.
C) Embue 5 Superior Absorbtion Runes.
D) Test it.

Results?

Aside from it being the biggest waste of money ever, I have a new suit of Ascalon/Gladiators/Platemail identical (almost) to my 15k set, while undyed, they have 5 supeior absorbtion runes in them. Anyhow, to answer you all, they do not in fact stack.

The damage was exactly the same in comparison with the set of armor with 1 superior absorbtion rune in it.

Well, whatever, I guess I'll figure out what to do with the armor in time, maybe I'll find a dummy to put it on. ~shrug~

Just thought I'd share this with you. :)

06/22/06 17:04

cswella

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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You could have done the same test with Minor runes.

Anyhoo, +cred for the testing.

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06/22/06 17:07

HiroAyami

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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You could have done the same test with Minor runes.

Anyhoo, +cred for the testing.

True enough though I figured since people brought up superior runes so much might as well, and I already had three from farming :/

Oh yes, thanks though :)

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06/22/06 17:24

Aaron Rex Root

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

So basically, two tests, two different results. Good job.

I think the first one looks a little more valid, as it is more detailed into how it was done.

06/22/06 17:30

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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06/22/06 17:37

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

You coulda done this for a lot lot lot cheaper if you had the superior rune pf absorption unlocked. well for free actually. because u coulda made a pvp character with all 5 runes, checked the damage, deleted it, remake him with the same armor but only four runes, checked the damage, deleted it, remake hime with the same armor but only 3 runes, checked the damage, deleted it, remake hime with the same armor but only 2 runes, checked the damage, deleted it, remake him with the same armor but only 1 rune, checked the damage, deleted it, remake him with the same armor but only no runes, checked the damage, and delete it.

As you can see, it would take more time, but it wouldnt cost anything. Gold is worth more than time IMO.

06/22/06 20:52

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

Well, I'm a little more fortunate I suppose, I'd been farming Ettins and FoW before the nerfs. I've got over 1mil and a number of shards/ecto's at my disposal. Money isn't an issue for me, I'm what you'd call a bored player. I deleted a 55Mo today just to restart it in Factions. I've kinda fallen into making builds lately, not quite sure why. >.>

Anyhow, method isn't really relevant persay when you bring up the money, to each his own. But yes, if you want to test it out yourself, my method would have to be the more expensive route, at least I didn't bother with 15k armor >.>

Anyhow, if you want I really could elaborate on what exactly I did, what I fought, where I fought, etc. I just felt the outcome was more relevant than the process. ~shrug~

And, what different results? From what I read he got the same results as me... :/

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06/23/06 01:13

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

Yeah according to you i would be able to stack say 5 Sup Healing + Headpieace to get 12+1+15=28 Healing.

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06/23/06 01:23

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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Yeah according to you i would be able to stack say 5 Sup Healing + Headpieace to get 12+1+15=28 Healing.

GG no RE

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-15 Absorbsion, no way gg

HiroAyami never said that.

He did test it with 5 absorption runes, but he reported that the other 4 didn't have an effect.

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06/23/06 01:34

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

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Im not too much of a sup and major rune person...unless its on my soon 2 be 55 monk

Absorbtion runes also do not have a - xx health, same as vigors.

07/01/06 04:10

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RE: Major absorption rune stacking?

I've got a feeling this debate will run for a while, but for those who missed it MyNameIsMathias posted this earlier in the thread:

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absorption explained

For easy reference this is what it says:

Runes of Absorption reduce attack damage by 1-3 depending on potency. Minor Runes of Absorption reduce damage by 1, Major by 2, and Superior by 3. Runes of Absorption only reduce damage from attacks and have no effect on spells or other sources of damage. Like all runes, Runes of Absorption do not stack with each other, even though they do not have (non-stacking) in their description like the absorption armors or other types of runes.

07/01/06 05:25

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