Speed: does it stack?

AlimonyJFMSU

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I have a cloak that has speed, and a weapon that has speed. Do the speed effects stack? Nothing I've seen on the wiki or in the game tooltips seems to suggest that it doesn't, but I should be running 30% faster, and admittedly, I don't think I am. But I have kinda crappy spacial awareness, so maybe I just don't notice it.
 

vryxnr

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It's all about bonus TYPE. If both provide an Enhancement bonus (enhancement is the type) then they do not stack.

You can also check in game. Character sheet, there is a tiny little + tab on the side, and there you will find a movement section that tells you the % bonus you have to your movement speed. Take off one item, take off the other item, take off both, have both equipped, compare the numbers.
 

AlimonyJFMSU

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Okay. Thanks for explaining it, guys. BTW, I'm trying to help my friend with enchancements. We're looking at paladin's talent, "stunning shield." Is this an AoE? It says, "stuns enemies" plural. But it's a little vague.
 

Fhrek

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I have a cloak that has speed, and a weapon that has speed. Do the speed effects stack?
If they are both Enhancement Bonus, No. Just the greater will apply.

I should be running 30% faster, and admittedly, I don't think I am
Are you beyond light carry capacity? Are you using Medium or Heavy Armor?

As a Warlock using Celestial Spirit, I feel like when the toogle is on and floating, the movespeed is hampered. So, could be an animation issue.
 

AlimonyJFMSU

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If they are both Enhancement Bonus, No. Just the greater will apply.


Are you beyond light carry capacity? Are you using Medium or Heavy Armor?

As a Warlock using Celestial Spirit, I feel like when the toogle is on and floating, the movespeed is hampered. So, could be an animation issue.
I wear heavy armor. I don't really carry very much in my bag. But I dunno what the light carry capacity is.
 

Fhrek

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But I dunno what the light carry capacity is.
Run speed can be Reduced by

Carrying capacity: reduces speed when you are weighed-down:
Load: Light (0% to 33.33% load): no penalty.
Load: Medium (33.34% to 66.66% load): -4.3%.
Load: Heavy (66.67% to 100% load): -11.8%.
Load: Other (more than 100% load): -30.8%.


Carry Capacity is indicated in the bottom of inventory window. Is how much weight you can carry in your inventory depending on Class, Race and Streght score. It can reduce you movement speed as well be under the effect of harmful spells like Exhaustion, Slow, etc.
 

AlimonyJFMSU

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Run speed can be Reduced by

Carrying capacity: reduces speed when you are weighed-down:
Load: Light (0% to 33.33% load): no penalty.
Load: Medium (33.34% to 66.66% load): -4.3%.
Load: Heavy (66.67% to 100% load): -11.8%.
Load: Other (more than 100% load): -30.8%.


Carry Capacity is indicated in the bottom of inventory window. Is how much weight you can carry in your inventory depending on Class, Race and Streght score. It can reduce you movement speed as well be under the effect of harmful spells like Exhaustion, Slow, etx.
Well I have a good amount of STR and my character has the heavy armor training or whatever.
 

Fhrek

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Well I have a good amount of STR and my character has the heavy armor training or whatever.
Heavy Armor weight can vary, some are listed as 35lbs (banded mails) and others can reach 50lbs (fullplates), so is a burden on your carry capacity .

The STR bonus helps increase the carry weight, but if with too much loot even a STR character build sometimes becomes encumbered. Take a check on your inventory to see if it says Light, Medium or Heavy.

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vryxnr

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So does basically nothing stack?
Bonus type. bonus type. bonus type.

What type of bonus is being provided is the question you must always ask. Same bonus types do not stack, different bonus types do stack (this is a general rule, exceptions can exist, but the general rule is different bonus types stack, same bonus types do not stack).

Some stats don't have many bonus types available to them. For speed, you have enhancement, racial, action boost, untyped (such as from class bonuses. Untyped bonuses do stack btw)

For stats, you have enhancement, insight, quality, profane, artifact, and more.
 

rabidfox

The People's Champion
You can right click a chat channel and turn on 'effects'. Then you when you equip gear, you'll see if they stack or if it doesn't stack because another item provides the same bonus.
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So does basically nothing stack?
For movement speed when it comes to gear, nope; all the gear out there is movement enhancement bonus. There's is stuff like sprint action boost in heroic trees and other effects like barbarian speed, bard speed, etc. that gives more movement speed that stacks. (other type effects tends to have quite a few stacking options via gear, but movement speed is something the game heavily limits)
 

PurpleTimb

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So does basically nothing stack?
As a general rule, you can assume no. Most things will not stack. Equip the highest single bonus item for each stat and ability you can find. The exceptions to this are usually pretty obvious. +6 Strength +2 Exceptional Strength +1 Quality Strength Each of those has a different qualifier in the title and the description will have a different bonus type so they would all stack with each other.
 

AlimonyJFMSU

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As a general rule, you can assume no. Most things will not stack. Equip the highest single bonus item for each stat and ability you can find. The exceptions to this are usually pretty obvious. +6 Strength +2 Exceptional Strength +1 Quality Strength Each of those has a different qualifier in the title and the description will have a different bonus type so they would all stack with each other.
Interesting. I mean, I'm not gonna sweat it now since I regularly cycle gear. But I imagine this will make late game gearing very tedious. It sounds like the game favors having gear pieces that do one thing very well as opposed to gear that has multiple bonuses.
 

rabidfox

The People's Champion
It sounds like the game favors having gear pieces that do one thing very well as opposed to gear that has multiple bonuses.
Lots of stuff stacks. And there's even some gear where it's very much multiple things on a single item that stacks; like with these bracers with fort, insightful fort, and quality fort:
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Ying

5000+ hours played
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Circumstance
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Those are just some of the bonus types in DDO. Bonuses of different types stack with each other. Example: you can get profane CON, artifact CON, quality CON, insightful CON and equipment CON on gear and they will be additive. If you ever wondered how players get more than 100 in an ability score, that's how.

If there is no bonus type listed, then it is treated as Untyped. Untyped bonuses stack with everything, including itself. For example, most of the enhancements you purchase in trees are Untyped. Most feats are Untyped.
 

Nebless

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Speed: does it stack?​


Some of it does. I've got a speed boost on my character and when I take Guild buff's that speed boost adds to my characters. Which I really don't like, but am too lazy to go below decks to pick and choose which buffs I get.
 

WielderofGigantus

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Some of it does. I've got a speed boost on my character and when I take Guild buff's that speed boost adds to my characters. Which I really don't like, but am too lazy to go below decks to pick and choose which buffs I get.

No, it doesn't stack with regular speed items. They are both Enhancement bonuses to speed.
 
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