hydraSlav's
Ostrakon Agency
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.10.11 18:03:00 -
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Shotty GoBang wrote:Dear Devs and Members of CPM,
At present, two competing schools of thought exist on the topic of Stacking Penalty:
The first, Stacking Penalties apply to all modules having a percentage-based bonus.
The second, Stacking Penalties apply only to modules which explicitly state as such in item description.
Your clarification on this matter would be most appreciated. Kindly refer to Thread Response #3 for the basis of this request.
Thank You,
Shotty GoBang
Let me put my 2 cents. Both statements are wrong. (No disrespect  )
There is at least 1 verifiable % based attribute that is not affected by stacking penalty.
Shield Energizer module, affects both:
- % of Shield Recharge Rate
- % of Shield (Penalty)
The description does not mention stacking penalty (at least it didn't in the past, someone please verify)
However, the % of Shield Recharge Rate bonus was already available with Shield Recharger modules. And there it is clearly stated as a stacking penalized module. Tests have shown that Shield Energizer Module does in fact apply stacking penalty to its % Shield Recharge Rate.
This invalidates the statement #2
The same module, also affects % of Shield (as penalty). We know that penalties are subject to stacking reduction just as any other attribute. This is easily verified with armor plates and movement penalties. I have tested that Shield Energizer Module does not stacking penalize the % of Shield. So there you have a % based attribute that is not stacking penalized.
This invalidates the statement #1
I talk about this behavior of Shield Energizer module here #247 (although at that time, i didn't think anyone would care about numbers so didn't write any down, but i had explicitly verified that in-game)
The thing is that stacking penalty is applied per attribute, not per module, so the description can never be accurate unless it states all attributes affected by the module. And the prevalence of % based modules having stacking penalty is just that: a trend, not a rule.
The only way to get an answer from CCP is either through a full data-dump that would list attributes and whether they are stacking penalized or not, or by asking them directly if a certain attribute is stacking penalized or not. As it stands, the OP question is too generalized and cannot be answered.
Hope this helps
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