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SmoothCatch19's avatar
8 years ago

How does increasing gear level and equipping gear affect stats?

The question is this:

Something I have never understood - maybe someone can shed some light. When I equip an item that includes, for example, +6 speed, I see my char's speed stat is increased by 6. But then, when I fill all the slots and upgrade to a new level, it flashes a bunch of stat increases, including that +6 speed, but the speed stat does not go up.

Here is an example: I just put a gear on Veers with +6 speed, but there were still empty spots for more gear in the level. The speed went from 95 to 101 in his stats page. His power also went up at the top when I put this piece of gear on. Then, when I filled all the gear slots and leveled him up to G7, his speed did not increase, even though speed +6 flashed twice. However, his power at the top did go way up when I hit level up to G7.

Someone suggested that you don't actually get the stat increases until you level the gear up to the next level, but if that is the case, why does the power and stats go up when gear is put on? And if this is the case, do the gears that you put on once you hit G11 do nothing? Seems like the wrong answer to me.
Someone else suggested that when you level up, it just flashes all the stat increases you got from that level, but if that is the case, why does the power go up when you increase the gear level?

Anyone know how this works?
  • But % bonuses from mods only activate on full gear tiers - that way the X% bonus only activates when you reach the next gear level
  • Protection is increased when completing a level which is why power goes up.

    It flashes all the bonus stats the character received, but isn't counting it twice.
  • "Niza_Squirell;c-1141181" wrote:
    But % bonuses from mods only activate on full gear tiers - that way the X% bonus only activates when you reach the next gear level


    So the speed would theoretically only go up when I get to the next gear level if I have a speed set on the char, correct?
  • "capsking22;c-1141191" wrote:
    "Niza_Squirell;c-1141181" wrote:
    But % bonuses from mods only activate on full gear tiers - that way the X% bonus only activates when you reach the next gear level


    So the speed would theoretically only go up when I get to the next gear level if I have a speed set on the char, correct?


    If your toon is Gear 10 with 160 speed that includes a +10 from gear, a speed set will consider you to have 150 speed until you get to gear 11

    However you will have that +10 speed immediately for all other purposes.
  • "capsking22;c-1141191" wrote:
    "Niza_Squirell;c-1141181" wrote:
    But % bonuses from mods only activate on full gear tiers - that way the X% bonus only activates when you reach the next gear level


    So the speed would theoretically only go up when I get to the next gear level if I have a speed set on the char, correct?


    Yeah that's true, it was explained in a video if they have 134 speed and gain 7 speed in G11 they would gain 13 speed from the speed set not 14 until they reached the next gear level.
  • Correct - that's why characters like boba get +13 from speed set at max not +14 (he is 135 when he reached g11 and adds 12 speed from gear post g11)