First thing, LotG: Recharge isn't a set bonus. But let's address your original question -- yes, set bonuses apply all the time.
Next, LotG: Recharge. That's a global IO enhancement. Its bonus always applies, regardless of whether or not the power is on.
Then there's procs. These are generally the ones that say "Change for Regen/Recovery/Damage/etc". Those only function (with a given probability) when the power is active. If it's a click power, the proc has a chance to trigger every time you use the power. In a toggle or auto, I believe it has a chance to trigger every 10 or 20 seconds (for toggles, the power has to be on).
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To expand on that a little, things like the Numina Regen/Recovery unique IO may technically be a proc, but it has a 100% chance to fire. If you put it into a click or toggle power it will boost your regen/recovery for 2 minutes. If you put it into a passive power like Health then it's a permanent boost. The Stealth IO's are another example of this; they function while you have your travel power on (or sprint if you've slotted one there instead) and for 120 seconds after you shut it off.|
Originally Posted by DarkGob
First thing, LotG: Recharge isn't a set bonus. But let's address your original question -- yes, set bonuses apply all the time.
Next, LotG: Recharge. That's a global IO enhancement. Its bonus always applies, regardless of whether or not the power is on. Then there's procs. These are generally the ones that say "Change for Regen/Recovery/Damage/etc". Those only function (with a given probability) when the power is active. If it's a click power, the proc has a chance to trigger every time you use the power. In a toggle or auto, I believe it has a chance to trigger every 10 or 20 seconds (for toggles, the power has to be on). |
But outside of oddballs like the Numina, Miracle and a few others set bonuses are independent of the power they're slotted in and don't care if the power's active or not.
Let's take a power like Maneuvers for example and say you've slotted 4 Gift of the Ancients into it. For set bonuses you'll have 2% recovery, 2.5% Fire resistance and 1.8% bonus endurance. Those bonuses will always be a part of your character no matter if you have the toggle running or not... so long as you don't exemplar more than three levels below the level of the IO's themselves.
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Excellent, thanks for clearing that up for me guys 
Hi there, sorry if this is a stupid question but I've never used IO sets and I was unsure about one thing... Do set bonuses still affect your stats even if the power is inactive?
For example: If I were to slot LotG: Recharge Speed into one of my scrappers toggles, would it still boost my recharge speed if the power is not turned on?
Thanks.