It's pulse rate is shorter then it's duration and it stacks with itself. The jump to a higher number is the overlap between 2 pulses. It's been that way for over a year now, so I guess they're not going to fix it.
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on a side note... it's one of the reasons Shields, IMHO, is overpowered. The buff from AAO is 2x larger then it appears designed to be for a decent percent of the time.
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The problem is that if they "fix" it, the pulse might end up with AAO dropping itself or basically not showing a value for a small period of time. Many will just view this as a big nerf, and the current double stack only lasts for a fraction of a second. This problem really applies to all of the shields with benefits like this including RttC and (probably) Invincibility.
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Having lvl 50s of Shield, WP and Inv I can prove that RttC, AAO and Invincibility all work like this. I get most out of it on my Invuln I think, because the fraction of a second where I get ~30% Def instead of ~15% from Invinc can be a lifesaver.
EDIT: As an afterthought I'd like to add this: I think the reason they do this is because of the server ticks. If they made the pulse duration and frequency exactly same with powers like this players with higher latency might encounter problems where their powers actually have periods they offer nothing for the endurance spent. This is probably just the easiest / least broken way out of it.
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I noticed it the other day on my main (DB/WP).
I just recently started playing with a stats window...and noticed a few times the +REGEN jumping to huge amounts, for like a second.
Doesn't really happen enough or that long to be a big concern imo.
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Why is it that AAo's damage buff doesn't stay constant? It will jump from 12 to 22 some times.
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