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Guide to Enhancements (SOs IOs ATOs SBEs and their modifiers)

CasualX

By CasualX,
Posted on: 2012-02-16 10:58 in Player Guides

 

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Awesome!


(You have ATOs marked as Account Bound, which I don't think is right?)

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Thanks for this, very useful. I'm struggling to get to grips with the ATIOs and this helps.

Couple of questions, the first from Captain Bleedin' Obvious: Are common IOs not subject to the -3? Therefore slotting lvl 50 IOs (damage, recharge etc) I don't lose the bonus if exemplaring down?

also Enhancement boosters - they seem to work on SOs up until 53, but not on 53s or higher... but can they take IOs to a higher level and what is their effect on Procs?


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Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker View Post
Couple of questions, the first from Captain Bleedin' Obvious: Are common IOs not subject to the -3? Therefore slotting lvl 50 IOs (damage, recharge etc) I don't lose the bonus if exemplaring down?
Common IOs don't have bonuses attached to them. Global Bonuses are that which are subject to the -3 rule. Global Bonuses don't come from Common IOs, but from IO *Sets* and Special IOs from Sets that have an individual Global Bonus attached to it (e.g., LotG:+Recharge).

Damage, Recharge, EndRedux, Range, etc... are not bonuses, but the *Aspects* of the Enhancement. Aspects always work, and when Exemplared, scale down... they don't shut off.






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also Enhancement boosters - they seem to work on SOs up until 53, but not on 53s or higher... but can they take IOs to a higher level and what is their effect on Procs?
SOs don't take Enhancement Boosters. SOs can only be made more powerful by combining them for the +, and ++, increases in the power of the Aspects.

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Excellent thanks for clearing up my misapprehensions


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How do enhancement boosters work on IOs that work on more than one ability, say a Damage/Recharge or a Damage/Accuracy/Recharge? +1 to each of the two or three for each booster? Also, I assume they do not effect procs such as global recharge or chance of extra damage, is that correct?

 

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Originally Posted by CasualX View Post
How do enhancement boosters work on IOs that work on more than one ability, say a Damage/Recharge or a Damage/Accuracy/Recharge? +1 to each of the two or three for each booster? Also, I assume they do not effect procs such as global recharge or chance of extra damage, is that correct?

For the sake of round numbers, if an Enhancement had a 20%/20% aspect grant, then a +1, which is a 5% boost, would turn that into a 21%/21% aspect grant.

You are correct they do not affect special proc effects. However, if the proc also has an aspect grant, e.g., Luck of the Gambler: Def/+Recharge, then the Def portion is boosted.

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