Do buffs that affect drop rate stack?

[sphyyr]

I remember in the recent S3 maprunner thread officials said that the GD, SC, SG and Dice will stack. But I made a inquiry to the tech support ingame and their response was that they do not stack and the most powerful (effective (SG+150%)) will work.

Anybody had a clue? Do they actually stack?

 

[sphyyr]

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[Barkmi4 (Mike)]

I remember in the recent S3 maprunner thread officials said that the GD, SC, SG and Dice will stack. But I made a inquiry to the tech support ingame and their response was that they do not stack and the most powerful (effective (SG+150%)) will work.

Anybody had a clue? Do they actually stack?

The S3 map runners thread is full of players opinions. Not official GI responses.
Could you post (screenshot) your messages to/from support in here?
I'm quite interested as I was of the view that only the most effective bonus counted.

 

[Blitz7]

Weird as the developer of the game himself said it will stack.

 

[Barkmi4 (Mike)]

Weird as the developer of the game himself said it will stack.

Regarding activation multiple bonuses at once:

The bonus activation order will not be changed. It will work as it used to be. The same effects will stack with each other.

However, this is just the first step on the way of rebalancing bonus mechanics. We have a lot of changes planned for this year.

 

[Madge59230]

So do you believe the developer or the telephone help desk! Hmmm a hard decision.

 

[Blitz7]

Lessons taken: don't bother yourself asking in game related features to help desk operator

 

[ArGi1981]

tbh, he didn't exactly say the bonuses would stack. He just said the 'bonus activation order' would not change, and that 'same effects will stack'. In order words: What stacked before, stacks now, and the order of activation that was relevant before, is still relevant.

I don't think bonuses stacked before (maybe the SC in combination with other bonuses, but not sure), so that would mean that bonuses don't stack now either. To make it even worse, the 'bonus activation order' might even make the new relevant bonus-percentage go down if you activate multiple bonuses, if that was the previous 'activation order'.

 

[Blitz7]

tbh, he didn't exactly say the bonuses would stack. He just said the 'bonus activation order' would not change, and that 'same effects will stack'. In order words: What stacked before, stacks now, and the order of activation that was relevant before, is still relevant.

I don't think bonuses stacked before (maybe the SC in combination with other bonuses, but not sure), so that would mean that bonuses don't stack now either. To make it even worse, the 'bonus activation order' might even make the new relevant bonus-percentage go down if you activate multiple bonuses, if that was the previous 'activation order'.

Dev of the game has said: "The same effects will stack each other". Pretty clear enough for me. If he didn't said that, yes it is still debatable until doomsday.

And we, the players, just simply can't say we have understand it better than the developers themselves.

 

[Barkmi4 (Mike)]

I’ve read it in both ways, and my reason for reposting it is for this exact reason. It is not clear.
My gut feeling is that the bonus of greatest value is the one that applies, and that they do not stack (after running a number of bonuses doing map flights).
This is why I’ve asked for the messages with support to be posted.

 

[crescent moon (RIP)]

I remember in the recent S3 maprunner thread officials said that the GD, SC, SG and Dice will stack. But I made a inquiry to the tech support ingame and their response was that they do not stack and the most powerful (effective (SG+150%)) will work.

Anybody had a clue? Do they actually stack?

All I know is flying for S3 Ravens, my drops just about doubled when I had bonuses stacked as compared to those flights with golden dice only. Can't prove if stacked bonuses did it or if drop rates have changed, but I'll certainly stack next time I fly for them.

 

[sphyyr]

The S3 map runners thread is full of players opinions. Not official GI responses.
Could you post (screenshot) your messages to/from support in here?
I'm quite interested as I was of the view that only the most effective bonus counted.

I inquired with Chinese so the reply of GI support was also in Chinese. What he means is that only the buff with the highest drop rate will apply.

Anyway if you want the screenshot here it is.

 

[sphyyr]

Lessons taken: don't bother yourself asking in game related features to help desk operator

Lol I just felt that the support answered without any doubt.

 

[Madge59230]

Lol I just felt that the support answered without any doubt.

Course they do. It’s reply number 134, just type the number. Standard answer. Word for word the same everywhere.!

 

[Blitz7]

Lol I just felt that the support answered without any doubt.

They are being paid to do so. Don't expecting they replied something like: "Errr, nice question. We will contact the developer first to clarify it. We will answer you soon".

 

[VdW]

I sent a message to support. And this is the answer that I got:

So, the biggest question remaining? Which one is correct? 😂

 

[Barkmi4 (Mike)]

I sent a message to support. And this is the answer that I got:
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So, the biggest question remaining? Which one is correct? 😂

 

[Madge59230]

They really dont know their a.... from their e..... if you now the expression!!

 

[sphyyr]

Lollllllllllllllll