Lvl 440 "Other Peoples Problem Solver!"

5565 Posts

I'm confused.
on the one hand you state: - The duration is increased by half of the average of the two runes' durations.
then you give an impossible example: by 50% and lasts for a couple of weeks
I have never seen a rune last more then 3 or 4 days. The 'average' of 5 that last 4 days is 4 days, so at most this combine can last 6 days?

I think its safe to say that we will need a lot more of these tips and training sessions, hopefully without confusing or conflicting information.

102 Posts

ray I would suggest playing with it a bit.

iv not done any crafting yet just combining and I have a mana rune that give +25% and lasts 8 days.

I would guess that once you unlock the good recipes you can create and combine some rather epic runes.

Lvl 339 "Pro Egg Designer"

52 Posts

Raymond, an example of the duration of rune combines:

I have 6 runes of gold in my inventory (listing from longest duration down):
A1 - Large Rune (7%) (4 Days 3 Hours = 99 hours)
A2 - Medium Rune (3.9%) (3 Days 18 Hours = 90 hours)
A3 - Small Rune (3%) (2 Days 19 Hours = 67 hours)
A4 - Scavenged Rune (6.4%) (2 Days 15 Hours = 63 hours)
A5 - Scavenged Rune (5.4%) (2 Days 13 Hours = 61 hours)
A6 - Small Rune (2%) (2 Days 5 Hours = 53 hours)

If I combine runes A1 & A2, I got a combined power of 10.9% gold chance. For the combined duration, first we work out the average value of the times:

i) ((99 hours + 90 hours) /2) = 94.5 hours

Then we take 50% of that time...

ii) 94.5 hours / 2 = 47.25 hours, or 47 hours

Lastly, add that to the first rune, which is 99 hours.

iii) 99 hours + 47 hours = 146 hours) or 6 Days 2 Hours.

If in Excel, it would be A1 + (A1 + A2) / 4

*** IMPORTANT ***

Notice that I put the rune with the longest duration in slot 1 (the left hand slot).
This is because currently that is the slot that the average is added to.

If I put a rune of say 4 hours duration in Slot 1, and a rune of 8 hours in Slot 2,
the game will add the 50% average time (3 hours) to the rune in Slot 1, which gives a resultant rune of 7 hours length. If I swapped the runes around, and put the 8 hours in Slot 1, I would get a rune of 11 hours length.

And yes, I have reported this as a bug ...

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Also, when combining more than 2 runes, the order of combination helps as well:

If I combine all those above 6 runes together to form 1 powerful rune, (assuming I can), the combined power will always be the same, however, the resultant duration is dependant on the order of the runes combined. It is best to start with the longest duration runes first, and work your way down.
If I combine A1 & A2, then the resultant with A3, then with A4, etc, I end up with a rune with a duration of 444 hours, or 18 Days 12 hours.
If I work from smallest to largest, I end up with a rune lasting 326 hours, or 13 Days 14 hours. If I combine A1 & A2, then A3 & A4, then A5 & A6, then combine these three new runes together, I end up with a rune lasting 281 hours (11 Days 17 Hours).

Hence ... you need to decide what you want to do first before you start for duration wise. Hopefully that clears up durations of rune combining.

Lvl 370 "Loves The Developers"

554 Posts

It would super handy to have a Cancel button - for when you decide you have picked the wrong rune (because the list jumps back to the beginning) or sphere.