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Outlandman
09-21-2013, 09:35 PM
If I make a toon that has enough levels of both Ftr and Pal, can I get all the bonuses from both Defender trees? Are "Fighter Defense stance" and "Paladin Defense stance" two different stances?

Healbat
09-21-2013, 10:28 PM
I've recently tested this on Lammania and while you can have both stances active at the same time, the bonuses don't seem to stack. At least: the PRR doesn't stack, so I am assuming the other bonuses won't stack either.

Krelar
09-21-2013, 11:54 PM
I've recently tested this on Lammania and while you can have both stances active at the same time, the bonuses don't seem to stack. At least: the PRR doesn't stack, so I am assuming the other bonuses won't stack either.

I'm surprised it even lets you be in both stances at once. I wonder if you loose twice as many hit points from switching weapons if you take the higher tier enhancements. :p

unbongwah
09-25-2013, 03:17 PM
Slight threadjack, but pre-U19, Divine Righteousness would stack with Stalwart Defender defensive stance, but not DoS stance; is that still the case now? If it is, then if you're making some sort of pal/ftr hate-tank, it makes some sense to take ftr SD and add in just enough pal SD to get Righteousness, esp. since it only req's pal lvl 3.

Old_Skool
09-30-2013, 12:17 PM
On a similar note, Sacred Defender, Stalwart Defender, and the Dwarf racial tree all have enhancements to boost AC as well as % boosts for armor or shield bonuses. Do these stack as well, or does it just take the highest from all the trees? A Dwarven Fighter/Pally could get some serious bonuses this way, which leads me to think they don't. Anyone know for sure?

unbongwah
09-30-2013, 01:16 PM
On a similar note, Sacred Defender, Stalwart Defender, and the Dwarf racial tree all have enhancements to boost AC as well as % boosts for armor or shield bonuses. Do these stack as well, or does it just take the highest from all the trees? A Dwarven Fighter/Pally could get some serious bonuses this way, which leads me to think they don't. Anyone know for sure?
AFAICT, passive (non-stance) bonuses from all three trees will stack with each other. Couldn't tell you if that's WAI or not, but I'll take advantage of it as long as I can. :)