#1

Does a proficiency relic for cooldown and a class mod also aimed at cooldown stack together? Example: Axton is level 57 and I have a relic thatā€™s 31% cooldown and an engineer class mod at 33% cooldown. As well as 4 points in resourceful 20% cooldown. So, doing some quick math thatā€™s 84%. That should bring his cooldown from 42 seconds to about 9. Iā€™m counting 25 seconds. So am I missing something or just not getting how cooldown works?

Side question: Anyone gotten anything good from the golden chest? I know I havenā€™t.

Thanks

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#2

They donā€™t combine the way youā€™ve added them together, but Iā€™m not entirely sure of the actual formula. You could try checking the Borderlands Wiki to see if anyoneā€™s done the math on it. A 9 second cool down on Axtonā€™s turrets would be totally OP though.

Depends a little on your definition of ā€œgoodā€. Itā€™s a guaranteed at-level drop of purple or e-tech gear, so itā€™s always good in that sense. If youā€™ve got a character thatā€™s stuck for gear at some specific stage in levelling up, then it can be fantastic (although you might have to burn a few keys to get what youā€™re really looking for.) If youā€™re at end-game, though, you wonā€™t find too much there that you couldnā€™t find better by actively farming.

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#3

Yes, they stack togheter, but not as you wrote, otherwise it would be possible to get to 100% cooldown reduction.
Itā€™s a multiplicative formula that I donā€™t know, thought; basically every new source of cooldown reduction you add has higher diminishing return.

You can try for yourself: check how long the cooldown lasts with only the relic; then again with the relic and the class mod and so on. After that you could calculate the effective percentage, if you want.

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#4

Wiggity wham wham wozzle! (Boredom + Google + thinking about Futurama (RIP))

Cooldown Reduction Formula!

Seems to add up to the numbers you have in your OP! :slight_smile:

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#5

In my experience the diminished returns of trying to stack these is not worth it. If I have a Bone equipped, points in Resourceful are wasted.

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#6

Iā€™m on the other side of that particular matter. I run Double Up + Gemini, and stack all of the cooldown that I can. Diminishing returns are definitely a thing, but I dislike Grit, so I throw the points into Resourceful. Since I donā€™t go heavy explosive, elemental weapons are big wins, making a Bone the natural choice. Legendary Soldier, because Legendary Soldier.

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