Curious about Haste items

[trevius]

Levels and the Percentages on haste items really have nothing to do with each other as far as I am aware. Basically, there is a cap setting of how much you can be hasted at any particular level. So, at level 20, maybe you can use 10 or 12% worn haste or so. If you are below the level to receive the full haste that the item gives, you still get the same amount of haste, it is just capped at whatever your level allows.

From what Vales is saying, if you had a cloak of flames and were below level 35, you would not receive any haste at all from it, which I don't believe to be true. Also, if what Vales is saying was true. the worn haste cap from items at level 85 would be 86%, which is also untrue. The haste cap is somewhere around 3/4th of your level (not exactly though). So, if you were level 75, the haste cap would be around 50%. I think the actual cap for a level 75 is more like 48%, but that is at least a close rough estimate. So, a level 10 probably has a haste cap somewhere around 7-8% from worn items. This doesn't count spell haste caps, though.

I also think bards get some overhaste spells that let you exceed the cap, but I never really read too much about that and it has been a while since I played live and grouped with a bard playing overhaste.

[vales]

Here you go.

http://cloud.prohosting.com/~talone/...a.htm#examples

Level Haste Cap
30 50%
50 74%
54 84%
59 94%
60 100%

So going by your example and using the Cloak of Flames and the period I played EQ, it clearly stated that Level for Effect: 35. I'm sure they've changed a ton of stuff right now, and I'm sure I've most likely missed out on a handful of game updates, but it does seem like they did change the way haste is handled now in the game. After all, there are about 14 expansions since the release of EQ and I'm sure a lot has changed. Most of the items I see dropping now make me freakin laugh my ass off - it's surreal.

So yeah, you're right. The required level for a haste item does impact the percentage of haste you get until you meet the item requirements.

Do we even know how haste is implemented in the emulator? Is it how I initially thought or is it the latter?

[Izzo]

list of haste items

I suspect the 50% haste robe is a GM item of some sort and the majority of the 46% haste items appear to be from OoW/DoN raids. 45% haste items have become much more common on live servers. Group gear in the current expansion (Seeds of Destruction) starts at 37 then goes to 39, 41, 42 and tops off at the aforementioned 45%.

I'm not certain how v3 haste works on emu, but I do know that on live bard overhaste was capped at 25% (including lower level songs that were previously 30%).

[Rogean]

Originally Posted by Izzo

I'm not certain how v3 haste works on emu, but I do know that on live bard overhaste was capped at 25% (including lower level songs that were previously 30%).

I remember coding haste a few years ago to work like this, so unless someone has changed it it should still be the case.