Thread:Great Mara/@comment-30699429-20170903233230

Regarding effects from items and skills and whether or not they stack, you suggested fixing the parts I deleted. I considered doing that and I'm trying to make the wiki a great resource for help playing the game but I thought the complexity of the changes needed were beyond the scope of a page on "items". The best resource I've found that shows this is "Game Mechanics/Persona Database" by Arthellinus, which is tragically hard to find these days (https://web.archive.org/web/20131219130533/http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/945498-shin-megami-tensei-persona-4/faqs/54981).

7b. Stackable effects                                                 [007b0]

There are certain effects provided by passive skills or accessories that are stackable according to the following rules, with (+) denoting a stackable combination and (-) a non-stackable one:

1. Elemental (Fire/Ice/Elec/Wind) effects DO stack. However, the stacking is  limited to a total of TWO skills or accessories, and skills take precedence over accessories. Examples: (+) Fire Boost and Fire Amp (+) Fire Boost and Fire Vow (+) Fire Amp and Kagutsuchi Vow (Amp and +50% accessory is the largest      effect you can have) (+/-) Fire Boost, Fire Amp, and Kagutsuchi Vow results in only Fire Boost and Fire Amp stacking

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3. Barring Rules 1 and 2, a passive skill and an accessory providing the same effect NEVER stack. Examples: (-) Apt Pupil and Omega Drive (quadruples critical hit chance? I wish) (-) Angelic Grace and Cat Whisker (-) Endure and Partial Award

4. Barring Rule 3, HP and SP regenerative effects DO stack and take effect in  succession. Examples: (+) Regenerate 1, Regenerate 2, Regenerate 3 (+) Regenerate 1, Regenerate 2, Space Badge (+) Invigorate 1, Invigorate 2, Invigorate 3 (+) Mage's Mark, Invigorate 2, Invigorate 3

Numbers 1 and 3 address the weapon note I deleted and numbers 3 and 4 address the accessory note. While neither of the notes were technically wrong they were confusingly worded and only a fraction of the relevant information. I don't believe they're useful in this state. I read them and (wrongly) concluded that I shouldn't wear a Mage's Mark with a persona that had ANY Invigorate skill. So I guess I'll ask: is this the place for such an in-depth description of game mechanics or can we let the page be more streamlined in describing game items and how to get them?

Futurist57 (talk) 23:32, September 3, 2017 (UTC) 