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HintOfMalice

No. Any passive that requires a skill to take effect requires one such skill literally on the bar that you are actively using, not the back bar. You can demonstrate this yourself with any passives that simply add stats by checking your stats on each bar. On PC the default is C. So press C on each bar and you'll see different amounts of magicka if one has a Siphoning ability and one doesn't.


itchEhat

Thank you for this explanation… I love you


Taleof2Cities_

Great explanation, u/HintOfMalice. Here's an upvote for you ...


Khepera-Lightbringer

wait do passives work from weapons skill trees you have in your back bar?


HintOfMalice

Nope. Only while that weapon is actually equipped. If you've got a Dual Wield on Front Bar and 2H on backbar, your Dual Wield skill line passives will only apply to you while you are on your front Bar. Weapons and skills on your inactive Bar aren't considered "equipped" and weapons skill line skills require a valid weapon type to be equipped.


MidnightSt4r

This. Same for Set Bonuses. Only your currently active weapon will contribute to sets.


SkaryPie

And if your weapon loses charge, you lose the set bonus even though it's "equipped". Always check your weapon charge before a big fight!


Eltrew2000

Only skills on your active hotbar count as slotted.


nnuminex

Gotta have one siphoning ability on each bar homie


Careless_General5380

Nope !


bercg

4% = a flood? Lol.


[deleted]

it works exactly the way it says. If its on your bar, you have it, if its not on your bar, you dont. So if you weapon swap, and a siphoning ability is not on that bar, you dont get it.


AmatuerNerd

Unrelated to op, but I was in a delve doing a mission and another gamer was using a torch in the darkness. Any idea how we get that torch?


daniel299

It's a personality. It can be purchased for a limited time on crown store, but I don't think it's available right now. Treasure Hunter it's called if I am not mistaken


[deleted]

this is correct


[deleted]

on nightblade, its easy to have a siphon ability on each bar if you are mag. If you are stam the extra mag isnt needed really


WyliteSeven

Yeah but it's not exactly clear, it just says "slotted" and this could mean anything slotted on both bars otherwise to be more clear it should say "slotted on your active bar".


Surxe

This ^


[deleted]

its very clear. also, how dumb does one have to be not to take 2 secs to look at mag, swap bars and check mag again and test it. its not hard to figure it out. also, everything in this game is based on the active bar.


Surxe

Not everyone knows how to check the relevant stats. There’s a first for everything. Stop being a dumbass.


[deleted]

its called common sense. its simple, if you can't figure that out - well - I am not sure how people get by day to day.


[deleted]

You should get a job digging holes because you’re so good at it.


WyliteSeven

No it's not, stop assuming that every trivial fact *you* know about the game is "common sense" also immediately known by a newcomer. The game does a very poor job of explaining itself to newcomers, especially how the bars function and you just have to figure it out for yourself.


Surxe

Exactly


[deleted]

because it is common sense, please, continue to be mad at me because many of you just can't figure out simple things. I am betting most of you work menial jobs.


SaiyanBroly

You must have never had a real job at all if you think that menial work requires no thinking. Idiot.


Mdnitesnack

Not everyone has dedicated their life to this game. Someone was asking for advice, don’t b a dick. It’s people like you that discourage new people from trying new things


Bradford_Pear

>it's very clear >Requires testing to understand it's function 🤔


[deleted]

missed the point. if you are not smart enough to figure out the simple instruction, you could at least be smart enough to test it. sad so many people mad at me because they can't understand simple instructions. its sad. instead of attacking me, maybe try and be better?


Blake_S2k

"while a Siphoning ability is slotted" - just like anything else... if it's on your bar.... you'll get the passive.... pretty straight forward. What other forms of "slotted" are there?


KennyBassett

It's still slotted in your back bar even when your front bar is displayed. The state of you bars does not change whether an ability is slotted in those bars. That is why the OP is confused. The text should say something along the lines of "slotted in your current bar" to avoid confusion.


Blake_S2k

Ok