Question about the passives

Dahkot72

If you unlock a passive in one line and then switch away from that weapon , does that passive still work ?

Easy example , going elementalist atm I want tons of crit - the early hammer passive that gives +15% crit power was easy unlock.

I unequipped hammer and switched to ele/blood and ele/sword just playing around but left that passive equipped and it definitely still showed the +15% in character stats , if I unequipped that passive it went away , came back requipped whether had hammer in use or not.

This actually way it works now or bug showing in stats but not really in effect ?

If does work this way then there are several always on passives in various trees  I'd like to unlock if I dont have to keep that weapon in use for them to be in effect.

Bjelar

Correct, many (most) passives work for any weapon

Dahkot72

Nice to know , thanks Bjelar.

That unlocks all kinds of off the wall possibilities for builds then.

I'll have to find one of those nice rooms in London that plays some excellent classical music and peruse all the passives in various trees. (another nice part of the game , being a classical music fan myself).

I could see myself going through all the weapons just to get a passive in each to stack just the way I want it , which is part of the fun to me

Alanako

Yes, you dont need the weapon equiped to benefit from the pasives, but if the pasive mod an active obviously have no use without it