02-28-2006, 06:37 AM
Professor Frink,Feb 27 2006, 11:20 PM Wrote:At least according to thottbot, the shared cooldown can even apply a longer cooldown than using the other item would; the arena grandmaster is listed as applying a 5 minute cooldown to the 3 minute AB trinkets. I haven't tested this in-game, can anyone who has a grandmaster and a defiler's/arathor talisman confirm?
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I don't have those trinkets but I can confirm the general effect. Bandages have no cooldown other than the global one, but if you use an anti-venom it has a 1-minute cooldown. Furthermore, using an anti-venom puts all your bandages on the same 1-minute cooldown.
Also, a minor nit. I think there are at least 4 types of cooldown, since there are at least two "global" cooldowns. There is the one triggered by spells that blocks other spells, and the one that does the same for items. I think there are seperate cooldowns for sub-groups of items as well, such as all food, all consumable potions/scrolls, etc. However for most purposes all these can just be called the "global cooldown."
Now if you really want to open up a can of worms, ask if the "global cooldown" is 1.0 seconds or 1.5 seconds in the WoW forums. :)