1. as far as I understand it, charged will still work
2. no the effects do not stack

haelgaan wrote: »

two questions about status effects:
1. if i'm using Concentrated Force, is there much point in a Charged trait, versus Precise or something else, on the staff?
2. Do the same status effects from different sources stack? eg two different flame damage DOTs running on the same mob, could they both proc Burning at the same time and double the effect damage?

and yes, asking because of Endless Archives.

Charged affects everything that uses that bar's stats, not just status effects applied by the weapon.

Concentrated Force will guarantee the application of Burning, Concussed, and Chilled when procced. These only last 4 seconds each, though, and there are five other status effects you can also inflict.

You can run something like Trap or Pillar of Nirn for Hemorrhaging, a source of poison (like a glyph) for Poisoned, physical damage for Sundered (including proc sets like Relequen, which do inflict status effects despite being procs themselves), and any magic damage (only Magic proper, not Flame/Frost/Shock) for Overcharged. Diseased is the last, and while the Defile effect is arguably not as useful in PvE, Diseased does still count as a status effect for the purposes of Force of Nature.

Charged benefits all of those, and it can also help re-apply whatever status effect is tied to your staff type if you're not casting Force Shock twice within every 4 seconds.

Whether Charged will do better than Precise depends on your setup. The crit chance value from Precise can be significant and increases the crit rate of everything on that bar (or that updates on that bar) except things that are incapable of critting at all (e.g. scaling procs like Rele or Zaan).