Your combat chat tab should have shown the damage types' effects. I'll have to see tonight but normally I would expect whatever was selected when you shoot is what will be applied but there is usually a delay in a toggle taking effect so doing what you did may result in only the first shot having the slow effect and the other two end up being normal lethal shots.
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This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
AFAIK, the effects from the types of ammo 'linger' for a few seconds based on their normal duration. For example, the slow effect from any shot while using Cryo ammo will not lose any duration because you switched to another type of ammo. However, unless you're very quick or using some special gaming mouse or speed pad, you're probably going to lose a little DPS switching ammo types all the time.
On a side note, I just saw a level 50 Dual Pistols blaster on Virtue. *boggle*
They should stack according to the duration of the shooting power that you are using.
For instance: I would use the cryo ammo with my Suppresion shot which would last 16 seconds (slotted for hold duration). Once hit with cryo Suppression, I'd switch to toxic/chem for Dual Pistol shot for a quick debuff. Then switch to incind for Bullet rain for a nice peppering of DoT. This was all easily accomplished within the 16 second hold that suppression gave me.
The recharge/delay is not for switching from one ammo type to another, but rather for switching back to the first one used. Each ammo has a 4 second recharge. Once selected, the recharge begins. So if you choose an ammo type and use it for 2 seconds, then switch to another type, you will have 2 seconds before you can switch back to the first one again. (I hope that made sense).
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I have the pre purchase access to the new Duel Pistols and I'm enjoying my first taste of the powers. I have a question about the staple power "Switch Ammo". I don't think it would be usable like this but is it possible to stack effects from the ammo switch? I was thinking in terms of using one shot as cryo for the slow, switch to toxic for the damage on the second shot and then the third shot being fire for the DoT effect. In my initial test last night I couldn't tell if this was working or not (animations didn't seem to be firing, which leads me to believe that they cancel out when you try this tactic.) Anyone comment on if this can work? Thanks!