"+5 energy while hexed" question

Gigashadow

Gigashadow

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Bellevue, WA

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I have a question about staff/foci/wand modifiers like "+1-5 energy while: enchanted / health is above 50% / health is below 50% / hexed"

If I had the "+5 energy while hexed" modifier, and I was at 30/50 energy and then got hexed, would my energy be 30/55, or 35/55?

In most other games the answer would be 30/55, but I've noticed Guild Wars is a little weird about the way it treats changes to maximum health/energy, in that they often affect your current health/energy also (e.g. the deep wound effect).

Raz Silverwing

Raz Silverwing

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Questionable Knights [QK]

35/55 i've tried this have a rod that gives +5 energy when enchanted and it would be 35/55

Gigashadow

Gigashadow

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Bellevue, WA

W/

Thanks for the info.

So then, if I was at 10 energy and someone hexed me, I would have 15 energy. Then I could run up into a crowd of baddies and Shatter Hex on myself, and I would be at 0 energy (rather than -5; I'm assuming the game doesn't support "hidden energy debt")? That would be pretty nifty.

Kobun King

Kobun King

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

From my own experience, there does seem to be a hidden energy dept.

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Yep, what Kobun King said. Say if I'm at 0/20 energy and I then equip a focus with +10 energy, giving me 10/30 energy. I cast something for 10 energy, bringing me to 0/30. If I switch back to no focus, the display will be 0/20 but there will still be a -10 energy.

Alucard_GWR

Alucard_GWR

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Ohio

Grimmwulf's Raiders

R/Mo

there is a hidden energy debt in this game

*example: I sometimes run a trapper ranger and while i'm setting traps i use a staff for the extra 10 energy, when i'm done trapping i switch back to my bow and I lose the 10 energy granted by the staff, if my energy is below 10 when i lose the energy from the staff bonus my energy will sit at 0 for a few seconds while it regens the negative energy.