Curse

Guild Wars Guru · Feb 17, 2006, 11:00 PM // 23:00

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Saul D allesio · Mar 13, 2006, 05:45 AM // 05:45

Oh My God...
such a great skill and still people havent posted a single coment on it?...Its just like empathy But you STEAL the health instead of just damage...you can put empathy indisideouse parasit and spitfull spirit and an extra price of failure on a warr and see if hell bother you...youll do 78+ damage and theres a cahnce that you'll do extra...(with price of failure)

Inureface · Mar 15, 2006, 02:57 AM // 02:57

Well then he can just sit on the side while everyone else ganks you? But most warriors are too retarded to realize that stopping = good

Mercury Angel · Mar 15, 2006, 03:25 AM // 03:25

As a thing to note, Insidious Parasite and Price of Failure work against each other;
Insidious Parasite only triggers on a successful hit, while Price of Failure only triggers on a miss.

Jetdoc · Mar 17, 2006, 08:05 PM // 20:05

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Originally Posted by Mercury Angel

As a thing to note, Insidious Parasite and Price of Failure work against each other;
Insidious Parasite only triggers on a successful hit, while Price of Failure only triggers on a miss.

Or, said another way, they work perfectly together (i.e. hit or miss, the enemy will take damage if he attacks).

Much like Backfire and Wastrel's Worry.

Yanman.be · Mar 17, 2006, 08:19 PM // 20:19

but still, it's like putting an e-denial mesmer and a migraine msmer on the same target :/

LotharOvsothian · Mar 19, 2006, 06:22 AM // 06:22

^^ lol thats a good point. it's a pretty good skill, yeah, but the energy consumption is a little high and it doesn't do enough for my tastes. i'd rather just nuke em

Guardian of the Light · Mar 19, 2006, 06:28 AM // 06:28

Warrior: HA HA I'll KILL YOU STUPID MESMER!
Mesmer/nerco: I'm using Spirtful spirt on Warrior
Warrior: DIEEEE
Mesmer/nerco: I'm using Epathy on Warrior
Warrior: I'm using Frenzy
Mesmer/Nerco: I'm using Insidious Parasite on Warrior
Warrior: My health is 100 of 300
Warrior: My health is 43 of 300
Warrior: HEAL ME MONK
Warrior: My health is 10 of 300
Warrior: I'm Dead
Mesmer/Nerco's team was victorious
Warrior: Y didn't you heal me
Monk: I TOLD YOU I'M A SMITER!!!
Warior: Soooo is that the one that reduces damage instead of healing
Monk:

:@ :@

NatalieD · Mar 20, 2006, 06:51 AM // 06:51

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Originally Posted by Jetdoc

Or, said another way, they work perfectly together (i.e. hit or miss, the enemy will take damage if he attacks).

But the enemy will only miss if you do something to cause him to. If you don't, then Insidious Parasite will trigger every time. If you are doing to make him miss, then why the heck would you also spend a skill slot and 15 energy on a hex that won't do anything if he misses? It's like using firing Choking Gas arrows at a target who's been Backfired and hoping for big damage.

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Much like Backfire and Wastrel's Worry.

It's not at all like Backfire or Wastrel's Worry. In that case you're using two conditional skills with opposite conditions to reinforce each other. In the Price/Parasite case, one skill is actively weakening the effect of the other in order to get its own effect in.

glountz · Mar 20, 2006, 01:40 PM // 13:40

Combine it with Enfeeble/Enfeebling blood to gain more health than the damage the opposite W or R does.
However I always found it was really too expensive for the benefit it gave.