Guild Wars 2

Energy base regeneration rate is +5 per second
if I use embrace the darkness which is -7 (soon)
Will my energy degen be just -7 per sec or +5-7 = -2 degen per second?

Kronos.2560:

It will be -7 when using. It goes off of when its at 50% and regen is at 0.

edit: Thus the cap of -10 degen, if it went from +5 it would cap at -15. (which would be all of glints active +the f2 50% boon and still could have more.)

This is not correct. The possible range of actual energy gain/drain is between -5 and +5. Base is +5 and the maximum total upkeep of 10 reduces it to -5, which is as low as it can go.

So, to answer the original question, with an upkeep skill of -7, total energy gain/loss would be -2.

Ah my bad was thinking of it wrong in my head.

Misguided.5139:

Kronos.2560:

It will be -7 when using. It goes off of when its at 50% and regen is at 0.

edit: Thus the cap of -10 degen, if it went from +5 it would cap at -15. (which would be all of glints active +the f2 50% boon and still could have more.)

This is not correct. The possible range of actual energy gain/drain is between -5 and +5. Base is +5 and the maximum total upkeep of 10 reduces it to -5, which is as low as it can go.

So, to answer the original question, with an upkeep skill of -7, total energy gain/loss would be -2.

Lol, I was reading that post and wondered where the stuff in quotes came from as the OP wasn’t mentioning any of it. Then realised you were referencing a deleted post.

@OP as mention, you will lose 2 energy/s in your scenario. You may also wish to know, you can have no more than -10 upkeep running at once. This means you can’t pair say Shiro’s quickness with any other upkeep skill.