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'''Brief discussion on how affliction "pools" interact with cures''' (http://forums.imperian.com/discussion/comment/30347/#Comment_30347):
'''[http://forums.imperian.com/discussion/comment/30347/#Comment_30347 Brief discussion from Imperian forums] that shows how curing "pools" work (and why your [[Curing|autocuring affliction priorities]] are only part of the picture):'''


'''Asker:'''  "Why is laurel curing hellsight first when madness is priority 1 for me"?
'''Asker:'''  "Why is laurel curing hellsight first when madness is priority 1 for me"?


'''Wysrias:'''  "Your priorities don't determine what affliction is actually cured. Laurel can cure both madness and hellsight, and hellsight is not a madness affliction, so both can be cured by that action".  
'''Wysrias:'''  "Your priorities don't determine what affliction is actually cured. Laurel can cure both madness and hellsight, and hellsight is not a madness affliction, so both can be cured by that action".  
 
'''Asker:'''  "So basically it was a 50/50 shot at hellsight/madness"?
'''Asker:'''  "So basically it was a 50/50 shot at hellsight/madness"?


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As a side note, this is one of the major sources of complexity in affliction tracking - you have to make a lot of 'educated guesses' about what afflictions are actually being cured off of your target, and rely on a combination of context clues (they ate kelp and immediately smoked a pipe - bet they cured asthma) and sheer luck to be as accurate as possible".
As a side note, this is one of the major sources of complexity in affliction tracking - you have to make a lot of 'educated guesses' about what afflictions are actually being cured off of your target, and rely on a combination of context clues (they ate kelp and immediately smoked a pipe - bet they cured asthma) and sheer luck to be as accurate as possible".




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