Staph Fighting: What a letdown

You know, when I first heard about Staph Fighting, it sounded like so much fun. It had a lot of promise - I'd be helping people, possibly helping myself, and I got to do it in cool ways. Sure, it involved some unconventional tools and possibly a new approach to fighting, but it still looked a lot of fun.

But it turns out it's just a disappointment.

See, Staph Fighting just fails to do decent damage all too often. Penicilin, the bread-and-butter power of the set, just doesn't seem to do anything because almost all of my enemies seem to resist it these days. I guess I could slot it for more recharge, but that doesn't really seem to help.

Well, OK, I lied. The set does occasionally deal decent damage... To my kidneys! A lot of my enemies seem to be weak to Gentamicin, but I just don't like using that. I know it's a decent power, but the self-damage component just isn't worth it. Yeah, I know what you're thinking - if I could regenerate, the self-damage component would matter. Well, if I could regenerate, I wouldn't need Staph Fighting, now would I?

Of course, it's not all bad, though. There is one power I actually really like - Methicillin. Sure, it costs a lot and, yeah, there is the occasional boss that's resistant to it, but it works most of the time. But this thing is just balanced by annoyance. I mean, it works most of the time, but using it is so unpleasant it just makes me sick. Literally sick. Whoever designed this really dropped the ball.

Overall, Staph Fighting just seems like a missed opportunity. It could have been so much more, but instead it's unpleasant. Maybe in the right hands it could be potent, but it just needs such clinical precision to use right that it feels like I need to have, like a degree in medicine to use it or something.

So, yeah, wasted money there. I'm going back to Typhus Weapons. That thing was just so much more deadly.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Not all new malaise sets can be as powerful as Tight End Weapons.

It's not as good as Strep Justice.

Just wait until you see Kidneytic Malaise, boy are you in for a sharp joilt of pain to your Paragon Points...

Its still beating the damage of Kung Flu Fighting, though. I haven't checked in a while but it might even be more survivable.

Better then Nice melee tho

I got got AGAIN! Damn it all!

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

ya know, i was going to try and fit this pun in eventually, but sam commits to it impressively for the win.

additional theoretical green dots for typhus weapons, would not have thought of that one.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Most sets like this are pretty worthless. Marital Arts does surprisingly little to keep the spouse happy.

I thought Sam said he hated parody/jokes...

A bit of selective Radiation therapy can clear that right up for you.

Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.

But at least it still compares favorably to Bees Mastery.

No idea why they styled a powerset after the Red Bee. What a maroon he was to begin with.

Psoriasis Melee really chafes me.

I still prefer it to scythelis. I found that melee set to be sorely disappointing.

If you think Staph Fighting is bad, wait till u try out the new powerset 'Polio Assault', and 'Gangrenous Infection'.

This is not what I wanted in a Flux Capacitor ...

It's the end. But the moment has been prepared for ...