Alkaloid not working properly / Poison Powerset problem

[traumesser]

EDIT: I remembered wrong, thanks for verifying y'all I thought I was going crazy lmao 

 

I grew up playing COH & COV & have fond memories of using the Poison powerset among many others. I created a Corruptor yesterday w/ Psychic blast & Poison powersets, but when I started playing the game I noticed an issue with Poison powerset's first ability, Alkaloid. In the original game Alkaloid could be used as an attack against enemies, or as a heal for friendlies depending on who you had targeted. Now however, Alkaloid is unable to be used as an attack power against foes. Is there a reason for this change? Is this a glitch? Can this be fixed so that the power matches up with the power's description? While it's not game breaking by any means, it was a huge disappointment to discover the power doesn't work the way it's supposed to. Would LOVE to see this fixed or hear any feedback on this issue. I know it's not everyone's favourite powerset, but if it's in the game it should work the way it was meant to, no? 

Edited February 3, 2022 by traumesser

[Wavicle]

I don't recall this ever having been the case, but if it was then the change was made long ago, before the closing of the original servers.

[traumesser]

Thanks for your input Wavicle. Perhaps I'm remembering wrong, but I could've sworn it was both a weak heal & a weak toxic damage attack at one point. The description for Alkaloid even alludes to this somewhat. It's all good though.. COV did drop when I was in 5th grade, could just be remembering wrong. Again, thanks for your time!

[SuggestorK]

I dont remember that either and my 1st Mastermind was Robot/Poison back on Live with T3 incarnated on shutdown.

[biostem]

I do not recall alkaloid ever being an attack.  Is it possible you are confusing it with one of the debuff powers, possibly being procced to deal damage via an IO or something?

[Wavicle]

If you WANT a power like this check out the Medicine pool "Injection" power.

 

(Not actually recommending Injection for a Poison Corruptor, but there it is.)

Edited February 2, 2022 by Wavicle

[arcane]

Yeah no it’s always been just a heal.

[traumesser]

thank you all for confirming this, apparently I am remembering this incorrectly lol. that's actually a huge relief. thanks for your time everyone, my b!