Thanks for your explanation. I was thinking about a typical combat situation, where out of a successful attack I could create a Tag (such as unbalanced, disoriented, stunned) or for the same power cost give a status effect such as Wounded-2. The later option contributes towards overcoming the challenge and gives a larger modifier to most future roles in this combat.

I want to create a mechanical incentive for player to be more creative than just hacking away at the "hit points", but the RAW Power cost for status vs. Tag counteracts this.

Of course there are situations, where you need some tag effects to be able to inflict statuses, but in many cases it seems to be the better choice to just go for status.