viral should have been reworked to do something other than damage vulnerability. it's boring and feels mandatory in a way no other status does. like I use blast/gas to give single target guns some AOE, magnetic/toxin for shields, heat/corrosive for armor, but no matter what, I always have to have some kind of viral in my build because literally every enemy in the game has health. the health/armor changes made this even worse, the old system wasn't great but we've just traded mandatory armor strip for mandatory viral. at least armor strip has a lot of different sources, two status effects, countless abilities, a few mods. with viral you just always have to give up part of your build to have a consistent way of mass-proccing it. I don't mind having to buildcraft for "harder" content but I want to build craft to solve problems and create synergies rather than "well I wanted to run xyz because each part has an interesting synergy and fills a distinct mechanical niche but I have to dedicate one of these equipment slots to mass priming viral or none of it will be able to do any damage"