"poison coated weapons"

[Syotos]

why does it just do an Anti heal , and not giving a dot damage esq type thing?

[Ccrack]

theres a perk that causes you to inflict more damage against poisoned enemies

not worth taking over golden food, but if your playing with other people then go for it

[Koumori]

Originally posted by Ccrack:

[...] not worth taking over golden food [...]

I don't know... the rare food bonuses are pretty good, but they sure don't last long. I prefer the consistent free 25% bonus damage from poison.

Anyway, as to OP's question: think of it as a weakening agent rather than a lethal toxin. Since it inhibits healing and can potentially worsen the severity of wounds, I imagine it as being something along the lines of an anticoagulant... one that works on insects and gelatinous slime creatures, somehow.

[Ccrack]

Originally posted by Koumori:

Originally posted by Ccrack:

[...] not worth taking over golden food [...]

I don't know... the rare food bonuses are pretty good, but they sure don't last long. I prefer the consistent free 25% bonus damage from poison.
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a golden pewpaya / pinegrapple and puffungi gives you a bit over 40% extra damage against bosses
i just cant justify getting a consistant 25% damage bonus over a 28 ~ 40% bonus that takes a little more work to get. not to mention the golden food gives other bonuses too

[Koumori]

Originally posted by Ccrack:

Originally posted by Koumori:

I don't know... the rare food bonuses are pretty good, but they sure don't last long. I prefer the consistent free 25% bonus damage from poison.
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a golden pewpaya / pinegrapple and puffungi gives you a bit over 40% extra damage against bosses
i just cant justify getting a consistant 25% damage bonus over a 28 ~ 40% bonus that takes a little more work to get. not to mention the golden food gives other bonuses too

A regular pinegrapple/pewpaya + [whatever] will give you +22% damage, which adds up to +47% damage when combined with the poison. I'll concede that you do miss out on some of the other bonuses from rare food (primarily attack speed), and more importantly miss out on the +25% critical damage from the left side of the gardening skill tree, but I personally consider that a worthwhile trade off to not worry about stocking up on golden crops... because I'm a little bit lazy.