Originally Posted by
Boersgard
If it were 1/5th of normal, there'd be no point. I definitely wouldn't bother with it anymore, personally. Nerfing it to uselessness is the wrong approach. (although I am absolutely not against just removing it entirely...)
Here's an interesting take: Heal off weeds means you can't heal ON weeds anymore.
Now there's a pretty significant tradeoff - you'd have to seriously consider if you want to play that way, and it completely changes how you play. It won't be an 'always take this' upgrade, and it comes with some severe tradeoffs, like - if you get hurt, friendly xenos are going to pull you onto weeds and you're going to die.
But at the same time, it doesn't strictly weaken the benefit of healing off weeds. You'll still be a much better lonewolf skirmisher who don't need no hive.