Durability vs Healing Factor

Originally posted by Nibedicus
Life would suck the minute you get any kind of internal damage tho.

Didn't they give superman cancer? Wolverines healing factor makes his immune system immune to all types of diseases, viruses and illness'
At the end of the day this is a question about us as individuals,
I have a high pain tolerance anways, so I'd much rather have a healing factor, because I'm not superman, I don't go fighting universal threats,
I'm much less in danger, I don't fight much either. So I could be in a car crash and not have any mark on me, but I could have internal injurys, then I'm phucked if my skin is bullet proof
But with a HF I may be marked but I won't die, I won't ever get a phuckin cold(real killers lol) or a disease, I can phuck without protection, and not have to worry about hurting myself because ino it won't last a day and the pain ill grow to take.....just my 2 cents

In real life, a healing factor is just more practical. You're telling me I'll never get sick, will look young, and can be in my physical prime for a 100+ years? Sign me up.

Edit: Before the inevitable "but I don't wanna live that long" BS, you can just kill yourself if you get bored.

Originally posted by StyleTime
In real life, a healing factor is just more practical. You're telling me I'll never get sick and will stay young for a 100+ years? Sign me up.

I'd take healing factor over durability.

I just hope they it's smart enough to heal you correctly and as an example if u get a broken bone it doesn't automatically set it as broken and heals that way, ouch.

I would also take a sample of my blood and take the chances of being caught later on and become rich.

Originally posted by pym-ftw
Yeah but irl I don't think it would be an issue

Why wouldn't they? IRL the highest causes of death is heart disease and cancer (around close to 50% combined IIRC). How exactly is having unbreakable skin able to help you with these?

Plus the fact that you'll age. Your bones might be tough, but won't help with Alzheimer's either and a host of other age-based diseases.

No, healing factor practically makes you immortal unless someone tries to kill you via a bomb/acid/etc. w/c is rare in the real life sense.

Originally posted by Nibedicus
There would still be diseases, organ failure, poisons, etc that can damage organs outside simple impacts. Durable organs also means that you can't get tranplants, get tumors removesd etc.

Healing factor all the way.

Originally posted by iscaremonkeys
idk. id want to have hulks durability where he is immune to diseases

Immunity to disease is more due to Hulk's healing factor than durability, tho.

Originally posted by Nibedicus
Immunity to disease is more due to Hulk's healing factor than durability, tho.

With durability would be easier to make money ( being a pro fighter as example).

Originally posted by eaebiakuya
With durability would be easier to make money ( being a pro fighter as example).

Cept when you age and/or get sick then you stop making money.

Healing factor means that you can live for as long as you want. It's practically immortality.

Originally posted by Nibedicus
Cept when you age and/or get sick then you stop making money.

Healing factor means that you can live for as long as you want. It's practically immortality.

What if I get trapped in a living tomb.

Originally posted by curryman
There's so much damn nightmare-fodder though.

What if I get trapped in a living tomb.

Neither powers would help. 😛

Tho, a healing factor would mean that you'd be stuck for a long long time, you're likely to pass out and "die" from brain damage (due to lack of oxygen) before too long, tho. This would put you in an unconscious state of suspended animation. If some one digs you up, you come back to life (depending on how effective the HF is) and wreck vengeance on whoever trapped you in there. Durability would just mean you end up dead-dead.

Bottom line, tho? Don't make enemies. I know power makes ppl into douches but it's just so much better to live life w/o ppl trying to kill you.

I assume we're talking Wolverine tier healing. What degree of durability are we contemplating here? Cage? Namor? Superman?

I assumed Cage

Durability would also give you super strength...

Originally posted by Nibedicus
Bottom line, tho? Don't make enemies. I know power makes ppl into douches but it's just so much better to live life w/o ppl trying to kill you.

Good point.

I'd probably want to try and make the world a better place though, so I'm not sure which would be better.

Originally posted by h1a8
With Superman's durability then there is nothing in the REAL universe that can harm you. He survived the core of stars, black holes, supernovas, etc.

With Logan's HF you can die easily. A nuclear bomb will disintegrate you. The only reason Logan can survive is because his skeleton is still in tact (adamantium).

Durability ftw

Bottomline Logan can die and Supeman can't
HF will not make you invincible. Jump into a batch of molten steel and you are ended.

Deadpool level : Barred from death

I will choose Healing Factor.

The only reason I'd choose durability over HF is because of pretty much not feeling painl(depending on how high said durability is)

Originally posted by pym-ftw
I assumed Cage

Durability would also give you super strength...

Not part of the OP. But even then, what would super strength really get you in the real world? Allow you to be a super hero for a good 20-30 years before you get old or sick? What good is that?

Functional immortality allows you to contribute to the world in ways that 20-30 years of being invulnerable would. As long as people aren't trying to kill you, you won't die (keep a low profile).

Being invulnerable then getting any kind of disease (cancer, Alzheimer's, etc.) would be the worst thing ever as operating on you would be extremely hard.