I think NW damage output is fine. If you want damage you go to Superman or BA but most of NW's damage come from his setups. All of my midscreen combos ends with staff spin and then cancel into escrima. Honestly see no point in ending a combo with flying grayson other than to finish off your opponent. From there you can dash forward and do b2 Sajam setup OR MB f3 OR you can sneak in a low by going back to staff and MB ground pound into combo. In a matter of seconds you can put your opponent all the way to the corner and NW players KNOW how strong his corner game is.
Tons of ways to open people up like Atrocitus said.
and to Wasted yeah I also tried doing 112 but my opponent is to dumb to block it and it turns into a game where you're basically chasing after the opponent everytime 2 hits. d12 33 setup is what I usually do now even though I get poked a few times but I think it's the lag.
I got no problem with NW's damage output, I like his playstyle of set ups. But I believe if you rank optimized combos amongst each character, I see NW falling into low 20s amongst the entire roster, that's all I was saying.
If NW's damage output was high like Superman or BA, it would lose that underdog type feeling. I'll stick to Dick.
I'm never dissatisfied after a NW win because I know I worked for it A Superman win feels cheesey.