I actually really enjoy having Malady around as well.
She's a fail-safe char. You know there's no way you will ever win without her help (because enemies clearly has way too much firepower for you) and she will not be doing anything to make your life easier. Her existence give the players the much needed break between heated moments.
The lack of development and quests with her kinda suck though so she's not as enjoyable as she could have been. She has her personality and some conflicts going around with her background but because there's so little of her you will get to see in the actual game, most people really will just consider her a cliche "There-to-be-OP" type.
