This suggestion is to entirely discard the current damage rating system. Why?
I propose entirely trashing the DR system and just start using good old textual descriptions of damage effects. It will facilitate better RP to have text descriptions, allow more more unique damage types, and significantly cut down drama in the Setting Submissions forum, which is the primary source of drama on the site.
- It constantly causes arguments in the Setting Submissions forum
- Inconsistent enforcement has created an enviroment that frequently allowed exceptions
- Seeing these, submitters all want an exception too
- People get pissy and falsely accuse me of "personal bias" when I enforce the rules as written
- People sneak in workarounds like giving DR to ammunition
- It is not granular enough (in theory all handguns are the same damage rating for example, as are all rifles)
- It confuses new members for example @hyralt tonight got frustrated trying to simply pick a weapon
- It creates work for wiki staff
- It's awkwardly jamming number values into a text-based RP system
- Put simply they don't make the site more fun, they make it less fun and stress people out
I propose entirely trashing the DR system and just start using good old textual descriptions of damage effects. It will facilitate better RP to have text descriptions, allow more more unique damage types, and significantly cut down drama in the Setting Submissions forum, which is the primary source of drama on the site.