SURVEY QUESTION: MOVES!

[Reece]

I feel that there is a lot of limits here that kind of hold me back from writing something that develops my character how I would like because it is hard to gauge what a said stat translates into storywise.

The stat system is intended to provide everyone with an even playing field, even if the setting their characters come from would normally give a tremendous advantage to one person... this site would be much worse if we abolished stats, IMO.

That said, I kind of agree with the statement about it being hard to judge what exactly certain stats are able to do. I feel like the stats between 5 and 10* really need descriptions added, since it's easy to reach those numbers with power-ups... and also, ATK should probably have two descriptions per level, since the power of the average melee attack is obviously going to always be substantially greater than that of the average ranged attack, due to the drawback of having to be right beside your opponent in order to actually do anything (also, it's possible to unload a full clip of bullets much faster than you could swing a sword several times, so slower attack speed is another drawback that physical attacks usually have).

*Except for SPD... SPD is a simple measurement in mph, so it's already clear what it does. Complex details aren't really needed.

Lastly, I think it would help people write moves (and judges decide whether the rules are being followed in fights) more easily if we had an actual comment in the rules on how much of a benefit you can expect when charging up a move to increase its power.
For example: "Standing still and charging a move for [X] seconds makes that move as powerful as the uncharged move of someone with ATK one point higher than your character's."

The more guidelines like that which we put in place in the rules themselves, the less detail people will be required to include when submitting moves for approval.