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rabid, why do you say (hi laurs!) in some of your ratings? (like in Ramtors Spellbook's rating)

I like seeing a systematic approach to weapon ratings, and better yet I like seeing them explained. The only flaw in your methodology IMO is that it's a little cruel to lower-end weapons like the aforementioned scarab ring and others like Skeletal Fire Gun. Granted the majority (if not all) IDB raters are primarily high-end 2p battlers, not everyone is.... Therefore people working their way up can get a skewed impression about the usefulness of a particular weapon using solely that system of rating, and it seems that the 1p/2p factor isn't taken into account at all.
I find the best part of your rating system is the alternatives - upgrades - defences/countermeasures.... I'd like to see more raters use something similar.

I know rating is arbitrary to the rater and can be subjective to current conditions. So basically, keep doing what you're doing....

darwin Wrote:I like seeing a systematic approach to weapon ratings, and better yet I like seeing them explained. The only flaw in your methodology IMO is that it's a little cruel to lower-end weapons like the aforementioned scarab ring and others like Skeletal Fire Gun. Granted the majority (if not all) IDB raters are primarily high-end 2p battlers, not everyone is.... Therefore people working their way up can get a skewed impression about the usefulness of a particular weapon using solely that system of rating, and it seems that the 1p/2p factor isn't taken into account at all.
I find the best part of your rating system is the alternatives - upgrades - defences/countermeasures.... I'd like to see more raters use something similar.

I know rating is arbitrary to the rater and can be subjective to current conditions. So basically, keep doing what you're doing....

I somewhat agree with that, I'd like if the power ratings we're based off price somehow