Using Power-Level to Determine Fights

[John Doe]

I was thinking of something that utilized CA tiers, like we used to have, but tiers would determine outcomes of fights. So say you had CA tiers 1-10 or whatever. And, my personal opinion here is that CA should account for roughly 25% of a fights outcome (for the sake of arguement), while writing ability should count for like 75%.

You could do something like CATier(.25) + WritingScore(.75). So for instance, say a new guy, who would obviously be at a Tier One, got in a fight with an upper level person, someone who was at a Tier 7 (The highest person should not always automatically be in the highest tier, which would then allow the tiers to stretch as power levels did, but it should be based on separation from the normal power level). But the new kid just busts out an average roleplaying score of 9, and the upper level kid throws out one outstanding RP, one mediocre RP, and misses the deadline for his third and ends up with an average roleplaying score of 6. The outcome would be:

New Guy: 1(.25) + 9(.75) = 7.00
Veteran: 7(.25) + 6(.75) = 6.25

So, while power level made a difference, even an average writing score of +3 allowed the underdog to take the victory, so quality of writing is still incredibly important. The end result is a system that has a strong, strong emphasis on writing ability, but allows for CA to be factored in as well.

It's funny, I was planning on writing a post similar to yours, as a joke. Mainly the usage of percentages when determining the outcome of fights.

"Well, the best way to fix the system is to split it up as so.

58% determined by writing quality
29% determined by powerlevel/CA
12% determined by techniques and abilities
1% determined by bias

As you can PLAINLY see, when given writers a score of x times y divided by w over z multiplied by tits plus infinity, you get a clear cut winner. Foolproof!"

Something about using percentages in regards to powerlevel and writing ability rubs me the wrong way. It seems to work, on paper.

Regardless, I still will roll with whatever system we put in place.