Forum talk:Community Consensus: Brick skills (point value)

Grading scale: 1-10. The overall usefulness of a skill, no matter how many points should go into it.

Intensity scale: 1-5. This is how many points must be put into a skill (without a com) to "start" being effective. It is only a direct relation to the percentage of the skill per point.

Points scale: 0-9. This is a measure of how many max points "should" be put into this skill, including +skills from class mods. It is independent of considerations for individual class mods and builds the character can have. Its just looking at the skill by itself and a theoretical class mod.
 * If there are obvious build considerations then 2 separate ratings can be given.
 * The 3 scales are theoretically independent of each other: The skill may be great (Grade: 10) and be low in percentage (Intensity: 5), but only needs one point (Points: 1).

Type: The type is a reflection of first person shooters' natural consequences: giving damage and reducing damage taken are directly related to first person shooters. Direct, Indirect, and N/A (not related). Subjective terms are used as well: strong, weak, very, extremely, etc.
 * Examples:


 * Rate of fire is a Direct skill (strong if its high) for DPS (damage per second).
 * Increased shield percentage is a Direct skill for reducing damage.
 * Reload speed is a Strong Indirect skill because it “indirectly” increases the rate of fire over longer periods of time, and doesn’t increase damage.
 * Recoil reduction is a Strong Indirect skill, because player skill can somewhat compensate for lack of it.
 * If the point intensity is low or high, it is stronger or weaker respectively.
 * Melee skills are refereed to as Direct Melee.

Notes: notes on the main page should be very short and concise, leaving any lengthy explanations to the notes section of this talk page (just provide a link).

Notes otherwise to bulky for the main page
Diehard: With 9 points in Diehard, you can be virtually indestructible, if any enemy is within range. If you get 2 second winds in a row, play conservatively since your third is auto-respawn.

Comments and discussions
The initial page is just my take on brick skills... feel free to jump in :) I am the best robot 20:50, January 23, 2011 (UTC)