Forum:Representing damage where one value is duplicate + Range display re-work

I've made this forum after having discussion today with some users on the wiki over the MK14's damage representation, which has been inconclusive. As COD:DAMAGE has been changed recently, it mandates that, for Advanced Warfare, all three damage values are represented as such:

(maximum damage value)-(medium damage value)-(minimum damage value), with exceptions made for Sniper Rifles and Shotguns, as Sniper Rifles use only one damage value in Advanced Warfare, and the third damage value on Shotguns is never used, thus leaving only two damage values to represent.

Now, I bring to you guys today what I believe to be a new exception: duplicate damage values. In the cases of the MK14, Pytaek, Ameli, and the XMG, their damage values are 34-33-33 and 35-35-33 (for both the Pytaek and Ameli), and 25-20-20, respectfully. Notice that the medium damage value is a duplicate number of either the maximum or minimum damage value. This is where I believe an exception should be made for COD:DAMAGE in Advanced Warfare. It is pointless to display the medium damage value in both cases, as either the maximum damage value or minimum damage value represents the same number. I believe this should be done, as the same is done for the EPM3, where the damage values are 34-34-34, but the page for it just simply says 34 over 34-34-34.

For these four weapons only, I propose that the damage for these two weapons be displayed as follows:

(maximum damage value)-(minimum damage value), just like we've done before.

Effects on displaying range values
With this change, this will also have a change on how range is represented for these four weapons, as only one range number need be represented in these cases. Instead of displaying it as:

(range of maximum damage)-(range of medium damage)

it'll change to:

(range of maximum damage)

in the case of those four weapons. For there's only two separate damage values for those four weapons, range for medium damage is pointless, as it's either representing a continuation of the maximum damage range (which would be omitted), or shouldn't be displayed, as the medium range damage is just representing minimum range damage.

What is the community's thought of this change? Discuss this first, and let's not jump into a voting-based system until given the go-ahead by superiors. Didikins (talk) 22:47, May 15, 2015 (UTC)