[ WP ] Human base damage decrease by 20 %

**Subject: After twenty years of observations, it is now abundantly clear that the nerf to human base damage has been, by far, the worst decision ever decided on by the Universe balance team. ** 
 
 No, seriously, what on Earth were they thinking when they pushed this balance through? Has the Universe also played into the whole `` powercreep'' thing because the human race has aged for a while? I think it's fair to say that powercreep is possibly the most frustrating trend to observe in balance patches, so it's quite clear that this change did n't win too many supportive voices. 
 
 But you might be asking, `` why, good sir, would a nerf be a powercreep? Is n't powercreep defined by the creation of new things superior to older things?'' And that's where I'd tell you to sit down and shut your mouth. Do you have any idea how little damage our fists do now? 20 % is such the perfect `` slap-in-the-face'' number. Now, bulkier humans would be virtually immune to physical punches, yet it's still just strong enough for schoolyard bullies to take lunch money from the little kids! Now everyone's resorted to weaponry in order to deal any form of damage. 
 
 Speaking of weapons, *why was n't that mess nerfed!? * Do you have any idea how imbalanced guns were? Knives are slightly more okay now, since the reduced base damage also somewhat dampens the melee damage with knives ( albeit not by much since stabbing people is still quite effective and bleed is one hell of a DoT ), but do n't act like pulling a trigger is any harder now than before! One bullet and you're dead, sometimes from hundreds of meters away, that's just not fair! Now what are you supposed to do against robbers? I've seen an armed robber singlehandedly fight off four, count'em, *four* healthy adults because their base damage without a weapon was just not enough anymore! 
 
 This is powercreep at its finest, folks. You now basically need a weapon to get by - I've even seen people unable to flee burning houses because they do n't do enough damage to windows to break them open. This is n't just a nerf to reduce PvP, but it does just the opposite. It now encourages PvP with deadlier weapons to compensate for the base damage nerf, accelerating the metagame much more than before. You know why war was so glorified centuries ago? It's because when guns were n't a thing, people fought each other hand-to-hand! War became terrifying when people just started dying in mass numbers for no good reason, and this change has only encouraged more of that. 
 
 Please, Universe. Reverting this change would n't even be enough. Nowadays, even pistols are getting outclassed by rifles. We need to deal with the true problem here - projectiles must be nerfed, before this gets even more out of hand.
