Fumiko wrote:2 of the 3 new information is totally irrelevant. 1 what does having a edge mean? That seems totally irrelevant. The one about masterys for Chuunin makes them on a heavier flied then a Jounin. They have the ability more so of a kage. With 8 points and can only have on mastery, thats the same as your average Jounin, as they only have 6. So basically the two rules more or less do nothing. To me it needs to be fixed or altered. You can't use the CS system to give incentive to play Genin, thats way too much of a advantage to give someone. A jounin could have a Ninjutsu Adept, Mastery Tai, while a Jounin level genin could have a Mastery in Tai, Mastery in Nin and a Adept in Genijutsu. Despite if the Jounin has worked harder and done way more missions then the Genin Jounin.
I'm going to respectfully refute your points in that 2 of the 3 of the new information clauses are irrelevant. The first bullet says that genin cannot be a master in any of the combat specialties. This prevents genin from being "Kage" level in any of the disciplines offered. This means that a genin fighting anyone above their level is potentially at a disadvantage should their opponent have mastered one of their disciplines. Mastery level is locked to D rank ninja, essentially as it should be in my opinion.
The second point states that Chuunin can only possess one discipline on the master level. What this does is similar to that of a Genin in that it provides a power ceiling for any and all C ranked ninja so that they aren't ridiculously over powered. Even if they have more CP than a B or A rank ninja, they cannot fully utilize them to master their abilities. They could potentially reach adept in several different specialties but in that sense they are still under powered when facing an opponent of a higher rank who is allowed to master as many disciplines as their points allow. Even as a Jounin against a Chuunin who has ranked up from Genin, you will have enough points to master two specialties if you'd like. The beauty of the CP system is that Ranks do not end up being the end all be all. There is room for combat upset, for the under dog to perform just as well if not better than someone who is objectively of higher rank. A Chuunin can definitely stand up to a Jounin which was not the case in many Naruto RP sites I have seen.
Finally as for the third part. It is there to provide the Objective letter rankings of ninja some form of structure. If you as a Jounin and someone else as a Chuunin square off with combat specialties of identical levels of mastery then you by default will out perform the Chuunin due to the simple fact that you are of higher rank. In this way the three rules do attempt to provide some semblance of structure and realism. It is to keep the lower ranked ninja from simply overpowering the higher ranks.
Now, in my last post I did suggest that CP be offered as event rewards or rewards for well written and epic level topics. Topics where there is indeed a major conflict and a life or death struggle. In my mind it stands to reason that ninja who are faced with such obstacles and survive them should be a bit better in skill than those ninja who do not put their life on the line and do not have experience in dealing with such situations. Already we have a title system that affords extra CP for gaining a title of renown, which are usually gained through completing epic level achievements. If that could be expanded on so that participants of awesome topics could get the occasional CP then it would close the deficit.
I also advocated for Kaiden's solution that more rigidity might be added at each rank to further limit just how powerful one can become at each rank, though I did note that I feel that S ranks should be left alone.
I personally do not see much of the faults in the CP system you seem to be speaking of. Essentially what I see is that there is a deficit between Genin who rank up and those who start as higher ranks. I did provide my suggestion of a solution in that CP could be awarded for well written topics here and there but perhaps the starting amount of CP for starting out at higher ranks could be raised so that the deficit isn't quite so large.
I'd like to note though that the biggest deficit one would see between a Genin who rose through the ranks and someone who started at their position would be 6, assuming that both Genin and Kage were created without a clan and without a primary element. By the time the Genin would reach Kage status, if he ever did, then they would possess 16 CP while the Kage would have 10. This is basically one Mastery and one Adept more than the Kage who was created at that rank. It's quite a bit of a difference but, to me at least, a suitable reward for the person who managed to stick with their character long enough to develop them to a Kage level ninja. If CP were awarded for events and such this deficit surely wouldn't be as big of a deal as it gives people opportunities to gain more points in the hope of making their characters stronger.
The other point I'd like to make is that ranks also have an effect on jutsu chakra cost. The higher your rank the less it costs to use higher ranked jutsu. Along with that is a higher chakra pool, meaning that even with your specialties limited, you are able to fight longer and with more powerful abilities than someone of lower rank. The specialties serve as arsenal choice, granting versatility but they are by no means the end all be all of combat on this site, which is another point I rather like.
I don't see too many faults with the system as it is and it is far better than what I have seen on other sites.
