PvXwiki:Real Vetting/Criteria

This is a draft for names and descriptions of the criteria used in PvXwiki:Real Vetting. Please leave your opinion on the talk page!

Note: Don't confuse criteria for categories. This page defines the aspects of builds that will be rated by each user of the new vetting system, not the categories which will be assigned to build articles according to the results of the vetting process.

Criteria
A build will be judged in terms of the following criteria to describe its quality. For each criterion a rating will be given on a scale ranging from 0 (hopeless) to 5 (excellent).

Effectiveness
This criterion describes how effective the build does what it was designed for. That is, how much damage does a spiker build deal, a healer build heal or a protector build prevent? How good is the chance to get through the specified area with a running build or to reach and defeat the specified foes with a farming build?

Note that this criterion is not efficiency. It describes only the performance of the build, and does not compare this to the player's effort required to use it or to acquire the needed skills and items.

Universality
This criterion describes how flexible the build is when used in a situation slightly different from what the build was designed for. This includes the ability to change strategy in case a foe shows unexpected actions, in case an ally does not perform as expected, or when used in a different location than originally intended.

Innovation
This criterion describes how new the idea behind this build is. Does it use a new approach for dealing with a known task or even act as a precursor for dealing with a previously unconsidered task? To what extend is it expected to become a prototype for a new class of builds?

A general note applying to all criteria: In case there are several builds which use different approaches to accomplish the same task, the weaker ones should get a lower rating, but not necessarily a zero rating.

Weighting
For determining the overall rating of a build, the ratings of all criteria will be added with the following weighting:
 * Effectiveness: 70%
 * Universality: 15%
 * Innovation: 15%