[MothEnthusiast]

That moment when you write a whole post, then accidentally go back a page and lose it.

Anyway, I'm still partial to the idea of a bell-curve system (Impossible to hit 0%, impossible to hit 100%, but lot of variability between the 25-75% range), but Dev has sadly said he's never going to do that. OP's system is a lot like a lot of BYOND games' systems to deal with evades, often dubbed 'offensive pressure'. It'd help mitigate the all or nothing aspect of the system if applied in both directions, if nothing else. I'd be willing to try it.

I'm also surprised nobody really talks about the fact that SKI, a mandatory stat, has different bases between races. I struggle to see how a 2 base SKI race is supposed to get enough hit to actually fight dodgies without relying on evade ignores or classes with INSANE bonuses.