Talk:Shield Charger/@comment-25398602-20180724112758/@comment-25254386-20180806234136

I fail to see how base referring to the unranked level of a frame is in any way "rediculous". Frames start at rank zero, that is the base from which they level up from. The stats they have at R0 are their base stats because any stats they obtain afterwards are based on these starting stats.

Base does not mean the place that you stay at the longest, it means the place you started. How would making the base level of a frame 30 make any sense?

Also, "almost all games" don't have a modding system that allows you to directly alter your stats. In many cases, leveling up simply means your stats indiscriminately go up by a fixed amount. And for the games that do allow player customization in their stats, it is usually always worked through a point system which allows you to allocate more bonuses to a certain attribute than another. I honestly can't think of any other case where a game gives you both free reign over you're own stats and fixed bonuses at each level up.