Well the idea of all this stuff isnt to make things more uber - but to add variety to combat.
I applaud all efforts to this end! Even if it makes more work for the devs - at least they might get a sense of working to add stuff, rather than just tweaking bits and pieces. I think for devs the creative aspect of adding interesting things into the game keeps them going.
So ideas put forward in good faith should be given a go.
Hey Fletch - how do you feel about you and I doing some of our own tweaking with weapons and such? I have mucked around a bit - but I havent found people to test stuff out with in combat.