Unfortunately the only way of measuring the bars so far is to "Inspect element" in your web browser, but at least it means we can assign weapons an actual damage rating in a spreadsheet or something. It was initially intended for my copy of the Companion's Little Helper (Thanks SteelGaribaldi!), but I figure it would be good to have that kind of thing publicly available/accessible.

Before I do though, does anyone know if the steategy guide already has that information? Dont want to waste everyone's time by posting what we already know.

To clarify, in Iron Banner, Impact and Attack matter. However, in regular Crucible Matches only Impact matters?

Put another way, the weapon still matters in regular Crucible matches (an SR with high impact will deal more damage that an SR with low impact), but the damage won't change based on the multiplier determined by the attack and defense of the two involved because level bonuses are disabled. In Iron Banner, the damage is changed based on the multiplier determined by the attack and defense of the two involved because level bonuses are enabled.

Is that correct? There's really no easy way to ask this question. It's fairly technical. Basically, I want to know if all weapon types are set to some "base weapon" to equalize regular Cricible Matches or if the weapons stats as found in PVE transfer to PVP sans level bonuses of the attacker and defender.

Your summary is correct. Weapon stats as found in PVE transfer to PVP - there is no weird morphing of all auto rifles into one bland ur-rifle.

But there are two people in this thread that think otherwise and have put in a lot more time. So I'm probably wrong :)

Put another way, the weapon still matters in regular Crucible matches (an SR with high impact will deal more damage that an SR with low impact), but the damage won't change based on the multiplier determined by the attack and defense of the two involved because level bonuses are disabled. In Iron Banner, the damage is changed based on the multiplier determined by the attack and defense of the two involved because level bonuses are enabled.

Is that correct? There's really no easy way to ask this question. It's fairly technical. Basically, I want to know if all weapon types are set to some "base weapon" to equalize regular Cricible Matches or if the weapons stats as found in PVE transfer to PVP sans level bonuses of the attacker and defender.

I've done some research, but am still a little unclear. Can someone explain to me what the Impact stat is and how it effects damage?

More impact = More damage per bullet.

I must've read 15 different definitions and that is the first one that made sense.