SERIOUSLY. ENOUGH WITH NATTERING AT RANIL. EVERYONE, RANIL INCLUDED, DROP IT. If I hear another word about it, I might have to ask a mod to lock this thread, because it's taken up the majority of a page and that's ridiculous.
Returning to the POINT of this thread, I like small numbers that you can actually subtract. If there's more than two digits (three in the case of bosses, SOMETIMES) than I think it's ridiculous. With Paper Mario, it's easy, straight-forward, and to-the-point. You use an attack that deals 3 damage on an enemy with 2 HP and 1 defense. You deal 2 damage and kill the koopa. Yay.
I also like that the attacks have a given number of damage, but also that you can use the action command. Nothing too complex, not like rolling dice or anything silly. You take three damage, or you take six. Ding.
I was...kind of rambling there. Sorry.
And I loved Luigi's jump, as well as the Mega Jum in TTYD. I would do that just so they hit the ceiling.
Fun.