I agree with a lot of your points, but there's also to keep in mind is that if you change the mod so much you might as well call it something else and not even bother comparing the two - not that I'm saying your suggested changes fall into that category but it's something to consider.

Diamond wanted dm to be disabled and replaced with frac at 300 threshold, he said bruising makes dms an unreliable and game ending mechanic and you're already rewarded for heavy hits by a lot of points.