I apologise if you took it as one, but you were touting Pummel like it was the central pillar of your CF experience. I just made light of it, trying to bring the fact to your attention.

It's one single skill, in an experience that covers far, far, far more. There is absolutely no need to obssess over it. Zulgh gave you a pretty satisfactory answer :) If you're character's crux is Pummel and nothing but - I can understand your strange need to pummel better than anyone else. But if no one has figured this out without looking at the code, the likely answer is - you're going to find most people pummel quite similarly as long as what Zulgh said is true.

Good luck.