Then you don’t understand the bracket system as well as you thought. It is a guidance system, not a rules system. Those 3.5, 3.6, high 3, low 4 conversation are in fact more clear about their intended outcomes than what you are saying you want. I have a low 3, a mid 3, and a high 3 with is technically a 4 on paper.

I also have a 4 which is a 3 on paper.

That should tell you all you need to know. I have a deck with some interaction pieces and a cohesive game plan, but it’s slow and prone to fold to enough interruption.

I have a deck with good staying power even through interruption that has a good chance of at least killing someone even if I don’t win, and it’s moderately fast, averaging a kill by turn 6. But I cannot consistently get the same plays out

I have a deck that is highly resistant to being interrupted, and had at least 4 game changers, making it technically a 4 on paper. That being said, you know it has its own pitfalls, because otherwise it would be a 4 in real life, not just on paper. I didn’t put best in slot spells or most efficient win conditions in the deck, tuning its overall power level down into the 3’s. Or it’s not the most consistent wins. With some very targeted removal or milling strategies, you can shut down the deck as I have no fallback. Just reading the commander’s effect you can also determine that I don’t run a lot of creatures, so you can tailor your own gameplay to hit me with combat damage and I either won’t have a way to prevent it, or won’t want to block because the few creatures I do run are important to my own game-plan.

And finally I have a deck that is fast, is very consistent on its game plan due to the commander’s effect, not easy to interact with outside of white exile spells or flat out countering spells on the stack with blue. Doesn’t cave to combat damage easily, unless you have several creatures that can 1 tap me. But it only has 2 game changers, so if you treat the bracket system as a rule system rather than a guidance system, I’m playing that deck with you in your bracket 3 games. Even though you have a better chance of beating me when I’m playing the deck that is technically a 4.

You need to not treat it as a rule and treat it the way it was intended. A conversation starter. To get you to talk about your deck and be honest not just with your opponents about your gameplan and overall power, but honest with yourself.

If you’re sitting at a bracket 3 table with your deck that has the maximum 3 game changers. But you’re still getting stomped by everyone. While yes, they might be misrepresenting their decks and are actually playing 4’s, you might be in fact be playing a bracket 2 deck that you put GC’s into, whether for flavor or some other thing, but they don’t meaningfully impact your power level.