What I would like to see is the ability to assign an assessment/test/quiz that grades numerically, but be able to assign grades like pass/fail according to thresholds.
For example, I have a safety test that students need to pass with 100% otherwise, I keep a 0 in the gradebook. If they have an 85% on that test, I want it to force their numeric score to 0.
Setting up a grading scale does not adjust the numeric points from those assignment types because they are numeric, and I want the actual scores to be affected by something like a grading scale.