100% does work, I don't know what you mean by annotating the hook, do you mean you have removed/commented it out? If you have done this, it is not correct. Rather, you should fix the reason why you are having these issues. It sounds to me like your config is not set correctly. The hook is important because it prevents PVE plugins such as TruePVE and other similar from interfering with how this plugin works. My plugin controls damage properly for the correct functioning of the plugin. This is specified in the config for my plugin. If you remove that hook then this plugin will not function correctly. So let's work out what your issue is rather than just remove portions of code which are there for a reason.