A while back, closer to the start of the new generation, National Dex like most tiers held a Tera suspect test. This test ended in a Do Not Ban result by a margin of a single vote. As the metagame has progressed the general communities opinion on Tera has noticeably become more hostile, despite nothing having changed about the uses or mechanics surrounding it.
If it were a Pokémon that previously had a DNB result but was later discovered to have a stronger set, something else was banned that pushed it over the edge, or the meta just shifted to allow it to thrive, a retest would not be unheard of in any tier. In fact, we did just that last generation with Cinderace, with its first suspect test ending in a DNB result prior to an innovation in National Dex World Cup bought about a set that hadnt been seen before that became the norm and was much too much to handle in the tier.
However, with Non-Pokemon elements, and especially Generational mechanics, it becomes far harder to justify such a retest as they fundamentally do not change and the changes which occur are within the abusers of the mechanic, which is why they usually get the boot if anything in these situations.
As I couldn't find any precedent for this, since the only other banned mechanic is Dynamax and that passed first time in almost every metagame, and it may end up effecting more than just National Dex if any other tier wanted to retest Tera along the line, I wanted to broach the question:
Is it okay for a metagame to retest a previously public suspect tested non-Pokémon element which received a Do Not Ban Result, and if so, what conditions must be met for it to be justified?
At least in National Dex, my plan was to confirm the communities want for a retest via a thread within a subforum allowing people to voice their opinions, and if the resulting discussion made it clear that a Tera retest was wanted, we would look into another suspect test. Whether this is an ideal way of going about it I'm not sure, maybe there are some better ideas floating around.
If it were a Pokémon that previously had a DNB result but was later discovered to have a stronger set, something else was banned that pushed it over the edge, or the meta just shifted to allow it to thrive, a retest would not be unheard of in any tier. In fact, we did just that last generation with Cinderace, with its first suspect test ending in a DNB result prior to an innovation in National Dex World Cup bought about a set that hadnt been seen before that became the norm and was much too much to handle in the tier.
However, with Non-Pokemon elements, and especially Generational mechanics, it becomes far harder to justify such a retest as they fundamentally do not change and the changes which occur are within the abusers of the mechanic, which is why they usually get the boot if anything in these situations.
As I couldn't find any precedent for this, since the only other banned mechanic is Dynamax and that passed first time in almost every metagame, and it may end up effecting more than just National Dex if any other tier wanted to retest Tera along the line, I wanted to broach the question:
Is it okay for a metagame to retest a previously public suspect tested non-Pokémon element which received a Do Not Ban Result, and if so, what conditions must be met for it to be justified?
At least in National Dex, my plan was to confirm the communities want for a retest via a thread within a subforum allowing people to voice their opinions, and if the resulting discussion made it clear that a Tera retest was wanted, we would look into another suspect test. Whether this is an ideal way of going about it I'm not sure, maybe there are some better ideas floating around.