Blast
Member of the Alien Nation
This generation, beta tiers were mostly handled one full shift at a time, only being allowed to start after the tier above it went official. But with so many official tiers this gen, this isn't really an option for gen 7. Under this system, PU has to wait just shy of a full year before it can even get a beta ladder, and I'm sure even non-PU players would agree this is extremely unfair, myself included.
So I want to use this thread to look into ways to get around this issue. At the same time, I want to be mindful not to jump into starting certain tiers /too/ early, what with all the inevitable chaos surrounding quickbans and presumably quickshifts (although a certain degree of instability is pretty much unavoidable). As a starting proposal, I was thinking of something like this:
If anyone has any better ideas I'd like to hear them as well, but with gen 7 just around the corner this is a really important issue to address.
So I want to use this thread to look into ways to get around this issue. At the same time, I want to be mindful not to jump into starting certain tiers /too/ early, what with all the inevitable chaos surrounding quickbans and presumably quickshifts (although a certain degree of instability is pretty much unavoidable). As a starting proposal, I was thinking of something like this:
Month 1 (obviously not one month right after the games are released, but asap): UU Beta is formed
Month 2: RU Beta is formed
Month 3: Allow UU and RU to settle for a month
Month 4: The first official tier shift takes place, and NU Beta is formed
Month 5: PU Beta is formed
Month 6: NU and PU settle for a month
Month 7: Second official tier shift and from there the system just continues normally
Month 2: RU Beta is formed
Month 3: Allow UU and RU to settle for a month
Month 4: The first official tier shift takes place, and NU Beta is formed
Month 5: PU Beta is formed
Month 6: NU and PU settle for a month
Month 7: Second official tier shift and from there the system just continues normally
If anyone has any better ideas I'd like to hear them as well, but with gen 7 just around the corner this is a really important issue to address.