why would they do that? seems arbitrary and without much reasoning
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BluewolfZ
Two words. Power Creep.
Finchinator
so why not between any other two tiers? that still does not make more sense of it.
BluewolfZ
I couldn’t think of anything else besides BarelyUsed, and I had the perfect spot for it. Between RU and NU. This means anything that is NU by usage will move to BU. PU will move to NU and ZU will move to PU. ZU will have to build up.
Finchinator
adding a tier that completely disrupts current nu, pu, etc. does not seem like the perfect spot. that's just entirely arbitrary. you always add tiers at the end
BluewolfZ
It worked for RU back in Gen 5.
Finchinator
entirely different circumstances
BluewolfZ
It’s simple. NU will move up to BU and the tiers below will follow to NU and PU respectively.
Finchinator
ok well i already said my thoughts: it's arbitrary and it makes infinitely less sense than adding a tier to the bottom. i am not the tiering admin and i have nothing to do with decisions like these, so my way does not really matter anyway.