The results of our first survey are here!
We received 32 responses, and I'd like to thank everyone who responded.
We received 32 responses, and I'd like to thank everyone who responded.
First off, enjoyment:
Averaging 4.125 on a scale of 5, most people enjoy this tier quite a lot, which is excellent to see! Not much to say here, I'm glad this is the case as we have put a lot of work into it.
Regarding balance, it scored a bit worse at 3.78. For a new format that's only a few months old, not bad. There was a decent correlation between people who voted lower on the scale and people who believed Darkrai is an issue. Which brings us to...
The significant majority of people who had an opinion on Darkrai believed it should be voted on or is straight up broken.
The overwhelming majority of responses wished for us to take action on Dark Void over Darkrai.
The council has indeed taken action, as we also believed it to be an issue, and the result is... a Dark Void ban!
While not being the most reliable, it was restrictive on building & the game state, and was uncompetitive and unhealthy for the metagame.
Dark Void is basically impossible to switch in to reliably, and even sleep checks such as Tapu Fini's Misty Terrain aren't the most reliable as the presence of many terrain setters can make it difficult to maintain terrain control.
big pichu | smudgerox | eragon11145 | qsns | Spurrific | YoBuddy | zee | |
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Dark Void | ban | ban | ban | ban | ban | ban | ~ |
It was by far the most contentious issue on this survey.
None of the following responses were enough to make us take action, but here are the results. For the time being we plan to monitor public opinion and the way the meta shapes up during the Doubles Derby, as the meta needs more time for development.
We may consider suspect tests at a later date, and only after the conclusion of the aforementioned Doubles Derby, but we are not planning any currently.
If you've read this far, thank you! I also have some exciting news that was shared on the Discord, but not here.
Our ladder reached an incredible 38,283 games last month! Thank you again to everyone who's been playing the tier, I never expected this level of engagement.
Here are the usage stats for each ELO bracket:
The most interesting ones are probably Unweighted and 1760.
Unweighted
1500
1630
1760