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Streamlining the CAP Process - Stats
In the last CAP we had a couple of process delays because our policy was unclear. Specifically, we had a delay on the stat submissions thread because while we considered the stat bias discussion stage dispensable, we didn’t have an official policy on how to proceed with stat limits within the Stat Submissions thread.
As such, we would like feedback on whether we should re-implement the stat bias discussion, or whether we should change the flow of the Stat Submissions discussion so that we settle limits early on in the thread, and then open it up to full stat submissions.
The reason Stat Limits was suspended is that the Stat Bias thread received almost universal dislike as an unnecessary stage, and all too commonly it had the exact same structure, as stat limits do impose a realistically definable upper bound for HP / Defenses in Tankiness and Atk/SpA/Spe in Sweepiness. In the absense of that process though, the stat limits seemed to be imposed through less transparent methods and there were questions as to why those ratings were chosen and if they were too limiting.
The end goal is to have an efficient process that allows for intelligent limits for the stats stage of the process which allow multiple takes on which priorities are more important for that CAP. We don’t want ranges so broad that there is no direction, nor do we want ranges so narrow that every spread is basically identical outside speed tier and specific stat numbers.
We also want to discuss general streamlining of the process, and if there was any point at which PRC members thought the process dragged unnecessarily during CAP 23.
In the last CAP we had a couple of process delays because our policy was unclear. Specifically, we had a delay on the stat submissions thread because while we considered the stat bias discussion stage dispensable, we didn’t have an official policy on how to proceed with stat limits within the Stat Submissions thread.
As such, we would like feedback on whether we should re-implement the stat bias discussion, or whether we should change the flow of the Stat Submissions discussion so that we settle limits early on in the thread, and then open it up to full stat submissions.
The reason Stat Limits was suspended is that the Stat Bias thread received almost universal dislike as an unnecessary stage, and all too commonly it had the exact same structure, as stat limits do impose a realistically definable upper bound for HP / Defenses in Tankiness and Atk/SpA/Spe in Sweepiness. In the absense of that process though, the stat limits seemed to be imposed through less transparent methods and there were questions as to why those ratings were chosen and if they were too limiting.
The end goal is to have an efficient process that allows for intelligent limits for the stats stage of the process which allow multiple takes on which priorities are more important for that CAP. We don’t want ranges so broad that there is no direction, nor do we want ranges so narrow that every spread is basically identical outside speed tier and specific stat numbers.
We also want to discuss general streamlining of the process, and if there was any point at which PRC members thought the process dragged unnecessarily during CAP 23.