Character Tiers: Difference between revisions

* ''Super [[Street Fighter]] II Turbo''

** You can select the old ''Super [[Street Fighter]] II'' versions of the characters by quickly inputting a code after selecting them. Old Sagat is considered top tier, and is "soft-banned" in some tournaments (meaning that there is a tacit agreement not to use him, but he can be used anyway), not because he is so overpowering (Balrog and Dhalsim are better characters overall), but because the players agree that the inclusion of Old Sagat makes the game less interesting as a whole.

* [http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5529/dissidiatierlistbo9.jpg This] [[Dissidia Final Fantasy]] picture parodies the character tier system. In terms of tiers proper in Dissidia, it's [[Flame War|a subject of great debate]] (Yes, ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' fandom is arguing again. [[Broken Base|Shocking, we know]]). There is some consensus about who is generally better, but actual tier placements are far from universally accepted.

* [[Soul Calibur]] 4 tiers generally class Hilde as god tier due to her "Doom Combo" that can ring out from pretty much anywhere. Other generally good characters to use include Sophitia and Kilik, whereas Rock in particular is awful.

* [[Final Fantasy VI]] is a complicated case, best illustrated through example. Cyan is normally low-tier, since his most powerful attack takes an inconveniently long time to charge. Teach him the (quite hard-to-learn) Quick spell, and the charge time will cease to be relevant, but Quick is tied for highest MP cost, so he'll primarily be a boss-killer. Give him an Economizer (an artifact that [[Randomly Drops]] from one of the most dangerous monsters in the game), and he'll be able to cast Quick for 1 MP, allowing him to reliably do 16k damage per turn in a game where the normal cap is 9999. Or you could ignore all that, and just abuse an exploit that allows him to attack endlessly until every foe onscreen is dead. Depending on how many exploits you're willing to use, and how much time you're willing to put in, this could make him low-tier, high-tier, or god-tier--and every character except [[The Berserker|Umaro]] and ''maybe'' [[Master of None|Gogo]] has at least one trick or exploit like this.

* The ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' games, in which both mecha and individual pilots are ranked.

** The Mazingers in Alpha Gaiden is a unique case.

*** First, Mazinger Z, a decent unit in and of itself. It's extremely cheap in term of energy consumption, doesn't need morale (in contrast to other super robots), accompanied by relatively strong weapon with good range coverage that gets a slight power up later in the game, and Mazinpower to increase attack power by 20%. It's fairly sturdy to boot.

** 3.5e successor [[Pathfinder]] strives to make all characters much more balanced. All classes received upgrades, but low tier 3.5 classes received more extensive rewrites while powerful 3.5 classes only received minor enhancements to make them more fun to play. A good example is that the Wizard, a top tier character, received new abilities which are hardly worth a mention and had many metamagic feats nerfed, while the Paladin, a tier 5, had its trademark Smite Evil and Lay on Hands abilities boosted to undreamed of levels. The overall effect is to make the more worthless classes more enjoyable to play, though competent casters can still break the universe in half.

** D&D Minis had informal tiers based on the perceived usefulness of a particular miniature. Unlike the RPG, spellcasters were rarely in the top tier due to [[Squishy Wizard]] Syndrome, among other things. Also, very few of the most powerful monsters from the RPG were top tier as minis, due to poor playtesting by the Devs.

** It's a joke among the 40k fandom that you're not allowed to bitch that GWS hates/ignores your army... unless you play Dark Eldar (who have not gotten a codex update in ''twelve years'')<ref>This is no longer true</ref>. <s>[[Internet Backdraft|Or Squats.]]</s>

** You can still bitch about Necrons, though. It is a fact universally acknowledged that Necrons suck.