Most communities have to wait ~a year of playing a game to really get a passable tier list.
This thread was created because before the game released people were asking about Tier lists, and it was created to help stop other people from just posting "HERES MAI TEER LIST OF THA W33K" type threads.
Well, though it may seem noble, new people take this as an good and updated list.
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The final draft of the DoA5 tiers came about 1 month before DoA5U. In other words it took close to 11 months to "complete it". If we start 11 months from now there is a good chance we'll never complete it, and that the tier list will be totally uninteresting for the people that need it the most; the new guys.
The veterans know how things are, they have played it enough to disregard or ignore any tier list, and can almost instantly get good ideas for how things change based on patch notes. You've had several in this community "not accepting" the current tier list, which underlines the point all together. There are "pros" who disagree completly, we just have to accept that this is how the world is. There is no universally perfect tier list, the tier list is based on the "deep tier/knowledgeable players" collective mindset. If they/we are not willing to discuss those disagreements now, as at present it would be a very innocent thing to do, then I can promise you those same people would not participate in 1 year from now. In 1 year from now they've had so much experience with the game that being wrong would be dishonoring/embarasing, and they'll either remain rock solid in their views or not enter a discussion to begin with.
On that note it is realistic to believe we will lose some of the knowledge map in about 1 year. This means we will lose many individuals for discussion, and any vote given at that point would probably be final, regardless of quality. Then the tier list will be of poor quality, poorly fundamented, and probably less reflected of the collective view of the community where more will reject it.
But since I am the one getting the adamant brand, I'll leave it at that, as the arguments are starting to get repetitive. There may be elements involved based on previous experiences that I am unaware of, or other elements I fail to see, and if the conservative rule has made a unison descission on the matter, then I will respect this.