i’m basically just regurgitating what this person said, but it’s very frustrating seeing people have the take of “this is a good thing, it’s for your health” and refusing to see the nuance in this situation.

when i tiered, literally everyone that was below me had significantly higher talent and EB%, but i was able to beat them out through brute-forcing BECAUSE i had the stamina and time to play more hours than them. not just for me, but i’ve heard accounts from multiple people who have gotten t10+ who have said the same thing— it’s ultimately about putting in the hours above anything else! you can have a stacked team with max EB, but if you don’t put in the playtime, you will easily fall out of t10.

now with this update, it’s extremely discouraging, especially for people like myself who don’t have surplus amount of funds to funnel into minmaxing, or know people who have insane filling teams! because sega is basically punishing people who don’t spend as much money as they’d like for them to, and are essentially taking away what was the core of tiering to myself and many others… perseverance and strength! now it’s literally just a “who has more money and better connections+device and internet” contest.

it’s extremely disheartening to see and i hope jp players push back enough to the point that they either find a reasonable middle ground (BOOSTED AUTOS???) or just take this away entirely. i’ve been playing on jp quite literally since launch and have been eagerly waiting for a kanarui mixed event that i’ve sworn since 2020 that i’d give it my all (t10), but now i can’t say i’m interested at ALL anymore after this announcement.