Well, he listened to a bunch of input I had for the tier list so Iām good with how itās been going so far. Goch being A tier makes sense now that poison keeps getting nerfed and countered by shifts in the meta.
I make compromises all the time, like with Onyxia from our chat and others I discussed with the community. Isnāt that exactly what would happen in a group discussion?
100% not. Firstly, a large number of the monsters Iām able to place and not have any discussion with people about at all. Iāll read every post on the forum made about them by others, sometimes Discord discussion too, to help inform me. Secondly, Iām able to choose exactly how much and when I put time into discussions with people about each monster, which Iād lose control over if I needed to do discussions with specific people. Thirdly, youād think āwith extra people then I could avoid being involved in some of the monstersā but actually thatās only true for some monsters and would be offset enormously with lengthy discussions about analysing new monsters and where exactly they should be placed.
Ultimately, I can be a much more efficient machine by myself than I would be in a small group because what takes time more than anything else is the discussions about monsters, not the figuring things out and placing them. More people involved = more discussion needed, particularly for the monsters which are hard to place or where compromises are needed.
I agree you keep improving on taking feedback into account and needless to say you do a great job overall but it took literally 100 years, two world wars and one pandemic to make you drop Onyxia and itās still 5 Tiers too high
One thing I have been wondering and itās just a thought: If you want to keep it that way (which ist completely legit) wouldnāt it be better to rename the whole thing into āKDs Neo Monster Tier Listā or āKDs Opinion on Monstersā. I think The most heat in here (and do not exclude myself here) comes from the fact that this is the place where the worth of your monsters is rated and it somehow has an official character. I mean you still can have your own opinion but itās always a bummer when a monster gets rated low that you think highly of. And if you take a look at the reactions itās mostly people being upset either about their favorites getting a low rating or a monster getting a high/low rating despite most of the community thinking it shouldnāt be that high/low (onyx, Harley, Boutan). In those cases it can be frustrating that you alone can choose to ignore all of the concerns of the community and decide alone about a ranking. You should be free to do so but then this thing shouldnāt be called the Neo Monsters Tier List because if itās the official Neo monsters tier list all players should be equal and the opinion of one person shouldnāt be worth more than the opinion of everybody else. So in my opinion it would be appropriate to make it more clear that this is your take on the monsters. I mean your guides all are named āKDs example guideā so we could just give it A little twist and then for me it would be totally fine that youāre not taking anyone in on this.
Jokes aside, I pointed out how something like a year ago when Onyxia got buffed you said it was fine in the position it was in.
Honestly, thatās how it feels a lot but itās just a small number of monsters that are out of place and whether it was done by a community, a small group or an individual thereād always be that happening. Making statements like āmost of the community thinking it shouldnāt be that high/lowā is way too sweeping. I get that in friendship groups it can start feeling like that, but if you go to discord or chat with people not in the forum community then they can come out with very different perspectives.
I keep this guide called the generic tier list because itās the one that exists here, even before my time. The discord have their own tier list which they call the discord tier list and they have this as the āforum tier listā. I donāt actually want to stamp my name on it because I want it to be something thatās not a personal piece, unlike my guides. Iām just the one who maintains it and I took it on because nobody else wanted to at the time.
That should be my choice, please donāt edit it without discussing it with me.
See I disagree. Sherlocks point of it coming across as official stands. As youāre not a developer, itās not an official list. Itās your list. And you work hard on it and should take the credit so it should be titled Killerdogs list. You do a good job!
Technically, several others could make a list called Neo Monsters Tier list each with a similar title and it would be carnage!
I think the title helps people understand more. I wouldnāt even suggest it needs other peopleās input then either because itās clear where itās coming from.
But if you say you donāt want lengthy discussions with anybody else and that your best at working aloneā¦then itās a personal piece?
Tbh the only other way I see is that you give the community a way to overrule you. Like any member can call for a vote on a certain monster. If the posts gets 10 or 15 likes you have to do a vote on the monster determining the Tier. You have to follow the result of the vote. There can only be 1 vote for a monster in 6 months.
I didnāt realise moving Goch, Harleking and not moving Onyxia enough would result in such significant reactions from you guys.
I donāt know what I can say to let you guys see where Iām coming from. There is a HUGE time commitment to this and I do my best to make it soak up community opinion without making it a ridiculous ordeal for me. Adding more people would increase the time, sorry but itās the official forum tier list and the name also helps with google searches.
Monster analysis is also written by me. Itās something I do ask for a little input when I want some, but thatās far more of a personal piece than this but itās not got my name stamped on it. I simply donāt think itās necessary to do. Iām not looking for extra credit or anything, just trying to share good info with the community.