So I thought I would try and collect some thoughts from people that can be graphed out.
S tier system
I deliberately re used the video games S tier system (That originated from Japanese Grade schools), that seems to now also be favoured by wargaming.
The full range of the S tier is S to F, so I used that.
Rather than go through each Unit and S tier each unit (but oddly not each unit size, despite them for most part being functionally different in a game), I went big and wanted peoples feel on what faction is "OP" or Crap using the S tier.
The full range of the S tier is S to F, so I used that.
75 people responded, which is not too bad a sample size, not quite the Family Fortunes but close enough.
With each and every faction being ranked from S to F.
To obtain the average scores for each faction, the Letters were converted to numbers.
- S = 0
- A = 1
- B = 2
- C = 3
- etc
This allowed for then a total for each to then be divided by the number of responses, giving an adverage score.
This average can then be worked back into the tier lettering.
- S = 0 to 0.99
- A = 1 to 1.99
- B = 2 to 2.99
- C = 3 to 3.99
- etc
So before we get the the average scores. lets look at the top and bottom scores voted by at least one person.
Top scores
This was quite odd with every faction being rated by at least one person as S tier.
What does this inform?
Well either people can be dicks or as only 6 out of the 27 factions had a single vote for S tier, the rest having multiple people voting that tier. Means that perhaps perception of performance is key rather than actual performance.
Bottom Scores
This gets a bit more diverse. with the lowest rank range from B to F, you can start to see the perceived strongest and weakest factions.
Thigh gap
With the lowest and highest rating now shown, what was the gap between them, how many steps from one to the other.Gap range of 6 steps between tiers
These are the wildest factions that are perceived as both great and crap, really disjointed in their ability in the community.- Forces of the Abyss
- Free Dwarfs
- Goblins
- Kingdoms of Men
- Orcs
- Ratkin Slaves
- Riftforged Orcs
- Salamanders
- Sylvan Kin
- The Herd
- The Order of the Brothermark
- The Order of the Green Lady
Gap range of 5 steps between tiers
Not quite as disjoined as the above, but still wildly different perceptions- Abyssal Dwarfs
- Forces of Nature
- Halflings
- League of Rhordia
- Northern Alliance
- Ratkin
- Trident Realm of Neritica
- Undead
- Varangur
Gap range of 4 steps between tiers
Perceptions starting to tighten up- Basilieans
- Dwarfs
- Empire of Dust
- Ogres
Gap range of 3 steps between tiers
Near perfect perception- Nightstalkers
Gap range of 2 steps between tiers
As close to bang on as you could get in perceptions
- Elves
Averages
All of this was to get the averages for each faction, and I think I have teased this out enough, so...
The S tier goes from S to F, so 7 different tiers.
The Averages consolidate that down to 4.
Together with the highest and lowest scoring, the gaps and now with the averages, this means that things are not as "sky is falling" as the shouters let on.
A few nuts to be tightened, but not the burn the world scenario.
There are a few in there that surprise me where they ended up, but again that my perception of them, my confirmational bias.
Hopefully this challenges your perceptions and confirmational biases.
