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9/9 point requirements are supposed to be extremely difficult for the top level players to get, but some of the 8 point requirements are now even unattainable for some of the best players.

Once the new update is complete, there won't be many 8/8 or 9/9 requirements to begin with.

Piano Concerto 1 'ANTI-ARES' (For Kirby) - 1 or fewer; this is one of the higher FMOs, and it still has an open AAA spot in the high score boards. This should be at LEAST a 7 point requirement.

Uh no? So basically you're saying that a BF on Piano Concerto should really be a 9/9 requirement...

Red Wings Over Baron - 8/8 - 2 or fewer; there's only two people who even have two or fewer on the song to begin with, and yet this is only an 8 point requirement? The song is nearly 8 minutes long.

No idea where you're getting this "2 or fewer" nonsense from. The 8/8 requirement for that is "3 or fewer" which is equivalent to a 10/10 requirement on the old system.

Winter Wind Etude - 8/8 - 2 or fewer; another song with only two people who meet the requirement, rank 3 gets you nowhere even close.

Again, not sure where you're getting the "2 or fewer" thing again. The top requirement for that is "5 or fewer" for 8/8 which again is equivalent to a 10/10 requirement on the old system

This update is going to knock those who were barely in tier 0 out of it when they rightfully deserve it. Not to mention the fact that, for lower level players, striving to get tier points is something that they want to do, and getting any sort of respectable amount is appearing to be (based off of just a few songs) ridiculously difficult.

This is true however Tier 0 is meant to be extremely difficult to reach. Also, keep in mind that 17 VC files were replaced with 7 new FMO songs and 10 new FGO files which is why Tier 0 will be set a bit stricter since each one of those files will have more points you can earn.

Why do tiers have to be entirely based off of just higher level players when there's a ton of active players on the site right now who will struggle just to get a single point? If this is a tiered rating system, why not make broader tiers with more songs so that people can accurately be measured?

Why you arguing this now? Tier points have always been based off the "Top players" (Hence the thread title)