NO POWER:
-No magic/powers/no superhuman feats/crazy weapons.
-everything is realistic (no ray-guns or Iron Man suits,Etc).

LOW-POWER:
-There are some powers but they are not over-the-top.
-Enemies who are not assisted by said powers should be able to have a fair match with those who do.
- Characters given powers should have a lengthy cool-down or preparation time to regain the spell/abilities they expended.

MEDIUM-POWER:
-Every Character should have at least Three abilities.
-A non powered/weaponized character should have a hard time fighting this character type.
-They can use there abilities more frequently but have a big drawback or some balancing device to make sure they are not crazy powerful.

HIGH/ULTRA POWER:
-Almost god-like terms of powers in power.
-No mortal should and will stand a chance in a fight
-Completely absurd amount of power in abilities/weapons
-The character that are almost god-like should be kill-able or else it isn't a fair fight(obviously.)

@Impaqt
If you're looking to start an argument, you've already lost. I thrive on confrontation and conflict, it's my favorite pass time. Especially at midnight.

How are out of tier characters handled?

Ex: My only complete character was classed at low tier to start, and I have started a fight with him. However, as I study his ability more and more, no alterations taken into account, I see he was a lot stronger than originally intended.

EDIT: Originally expected would be a better phrase.

@Impaqt
If you think that was salt, you'd hate arguing with me.

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Simply enough, practice. Most people will tell you if they think your character is too tough for their character at the same teir. After a few bouts, you will suddenly start getting a better idea. The Arena is ever-changing, and something considered silly and useless one day could be the debate of tomorrow. You just go with the flow, get a few argument points in to keep the Arena Gods happy, and you're good to go. Above all, don't take any of this ridiculously serious. It's meant to be fun, no matter how much these weirdos argue over petty stuff. Adapt, continuously grow and write, sacrifice your first born children, and just have fun. People way over-complicate things when they join the arena, typically, which is why it stays so small as far as people. When, truth be told, it's just as easy as jumping in the deep in and learning as you go. No one can REALLY tell you how you need to battle or what the tiers are and whatnot. It's all really just opinions and constantly subject to change.

I think some characters with magic or otherwise weaker supernatural abilities would still find it difficult to challenge someone without supernatural abilities and a gun. Likewise, someone with a rifle can definitely challenge a low powered character. The nature of abilities doesn't seem to really be an appropriate scale here.

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Simply enough, practice. Most people will tell you if they think your character is too tough for their character at the same teir. After a few bouts, you will suddenly start getting a better idea. The Arena is ever-changing, and something considered silly and useless one day could be the debate of tomorrow. You just go with the flow, get a few argument points in to keep the Arena Gods happy, and you're good to go. Above all, don't take any of this ridiculously serious. It's meant to be fun, no matter how much these weirdos argue over petty stuff. Adapt, continuously grow and write, sacrifice your first born children, and just have fun. People way over-complicate things when they join the arena, typically, which is why it stays so small as far as people. When, truth be told, it's just as easy as jumping in the deep in and learning as you go. No one can REALLY tell you how you need to battle or what the tiers are and whatnot. It's all really just opinions and constantly subject to change.

Oh god, the gun debate rears its ugly head.

We used to have a more specific and equally flawed tier system, now we have a very general one, my advice for learning tier is simply to look at the other characters posted and scale your character appropriately. Ultimately it doesn't matter what tier your character is labelled as, so long as they are a fair match-up for at least a few characters so you have someone to fight.

Only tournament hosts have to worry about establishing a really specific tier categorization, and good luck to them as I think it's probably the hardest thing to do in Arena.

@Rilla So let's say you'd have to build a difficulty level chart using the regulars here in the arena, who'd populate it and where'd they be?

Regulars would populate it, obviously. Hahaha.

Out of the ones I've fought on a somewhat regular basis or seen fight.

Tops would be

Skallagrim
Melon

Then

DJAtomika
Khan
Impaqt(based off characters)
Green
ImportantNobody
LeeRoy