Why must we put villagers in these "popularity" tiers?

[Dry-ice-bat]

Totally getting off topic...sorry~
Smogon isn't an official thing, so you don't have to go by it if you wanted to. You could just do the official tier: VGC, which was made by gamefreak and allows mostly any pokemon. The only reason smogon is a thing is to keep certain pokemon in their tiers where they belong and make the game fair. Would it be right to face a kyogre against a ledian because there are no official rules? I agree Smogon can sometimes be idiots, but they take votes usually from people who are skilled and would make a good decision to move a certain pokemon or not.

However, this is NOT Smogon. The villager tier list is completely out of whack. Villagers like Kid Cat are tier one, while others like Poppy are really low. I don't ever see the villager tier list going by vote, but instead observation, which isn't really the best way.

( sorry if i dident quite get my point across )
i meant how i used "lower teir" pokemon , and got ridiculed (by smogon users, i played vgc )for it ex. dunsparce.
i also agree about the teir list for acnl too, its garbage.
i hate how "this villager is worth 20M but this one is worthless"
everyone is worth somthing, or just make everyone free! why even make people pay money for villagers?

 

[Romaki]

Even without an official tier system, people would still only want to have certain villagers.
There just is one to write down how wanted the villagers are, to give a fair overlook for trading.

 

[tae]

I hate how Pecan is hated for being ugly.

pecan is adorable, it's hazel who needs some work done.

 

[emolga]

Right? I love Daisy, but no one seems to like her, except for me.

 

[tae]

Right? I love Daisy, but no one seems to like her, except for me.

daisy is in my town! she's so freaking cute i love her to pieces. she's so pastel and soft. and really just a big sweetheart.

 

[emolga]

daisy is in my town! she's so freaking cute i love her to pieces. she's so pastel and soft. and really just a big sweetheart.

I don't have her in my town, but I really want her. She's just so cute.

 

[tae]

I don't have her in my town, but I really want her. She's just so cute.

if i ever get her in ym cycling town she's all yours. :') <3

 

[emolga]

if i ever get her in ym cycling town she's all yours. :') <3

Thank you so much!!

 

[Belle of Pripyat]

Ranking villagers has always confused me. I like who I like because of my tastes. I like some who are popular and a lot who aren't. I never know what tier someone is in.

 

[Utsukishi]

tbh I kind of agree with the tiers but also disagree with them.

I get that they exist due to a majority of people liking certain characters more than others (E.g. I really like Marshal and Ankha) but I also think it's ridiculous how people treat low tier villagers. voided just because they are the bottom tier? I find that ridiculous since my town mostly consisted of low tiers and I loved my town. I did find dreamies when I found the whole list of villagers but I still like a lot of low tier villagers and hate top tier villagers.

 

[Blueskyy]

I personally like a lot of the popular ones, but some I have that are popular I'm finding I'm not that interested in because I'm not talking to much. It may be time for some swapping.

 

[glow]

tier lists exist because otherwise it would be quite hard to price villagers. especially when it comes to trading them- otherwise people wouldn't understand why asking to trade Rocket for Marshal isn't fair.

nothing against lower tiers at all- I love a lot of them and don't think they are actually "worth less" than other villagers. but there's a reason I wouldn't be charging the same for tier 1 as tier 5: supply & demand.

that being said, the tier list only really is useful if it's updated frequently (once a couple months at least) so yeaaah. oh and also, they are useful for people that have just started the game and don't know what villagers exist.

 

[freqrexy]

All I know about the tier list is that there's a lot of general tastes going on for what people like. In fact, it makes me feel so sad that Kangaroos are really, really unloved around the AC community even though they look more unique than most of the villager species out there. ;_;

But yeah, it's there because more people like certain characters than others. It shouldn't change what we grow to like at the end of the day. Obviously, I'd feel for the Tier 5s because they barely EVER get given a chance. And considering that's a good 75% of the tier list, it seems to hurt town diversity a lot

 

[Minerva]

The tier list is used mainly to price villagers for cycling, but I don't like how the low tier villagers are ignored and most of the time auto-voided.

 

[SugardewVillage]

I'm ok with it, my only problem is most of the villagers I want are high priced because there in like tier 1 and 2, but 1 of my dreamies are really low down.

 

[Buttonsy]

I think the popularity tiers are there as more of a pricing guide than a tier of which is better, but I do think that people need to stop being so elite about having certain villagers. I've got tier 1 villager and tier 5 villagers and I love them all the same.

 

[Name]

Well, most people prefer Lolly the cute little cat to Rizzo, the weird rat with a purple thing on his head. It's just so people understand which villagers are more popular. The tiers aren't even a strict rule, they're just a guideline. Some people might prefer Rizzo to Lolly.

 

[Aleigh]

I agree. Some people can almost start to feel "judged" if they like lower tiers or have a lot of lower tiers in their town. After awhile, some may even start to feel obligated to have higher tiers. Sometimes I wonder if people have higher tiers only because they want to feel "cool" when they might not even like them. I wanted Apollo for the longest time when he was in higher tiers, but when I actually got him in my town I realized I didn't like him at all - it's a coincidence that when I started wanting him to move he went down in tiers, almost like I make the calls. Some of my favorites are in the lowest tier (cough cough PIERCE), and I find that hard to believe. But whatever, I love all my villagers the same, high tier or low tier.

 

[RedTropicalPeachyFish]

'Cause this is Slave Market.
Actually it made me laugh when my most trusting person said that. Oh I miss him </3

 

[AccfSally]

This tier thing is bad any way, while it's good for those who are trying to sell the villagers. The wrong people will show up and think they must have those popular villagers or freak out because they have 'tier 5' villagers in their town.
Also it makes it harder to find those 'low tiers' because they get auto void in a heartbeat.