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

[SilkSpectre]

It's more like what villagers are demanded more. Nothing wrong with those T4s and 5s. They're just rare hah meanwhile I spent an entire day trying to sell King Marshal.

 

[Romaki]

The tiers are based on demand. You'll always find someone looking for a T1 villager, and there will always be a lot of competition for them. That doesn't mean that people don't like T5 ones, just that others have a higher demand.

 

[Mink777]

My point exactly. It is pretty ironic that you get like 10 Diana's in the looking for thread but you get like 0 looking for's for the the snooties in tier 5. If you are new, I don't think you should be able to view the popularity thread until you reach 100 posts, because a common newbie would do this. Say you really wanted Bones, but you see he is a tier 5 and you get Beau(tier 1) instead because Bones isn't good enough for your town. That needs to stop.

 

[Wolfy98]

I don't really care about tiers, yes most the villagers that I like are in the top two tiers but thats from my experience with them, I really like Twiggy and I hate the fact she's in tier five, I loved her in WW, shes a super sweet and fun villager ;.;

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

I just find the list helpful for when I'm selling or buying a villager. I think a lot of my villagers are in the higher tiers but I didn't get them because of what tier they're in. It really doesn't bother me as long as I like the villager. It's not really about personal opinion, it's done by looking at which villagers are selling well/not so well and what prices they're going for. Of course it can't be done just by your own preference as everybody likes different things.
The trading plaza just wouldn't work without it. People wouldn't know what to charge or how much is a fair price

 

[N a t]

The tiers are a love and hate kind of thing. I love seeing any of my favorite characters become popular, cuz I like them. When the ones I dislike become less popular, I find it funny. But I really only see the tier system being good for one thing. Marketing. It doesn't really mean anything imo.

 

[Tiny Kitten]

The tiers I think are best just to used for sticker prices, I love all my villagers regardless of what there worth cause I PERSONALLY like them, but for those who don't like them or not want them they need an easy system to see how much demand is for them so they can get a fair price via demand.