Avatar Conquest/Unlock/Progression system - thoughts?

[Nigel]

Well, first off I believe that the Classical mode is certianly the main way to go for competitions, as only this offers a level starting point.


Interesting thought to also consider Avatar mode for competitions.
I like what Dionysus said :

If you don't want to work on your avatar's rank, then you will be at a disadvantage in an avatar tourney. If you join an avatar tourney with less than optimal avatar rank (i.e. rank 10), then you can expect to have a disadvantage against higher ranked avatars.

As long as that is made clear to prospective tourney-goers, I think its fine to have an avatar tourney.

There is also something to be said for the glory of knocking a higher ranked avatar off their perch. If I'm rank 6 and I beat you at rank 8, then there is more glory for me.

With that, all your work for building up your avatar kind of becomes part of the tournament.


Or you can look at it like this :
There are some Martial Arts tournaments which have weight categories and you can become either the light weight, middle weight or heavy weight champion. Then there is also the All Category class, where weights are not taken into consideration and this category is open to everyone who wants to take part. Of course the "big boys" have a significant advantage due to their body mass and hight (longer arms and legs) but you also get some "small guys" taking part and going up against the big boys using skill, speed and cunning. And if they win a match it is even more spectacular and their honour and glory is immense.

Just as long as it is clear to everyone beforhand, that this category is not "fair", it should be all right and you should not get those complaints that you are worried about. I am looking forward to see how it all pans out.