not here to make this look pretty bc this is kind of simple.

Basically, it would be a fifth genetics rarity category. I recommend calling it Exclusive, just to keep confusion from happening with any other label, but other names that could work are Distinctive, Applicator, Exceptional, or Limited. How would Exclusive be implemented? What would it do, and why do we need it? I'm so glad you asked!

The 'Special' genetics category is extremely bloated, with 54.7% of all bases in game being 'Special' bases. Of these Special bases, a whopping 61.8% of them are applicators, meaning 110 of our 178 Special bases are currently applicators. This means that telling users which bases are breed-only and which are applicable can get very confusing, as they share a genetics label that's extremely bloated.
That's where Exclusive comes in. Exclusive would be the Uncommon to Special's Rare, and made entirely of applicator bases. All future applicators would go into the Exclusive category, and all future BO bases would go into Special, including, but not limited to: Combo Bases and Raffle Bases. If Exclusive is implemented, no base would have its actual color group, shade, or gradient label changed, it would just be moved to Exclusive.

In addition, Exclusive would keep the exact same pass rates as Special, since I mentioned earlier it would be exactly like the divide between Uncommon and Rare, which have the same pass rates, just different labels due to Uncommons being applicable and Rares being breed-only. This means the game will have no mechanical changes if Exclusive is added, it would just change the name of the rarity label.

The reason I think this is needed is exactly as I said earlier, the Special category is bloated and confusing for new players. Since a majority of bases in game are 'special' it means that there really is nothing special about these bases, other than their low pass rates. Separating it would make it more clear which bases are applicable vs breed-only, and would also make it easier for new players to understand the genetics system. The new rarities would be as follows:
- Common
- Uncommon
- Rare
- Special
- Exclusive

Before ending this thread, here's a quick little tl;dr:
PASS RATES WILL NOT CHANGE, Exclusive is the same as Uncommon is to Rare, where they have the exact same pass rates and just vary on a label. Exclusive would be made only to make the Special category look less bloated, and all apps would be moved to it.

Let me know what you guys think! If you no support, feel free to let me know why. Thank you for reading!

Also, because I like it, the icon for the wiki would be a gold/yellow 'E'

EDIT 10/20: I actually want to keep BO bases special, so a new name for this tier was included, Applicator. I would prefer Applicator to be the name of the tier, honestly, but I'm sick and don't feel like going through the whole thing to change it. But Applicator would be the preferred name.