Single post in Arceus Rank Frustrations

EDIT2: Alright, since this has come up: this is not about making getting Arceus Rank easier. Please read the post all the way through. I know it's long, but there's been multiple comments now that have missed the point of this. It's fine if you disagree, but at least read it through. Please. Oh Arceus Rank. The status symbol of wonders, considering what it means. And it's darn difficult to get, as it should be. My problem with it? It's also nearly impossible to keep, especially if you want to use it's benefit: Boosted Melan chances on long chains. The thing that makes it nearly impossible to keep is tournaments. There's nothing wrong with tournaments themselves, heavens no, but the problem is that for the first four weeks of the tournament, new exclusive Pokemon are released as prizes. If you're not in the top 100, you have to spend 12 tokens of the current season to be able to unlock it, and the max you can get is 5 from any one week. Then there's the matter of your shiny chain, and having to use Egg Passes, which cost ZC to buy, in order to keep your chain. My problem with this is that it feels borderline impossible to actually keep Arceus rank and actually use it without spending a ton of money. If you don't place in the top 100, which can be difficult in and of itself while shiny hunting (Though the changes will hopefully help with that), you're going to be spending millions to get enough tokens, not to mention having to constantly buy Egg Passes. Even if by some miracle you manage to place in the top 100 for the first four weeks, THEN start your shiny hunt once you have rank, it's still not much time before the new season starts. You have about 2 months to hunt with your slightly boosted chance on long chains, and after that, you either have to spend a ton of time/money to keep that rank, or continue your hunt and lose your rank and bonus. When I first got my Arceus rank, I was so happy. I'd been working my butt off, searching for all the eggs I could find (Unknown, I love your concept, but I hate you so much because dex completion) and dex trading for other thing. I finally, finally got it though. I had it for three hours. Then the tournament ended. I don't think I've ever felt more crushed than in that moment. It was also incredibly, incredibly frustrating, because it felt like no matter what I did form that moment, there was absolutely no point in getting Arceus Rank. After all, I'd never have it long enough for it to matter, right? And I'm not the only one that's been frustrated with this, I know. At the time of making this post, I'm literally 2 dex entries away from Arceus rank again, but I can't even be excited about that because I know as soon as the current tournament ends, I'll be right back where I was before. I've got a few potential solutions for this: 1) Make there be a certain threshold before you lose your Arceus Rank. Maybe you have several weeks to get the missing Dexes, or perhaps you lose Arceus once you're missing 5 Eggdex and 20 Pokedex entries. 2) Have Exclusives not count for rank until they're breedable. To me, this feels like the most optimal solution in terms of gameplay, as it would give players more time/ways to get those egg/dex entries and more flexibility overall. The main problem with this one, though, is I have no idea what the logistics of implimenting this would be like. 3) Have the "boosted Melan chances on long chains" effect be permanent on the Account. A large part of Arceus rank is the prestiege with it, and I don't think having the rank itself be permanent is a good thing, but I feel like it's not something you should have to earn over and over every time a new Pokemon comes out to keep the effect. I highly doubt you can repeatedly get the other ranks' rewards by falling under the threshold and earning it again, so why should Arceus rank be the same? Granted, I'm not sure about that, but considering there is literally an item that resets your Dex completion, I wouldn't think they'd allow that to be exploited. I know the big issue with this one would be potentially harming the game's economy in terms of having permanently boosted melan chances, but in that sort of case, I would say the solution there is to lower the boost so that it (hopefully, at least) balances out. 4) Make the reward for Arceus Rank something else. Having that boosted Melan chance is nice, but it's the most frustrating thing about trying to keep Arceus Rank. If your response to my suggestion is "Well the effect of the boost isn't high enough to actually worry about, just don't bother with Arceus rank" ... then perhaps this would be the best option. If it's not something enough to actually matter as a reward, then it shouldn't be there, especially since Melans are so hard to get and any help with getting them is highly valued. Thank you for your time, I hope I managed to not come off like a raging jerk in this, I'm just so immensely frustrated with this right now. Melanistics are hard enough to get without having to constantly worry about your rank to keep the boost, and in the end it just feels completely pointless to even try, which is probably pretty bad in a game that isn't centered around beating you down, like say, Dark Souls. EDIT: I feel like I should make this clearer, due to some comments that have come up: This is not about making Arceus easier. GETTING Arceus should not be easy, and neither should keeping it, but as things are right now, keeping it is borderline impossible unless you constantly play or spend a lot of money. As someone who DOES play a lot but also has a job, I've found I'm simply unable to actually keep up Arceus rank at all, which is frustrating, because you immediately lose the benifet of it, never having enough time to actually use it.