I like the idea as a solution, but my only concern with that is that you can't really choose who you RP with - you're not allowed to keep people out of threads. We can say, "I hope no one would do that", but there's no actual recourse for if it does happen aside from call in mods, which runs the risk of turning people away from the whole thing for fear of being policed.

To rectify that, I'd recommend that the approval process for such a character also include the [i]intended use[/i] of the character - as in, it is assumed that such a physical god has very important god business to be attending to, and will mostly be involved in a certain sphere of things, or a certain area.

This is really more my personal beliefs than anything, but I think that powerful characters can and should exist for the [i]benefit[/i] of weaker characters, because overcoming an obstacle that's inferior to yourself doesn't do much for character growth. If a hypothetical Tier-5 character's Intended Use followed that philosophy, I think everyone would feel a bit safer.

 
tl;dr I'd prefer if people didn't make Tier-5s because they can and/or to screw around, but to create meaningful change for the benefit of everyone.

 
I [i]do[/i] think that the idea could breathe some life into the world. Tier-4 is high enough to create [i]conflict[/i] that characters can interact [i]with[/i], but it's not really high enough to create a [i]situation[/i] or a [i]circumstance[/i] that characters can interact [i]in[/i].

And it feels like that's what's missing to me. We have many areas and many threads, but no circumstance, no happening, because we're all waiting on someone with more power to put it there. That's my perception, at least.