[quote=Schradinger]
Now that I've been here a bit and seen what most high-tier characters are capable of, I'm starting to doubt that Arty's armor actually puts him in that same class. Anyone want to weigh in on whether his armor could be reconsidered for high-level intermediate (similar to clockwork man)? The fact that General Freedom is also Intermediate REALLY makes me wonder...
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I've always felt he was more intermediate, though looking at him again, I'd say on the old tier system he would have been around tier 6. So more or less one level away from high. 

The tier system though was never perfect, and now that they have combined into three levels, are even more unbalanced overall.