Hey, so after taking a long hard look on the strength and speed levels of each tier, we came up with the following system to keep track of it.
Each tier has the following;
Strength; 1-10
Speed; 1-10
Characters balance their physical abilities accordingly at a 1:1 ratio. Additional magical powers/abilities limits how high they can go, but there´s no separate "Ability" Scale. Basically, if Bob the fighter wants 8 strength, he can only have 2 speed. Or 6 speed and 4 strength, and so on. This scales in the sense that the top of each tier is the lowest of the next. Intermediate speed goes up to Mach 1, while high tier goes from Mach 1 to Mach 10. Intermediate strength goes up to 10 tons, while high tier goes from 10 to 100. I forgot what the low tier limits were, but the same system applies.
How does that sound? It makes the job of us reviewers hell of a lot easier, both in knowing the exact limit of characters, and keeping characters balanced according to one another. It´s more of a polish than an actual -change-