Originally Posted by
irishguy28
In my numerical example (Platinum/175XP) there may be people who would prefer to be given "Silver" and a rollover of (175-100 = 75XP) but that's not what happens; the softlanding mechanism intervenes, giving you Gold and 0XP. (But having Silver would mean you would need to earn 100 + 180 XP in a row to get back to Gold, so it is better than starting with a rollover and lower status)
You probably mean that being Silver you would need 180 (- 75) + 300 XP for Platinum, or conversely 100 + 180 from Explorer to Gold sans soft landing. Under no circumstances does a SIlver need to earn more than 180XP within a year to reach Gold.
Originally Posted by
irishguy28
You also raised the possibilty of dropping from Platinum to Gold, and starting the new membership year with your 200XP balance intact. THIS IS A COMPLETE IMPOSSIBILITY! It is simply impossible, under any circumstances other than having a balance of 0, to start a new membership year with the exact same XP balance with which you finished the previous membership year.
Technically not confirmed yet, so I wouldn't say it's a complete impossibility, although it's basically 100% likely that it will be like this.