Originally Posted by
sehgalanuj
Once you reach a particular tier, the XP for that tier are deducted and you get 12 months to either retain, or upgrade to the new tier.
If you don't make 180 XP to retain gold, you will soft land to Silver for an additional 12 months.
I've been Gold for two years but I'm not sure I understand the "soft landing" thing. Does that mean that, even if I do not hit 100 XP's in the next qualifying period, I will downgrade to Silver? Otherwise, there is nothing such as a soft landing: you abruptly go back to Explorer, no?