>>66424333If anything it might actually revive the horse race somewhat, remember there are plenty of wins not by first army. There's been plenty of low-mid tier chubbas who got gold this year with a live, 50k+, but would not get it with for example a simple anniversary zatsudan.
Not a full list but here are some examples, Mel, Aki, Polka, Nene, Botan, Noel.
If anything they would need to have some form of collab instead that also includes one of the big hitters to have a chance similar performance as a live gives them by default.