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the way i see it as working (or how it should work) is roughly as follows:
Experimental:
New lists. this is where new special rules and some more extreme units should be found. at this stage, the list developer should be performing numerous small edits as needed, and playtesting rigerously in order to reach the stability of developmental if they intend for the list to reach that level. if not, they should be upfront that the list is intended to be experimental. beyond that, this category is the "do anything you want" category, and as such, should have no real restrictions at all.
Developmental:
Lists under Development. Developmental lists should be relatively stable, they should have most of their special rules and units pretty much sorted out. the list should be balanced enough that friendly games and more permissive tournaments wouldnt have any trouble including them. they can have units that are under testing, but most of the list should be 'about right'
being this is the majority of lists on taccoms, units within should be open to change and addition or subtraction quite easily. any massive change, would naturally bump the list back into experimental.
in order to be classed as developmental. the list developer and army champion should discuss the list, with consultation with the ERC member who oversees the area. the list should have been playtested numerous times by the list developer, though not necessarily by other groups and metagames as yet. the army champion should probably also have "given it a go" in order to have an idea as to how the list works in practice. that being said, it should be fairly easy to get from experimental to developmental. developmental is where the finetuning and balancing of a list takes place
Approved:
these are the stable, widely accepted and balanced lists. it should have been playtested thoroughly by the list developer, and playtested, with the intent to find exploits and judge playability, by others aswell. preferably from different meta-game groupings. the Army Champion should have playtested the list, as probably should the ERC member who oversees the list.
approved lists can be changed, points adjusted, and units added or removed, by the list developer, but these should be fairly limited, and should undergo a "trial period" before becoming officially approved as well. any large changes made to a list should drop it down from Approved status back to Developmental. the entire ERC, in consultation with the Army Champion and List Developer, should decide if a list is approved. if not, they should provide guidance as to what would need to be done in order to do so.
essentially, experimental for broad strokes, developmental for detailing, approved for tuning and minor adjustments
perhaps there should be a second stage within developmental, but i figure the various people will be able to judge on a case by case basis how to deal with the various levels of "development" that take place within developmental.
as examples of lists within the areas:
i would consider my rusalka hive fleet list to be experimental, ditto with the tanith (although, despite being entirely untested at this point, i'd consider them further along towards developmental than the nids one)
developmental would include my bloody hand list (there are a few units that will undergoe some changes, but i dont imagine any would push it back into experimental, its been playtested quite a bit and most everything works as it should)
in the upper reaches of developmental (at the point where approval should be able to be considered) would be things like the AMTL list
approved lists would be things like the marine and ork lists. they've been around for years and are pretty stable, but can still undergoe tweaking as dobbsy has been doing. (it may be that these changes are enough to drop it into the upper reaches of developmental too)
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