AQ Blackout period. Still needed!?
With season 4 and reshuffling of the old tier systems, i must say you guys did a really good job. The rewards are nice, and no more alliances hopping.
But, now that we have this system, the blackout system isn't needed any more. If it must be there, at least the duration is too long for the expert tier.
Sometimes, real life comes up and you have to leave your alliance for a couple days or a week, or maybe you've overgrown and want to join a new alliance, you get a 10-day blackout period for AQ rank rewards which is unfair. Putting in all that effort, doing map 6s, and then getting nothing in the end.
If you don't want to remove it, at least reduce the duration to 6 days like SA. That way if you join an alliance a couple days before start of AQ, you can qualify for the rewards.