New New Year, New Rank

5 feats is a lot, even for someone w one feature to their name, let alone none. 5 feats would be better for VIP or something else in between VIP and EA. from a progression standpoint, if an average EA has 5+ feats and an average OA has 0 feats, you're leaving out people who have less than 5 feats but more than 0, and those in between people have invested much more time in their tracks/the game in general to warrant some sort of higher "rank" in the community than just OA.
honestly if you're looking for a good benchmark of an EA I'd say just give it to everyone w one or more features. benefits of this is that the requirements for a feature are high so not everyone can get one (and in having this added reward for getting a feature, maybe more people would try to make featured tracks instead of cruddy trending stuff?), and unlike OA, which you can get by asking for it or by being given it because your tracks are arbitrarily deemed "good enough", there would be a solid benchmark for when to give it out. you could also automate it to automatically trigger to appear on someone's profile when they get their first feature, meaning mods/admins wouldn't have to go out of their way to give EA out.
admittedly i'm a bit biased because i'd fall in this in-between range, but i think setting the benchmark at 1 feat would be solid. this should be a mark of progression that feels accessible to people that try when making tracks, not something thats given out as a reward imo. it doesn't feel the same as vip.

e; you have to keep in mind that this will appear on the main site, which is filled w many people who will never put more than a few minutes into the game. when they see someone w EA, there needs to be something concrete there for them to understand why that person has EA as opposed to OA. someone having a feature would be a good way to do that