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Read... They sell the old players for about the same amount as the ones they bought. Buy good players for 500k ... sell the old ones for 500k.

Let me again point out that these players are, by and large, really not that good.

I agree.
In fact, barely one season in, and I've yet to see a reason to go onto the transfer market and replace any of my players.
All I've done since join is sell and sack a few players.

I don't know whether I was particularly lucky with my starting roster, but if it weren't for the television games my club would fold (it appears to be quite difficult to sell out and cover expenses when you first start off, I have only just filled my arena the last game I had (unexpanded), and even then I'm not even close to covering fortnightly wages - once that 50k/week disappears, noobs are struggling).

So if they are not that good, then why have national teams that are showcasing this talent? If they are not that good, then why bring them back into play? If they are not that good, then what does that say about the players each team has.

I am pretty sure the retention rate of teams is very low right now and it just doesn't make sense to put the quality players back in play. Allow the players who are developing their players to develop the players. Just because we don't have any players above level 10 in a 20 level game is nothing to sneeze about. HT has that prime issue with Divine players. Whats going to happen when in Season 5 you run into the same problem?

Players will reach the next tier in time. As you tell us users, be patient.

Sure because you have better players - I would say the same thing to a person who was complaining about a bunch of mediocre and inepts.

Sure because you have better players - I would say the same thing to a person who was complaining about a bunch of mediocre and inepts.

Actually, you have a team that could compete pretty readily with his...

the idea behind the economy is that you have rich teams down to poor teams,and how rich you are is MOSTLY a function of your division level so that their is a significant advantage to being promoted. Now rich teams are suppose to be able to afford the best players in the game, the poorer teams are not, but that eventually their should be a spectrum of players available at all levels and that all teams should be able to improve their RELATIVE economic position in order to buy a RELATIVELY improved player.

The system we have setup has flooded the market with some 4K players, which are currently amognst the best in the game. naturally, the richest teams are the only ones who can afford them. This won't always be the case, as players in general improve the best player a starting team gets will not be the best player available in the game and the richest teams will not be interested in them... and contrary to a previous point that was made, they won't be able to buy them and sell them again at a profit since the only real demand is coming from the poorer teams and the poorer teams can't afford the price the richer team bought the player for.

It was indeed our intention to hasten the improvement of specifically the richest teams because that is the part of the economic/player ability spectrum that needs to be filled out the best.

Ideally, all players would be re-cycled. If 10 clubs go into receivership, and 10 new clubs start up within days, the players from the bankrupt clubs would simply sign on with new clubs, some might move to existing clubs and others to the new clubs.

It's not a good idea to have the very best players going to start-up clubs, so it makes sense to let them be FA. The money doesn't have to be lost to the overall economy. It can be redistributed in all kinds of other ways.

Right now, many of the players who are being FA listed are not players that were given to a team 5 weeks ago, but are players who have had a little bit of training and started last season. As the salary threshold increases, it will be much rarer for the players being FA listed to be those that were assigned to a team and never having played.

And other players can be recycled as well. In some cases, they could simply take on new identities - countries and names, or if they have been playing BB for some seasons, let them keep their personal history. These players can simply be distributed to new clubs. Over time, this will gradually upgrade the talent given to new clubs to reflect the actual distribution of skills produced by training, and so that the new clubs don't start as far behind existing clubs.

Your response is exactly why people are not staying and playing the game. I liked this game because I was getting in early (unlike HT where it's so developed) so I could have a team that could compete and have fun.

The fun factor is not gone for me yet, but understand what you are creating at the expense of a nice product you have put out on the web.

Further, think about the supporter you want to have support the league that you just told he is not in your best interest. I understand there needs to be a difference between the levels, but in time that will occur naturally. It just seems like a rush to get old before the game has matured.

Edited by gdonovan (11/27/2007 5:04:08 AM CET)

Last edited by gdonovan at 11/27/2007 5:04:08 AM