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There are already a lot of merchandise benefits to having homegrown players compared to bought players, I think the current balance is about right so voted against.

Exactly what i was thinking.

i think it doesnt count too much, as you can see in the player merchandise my top player is from a transferee player of mine and not a home growm player. https://www.buzzerbeater.com/manage/economy.aspx

The suggestion about team chemistry has some logic and is an intresting idea even if i see it difficult to implement.

About home grown player bonus i think it would be too much of a bonus.

I totally agree with this suggestion. No prizes to guessing why ;)

With people worrying about teams tanking to accumulate money then "buying a championship", I think team chemistry is a good feature to minimize that, so I don't see why not. The only drawback could be that it requires a rewrite in the GE (or could it just need some minor tweaks? Idk coz I'm not a programmer. I just assume it's a lot of work).

Also, a minor performance bonus for home grown players would be great. In case anyone is wondering, monetary bonus for home grown and locals is not a lot. Out of my top 3 players (total salary of over 440k), 2 are my draftees and 1 is a local. The next 3 players have a salary of 33k, 25k, and 13k respectively, all my own draftees. I only earn 60k. Now imagine having built your team the normal way, with mixed foreigners and maybe 1 draftee who became your franchise player. How much would you earn? Not enough to move any needles really. Which is why it's easier to buy a team and win. Of course, giving boosts to draftees (tho I disagree to boost their skills by one level, maybe make it an effect like experience and game shape) won't directly stop people from tanking and buying a team. They can still tank to train then buy a team later on. But you need to invest enough in scouting (and be lucky enough) to land a HOF or ATG in the draft. You also need to invest quite a sum to build a proper training environment for your draftee, which if you do, would certainly put a dent to your finances, making it harder for you to just "buy a team and win" when your draftee hits his prime. So it makes "tanking to win" a much harder process.

Partly disagree with the 1st suggestion, I would modify it like this : Homegrown drafts get X 1.2 up to 1.5 experience whenever they play an official LEAGUE game till the age of 25 if possible and then the coefficient becomes 1,0 again in age 26 . (friendlies and cup games are excluded) . Experience gain is a very slow process, so the "advantage" wont be significant in lower leagues, it will become significant when the player gets to higher leagues and in the national teams. Giving extra pops in skills is just too much of an advantage, its a good idea but I would reduce it to something like +1 in two random skills, or maybe 1-2 % increased percentage in training as long as the player remains on his drafting team

2nd suggestion is really good, but I would make it fair for all players, chemistry gets increase regardless if a team has foreign or homegrown players. There are lots of users who dont like to spend their time on the transfer list so they buy complete/trained players 25-30 of age at a high price, we need to take care of them too. Chemistry will get a 3-5% boost and this will be applied only after 2.5 months without any transfer, every time a player buys or sells chemistry will get 0.5-1.0 % penalty for every transfer completed

much better inputs sir, thanks

A good implementation would be if players/teams could get experience on certain tactics. The more you use a tactic the better your team and players get accustomed to the tactics. But will receive a penalty if you transfer any of the players involved in the team's experience.

A homegrown player can still be a ballhog or an a**hole in the locker... O:)