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I guess Malice will be happy to be capped at 150.000$.

I guess that the BBs will not care for YOU (any single user) where it will add much more.

Being capped will make it more about game-tactics, and most of the users here are for BB-managing (and hence will not feel to bad with that), and not for "eBay-managing" and competing with assets that are much larger than the competitor and feel that they are good at BB-managing.

As that capping will also be on your league, and will make it more competitive for those that are playing at your league for much less seasons, and hence has much less money, I guess that will not do you good.
Is it why you are against it? Because then the game will be more about BB-managing?

Let's mention here once again that in France there is not a single team post season-4 that is in the first division.
The reason is that each season a user plays resolve in pilling up more assets and making him even less possible to compete with.

For me there are two options to solve the problem:
A) Small nation fusing( combining small countries into "regional leagues"
B) More marketing in a places like Japan where there's no reason for there to be so few users.

Years ago I suggested to let new teams pick their own players in an expansion draft (free agents and retired players), so they would not start with a bunch of garbage players.

I am still convinced this would be a good solution.

At least setting up teams with a somehow competitive roster for their league would do some good. It´s hard enough to start with a bunch of scrubs in a countries 4th or 5th div, now if you don´t have a serious upgraded roster in a top league, you get bored quickly I assume.

Maybe there could be some "initial questions" to determine your roster ... like ... "which position do you like most?", "do you prefer a balanced deep team or a short rotation with one or two team stars", "all offense, best defense in town or just balanced" and maybe "grab all the boards! - go for the highlight reel (steals and blocks)! - distribution! all about distribution" and finally "youth is the key! - the mix will do the tricks! - veterans will do!" which could determine your teams direction to start with.

Of course, when a newbie team of that kind with a "somehow competitive" (read: team salary high enough to compete - on paper - for 6th spot) roster goes bot within the first 3 months, no player at all may go FA, else this would open up too many ways of cheating.

Cheating is a big issue there actually. Maybe even the transfer market should open AFTER at least 4 weeks in game (for selling players), to avoid that and encourage step by step learning and building.

The one question I have for that is how many teams would pick a team that would bankrupt them after the first economic update? Even if you up the starting money, beginning a franchise with the minimum arena and a competitive team would not do. Then you have to start them with a bigger arena and pretty soon there is no reason to play the game.

Last edited by somdetsfinest at 1/30/2012 10:09:56 PM

I guess Malice will be happy to be capped at 150.000$.

Hell no. I'd then be hamstrung at the next level. That particular mechanic is fine. It's just the allocation of teams-to-divisions that needs to be looked at, and fixed. Additionally, the system of promotion is fine for large nations, but needs work with regards to lower numbered nations.