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It all looks very interesting and adding options and new factors to the game is always a good thing. I am looking foward to using them, especially the Youth Trainer since I do extensive scouting and my first draft pick is usually suitable for either the srating 5 or the regular substitutes from the start of the season but I have to ignore the team's needs in order to train him to youth NT level or for a high value sale.

One improvement I can see neccessary from even now is the option to "Hire Internaly" just like the main staff.

Waste of time. I have enough trouble getting the money to hire good players to move up a division. I've put a lot of players on U21 and several on NT. By the time they get that good, I have to sell them because you can't move up divisions with just 1 or 2 good players. I have a 20,000 seat stadium that sells 97% and that still barely covers the costs of a team that will just be DIII next season.

@Huskies: Well, the new staff members affect the same things and can be combined with the specialties of the old staff. So, I wouldn't call them obsolete but complementary. And yeah about the nutritionists.

@aber: all of them.

Is the Sports Psychologist at superior rating, along with a trainer with an advanced rating, going to be good enough that I could reduce my roster down to, say, 8 players? That would give me the money to pay the salary without increasing my expenses. If the SP is that good, then this is a pretty good concept.

Got an idea while drinking beer:

How about adding a fourth type of secondary staff:

Athletic Specialist: Reduces the effect of skilldowns of old players (age 33+).

IMHO this would be a perfect addition to the existing three types of secondary staff and give managers an additional option for team building. For example, we all know how long it takes to train players beyond 130 TSP - just to see them having their first skilldowns a couple of seasons later. An Athletic Specialist could help to preserve their elite state for a longer time frame (at a cost, of course).

Opinions?

.....keep drinking beer....

Today I'm drinking wine and I still find my idea fine!

It looks like exceptional nutritionist will stop Stamina from dropping at all. So you will need to buy a level 7 to actually increase stamina.

I would like some feedback from the staff on whether Nutritionist and fitness trainer stack (ie. fitness + exceptional nutritionist increases stamina for example). A nutritionist will be very hard to justify if the effects don't stack.

Example:
Not stacking
Standard drop with no specialty trainer = -0.05 (20 weeks for a stamina drop)
Drop with fitness trainer = -0.02
Drop without fitness trainer but with lvl 6 nutritionist = -0.05*0% = 0
Drop with fitness trainer and lvl 6 nutritionist: = -0.02*0% = 0

If it works like this then a nutritionist will actually limit the effect of a fitness trainer

Stacking
Drop without fitness trainer but with lvl 6 nutritionist = -0.05+0.05 = 0
Drop with fitness trainer and lvl 6 nutritionist: = -0.02+0.05 = 0.03


It looks like a Fitness trainer will be by far the best option unless you get a high level nutritionist (the specialty is probably equivalent to an advanced or competent Nutritionist, but it may not cost you as much.


Last edited by Lemonshine at 7/6/2018 6:54:49 AM

Sports Psychologist - game shape is such a volatile factor. Sometimes, no matter the minutes, some of your most important players just can't hit their best form in the worst of times like the playoffs, etc... This is where this guy comes in handy - he'll make sure they have their heads straight and will help keep their form up at all times, even if the minutes are suboptimal.

If so, why does my best player have form 7?
Last week played 69 minutes.

For comparison:

Prior to training, 6 of my players were in the form of 9, 2 players were in the form of 8, and 3 players were in the form 7. I bought a sports psychologist level 6 and now after the training, it looks like this:
5 players are in the form of 9, 5 players have the form 8 and my key player who played the last week 69 minutes has the form 7. The sport psychologist level 6 did not help.

Has anyone had a stamina pop from a secondary staff yet? Ive bought a lvl 6 as there was no lvl 7 when i looked at that particular time.