Quote Originally Posted by Liquid View Post
Understanding that players vary from one individual to another, as well as age groups having differing improvement rates, there must be an expectation that everyone has regarding the speed your players progress at. So this question is mostly for our veteran players.

As I've only been in the game for 8 seasons now, I seem to have found my players to last about 3 seasons with my team. I think just sold a player who was in his 4th season with me. I also sold one who didn't even make a full 26 matches (he was bought out of desperation due to too many injuries at one position). But 3 seasons seems to my my average due to their progression rate and my ability to purchase new players as I earn and buy enough tokens to buy one (MAYBE two) Scouts per season. Other players come from the Auction and I rarely go more than a couple rounds to secure a player due to my token budget. I know mass token buyers will probably either train quickly or turnover a high volume of players in a season. Non-token buyers probably struggle to maintain a deep roster and get stuck with 3-star players often.

How long do players typically last? Not in age...but how long is their skill level still relevant to your team? How many Q levels do you EXPECT a player to achieve during a season and how many Q levels are too few?

I'm just wondering if I'm training too slow or if I'm on track.
This is subjective. Because I would start a 2 or 3 star player, no problems, especially if he has been a regular in the team. Usually these players would still deliver even if their Q is far lower than the average of the team.

I only power train academy players up to 5-6* then I just play them day in day out and give them additional match practice after matches. My power training here does not involve buying greens tho, I just use whatever I collect in-game.

On maintaining quality, it is possible to maintain a 5* Quality of a player you play in every match. When you get them (a 23 yo) just short of a scout quality, he would probably maintain 5* for the next 4 seasons or so. But as I mentioned, if he was a regular, I would still play him even if he was lower than 5*.

I have never had any player higher than World Class but I can tell you that I have players in their 9th season now (Real Messy Level 9) and is now a 3* and as of early this season he is still a starter. He has started almost every match when he is not suspended or injured. Safe to say in my teams the average career of good players would be 6 seasons.