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[Buffs Mad]

Its a bit obvious but I'll say it anyway. A lower level team's fanbase will only accept small increases per season in a winning team, later as the stadium capacity sharply increases, higher increases can be sustained. I'm not at a high level so I can't comment there.

As an example, since I'm still relatively low level, in the earlier Seasons with a decent amount of success I was tweaking league prices by 1 and occasionally 2 per season (CL were +1 and Cup +2). (I tried higher but couldn't sustain max attendences.) Last Season, from a maxed price the previous season, I managed to max out with +5 increases, this Season I'm at a further +2 so far.

I'd guess that attendance will be a percentage of the fanbase, modified by a factor reflecting price and another reflecting opposition quality. (There could be other factors such as recent performance but Fan Numbers are expected to take care of that anyway.) This ofc could apply to both home and away fanbases with home and away fans accounting for, as a starting point, a set proportion of attendance.

No matter where you are in the process, finding a starting optimal price is straightforward. Pick a mid range number for league price. If attendance is maxed increase it by half, if attendance is not maxed then decrease it by half. Rinse and repeat. That then becomes your starting point based on the quality of opposition in that game. (You can ofc make a more educated guess at the starting price and vary if by smaller amounts based on success or failure but starting in the middle and varying by 50% up or down is a more systematic and proven method to settle on a value over time.)

But if you don't crunch the numbers (I haven't and won't) then you won't know.

Current position in numbers

Latest cap maxes for me, at Level 13 in Season 13, have been achieved with:

tickets at 28, 29 & 31 for League, CL and Cup respectively;
Fanbase is 1,293,558;
5% attendance bonus at 151k/183k; and
max possible prices are 81 for all.

I increased prices yesterday for league to 29 v 2nd placed team and got 4% bonus from 138k/183k.

PS. Give me cash please, not built anything for 6 days now