Special ability vs Stars

[mmunger]

Let's rank the importance of each asset:

1- Performance
2- Quality
3- Age
4- Roles
5- Special abilities

Unless they are Nordgens, players who have special abilities (SA) have gained them through training, sacrificing their quality level by 50 skill points, therefore more than three quality points. While quality does not guarantee performance, it definitely weighs in the balance.

Take a look at my team. How many SAs do you see in there?



Right. Only two. I currently am on top of my league and will win it unless I lose the last game by six goals. Unlikely, as I have the best defence in the league... with only one defender having a SA.

I also made it to the Cup semi-finals.

My second striker, Vailescu, scored on a number of direct free kicks during live matches, including three in a single game.



Is he a Free Kick Specialist? No, but his shooting ability is high and he beat goalkeepers with it!





Let's sum it up: get young guys who have quality, improve fast in training and perform. If they can play multiple positions, that's a welcome addition as they make your squad deeper.

If they already have a special ability, great, but don't spend tokens or skill points just for a SA.

[HoofDaddy]

Let's sum it up: get young guys who have quality, improve fast in training and perform. If they can play multiple positions, that's a welcome addition as they make your squad deeper.

If they already have a special ability, great, but don't spend tokens or skill points just for a SA.

If you are buying the most expensive Nordgens of your league level, maxing them to 6 star actually hinders their development. I fyou put 50 points into a valuable SA in their first season, their gains in the 2nd will not drop off as quickly as a player you are just pumping skill points into. Also, you are lvl 5, playing against bots, why should we listen to you. My league this season, the top season scorer had 13 goals. If you don't have specialists on your setpieces, you won't score as much, it's a fact.

[mmunger]

If you are buying the most expensive Nordgens of your league level, maxing them to 6 star actually hinders their development. I fyou put 50 points into a valuable SA in their first season, their gains in the 2nd will not drop off as quickly as a player you are just pumping skill points into. Also, you are lvl 5, playing against bots, why should we listen to you. My league this season, the top season scorer had 13 goals. If you don't have specialists on your setpieces, you won't score as much, it's a fact.

My experience so far with SA doesn't allow me to call those "valuable" and I am not the only one to say that. Many managers who are more experienced than I am are saying the same thing in this forum.

And by the way, you are making the wrong assumption about bots. Most managers in my league are active.

In the end, we can all manage our teams the way we want to and it doesn't matter if we disagree.