Season 76 - Are you ready?

[ponzu]

Dug myself a nice hole with a 1:3 home loss in the cup. My team is higher Q, but my opponent is some kind strategy wiz. In the last round he won 3:1 and 2:0, but in the round before that, 10:0 and 8:0. And he is always changing formations. He didn't even bother showing up to the match, letting me counter his defensive asymmetric formation. I threw everything at it and came up short. All the stats were in my favor except for the score.

Three hours later, won a consolation prize in league play, but with other teams playing well, only was able to climb into 4th.

Because I played the last two matches with man-to-man coverage, I low on condition for the upcoming training recharge (8% to 10%), and the green packs are dwindling. I may have to resort to farming. I am addicted to "10"s for training bonus, and to turning them to "15"s during the match.

Toward the end of the 3-1 win I finally looked at what the fourth (Condition) bonus is good for during the match. I usually choose between Attack and Possession boost, and have boosted Defense a few times. Never Condition. Turns out (you probably already know this) it allows the team to burn less condition. So in a match where you are enjoying a 2+ goal lead it may be the best choice, assuming the defensive intensity has already been lowered to low and zonal. Still, my instinct in this scenario has always been to boost Possession. One can always farm for green packs. One cannot farm for goals.