Season 78 - Are you ready?

[Tactician]

Frankly, today was frustrating and discouraging, especially due to the fact that no 5-star 'nordgens' were listed, hence dissapointing for a first day of a season. Now, I understand what Gert might have felt after having a market of 3-star 'nordgens' for quit a while. I expect that many users who depended on 'nordgens' in the past would be disappointed, frustrated and discouraged. If it continues like this, while some users might turn to the scout and recommendations list, for sure some users will quit, or they will abandon their team or the competitions' challenges every season. Some users won't be able to afford to spend so much tokens fighting for 5-star players in such a scarce auction market.

[Arion]

I lost a bid at round 25. Second time that this happened; the last time was last year.

At the start of the knock-out rounds, there were about 4 players, and those remained for a few rounds, but one stubborn user kept bidding.

If I bade just before knock-out round 25, he would have lost as he did not bade further, but I did not want to take the risk as he was bidding just before the start of every knock-out round. So, he paid near double the market value for the player; it seemed that it was a fast-trainer though. Was the player worth 25 tokens? Maybe, especially due to the fact of the poor transfer market and no 5-star 'nordgens'. But, taking into account the overall price (25T and double the market value), not worth it. So, if any of you guys face a situation like this, it is better to step out earlier.

25 tokens lost on one player, and ealier I lost 7 tokens on another player. I did manage to win some bids, albeit in the higher rounds. That is enough for today.

In this case a negotiations offer would've been better... I got a 25-y.o. player for 17T (due to intense bidding wars and lack of needed position players). I feel negotiations should be better in those levels. But it's of course insanely hard to find an ST/AML, which I got from negos. I'll now only need a multi position AMR then I won't be looking at the market for 2-3 seasons more.

[Tactician]

Gert, how are you dealing with such a situation. I have noticed your post concerning the signing of 18 year old players from the academy. But, is that enough? Those that cost tokens are relatively more expensive. How about the negociations' list? Is there is a lack of players there too?

[Tactician]

In this case a negotiations offer would've been better... I got a 25-y.o. player for 17T (due to intense bidding wars and lack of needed position players). I feel negotiations should be better in those levels. But it's of course insanely hard to find an ST/AML, which I got from negos. I'll now only need a multi position AMR then I won't be looking at the market for 2-3 seasons more.

I got a 5-star (99% Quality) second-hand ST/AML (22 years old; Corner Specialist) today after winning the bid at knock-out round 13 or so. But, it was relatively early; some players bade on this one, but did not went beyond the 5th-10th rounds, though one of the last bidders was among the stubborns (he was the one that I let to win a previous bid on an AMC/AMR), but he left and only a few bidders remained for this player, one of them persisting until knock-out round 13. If it was later in the day, that would have been more difficult to win; it could have gone to rounds 25 and above as shown on one of my posts. Those ST/AMC, ST/AML and ST/AMR may be easier to found on the auction market these days because such players are available directly (no training for the additional position required) on the recommendations list, and users might sold them later if they are no longer up to the quality they want them to be. But, still, expect bidding wars for such players, especially in the first two weeks.

For sure, those 25T lost could have been better spent. For instance, it could have been used for injection of more cash as this is lacking right now for transfers, or it could have been used for buying players later on in the season.

[Tactician]

I'll now only need a multi position AMR then I won't be looking at the market for 2-3 seasons more.

Your players will lag behind a lot in terms of quality after 2 seasons (unless you have fast trainers in your team). In fact, many of them might need to be sold after 1 season. The way this game functions, it is very difficult to keep the same players season after season unless you boost their quality (something that will be expensive unless you can a earn a ot of free green packs). Last year (2015), my main team had a mixture of fast, medium and slow trainers. Medium-fast trainers that were bought 2 seasons ago, definitely needed to be sold in at the start of the 3rd season. Fast and very fast trainers had to be power-trained at the start of the 3rd season. Those bought from the scout list, generally lasted for 2 seasons as scout quality or above; on their third season they were 5 star-players.

[Arion]

That's why I plan to tank soon. I'm just a lot attached to my players

[Tactician]

That's why I plan to tank soon. I'm just a lot attached to my players

Haha .
You might well need more than a season's tanking to boost the quality of some of your players to a competitive level.

On the other side, you might stay among the lower quality batches, where you will likely stay competitive, especially in the league and cup.

That is one of the problems of this game; you always have to improve your team's quality every season, especially if you made an improvement in the previous season as the next season you might be with among a higher quality batch.

[Arion]

Haha .
You might well need more than a season's tanking to boost the quality of some of your players to a competitive level.

On the other side, you might stay among the lower quality batches, where you will likely stay competitive, especially in the league and cup.

Well my CL seems easy, we have a good record in the Cup, and I hope to break the league jinx this season there's no harm in being ambitious I guess

[Tactician]

Well my CL seems easy, we have a good record in the Cup, and I hope to break the league jinx this season there's no harm in being ambitious I guess

That is the good side; there is a lower quality batch. But, sometimes, lower quality teams (especially, if they have been winners of competition(s) the previous season) are put in the higher quality batches, and this where you are 'forced' to up the quality of your team if you want to win the competitions, and when you made such an improvement, the next season you are likely to be put with even better teams. It seems that it is one of the way the business part of this game functions.

[Arion]

That is the good side; there is a lower quality batch. But, sometimes, lower quality teams (especially, if they have been winners of competition(s) the previous season) are put in the higher quality batches, and this where are 'forced' to up the quality of your team if you want to win the competitions, and when you made such an improvement, the next season you are likely to be put with even better teams. It seems that it is one of the way the business part of this game functions.

I'd tanked 2 seasons ago, and the previous season was places in an insanely tight league, but then most competition came from the Top 4 (which includes my team). Yeah I know that, but it's extremely surprising to be put into such an easy CL group, and also our level 10 cup opponent (we're L8) has no players down flanks. Does it mean an impossible to win league?

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