Season 78 - Are you ready?

[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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[Tactician]

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?

PS: Only we two have had posts in this page

The problem with competitions that have a relatively low average quality, is that the revenue is relatively less too. That is, you get low money prizes. This affects your ability to purchase players in the following season, especially if you intend to purchase some fast, 5-star trainers. Money is a significant limitation in the low and middle levels. While you might have a better chance of progressing in the later rounds when the level is low, a few rounds in a significantly higher level competition might earn your team more money than the addition of all the money prizes for most of rounds of the lower quality one.

[Arion]

The problem with competitions that have a relatively low average quality, is that the revenue is relatively less too. That is, you get low money prizes. This affects your ability to purchase players in the following season, especially if you intend to purchase some fast, 5-star trainers. Money is a significant limitation in the low and middle levels. While you might have a better chance of progressing in the later rounds when the level is low, a few rounds in a significantly higher level competition might earn your team more money than the addition of all the money prizes for most of rounds of the lower quality one.

Yes that's a problem to me, since I'm not a power trainer and have only 50-60 greens. But I tend to not go on a spending spree, looking to get some required players at auctions, and get a badly needed rare player from negos maybe. But while tanking, I still try to win the Cup and CL (I won the Cup while tanking in Season 7, Top 16 in CL), which helps to make up for the losses. Let's wrap it up for today then.