I am usually pretty lenient on Top Eleven with changes. I appreciate that they try to improve the game in different ways.
This legitimately sucks. I don't think this system has any redeeming characteristics. It boggles my mind why anyone at Nordeus thought this was a good idea. Consider:
- It's unrealistic: In what world does every team from every league bid on the same player, no matter what their quality is? It's ridiculous that you have high-level players bidding against teams that have just started.
- It drives up prices: By making all players available to everyone, you're making the entire system rigged against teams that don't spend that many tokens. It's basically impossible to buy players for cheap now, making the game impossible for anyone who doesn't pay money.
- It punishes long-term managers: Basically, you're making all managers who have actually done well and gotten promoted bid against all the new players that haven't had to go through the trials of being promoted month after month, year after year. Instead of having a smaller pool of top teams that are bidding on the same players for ultimate supremacy, now everyone has to compete with random teams from lower levels.
- It makes the system tougher to navigate: There's no way to compare which players are fast trainers anymore. You have less options for what you can look for. The star system looks like a mess. It's awful.
- There's an unrealistic amount of player turnover: Players disappear after just 4 minutes? Are you kidding me?
- It punishes lag and offers no margin for error: So basically if you get sniped at the end of an auction, you're screwed? You have no chance at bidding against the other player? No strategy anymore, it's basically whoever has the fastest internet connection.
- Selling players is also broken: It's apparently impossible to watch an auction of your own player? I'm trying to sell my player and I can't watch him get sold, and also even though there are tons of other players getting sold, my 99% fast trainer player isn't getting sold? This is broken.
Overall, this is hands-down the worst possible thing Nordeus has ever conceived. I thought there was nothing that could drive me from this game; this update might do it. It's awful. It needs to be replaced ASAP
EDIT: I was able to sell my player, but I couldn't watch the auction. Still sucks.