National team

[Ludo_Mansio]

I assume Nordeus are thinking long term here. It kind of makes sense if current teams are gradually replaced with 80% players that get better as you train them. With the way the international games are working they would just revise the AI opposition to match the quality of your team.

If National Teams are here to stay long term, and they don't lose stars every season, they need a way to continually bring the quality level back down, which seems to through retirement.

So probably best to take a few of the younger 80% players, otherwise you might end up with no team in a few seasons.

[jcohen42]

I assume Nordeus are thinking long term here. It kind of makes sense if current teams are gradually replaced with 80% players that get better as you train them. With the way the international games are working they would just revise the AI opposition to match the quality of your team.

If National Teams are here to stay long term, and they don't lose stars every season, they need a way to continually bring the quality level back down, which seems to through retirement.

So probably best to take a few of the younger 80% players, otherwise you might end up with no team in a few seasons.

Unless these are players with ungodly training abilities, there is no way an 80% player will be able to reach 120% anytime soon.

[Ludo_Mansio]

Unless these are players with ungodly training abilities, there is no way an 80% player will be able to reach 120% anytime soon.

Agreed. But long term why should a National Team be at 120%? As long as the AI is matched and everyone is in the same situation this might be an attempt to bring National Teams down to closer to 100% as the norm.

To be honest, who knows! It's Nordeus... I'm never really convinced there's a plan behind anything they do.

[gogs67]

I assume Nordeus are thinking long term here. It kind of makes sense if current teams are gradually replaced with 80% players that get better as you train them. With the way the international games are working they would just revise the AI opposition to match the quality of your team.

If National Teams are here to stay long term, and they don't lose stars every season, they need a way to continually bring the quality level back down, which seems to through retirement.

So probably best to take a few of the younger 80% players, otherwise you might end up with no team in a few seasons.

That's a good point, but the only players I have over 30 are my low 6* ones, from the first batch when this format started.
All my high 6* and 7* players are 28 and under so it could take quite a while for the average to reduce significantly, 5 or 6 seasons?
You're right with them not thinking this through, it could be a good part of the game if done correctly.