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Developing Youths today is heavy-handed and you are often operating in complete darkness. Wouldn't it be much more fun if you as a manager would have more insight into which of your players could actually turn out to be stars? This would reward highly active managers whilst making the Youth Exchange an even more exciting part of the game. It would save you the headache of spending lots of cash on players who turn out to be useless, and you would uncover gems much more often.
This feature would be launched in both the football and the hockey game. This thread show how it would work in football: it would work in a similar way for the hockey game.
No final decisions have been made yet, so you have ample opportunity to influence the functionality.
Have a look:
This image is merely a first idea of what the feature might look like, so please don't kill me on the design (just yet). :)
Since this is a powerful feature, we plan on offering this to all users, unlimited and for free. Club Members do not get a benefit. (It will however cost Team Money.)
Know that we intend for this to make MZ more fun for those of you who like to play the long game and are prepared to put down the time and effort to develop your academy. What it should NOT be is an aid that lets you develop your academy without doing any legwork. So for those reasons this should be a light and slim feature without a lot of heavy components.
How it works
As you can see, the basic idea is to let you know what the player will be good at and what he won't be good at. This feature is not to be confused with the current scout reports. In fact it is vastly different. Not only will it let you know up front about the talents in some key skills, it will also give you a rough idea on the future overall skills in various areas.
The overall areas are:
Attack: Ball Control, Shooting
Defence: Tackling, Heading
Physical: Speed, Stamina
Playmaker: Passing, Aerial passing, Play intelligence
Goalkeeping: Keeping
5 stars on an area would mean that the player can reach high ball counts in these skills. This will allow you to know that the player will be really good, but you don't yet know whether he is a truly rare talent or not. For math geeks: there will be a randomizer that allows an overlap between the different star ratings, we don't want the function to be too predictable, and no scout in the world can give exact 100% exact projections.
The report will also let you know how fast the player will be able to train.
We don't want to kill the mystery in the game. "Very high potential" could be a 9 or 10, but you don't know which one. When skills are listed as key strengths but with no indication to the extent of the potential... then you don't know. They are his main strengths, but they could be 10s or they could be 7s, that is for you to find out. Same goes for the player's weaknesses.
However, taking into account the overall potential of the player AND his key strengths should give you a good indication as to whether the player is any good or not. Combine that with a good understanding of the transfer market and the simulator, and you as a manager has got an excellent tool for generating your own success.
How and when to use it
You can do an analysis before trading in a new player through the Youth Exchange, but you can also get the report on any other Youth player already in your team. The cost is the same.
To get the balance right, the Analysis should and will cost Team Money. As to how much -- what is your opinion? We believe that it shouldn't be too cheap.
Once you have paid for an Analysis, it is yours to keep. You will always be able to access it, even when the player is old and grey.
On the transfer market we would let you decide whether or not to show an Analysis, just like with the training graphs.
Some questions for you to think about
- What do you think of the idea in general? Is it needed? Will it disrupt the balance of the game or add a fun element?
- Is the idea in it's current state too powerful? Not powerful enough? What do you think? Please give me the reasons for your answer.
- How can the current idea as outlined above be improved?
- How much (team money) do you think the feature should cost to get the balance right? Do you think there should be a limit on how many Analyses' you can buy per season?
- Anything else, let us hear it! We are open to suggestions.
I would like to ask you to keep answers and ideas focussed on this feature. Posts that stray too far off topic may be removed.
Let's talk :)
