I remember mid last year, a while pre-reset, looking at the forums and then Jakswans blog to gem up on the 'requirements' for stadiums, and found them to be a stark choice:
Invest in stadium -or- Invest in team
There were some managers that were clearly not playing long term and investing totally in their team. They obviously won all the trophies and then ran away from the GW when the 'investors' income from the stadiums meant the glory hunters couldn't compete. This appeared a solid tactical decision, but possibly not one that would work post reset.
SI wanted teams to stay in their GW's (not hop when they became less competitive) and for new users to be able to catch up (which, when you are competing against teams that have spent 8 months investing in stadiums, is a 'you 'ain't ever gonna catch-up' scenario).
So, to the current format. I have a general theory for building stadia alligned with this important rule: ALWAYS PAY OVER 8 WEEKS.
1) Wait till end season 1/beginning season 2 and build a 3 Tier Ospilata (or whatever it is called). Always build a season in advance of when you think you will want the structue/seats, as it takes around 24 days to build.
2) (beginning of season 3) As soon as it (1) is built, install electronic advertising in the 2 slots & build 1 x Exclusiff Corp seating (Yes, it is bloody expensive, but it also pays itself off quickest and earns you the most).
3) If, when the Corp seating is built, it looks like you have the demand, build another Exclusiff (remember to pay over 8 weeks). If you don't have the demand, or the cash, either add a couple of the more expensive remaining seating (not the other Corp one... ever!), or wait a week or 2.
4) When you have completed the 2nd Exclusiff seating look to fill the stands with the most expensive seating your fans are willing to sit in.
5) This should take you to around season 5 where you want to start looking at building your 2nd Ospilata 3 Tier.
6) When completed build the 2 Electronic advertising slots immediately & build the 2 remaining Exclusiff corp seatings over the following 3 seasons (6-9)... based on demand- if there is no demand yet, again construct the highest price seating wanted by the fans (the over-riding factor here is that the fans with least money are not to be catered for... the peasants).
- I may add the odd small amount of seating at other times, but it’s optional.
The problem with the current system is that there hasn't been the choice as per pre-reset. You could do well and build your stadia. I am now in season 10, have minimal tactical ability (or so I am often told), 15* Rep, Prem Div team and have an income of £163k a day. And therein lay the problem.
I am finished. I have no intention to increase my capacity. I got into this position by mostly FA winnings and prudent wages (we all sell the odd player but I am not even close to being regarded a ‘trader’), and have no particular urge to spend a further huge wedge of cash & for it to pay itself off over the next 500 days. I still have a fair bit of room to improve as a team but can’t earn more cash.
I have 2 Main stands, over 20k of fans wanting to watch the matches, around £5k of fans wanting Corp seating and no reason to satisfy them. Why would I?
So, what is the solution? I just missed it (having started playing FML in March 2009) but understand big changes to the Stadiums caused uproar on the forums…. Some things never change. If the monies were just changed on the game this would cause both problems and moans.
Well, if I were to compare this to a real life scenario, maybe it could be Arsenal. They had Highbury, but it had reached capacity and further building was not possible. They had to move to a new site to build a stand befitting the demand. Could this be added to FML? An enormous outlay to build a whole new stadium?
Alternatively, SI could adapt the game so that teams could earn more at the top end, but also have even faster degeneration of seating, and accordingly, income. Make it more risk and reward. Add another strategic element.
What I would prefer not to do, however, is to only ever visit my stadium when I want to repair it from now to the end of time……. Oh well, another easy thing for Si to adapt J
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