If you have multiple injuries at another position, this could lead to your winger trainee getting subbed in for the sub at another position. It's better to list no trainees at field positions and your coach at keeper, then you don't run that risk.
Leadership doesn't change (except go down for coaches). For experience, you can guess at it by checking the cost to turn him into a coach, and comparing with the price range at e.g. Hattrix files.
So the only way to get players with better leadership is buying them or luck out with a youth pull? Ouch. I was hoping Team Captain might help.
This is a neat trick, but only works if the player has inadequate or higher experience. I'm still waiting for my first player to hit that mark.
I thought I had heard of a website where you can simulate a game before it's played. Anyone have this link or know what I'm talking about?
It's something you can download, the hattrick match calculator, I don't remember where I got it from, but I'm sure a quick google search would get it for you. It's done ok for me in predicting games. Or at least that's the one that I use, I am sure there are probably more that you can use as well, I just don't know them.
apoc at one point wrote a match calculator that works based on zonal ratings, but it's based on an earlier version of Hattrick and wouldn't take SEs or counterattacks into account. Plus, I don't know if it actually handled attack vs. defense correctly.
I'm about to have my first game (a friendly) and I'm about to set up my first lineup. Quick question if I have two players of equal strength, one is 25 the other 30, how does HT handle the age of the older player? In other words, am I better using the younger player, or can I push the older one?
Ok, I'm looking around the transfer market. Is it me, or are some people paying waaaaay too much money for certain players?
In the first two weeks of the season, the market is completely skewed toward the younger players because many of those players will have the opportunity to play for the national teams. Those players (solid+ in a primary) will fetch a million or more. In the third week, they will become much less expensive. As to your first question, age per se is not taken into account. However, you should look for who has the higher form and possibly experience. Hope that helps.
tactical help? hey guys- curious how to deal with a match.. both me and my opponent have wretched offenses and inadequate/weak defenses,, I'm trying to figure out whats the best way to go about the game, so that my offense can get a couple of chances.. would it be wise to go w/ 3 forwards even if formation skill is usually low? (i usually go 3-5-2, was thinking 4-5-4 or 4-3-3).. i'm pretty confident about my defense for this match... any help would be awesome
Re: tactical help? if you guys are equal, i wouldnt risk the confusion that will ensue (sp?) from this formation change
Win the midfield. With low ratings all around for both of you, winning the midfield will ensure that you will get most of the chances and therefore most of the goals. Play a WTM and maybe an offensive CD if you're that confident in your defense. And stick with the 3-5-2 for now--it's a good idea to use a friendly (or two) to increase you team's comfort with another formation.
thanks for the advice- the thing is i had almost the same situation last week where the defense destroyed the ofense and i went for the midfield, had like 70 per cent possession but couldn't sneak one through.. i guess just have the team keep working at it until they can get some opportunities>?
great info guys, and thanks for yur patience in answering so many newbie questions as we figure out the ins and outs of HT I have a weak team in VI, won my first cup game then got soundly thrashed in both league and cup. My team was prett crappy, i went out and spent about $60k, just upgrading positions players, bought about 5 guys, all of whom were better then the guys I either sacked or relegated to reserve roles. I had one league game with my new line-up, and got thrashed by a higher level team. I have a league game this weekend and then a friendly next week. Here is my question Am I better off playing the new line-up together for both the league and friendly game in order to get training for everybody at thier positions, or am I wasting the friendly by not training some of my reserves? I am trying to get this line-up to work, and want omaximize training. I am sure this question warrants more questions, but I am all ears
Hey guys, MY next league game and cup are against 2 teams that are FAR better then me. Am i better off PICing both when I know I'm going to lose? IF so will this mean I lose more supporters or kill my teams confidence? I get the sense I'm better off long term to PIC but I'm not 100% sure. Also both are at home if that makes a difference. Thanks!
You wanna get as many players trained as you can, if you play your starters in both, then you can lose many training spots for playing the same players. My suggestion is that you play your reserves in friendlies.
Question on youth pulls. Do you pull what you're training or do you try to pull what you're missing position wise, or pick a position at random?
Pulls: You get a choice of keeper or outfield. Obviously a keeper should have high keeper skill. Well higher than you'd get pulling an outfield player. When pulling an outfield player you get a player that should be skilled in some of the other player attributes. There is no correspondence between what you train and what appears from the YS, unless you train keepers and pull them. Kobranzilla: Play the reserves. Maximize training.
The only choices are to pull a GK or pull a field player. That's as much as you get to say about what position gets pulled. You pick one, click the button, and hope the guy isn't completely crap. IMO, if your youth squad is less than passable, you're usually better off pullling a GK, because an Inad keeper is actually worth something on the transfer market.
The most a friendly win ever gets you is bragging rights, there are NO in-game benefits. Therefore, it's generally advisable to run out as many subs in the friendly as you can, unless you care enough about getting bragging rights in a friendly to take a chance on reducing your league performance. Under any circumstances, training is critical to your long-term financial success, and it would behoove you to maximize your training with a full set of trainees (both a starter and backup for each training position). I get $4 million, minimum, for selling a keeper trainee after two seasons of training.