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fredag mars 15 - 02:58, Redigert
fredag mars 15 - 03:13 Wonderful update, thanks. I try to figure out 4 reasons why grandpa goalkeepers appear:
- The age factor has a lower bound (10%) when players are around 47yo. After the age factor reaches the lower bound, as long as the team keeps training them, the ability of players will continue to grow (this mechanism works not only for goalkeepers but also for field players, but due to the following reasons, only goalkeepers may benefit from this).
- The block ability is affected by the fourth root of the age factor. So when the age factor reaches 10%, each training increases 0.05*0.1^0.25=0.028 block. This amount is nonnegligible.
- Unlike field players, goalkeepers hardly move in the matches, so they can play even though they are very tired. Thus, they can be used even though the endurance is below 0.1, as long as they do not get hurt. Besides, some goalkeepers have the fit feature, so they are not affected by the endurance.
- High-level Football Academy (FA) makes it easier to boost block ability of goalkeepers.
Based on the above analysis, there may be other 2 solutions to clean grandpa goalkeepers:
- Remove the lower bound of the age factor. Keep decreasing the age factor until it reaches zero. By my estimation, all the players will have 0 age factor after around 50yo, as well as 0 for all trainable features (except Tactics). I think this way would be quite flexible (compared with removing old players from the game).
- Increase the influence of age factor on the block ability such that goalkeepers cannot grow too fast after 47yo. This way is a temporary solution because the block ability can still increase. Moreover, this must be a big change in the logic of RS. So I do not recommend it.
I also have some other opinions on the retirement age between 38 to 45:
- The range of 38 to 45 is a little too wide. This may cause too much randomness.
- With an FA4 (as I have), field players often reach their peak before 35. So the range of 38 to 45 mainly works for goalkeepers. However, with an FA4, goalkeepers will reach their peak around 41yo (regardless of the restart after 47yo). Therefore, goalkeepers may retire before their peak. This must cause frustration.
Therefore, I suggest that if players should retire, the retirement age may be set to 45, or from 45 to 47.
As an eight-year RSer, I am very happy that the game could be more active.