The problem was that the old system was being abused, by one player (who just happened to be Denmark-based) in particular, but several others understood how to shortcut the system. The scammer (you can use your own alternative noun) would search databases* to find unallocated 20-20-20 coaches and then share them amongst their followers before other players were able to find them, leaving the rest of us looking in vain as all the best coaches had gone, hoovered up by the aformentioned.
The game designers decided that rather than sanction those players for abusing the system, as should have happened in my opinion, and stopping that practice (I would call it cheating but their defenders denied that they were doing anything wrong...), they instead came up with a whole new system which by popular consent is even worse.
There were alternative (I would say prefereable) suggestions made by players which, of course and as is usual, were totally ignored by the game designers. I only mention in passing these suggestions generally came from non-Denmark-based players. These included rationing the 20-20-20 coaches to x number per team, being able to train coaches so that you could improve a 19 stat to a 20 stat over time, or simply not allowing a few players to share with their followers details of unallocated 20-20-20 coaches from (still unclear) *special database lists which were inaccessible to ordinary players.
In summary, the original system was abused, those abusing it were never sanctioned and the "solution" was a load of rubbish that pleased nobody.
If I have any of this worng, please feel free to comment but Im pretty sure this is an accurate account of what befell.
Rolf.
The game designers decided that rather than sanction those players for abusing the system, as should have happened in my opinion, and stopping that practice (I would call it cheating but their defenders denied that they were doing anything wrong...), they instead came up with a whole new system which by popular consent is even worse.
There were alternative (I would say prefereable) suggestions made by players which, of course and as is usual, were totally ignored by the game designers. I only mention in passing these suggestions generally came from non-Denmark-based players. These included rationing the 20-20-20 coaches to x number per team, being able to train coaches so that you could improve a 19 stat to a 20 stat over time, or simply not allowing a few players to share with their followers details of unallocated 20-20-20 coaches from (still unclear) *special database lists which were inaccessible to ordinary players.
In summary, the original system was abused, those abusing it were never sanctioned and the "solution" was a load of rubbish that pleased nobody.
If I have any of this worng, please feel free to comment but Im pretty sure this is an accurate account of what befell.
Rolf.
