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Hi, I have just joined BB and I have a couple of noob questions:
1. Do people generally train one skill over a long period or do you change training frequently.
2. Related to that, do you focus on just one or two promising players or do you try to train the whole starting 5 or even more so you can sell players for profit?
3. What sorts of skill caps are associated with the different potentials? What kind of skill can I expect an allstar to reach before training gets slow?

That's just for the first set of questions. Thanks in advance!

Last edited by Prostetnic_Vogon_Jeltz at 8/30/2008 7:03:49 AM

Hmm. Is the community always as helpful as this?

1. figure out urself what is best for ur team. normally 4+1 trainees are trained 100%

2. make some 2 players better, sell the rest, thats MY philosophy

3. nobody knows

Each of the training regimes has a primary skill, and a few secondary skills that it improves. While you might want to concentrate on several players, you probably don't want to concentrate on a single skill. You can only have 5 players on the court, and if a player can shoot, but can't play D, you might end up losing 150 to 130. If they can play D, but not shoot, you might lose 80-60.

You can train 2 players per position effectively, with a 3rd player somewhat less effectively. You can either have a 3rd trainee, or perhaps get some training for a starter in a nearby position. If you are training centers, you might use one of your PF as the extra trainee, and the player used might depend on the skill you are training.

Potential was introduced at the beginning of last season. All existing players were given a potential of Allstar*. Unless these players are on the NT, they probably aren't hitting their potential caps, and new players with lesser potentials haven't been around long enough to be hitting their caps.

There appears to be some correlation between initial skills and potential, so players with Announcer potential probably had low skills and also would be less likely to be picked out as training candidates.

Hmm. Is the community always as helpful as this?

That's a rude statement towards the people you're asking help from.

Either someone who had a good answer wasn't available, or someone who didn't have a good answer chose not to clutter the thread.

Be patient and someone will address your questions, as you have seen.

Thanks!
I didn't mean to be rude and appologise to anybody who was offended.

are you always that lazy, that you can't watch 5min for your answers by yourself?

Sorry i don't want to be rude or offend someone ;)

No one really felt that you meant to be rude. BB CAN be a little overwhelming at first, so hang in there. Just be patient though when you post a question. As Juice said, there are usually legitimate reasons why an answer is not immediately forthcoming.

No one really felt that you meant to be rude. BB CAN be a little overwhelming at first, so hang in there. Just be patient though when you post a question. As Juice said, there are usually legitimate reasons why an answer is not immediately forthcoming.

Like posting at a time when there are low amounts of users online and upping your own thread before the bulk of the users sign on (albeit with over 14hrs between)

I would say rotate training and try to increase the skills which not many people train... (getting more difficult) but there used to be a big hole in the market for players with OD... now thats fixed..... generally plan your season and no longer.. the game is young and there are likely to be a number of changes/improvements as the next few seasons pass by.

So ask yourself what you want your team to look like in a season from now. It is unlikely you are going to be able to splash out for a major purchase on the Transfer market so start shaping your youngest players to give you profit and success on the court!

Good luck!

How does one open/download the .xml file. I can't find any obvious link. Cheers.