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"Career Extension" completely useless???

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Date: 1/25/2013 9:18:24 PM
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The game manual is pretty ambiguous about how "Career Extension" works though. All it says is that "Older players will not experience skill drops as frequently." 6 out of 8 weeks is alarming for a 50 year old. let alone a 34 year old.

There's specialties like "massage" & "fitness" that consistently do something every week. And on the opposite side, there's "taping injuries" which has zero consistent effect. Only having a *chance* of working under very narrow conditions.

So I'm wondering where "career extension" falls..... Is it just a specialty with a small chance of working like "taping injuries"? Otherwise it does absolutely nothing? Or does it actually work reliably like the other 2 specialties i mentioned above? (like by reducing the severity of each drop... say instead of dropping .5 levels, you only drop .3 levels?)

Last edited by shikago at 1/25/2013 9:20:22 PM

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Date: 1/26/2013 2:39:25 PM
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But look at the game manual:
Career Extension: Older players will not experience skill drops as frequently.

Fitness: The magnitude of the Stamina drops experienced by your players is decreased.

So the Fitness specialty is always working, even while stamina drops. But this makes it seem like Career Extension is something that either works or doesn't (like taping injuries). It also says nothing about the severity of drops.

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Date: 1/26/2013 2:50:55 PM
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Thanks for the reply. But It's not uncommon to have 33 year olds with zero skill drops, without extension. The 35 year old PF seems impressive. But I checked just now, and...

I've got a 36 year old with only 3 skill drops in 3 1/2 seasons! Without career extension!

So again I don't see the point of career extension. It seems like it's random as to whether or not it works, and that the majority of weeks it does absolutely nothing?

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Date: 1/26/2013 3:11:02 PM
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wow.. i dont know but can i if train stamina or game shape does it help somewhat? with this kind of trainer

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I've got a 36 year old with only 3 skill drops in 3 1/2 seasons! Without career extension!

How high are his skills?
I ask, because I know few 45-50 yo players, who hadn't even single drop during few seasons in row,
(It's nothing spectacular, because they have TSP=10...)
However it leads us to conclusion: lower skills - lower probability of drop and/or lower magnitude of drop if it occurs (I bet that second sentence is key). For example magnitude of drop = 5-15% of skill.
So it's possible that player with all skills below 3-5 has very little or even 0 visible drops during season.
In other hand, therefore is harder to keep without drop 33yo player, who has few skills above 15.

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235151.11 in reply to 235151.10
Date: 1/26/2013 4:48:46 PM
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I agree. Skill drops to age must be similar to enthusiasm drops: higher you are, faster you fall.
Skill 18>17 faster than 17>16 faster than 16>15 etc

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.
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Date: 1/26/2013 5:32:20 PM
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I've got a 36 year old with only 3 skill drops in 3 1/2 seasons! Without career extension!

How high are his skills?
I ask, because I know few 45-50 yo players, who hadn't even single drop during few seasons in row,
(It's nothing spectacular, because they have TSP=10...)

The 36 year old has TSP of around 55 (not counting stamina/FT). Not a great player, but certainly enough left to drop... The 34 year old didn't have very high skills either. (none even close to 15... most skills around 10 i think)

In other hand, therefore is harder to keep without drop 33yo player, who has few skills above 15.

Maybe. But I've had a few 33 year olds with very high skills and no drops. And no major changes in DMI.

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Date: 1/26/2013 5:35:47 PM
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Skill drops to age must be similar to enthusiasm drops: higher you are, faster you fall.

But whether you fall or not is completely random on any given week? & It's clear that players aren't constantly losing a set % of their skills each week.

Anyway, the real question I had is if Career Extension is a waste. Anecdotally it appears to do little if anything. The Fitness & Massage specialties at least seem to make a tangible difference each week.

(some people without career extension get better results than with career extension. While it's doubtful that anyone without fitness or massage gets better results than anyone with fitness or massage.)

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