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dont worry no offence - i give it out a lot on the forums so I have to be thick skinned to take it back!

I agree with your points however I dont think everyone realises how little activity there has been in the transfer market relative to the activity we saw a couple of months back... there are very few top end players changing hands, training speeds are slowing and people seem to be preparing to keep the nucleus of their squad together as a) they get to know them better b) become more attached or c) cant sell (like me) because of previous trading history.

In order for the market to pick up we need to see another big increase in managers - if we stay at this level for a while then its probably wisest to stick with the team you have as no-one wants to take the risk of not replacing one of their better players. A further dry up in the market and continuing slowdown in training speed may result in this seasons draft picks being the only viable players to keep improving.

I have a feeling draft picks are then going to become even more important next season...and so on....

It shows that they don't only look at the main skill otherwise they would not say my player is probably better.

they can easely compare the wages to see if they are better or not...

I don't think that a player's wage is directly proportional to a player's skill. A player with one "marvelous" attribute may have a much higher salary than a player with 5 "strong" attributes but not be anywhere near as good a player.

nope.... i saw a player with 17 in free throws (phenomenal) and he had his wage only 3.7k !!

LOL.... it is accurate to me! xD

'Transfer Price Estimate: There have been 23 recent transfers of 27-28 year old point guards with respectable outside defense and any potential. Of these, the ones with skills most similar to Antonio Lima have been selling for around $ 1 000 to $ 1 000. '

My opinion: ft shooting is probably considered as a secundary, meaning less influence ingame AND for wage.

Just wanted to post a little info regarding my watching of the TPE since its inception. Last week one of my player's had the transfer estimate blurb that read- "... so-an-so is probably better than all 114 of these players but the average has been between $ 100 000 and $ 1 800 000."

This week he popped in OS from strong to proficient, and his transfer estimate changed to this: " There have been 62 recent transfers of 21-22 year old small forwards with proficient jump shot and allstar potential. Of these, the ones with skills most similar to so-and-so have been selling for around $ 500 000 to $ 2 350 000.

The number of similar players dropped in half and his transfer price estimate improved $ 500 000 with one pop. However, prospective buyers can no longer be lured with the "...probably better than all of these..." report. I'm not sure if I'm happy or not.

I'm going to be training him in a secondary skill for a while, so when it pops I'll try to remember to report if a secondary or tertiary skill increase matters to his TPE.

Last edited by somdetsfinest at 6/8/2008 8:01:29 AM

TPE was developed to help new users get a rough idea of how much a player would/could be worth.

Users who are around for longer, and seek for a new talent in their team will for sure pay more money for extra secondaries, no matter what the TPE says.

This is my personal opinion, and no truth, so don't nail me on this, but I am positive that when users buy players who mainly got their primary skill, without much secondaries, they will look at the TPE, but when the player has a lot of secondaries, this will very likely cause bidding wars and TPE will not so much be looked at...

I think that is probably true and good advice, even if it is only an opinion!