Thursday, October 8, 2009

Wage demand changes in 1.3




Let me post a quote first to make my point

#3 – Older Players
Here is where we approach the most contentious change in the wage structure, for a long time the forums have been full of requests to lower the wages and fees associated with signing older players. Changes were brought in to address this issue previously, but they haven’t been working as they should. The main reason for this was a bug which meant players wouldn’t ask for their true wage demand, it would get stuck somewhere in between. This bug was affecting both ends of the wage scale younger players weren’t asking as much as they should, older players weren’t asking for less.
Along with the bug fix, that should see a more dramatic decline in the expected wage of older players, there have also been further adjustments to make signing older players both more attractive and more affordable. Signing-on fees will now reduce for players from the age of 30 onwards: At 30 it drops to 8 times wage, 31 to 6 times, 32 to 4 times, 33 to 2 times and from 34 years of age or older there will be no signing-on fee for players.
The expected drop in older players wage demands, even if they have been playing well they will demand 5% less per year from the age of 30 onwards and even if their contract is set to auto-extend they will lower their current wages by up to 20% if the basic wage demand is less than their current wage.

Having posted that, look at the picture I posted. Red squares on left are new wage demands for players over 30, and right is current wage demands. Where is the incentive to having older players? By incentive do they mean incentive to pay a lot more for players with a lot lower resale value??? I don't understand the need SI has to sugar coat their changes, pisses me off more than if they just said: "Hey, we'll raise your wages because you morons have too much cash, HAHA suckers!"

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