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I have some questions about investment in Team infrastructure and Arena:
- If you build level 3 Gym it will cost you 1M, but you can also build it gradualy 500k+300k+200k with no extra charge?
- If you want to build top level Arena for 4M and you currently own 2M Arena, you will be paying the full amount of 4M?

Now question about the cross-training and Gym:
- no Gym --- > one slot for cross-training ---> you are training one unrelated skill
- Gym level 1 ---> two slots for cross-training ---> you are training two unrelated skills
- the unrelated skill you are training without a Gym and the one you are training with Gym level 1 are never the same.

Amount of cross-training:
- no Gym ---> you are getting cross-training of one unrelated skill, at the expense of the primary skill you are training
- Gym level 1 ---> cross-training of the second unrelated skill does not come at the expense of the primary skill you are training i.e it is always at a fixed amount
- If the above is correct, does that mean you will get that fixed amount of cross-training even if your trainee does not meet the required minutes/week for your primary training.

On Mondays, you will pay the Weekly Team Infrastructure Maintenance

I know about the weekly maintenance. What I wanted to know was this: if I don't have a Gym and decide to build Gym level 3 it will cost me 1M. If I have a Gym level 1 and decide to build Gym level 3 I will pay 500k. Is this correct? Not like with Arena designer where you pay the full amount?

Yes you are correct. You can build the infrastructure gradually and only pay the difference (500+300+200))

I don't get this game. My players aren't good enough to win my league, yet they're too expensive to keep together?? I've had this problem numerous times. That doesn't make a whole lotta sense imo. How am I supposed to win my league if I can't either train my players up to where they can conceivably advance, or afford to purchase some players who can help me advance? It's like I'm stuck. I now have to sell some of my players so I don't go bankrupt - making my goal of advancing even further away - then sit around for a few seasons, not even competing to win the league, so I can save money
for a few seasons. All the while the few players I have that are decent, are getting older while I save money. Then I have to start the process all over again. It's crazy.

Last edited by MichTodd at 10/14/2025 9:33:42 PM

If I train a player who has reached 100% of their potential, will they still improve a little?

If I train a player who has reached 100% of their potential, will they still improve a little?

Cap 1 -> ~70-75% training efficiency
Cap 2 -> ~40-50% training efficiency
Cap 3 -> 25% training efficiency

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1. Do you have the arena design or merchandise store built? Once built up, those provide permanent passive income for future seasons (the initial payback period is around 7-8 seasons for the 1M arena and the level 1 & 2 merch stores, slightly longer for the 4M arena and level 3 merch store).

2. Homegrown and local merchandise bonus adds a bonus based on your "Team Sales" merchandise component (which is usually $20k-$25k/week in d3). This bonus can be 80% or more of the Team Sales component if the majority of your salaries are for US players or players you drafted.

3. You're well over soft cap on attendance (attendance falls off sharply above 19,000 total butts in all seats), you should experiment with setting your bleachers and lower tier prices higher to get more total revenue out of very slightly lower attendance (but as you drop closer to the soft cap, you'll hit a point where more ticket price increases decrease total revenue)

Otherwise, the biggest challenge I've faced with training is to try to time my training waves so that I'm getting the big salary (and effectiveness) spikes matched up with a timing where my team is ready to contend for a league championship & promotion.

Last edited by Azariah at 10/15/2025 9:39:45 AM

Appreciate the reply. I bought the $500,000 arena design. I do not have a merchandising store though. I'm gonna have to make that a new priority. But I'm light years from that now. I'm in the red to about $350,000 and soon to be more if I don't drop or sell someone. I just lost the Championship for my league. But I won't be able to win it next year unless I get real lucky in some buys and sells. I don't see it happening, competing to advance, this next season. I think i'm gonna have to sell a player, or two, take my lumps, and save save save for a season with a subpar team. Then when I get my savings up enough, I will start investing in a merch store. Thanks for the advise and take it easy!

Last edited by MichTodd at 10/15/2025 8:39:48 PM

In terms of percentage, approximately how much training will I lose if I fire my staff trainer?

Do players of same nationality but drafted by utopia and non-utopia teams impact local team's merchandise revenue differently?