Feature Spotlight - Transfer System

Hi everyone

This update will focus on the evolution of the transfer system!

We have released a podcast to accompany this post.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1035580/9108601

The upcoming changes to the transfer system are designed to provide more exciting moments. It combines the competitive feel of going up against other managers while also making it a much more hands-on and challenging process to work to build a squad. Whilst adhering to our commitment to keeping 90MF a competitive and fair gameplay experience that isn’t compromised by cheating.

Players can now be acquired in 2 different ways:

• Each division has its own Marquee Players list each day. This limited list of players is available to clubs via an auction process.
  
• The manager who bids the most for a Marquee Player, buys that Marquee Player, for an amount equal to the 2nd highest bid. If there is a tie for highest bids then a winner is selected at random (to ensure time of login is not advantageous), and pays an amount equal to the tied highest bid value
  
• Marquee Players are players of special status, they are the very best players in each tier and are therefore likely to be in high demand with a lot of managers vying for their signatures
  
• A manager can bid any amount they can afford (but those monies will be ‘tied up’ and unavailable for spending on other players, including other Marquee Player bids)
  
• A manager can bid for 1 Marquee Player per day (manager skill increases this), so how much and who you bid for will be of critical importance

• All other players are split up into different Scouting Pools
  
• A Scouting Pool is a per manager pool that is between 20 and 50 players (depending on manager skills) with a reasonable spread over different positions and ages
  
• You can only buy players who are in your Scouting Pool or who are Marquee Players
  
• Every night the players in everyone's Scouting Pool will change
  
• The buy price for players in the Scouting Pools will not start with extremely high values, but will still generally decrease at the end of each day as managers ‘pass up’ the opportunity to purchase them
  
• If a manager buys a player from their Scouting Pool they get the player instantly
  
• Putting the effort in to look at the players in your Scouting Pool to find those that improve your squad will be really important

• You can now receive transfer bids for your players from the AI (there will be a new manager skill that increases the frequency of these received bids)
  
• A player whom you have received a transfer bid for today, can be instantly sold to the pool for the amount of the transfer bid
  
• A player whom you have not received a transfer bid for today, can be instantly sold to the pool for the amount equal to half of the most recent transfer bid received for them
  
• A player whom you have never received a transfer bid for, can be instantly sold for half of what you paid for them
  
• Ensuring that you keep an eye on the transfer bids you have received to find opportunities to get a good price for players you may want to offload can make a big difference

The combination of these changes to the transfer system make it a lot less systematic and a lot more dynamic. It will pay to keep your finger on the pulse and take advantage of any opportunities that may come your way!

We’ve intentionally kept this written announcement short and sweet to give you guys a quick overview. If you’re interested in more detailed information we’ve also released a podcast that discusses these changes in more depth.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1035580/9108601


That’s it for now! Thank you for taking the time to read.