The higher the academy the better players improve with training, so it will help to slow down the plops that you train the skills in.JMac24 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:23 amI’m wondering though if academy level has any impact in preventing skill drops, not so much choice of training.
Or is a skill drop just a random event irrelevant to academy?
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So plops aren’t a random event but instead are when a skill lowers below its baseline?wolfberries wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 8:49 amThe higher the academy the better players improve with training, so it will help to slow down the plops that you train the skills in.
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There is still a minor random element but yes, now you can roughly track skill declines to the point where you'll probably be no more than a week off either way predicting when the player will plop.
Prior to a change that was made a few seasons ago, players aged 30 and over would randomly drop by significant amounts at a time (about half a level depending on age, doubled for endurance) but that is no longer the case.
Prior to a change that was made a few seasons ago, players aged 30 and over would randomly drop by significant amounts at a time (about half a level depending on age, doubled for endurance) but that is no longer the case.
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Good to know, thanks to everyone that commented!GA-James018 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:02 pmThere is still a minor random element but yes, now you can roughly track skill declines to the point where you'll probably be no more than a week off either way predicting when the player will plop.
Prior to a change that was made a few seasons ago, players aged 30 and over would randomly drop by significant amounts at a time (about half a level depending on age, doubled for endurance) but that is no longer the case.

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What's generally the best time of the season to sell players?
I've been here a long time and never really paid much attention to it.
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The season break.