@Delicious What is the reasoning behind one near post and one far post corner? Wouldn't finding the superior one be best for fm-arena testing purposes?
This is just a more narrow 424 idea with all the instructions that seem to test well. Also trying the combination of defense instructions that makes sense to me.
I think it would be a cool challenge for tactic creators to create the best tactic that uses a (non-DLP) playmaker role for each position. I imagine for most tactics, adding a playmaker will be a negative but what if there is a surprise? It will also be great to find some tactics that lose very little and so will probably become a gain if your team does have a transcendent player in that position. Thoughts?
Have you tried RPM in the center? I wonder where it falls compared to DM(S) and DM(D) and it's a very different type of player so it would be useful information in practice to know if it's a usable tweak.
It didn't go so well but maybe it's the team selection or injuries. I'd love to see how playable it is to build around a shape like this because I've tried 3 striker setups in saves and they can be demanding to keep a hold of the players for them.
Sorry. I forgot to save that one. I jumped right into a second test and had a much better result with some tweaks though. Let me know what stats are interesting.
Edit: here you go, I picked out some stats I thought would be interesting.
I started this test as soon as I uploaded the first. The results are so so so much better!
It's the same idea, I want to get use out of a classic #10 and a talismanic pressing forward in my save. Thank you for testing my upload @Zippo , please allow this one too. In the future, I will work on setting up a league like ZaZ recommends before asking for testing here.
I (correctly this time) copied all of ZaZ's SP's.
edit: I know that this asymetric staggering in the advanced midfield probably makes for worse testing. If this one does much better than the 4132, it would be interesting to see how a flat/smoothed out version does in this testing league but I'm more interested in finding a strong tactic to run in my save.
Just a 4-1-3-2 that fits the players in my Hallescher FC career save. I had some bad injury luck in this season simulation but would really appreciate this tactic being tested.
Roaming AM(S) and I like the idea of defenders bringing the ball up the pitch rather than using overlap/underlaps.
ZaZ said: I have created a save file with only English teams, and set all players from the two top leagues to have maximum consistency and minimum injury proneness. Then I run tests with eight teams, one save with two teams from Premier League and two from Championship, and another similar with different teams, divided equally by season odds. After that, I do five runs for both saves, which gives a total of 1680 matches. After that, I do a rank test to define which variation of the tactic is the best. Expand
Thanks for the answer. You do it in a very robust way!
Could you tell me how to effectively test tactics? Do you use your training with or without some modifications for match-buff training? Or maybe just let assistant manager do everything?
I'd like to minimize injury variance but also not give up some training advantage.
Schedule: Spoiler
It is a copy of @Delicious amazing 3ATB tactic with minor tweak to WB PI's and the different shape - https://fm-arena.com/thread/3161-3atb-contest/
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I'd really like to play a 3-5-2 with a MEZ pair + some holding midfielder Do you think that would cripple it?
Sorry. I forgot to save that one. I jumped right into a second test and had a much better result with some tweaks though. Let me know what stats are interesting.
Edit: here you go, I picked out some stats I thought would be interesting.
It's the same idea, I want to get use out of a classic #10 and a talismanic pressing forward in my save. Thank you for testing my upload @Zippo , please allow this one too. In the future, I will work on setting up a league like ZaZ recommends before asking for testing here.
I (correctly this time) copied all of ZaZ's SP's.
edit: I know that this asymetric staggering in the advanced midfield probably makes for worse testing. If this one does much better than the 4132, it would be interesting to see how a flat/smoothed out version does in this testing league but I'm more interested in finding a strong tactic to run in my save.
Roaming AM(S) and I like the idea of defenders bringing the ball up the pitch rather than using overlap/underlaps.
I took SPs from ZaZ latest tactic.
Thanks for the answer. You do it in a very robust way!
Could you tell me how to effectively test tactics? Do you use your training with or without some modifications for match-buff training? Or maybe just let assistant manager do everything?
I'd like to minimize injury variance but also not give up some training advantage.
Thanks