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I kinda liked the changes (especially regarding the salary formula and the 3-2 zone) and the threshold should had probably been implemented gradually, but I guess it is what it is. I'm kinda surprised though because I thought the changes except tax threshold were welcomed by the majority.

An additional point I would like to make is that I'm usually okay with decisions regarding the gameplay/rules (because also in real life sometimes it is not up to you but rather to the management or responsible organization/individuals), which means that when there is a change I try to adapt accordingly even though I don't like it, and I'm okay with that because it is realistic to me.

However, as some of the users in this thread have already pointed out, I think it is also important to avoid any conflict of interest that might occur when making decisions. I just hope that is also being taken into consideration, best regards.

First of all this whole situation is really unfortunate and it has caused significant damage to many people including myself.

Secondly a big thank you to the game developers for putting their hands up and admitting the mistake. The changes were made too quickly and as painful as it may be to admit a more gradual transition would have been fairer. That said the damage has already been done so I’m not sure how much rolling the changes back will actually help at this point.

Unpopular opinion or perhaps more of a question: is there really a need to rework the rewards assuming the 3-2 position gets nerfed? For years there has been no real path to success with any other defensive setup while this particular defense has become the only viable option if you actually want to compete.

I would personally see fixing this defensive setup as the number one priority after the transition to the new user interface.

P.S. The new website is great and the changes to rebounding are more than welcome!

Hi,

I’m glad to see that after being absent for such a long time, you’re now extremely active again.

When I first started using the new website, I honestly felt like I was too old to learn new things. For something as simple as setting a lineup, you had implemented the most complicated way possible. However, I noticed that you were really committed to fixing the problems and that you kept trying to make changes and improve the final version of the site. Although, personally, I have no interest in dealing with the beta version and I’ll just wait for the final result.

But throughout all this time, the bigger issue, much more important than the appearance of the website, has been the lack of real variety in the use of tactics and defenses, and how ineffective many of them have become.

Changing the salary formula was not a real solution to the problem, but it was at least a temporary painkiller, and it made relying on this repetitive outside-defense rhythm more expensive.

Now are we going back to how things were before?

I don’t want you to take this personally or get upset with me, but someone whose major decisions can’t even remain consistent for a few weeks is not really suited to managing a game.

The fact that you bought this game because of your passion for it and the memories you had from your childhood was a nice thing to hear. But I’m afraid you might end up being the one who kills it with your own hands.

If no decision is made to fix the way tactics and defenses are actually used, if shot blocking remains this cheap, if outside defense continues to be disproportionately powerful, and if the new website keeps making the simplest tasks unnecessarily complicated, then this game is going to die very soon.

I agree with what has been said here: rolling back the changes to the salary formula and the projected nerf of the 3-2 zone accomplishes little. Furthermore, I don’t think that so many managers were against these changes. I mean, everyone could see that 3-2 being absolute meta was a problem, even if personally affected by the changes (I play 3-2 zone like everyone). Now that people were getting used to the change, imo it doesn’t make any sense to roll it back. You could have eventually projected an adjustment, if you really think that it is not working as expected, but rolling it back is another rushed decision.

PS the 3-2 zone need a nerf.
It is over powered and used by most of the top managers, nowdays you dont have another defense.
Look at the B3 competition, NT-s, U21, everyone is using the 3-2 zone, guess why?

Its so stupid that 3-2 zone is good agains Inside tactics, it just doesnt make sense, it need to be fixed for sure.

Back in the week after Marin announced the reforms, you could have simply rolled back the changes when facing massive pushback from the community, instead of waiting until everyone had already made costly preparations for the new rules.(

This. Hoarding tax implementation required a quick move. The main argument is: 'this is a long-term game, so blablabla.' As a result, teams with more than $15M that wanted to stay below the limit and had planned how to invest their money—rather than waiting for the off-season when prices were expected to rise due to excess liquidity—are punished once again. They are penalized first for planning to accumulate money, and now again for planning to invest that money in advance


Last edited by Fanega at 10/4/2026 4:17:36 PM

Youre talking about completley another thing.

I said that 3-2 is stupid, it should be good against outside tactic, and bad against inside tactic.

At the moment, even if you "know" that your opponent is playing inside, you destroy him with 3-2 zone.

Every top club/nation is playing 3-2 zone and this needs to stop in my opinion.

People training C/PFs with 20+ SB, and every team/NT have those players.
Old school C/PFs almost disappear from the game.

BB made this non logic move to stop classic LI, and just flipped it around, making one defense dominant against every tactic.
So they made it even worse.

How important is SB in RL?
Probably the most non important skill that we have on BB.

Im just sick of 3-2 zone every game, against every offense.

Make it weaker, specialy against Inside tactics.
Its logical.