Broken Bat - Help: Training Focus

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#31962	03/17/2016 3:34:12 pm
sadman Joined: 07/13/2015 Posts: 61 Shamokin Hot Chili's IV.7	Does the training focus actually do anything? I have changed it often, left it for a long time, chose both in pitching or both in batting. The area my players are improving does not seem to match up with the training focus. Any tips?

#31963	03/17/2016 3:53:49 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5201 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	We've been told there is a small pool of bonus training. If a focus has been chosen, the pool is spent there. If no focus is chosen, the pool is distributed amoung all the skills. Advice? I think most managers use no focus (myself included). You need to have a concentrated need (bunch of guys behind in hitting) to make a focus attractive.

#31964	03/17/2016 4:06:27 pm
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	What Seca said, plus because the bonus is small if you are changing it a lot then you really wouldn't be able to notice any difference anyways. Remember, training only happens on the Friday updates, so if you change it multiple times in a week only what you have it set at during the update does anything. I also have it set to no focus.

#31967	03/17/2016 4:42:13 pm
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive	Also Bonus is not an additional amount of SI just a very small push to potentially get to their maxSI sooner

#32005	03/18/2016 5:59:44 am
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2237 New York Lancers V.4	See, I set mine to Primary: Hitting, and Secondary: Fastball. And I was wondering why my pitchers aren't getting anywhere near as many gains as my hitters! Having said that most of my pitchers (10/13) are at least 29 years old, so there likely isn't any upside there, and improving my hitting seemed the best path to success this year. I'm guessing switching to 'No Focus' for the rest of the season might be a better idea.

#32025	03/18/2016 10:50:45 am
Tiger504 Joined: 06/17/2014 Posts: 1314 Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers III.4	I focus my training. Not sure if it helps or not but I always have. I used to do primary control, secondary PD. I switched awhile back to secondary strength because my team completely sucked in power. I am sure it has no real immediate effect. That came from signing a couple power guys and maturation of some prospects.

#32033	03/18/2016 11:59:41 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	People who play other games are used to training focus concentrating all training (and skill increases) on that one skill. Such is not the case in Broken Bat. The difference between the focused skill improvements and other skill improvements are small (5-10%). It more like a club emphasis on playing a certain way. Regardless of your skill focus, players will end up largely the same. As in real life, that wimpy middle infielder isn't going to suddenly grow huge muscles because you're focused on power hitting. Nor is your radar gun going to shatter because you're focusing on pitching velocity. But it does effect how players develop. Steve

#32039	03/18/2016 1:41:43 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I use it sometimes if I see a particular skill is behind in development for a couple key youngsters. Or if I just want to get all of my team to develop a little bit quicker in a given skill. Much of the time the stars don't align and I need different foci for different players, so instead I just do no focus, which distributes the training more evenly across each individual player's needed focus. Updated Friday, March 18 2016 @ 1:42:21 pm PDT

#32251	03/24/2016 8:09:28 am
brentswagger Joined: 03/22/2016 Posts: 265 Lakeville Bears IV.2	I'm still very new so I may be asking a question that has a very obvious answer. When I click on training it shows 5 batters and 2 pitchers at various organizational levels. Are those the only players getting training? Do I have any control over who gets trained? Thanks.

#32252	03/24/2016 8:24:28 am
Endrju Joined: 05/28/2015 Posts: 577 Inactive	All players receive training or experience, the "Training" page only shows those that popped a skill (indicated by green arrow), dropped a skill (indicated by red arrow) or learnt a new position.

#32253	03/24/2016 8:35:35 am
brentswagger Joined: 03/22/2016 Posts: 265 Lakeville Bears IV.2	Thanks much. That makes a lot of sense now.

#32254	03/24/2016 8:39:25 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	Keep in mind that Broken Bat players grow like real players. Owners can't really influence that growth beyond a small nudge from the training focus. There's no putting points into hitting or power to make them how we want them, they grow into who they were meant to be. Makes finding the guys with the right build for each minor league spot very important.

#32272	03/24/2016 3:13:29 pm
wuggla Joined: 05/10/2013 Posts: 1059 Colorado Springs Vultures VI.28	thats what makes this game awsome+real because the owners cant change or buy how the players devalope yes we can use training focus to say hey lets work harder on this so we can get better faster but it is just a little bit faster.