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[tajhay]

What have you simulated to get some guys in your squads moral down into the 60s & 40s?

I had a second string lineup selected against dictators preseason game 2. Wanted to use that selection to use for tests, but seems like it played a few simulations in non test mode which prob compounded it. Had made note of dictators minor injuries so reset those when it did update, and others would have only been boosted for them

 

[tajhay]

@Ultimate Team

Guys i need to retune training. It should be rare for med intensity to cause injuries, esp due to some other injury compoounding functions there are.

So whats going to happen:
- all teams players morale, form, fitness reset and minor injuries wiped out prior to season round 1 start
- training injuries will be tuned down..it should not cause so many injuries
- you may train prior to the game today, but the reset of player updates above will mean that will be negligible.
- ensure you have your best team you want selected in gameplan prior to 4om NZ Time(include currently minor injured players as that injury will be cleared).

TLDR; All teams go into Season Round 1 full strength.

If you see any oddities ie leaderboard, populated or games simmed nust ignore it. Theres been a number of updates to sim engine since trial 2 so need to ensure that everything is fully aligned

 

[Inruin]

Diary Entry 25/3/2026
I have just completed a bonding session with the Mighty Hammerheads. We went down to Christchurch as I'd heard it was good for Shark's teams and allowing the players to come together. I went to bed pretty early but the boys were obviously keen to continue on playing checkers or whatever they were doing. There was a line of them out the door of one of the rooms waiting for their turn. This trip can only be good for the team and the organization. Cant wait for the season to start.....

 

[Barzak]

Diary Entry 25/3/2026
I have just completed a bonding session with the Mighty Hammerheads. We went down to Christchurch as I'd heard it was good for Shark's teams and allowing the players to come together. I went to bed pretty early but the boys were obviously keen to continue on playing checkers or whatever they were doing. There was a line of them out the door of one of the rooms waiting for their turn. This trip can only be good for the team and the organization. Cant wait for the season to start.....

 

[Cces]

@tajhay, in Game Plan it state your #11 is right edge but further down if you choose to favour the right edge it includes 7, 12, 3 & 2

 

[tajhay]

@tajhay, in Game Plan it state your #11 is right edge but further down if you choose to favour the right edge it includes 7, 12, 3 & 2

Sorry thats wrong. 11 is left second rower. Its been fixed. Can you double check please.

 

[Cces]

Sorry thats wrong. 11 is left second rower. Its been fixed. Can you double check please.

Yep, fixed.
What Wing is Manu playing on today btw????

 

[tajhay]

Yep, fixed.
What Wing is Manu playing on today btw????

Up against Meli?

just dont change his side

 

[tajhay]

@Ultimate Team

guys, training has been fully reworked. Will lead to lesser injuries and before there were a few issues where it was only providing form boosts. Now it will provide boosts based on the type of training you select. There are descriptions under each training which indicate what you can expect i.e.



Note that the boosts based on type of training is for the next game. Now since this fix was only done today, it would be unfair if some people did training and some didnt before the match is played so please dont do any training. Or if you do, it will be deleted anyway before the games are run. It will come into effect after Round 1.

Interchanges are also slightly reworked. If you say have a 5/8 on the bench, if the starting 5/8 (who would usually play full 80) has a lesser impact due to ratings x game fatigue level and it is lower than the fresher 5/8 sitting on the bench, the bench player will come on. There are also more smarts put in where star players try to play more game time etc to reflect reality.

 

[tajhay]

Ok all locked and loaded.

I have closed Training for now and will reopen after Round 1.

Good luck to all teams and thanks for the patience!

If you want you can still update teamlist/gameplans all the way until game time in 1 hour.

Best of luck to all (Except Chatham Islands )

 

[Inruin]

How is the draw done? How many rounds do we play? Can you tweak it so you play opposition home and away?

 

[tajhay]

How is the draw done? How many rounds do we play? Can you tweak it so you play opposition home and away?

Everyone plays each other home and away. And then there are 4 additional games so you may play some teams a 3rd time.

https://nzwarriors.com/ultimate-team-season/draw

 

[Cces]

Heart stopper for the Hawks first up.
Down 0-22 at home, fought back to make it 26-30 & then Ridgey decides to take the 2!! Sebastine Ikahihifo the unlikely hero and deserving of the 3 Dally M points.
Huge night ahead on the island.

View attachment 1000016118.mp4

 

[tajhay]

BTW few new sections have now opened up as we are in the season officially.

- News https://nzwarriors.com/ultimate-team-season/news
- Leaderboard https://nzwarriors.com/ultimate-team-season/leaderboard
- Judiciary (hopefully no cases to answer....) https://nzwarriors.com/ultimate-team-judiciary/
- Training as discussed before is now open after being revamped https://nzwarriors.com/ultimate-team-season/training

There are few things coming soon to make it fairer should teams suffer season ending injuries, cap allowances, development player etc. Will detail that later. Until then savour that win or moan about the losses lol

BTW interchange still needs a lil rework. Still some oddities. Will fix that for round 2.

 

[Cces]

Call up for Scotland despite not making the Hawks 17?

 

[Inruin]

if a player comes up as wanting to leave (2 rounds) what does that mean for my team and selections?

 

[tajhay]

Call up for Scotland despite not making the Hawks 17?View attachment 16483

I think its a subtle way of saying hes trying to find a way out...

Nah j/k. It was something that fired intentionally. I was building rep stuff but that will be put on the backburner. So that event has now been deleted on your side (you can usually see these at the bottom of your franchise page)

 

[Inruin]

I think its a subtle way of saying hes trying to find a way out...

Nah j/k. It was something that fired intentionally. I was building rep stuff but that will be put on the backburner. So that event has now been deleted on your side (you can usually see these at the bottom of your franchise page)

He would be mad to want to leave after such a great bonding session and first up win. I'm not surprised he has changed his mind

 

[tajhay]

if a player comes up as wanting to leave (2 rounds) what does that mean for my team and selections?

It doesnt mean anything right now.

Theres a few things being built and its triggered off something similar to cces question about rep duty. Just to be clear players will not leave though.

But there are a few things happening.
1) if players have major season ending injuries, its rare but it can happen, that the team can get 50% salary cap back.
2) if a player has a major injury, a development player i.e. current nz warriors junior player can be drafted into your team for free (academy/development player).
3) players can ask to get a pay boost or you can ask them to take a paycut. ill explain this later.
4) teams can get salary cap boosts due to sponsorship deals. these are random but they are more likely to target teams doing well.
5) players stuck on the bench for a lot of games or players not getting any game time may get antsy.

etc etc.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

BTW few new sections have now opened up as we are in the season officially.

- News https://nzwarriors.com/ultimate-team-season/news
- Leaderboard https://nzwarriors.com/ultimate-team-season/leaderboard
- Judiciary (hopefully no cases to answer....) https://nzwarriors.com/ultimate-team-judiciary/
- Training as discussed before is now open after being revamped https://nzwarriors.com/ultimate-team-season/training

There are few things coming soon to make it fairer should teams suffer season ending injuries, cap allowances, development player etc. Will detail that later. Until then savour that win or moan about the losses lol

BTW interchange still needs a lil rework. Still some oddities. Will fix that for round 2.

Is it possible to nominate who interchanges for who pre game? Wasn’t impressed to see the Black Pearl subbed off. He needs to earn his wage & play the full 80!!