I didn't even realize that they were messing with the home field advantage, but after last season, there certainly has been some adjusting. Looks like this season is picking up right where they left off with the home team going 5-0 in week 1 and the away teams 0-5. Probably will be another 6 loss team taking the crown

AbCat wrote: Looking at the stats pages for home and away team performances, and this seems to be adding half a star to about half the home team players, and taking the same amount from the away team's performance. This does not seem to be in force for World Cup finals matches, or cup matches, or the Iron Bowl, but it's looking like a big thing for leagues where the margins are tight. I had not noticed this before, because the worse my team plays, the more often I win.

I hadn't observed those ratings that closely but I believe you are correct. Best example I have is my kicker/punter. He is a 4.5* talent so his max rating is 5*. However prior to Season 25, he never had a 5* rating before (he has a 20 CON and is self capped for salary reasons). But in all home games since season 25 he's had 5* ratings. But all away games are only 4.5*.

Very interesting stuff. Based on that home field advantage might be worth 1-2 extra points to each player. That will definitely make a difference in close games.

I've never noticed a home field advantage. Quite the opposite for my past seasons for me

I agree it's ruining the game, last season I lost important away matches in AFLC from weaker teams and I even managed to lose a match from the opponent whose players' skills are around 15-16 while mine are exclusively 19-20.
I haven't even read that they will change that feature but realized it quickly myself as the difference was so obvious.

Home field advantage is really getting ridiculous in the Central Europe Top Division. Home teams are 13-2 so far and most of these wins have been blowouts. Everybody looks powerless against it, including the very best team in the world: the reigning CE champion and Iron Bowl winner FC Riproviamo was wiped out twice on the road, in spite of a roster of monsters and a 2.3M payroll.

This is not surprising though, considering that the CE TD is currently a very balanced league. From a Talent/BPOS standpoint, every team is fully equipped from top to bottom. And the infamous BMI thing has contributed to erase any difference in terms of physicals too. So we are left with 10 clones of the same team that are as evenly matched as they come. Once you throw some super duper bonus into the equation, the outcome of a given game is pretty much decided in advance because the away team is simply unable to offset that.

The old home field advantage (which was actually benefiting the away team, but you get the point) wasn't that bad. While noticeable, it wasn't a be-all and end-all affair. The current one is a death sentence instead and should be toned down a bit IMHO.

Maybe the OP should have opened this thread in the "Suggestion" section of the forum though. Otherwise chances are that the devs will not even notice it.