pstimpel wrote: if your guy has 20 as skill and 20 consistency it would result in skill from 16 to 24...this can't happen IMO, because the highest available skill level is 20. So a 20 skill player in this example can only participate on the negative boost, not the positive one. I guess this is what Merc likes to say

Now im confused -> a player with consistency 20 will have no effect to his skill and/or rating - > he will play every game at 100% of given skills and rating without deviation - this is how i understand constistency level 20

Consistency -> the lower the level, the higher the possible deviation effect on skills/rating, with limitation: player cannot play better than the possible maximum of skill value = 20 and/or rating level 5 Stars

My only problem with consistency is:

If Consistency 20 = 0% change and Consistency 19 = 1% change, then how does Consistency 1 become a change of 20% ? Unless Consistency 20 = 1% change, then Consistency 1 would equal 20% change.

To me it would be Consistency 1 = 19% change based on the below table

20 = 0%
19 = 1%
18 = 2%
17 = 3%
16 = 4%
15 = 5%
14 = 6%
13 = 7%
12 = 8%
11 = 9%
10 = 10%
09 = 11%
08 = 12%
07 = 13%
06 = 14%
05 = 15%
04 = 16%
03 = 17%
02 = 18%
01 = 19%

The explanations of this post have not been consistant

But I also believe it should be 19% for 1 consistancy.

I think consistency may be best explained in the context of other factors. This may not be exact but I think it works something like this:

Match Performance = Skills * Stamina * Match Starting Rating * small random factor

Match Starting Rating = BPOS * Energy * Chemistry * Consistency * Health * small random factor

Experience = rate at which chemistry is earned in a match (see FAQ) so not a factor in performance

So a consistency of say 10 does not directly alter a players skill levels by approx 50% but is a factor in determining his match starting rating (see FAQ).

I'm guessing that both the above may have a small random factor that makes it harder for us to figure it out, but adds to the fun!

Apologies this is not an exact mathematical formula and the ' * ' was just a shorthand way of saying 'in combination with' and did not mean multiply.
The exact combinations are as yet unknown but we have a guideline.
So consistency may effect up to 20% of match starting rating and is therefore not the same thing as 20% of performance. Or could it be 20% when factored into perfomance, we are not really sure yet!

I'm guessing that some of the above factors have greater influence in the 'combination' than others. From my own experience, I would guess the biggest factor in match starting rating is BPOS and match starting rating has a large influence on performance. Also, stamina has large effect on performance. My team I would say is a decent team, not one of the top teams but I've had some success with it. It is built on stamina and BPOS, some of my primary skills are only 5 or 6.

As for experience, the FAQ says "Players that are experienced can get 2 team chemistry points each game they play". I take this to mean fully experienced ie 5 stars.