? about doctors

[albionmoonlight]

My star player (goalie) is out for three weeks.

I know that doctors can get injured players back quicker, but I know nothing about that system, really. If someone could explain to me how they work, that would be really helpful.

Thanks.

[terpkristin]

In theory, the more doctors you have on your club (up to 10, never more than 10) the faster your person is likely to heal. It's a nice theory, supported by the HT rules: "Doctor - Makes injured players get rehabilitated faster."

However, it's hard to say exactly what the "optimum number" is. 2 is better than 1, for example, but not twice as good. How quickly your player recovers is also related to how old they are (the younger, the faster). It may say 3 weeks now, but you could have a miraculous recovery and still play him next week (doubtful, but I had it happen to my team once).

I personally use 2 docs and 4 physios on my squad, though my squad is relatively young (average age is 21 and even that's thrown off by 2 outlying old guys).

If nothing else, get out your lucky rabbit's foot or make a ritual sacrifice to the HT gods or whatever luck-inducing strategy you prefer to use, since a lot of it is based on luck.

~tk

[thealmighty]

"outlying "

Ah, I love the smell of statistical terms in the morning. :D

[daedalus]

Albion . . .

I don't know what the numbers are and it's probably kind of a tough one to test out but, to me, it comes down to how desperate you are to get him back. When my starting keeper went down, I needed him back BAD. So, I went for the motherlode (10) and hoped for the best. Because of that and his age, he was able to come back a fair bit quicker than expected. If you have a decent replacement and can wait, I'd say 2-4 can probably take care of your keeper well.