Win bonuses are especially effective if you have a lot of greedy players. These players are supposed to play below their standards when win bonus isn't offered and play better if there is a bonus.
I don't rely too much on win bonuses. I offer 50k for matches that might be close, and nothing if I'm runaway favorite to win. But that's mainly because I'm a financially poor manager and have very little money left after transfers and training.
Some stats
I calculated the percentage of points dropped by two of my teams depending on which team offered win bonus. The figures may not be very accurate since I used data from only 56 matches. Anyway, here are the percentages of points dropped by my team for different cases:
- 9% when I offered win bonus and my opponent didn't. (10w-0d-1L)
- 83% when my opponent offered win bonus and I didn't. (1w-0d-8L)
- 59% when both offered win bonus. (4w-4d-5L)
- 57% when neither offered win bonus. (8w-3d-10L)
These figures don't take into account the amount offered as win bonus (there's no way I can find how much my opponents offered) or the tactics, but it does show a general trend. The matches where I offered bonus were ones that I considered were going to be close affairs, and I lost only one of those matches out of 11 when my opponent didn't offer a bonus, and the win-draw-lose ratio was pretty even when both offered a bonus.
Do you rely much on win bonuses or do you prefer spending that money on training? Have you seen a considerable improvement in the performance of your players (especially greedy ones) when there is a win bonus?
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