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Gym subsidies/contributions “The situation with private vs public gyms is pretty dire at the moment, with 221 private gyms and in some cities, literally no public gyms with any coaches. This obviously dreadful for new managers and the overall health of the game. So, I have implemented a subsidies system, where each of the private gyms in the game will donate a small amount each week to the public gyms. The calculation is ($260,000 / number of private gyms), which this week would be $1176 donation per private gym. The key part is that it's donated $20,000 per city. So in a city with one public gym, that gym would get the whole $20k. If another public gym opens next week, they'll split it, $10k each. There are certain criteria you need to meet to be classed as a public gym. I'm not going to give the details because people will try and game the system. Basically just be a proper public gym with good training and you'll be classed as a public gym. Same thing goes for "what's a private gym?". It's what you think a private gym is There will be some gyms in the middle ground, who won't pay any contributions and won't receive any either. Subsidies will be handed out on Mondays, starting next week. If you think your gym has been classified incorrectly then please contact me. Your gym will need to be open for (nearly) a full week to be classified one way or another. Thanks and hopefully here's to an improvement in public training in all cities!” I basically read this and thought: “Mike, you’re right.” The public gym situation is a serious problem that needs fixing. To keep this game alive, we need to attract new blood and be able to keep them here. Having more quality public gyms will have a huge positive impact on the new player experience, so it is a problem worth fixing. But, the solution Mike presents here doesn’t feel like a proper solution but rather like a single drop of water on a boiling hot frying pan. My question to you all is: how can we fix this? I’ve been thinking about it, looked around on the forum for ideas and have come up with a few things worth discussing and I really would love to hear all your opinions on this and would welcome any other suggestions you have to bring to the table: - Dramatically increase learning speed at the lower levels: even if you're in a class with like five people, going from Useless (1) to Feeble (4) with an elite coach should not take so long. - Increase the skill points cap in public gyms so we can have more top quality gym coaches: having more elite coaches means more fighters can get more quality training, pure and simple. - Maximum coach wages in public gyms: basically, it is a lot easier to replace coaches in a private gym to lower their wages. By limiting coach wages, public gyms might make a bit more money. - Increase public gym fees limit: the reason why a lot of people choose not to open a public gym is because you won’t be able to make a lot of money that way. Increasing the gym fees might help turn a struggling public gym into a profitable business worth considering. - A slight increase in learning speed in general: if you increase the learning speed, fighters reach their skill cap faster, which might decrease the need for private gyms if enough public gyms can provide us with quality training. - Three training sessions per day: basically another alternative to increase the learning speed.