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Originally Posted by meade95
6.Lastly.....when a fighter is given the strategy to say "fighout outside defensive" and than has a (-) next to this....... Does this mean he IS NOT following those instructions and then by default is "fighting normal"...??
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I think this point is more important than may appear on the surface. The trainers' instructions appear to be very stereotyped, with little if any variation for the type of fighter, and probably none at all for the length of the fight: Normal in round one -- then a few rounds fighting outside -- then a couple fighting inside.
But fighters are likelier to ignore instructions that don't suit their natural style. Therefore, a boxer is likely to fight outside in the early rounds and then normally (ignoring inside instructions) and a slugger to fight normally (ignoring outside instructions) until he goes inside around the middle of the fight.
If I understand it correctly, this is not a perfect system by any means, but there's a real logic to it, and I like to use it in spite of its limitations. But you'll see that the fighters' ability to ignore inappropriate instructions is an intrinsic part of the system, and in fact is essential to making it work relatively well. Trainers who have very high ratings, I think, in practice are not really "good" trainers, as you would naturally think. The probably don't give any smarter instructions than the lower-rated ones, they just have their orders followed more frequently. For practical purposes, you can think of them as unimaginative but very strong-willed men who are better able to impose bad strategies on their fighters. For lack of a more sophisticated logic behind the trainers' instructions, I think it's better not to use the more highly rated ones.