SWF not developing anyone

[Guest codey]

This is probably an odd complaint, but it's driving me crazy. I've always counted on SWF poaching my prospects, developing them in RIPW, then releasing them after sitting at the bottom of the roster for a year or so. But now it's 2014 and the only person they have on a DD is Joffy Laine, who, while still good, stopped developing about a year ago.

[Greg McNeish]

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Perhaps it's a cost-cutting measure. How are the Industry & Economy doing?</p>

[shamelessposer]

If they dropped to Cult then they'll have a lot of trouble hiring people to developmental contracts.

[Guest codey]

Well, they've just recently dropped to cult in the past few months, but prior to that, when both industry and economy were strong, they only had three or so guys in development.

[Bigpapa42]

Well, they've just recently dropped to cult in the past few months, but prior to that, when both industry and economy were strong, they only had three or so guys in development.

 

They only start with about 6-8 wrestlers at RIPW, don't they? The AI doesn't seem to hoard talent in development the way that actual users tend to.

[Comradebot]

They only start with about 6-8 wrestlers at RIPW, don't they? The AI doesn't seem to hoard talent in development the way that actual users tend to.

 

While three DOES seem a bit low... yeah, they don't hoard like human players do, and it's quite possible there's a legitimate reason they don't have many folks under developmental deals. Maybe there's no one they currently want to both with available to them, maybe SWF doesn't see it as financially sound to bring in more people... a number of factors could be at work here.

[Greg McNeish]

If my company were on the brink of falling to Cult, I wouldn't be too keen on the idea of adding to my payroll, for people that I can't use now. It's those tough times where I'd expect a business to consolidate.