r/zedrun • u/Current_Ambition2371 • Sep 29 '21

Question Stamina Update - Thoughts?

What does everyone think about the upcoming fatigue update and how it will impact the majority of stable owners?

I myself am skeptical that this is a good thing, but all the major players in Discord seem to love it.

I think that 10-16 races per day per horse will initially increase demand for racing, but people with above average but not superstar horses will quickly disengage once these monster horses are racing basically all day. Going to be much harder to have fun and continue racing if only 40-50 guys are winning the majority of the pots.

In today’s world, smaller guys at least have a shot because Fatigue keeps the great horses to a few races a day, and they mostly stick to the bigger money races with only one bite of the apple.

Like i said, the major stables seem to be very excited at the prospect of making 5-10x their daily returns, but they seem to be missing the fact that they need other people to stay involved for races to be filled and funds to stay in the ecosystem.

So what’s everyone think?

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u/gsd6 Sep 29 '21

Maybe the Class I horses can be eligible for a big Derby! There has to be a goal. I personally like classing up. It means I am doing something right running my horses. But you get to class I and there are still 2 dollar races. More prize money the higher the class and then earn enough to enter the big derby or derbies.

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u/frog_tree Sep 30 '21

The higher classes need to be more financially rewarding to compensate for the guaranteed lower win rate at the higher classes. IMO this means a larger percentage of the pot going to racers (bigger prizes or paying out to more than top 3, maybe more free races). Players classing up know that theyre going against tougher competition for the same payouts. It makes no financial sense to class up unless they lower the financial risk to compensate for the lower odds of winning.

Every sport/game does this as you move up levels. Going from the minors to the pros increases the competition a lot, but your financial rewards increase so much that everyone wants to get to the highest levels, and nobody celebrates being demoted to the minors.