Training Points

[Pinky]

...I'm not gonna outright say no to the tiered clothing, because it might be a good idea, but does add yet another degree of complication to things.

As for your second idea... the intro doesn't even make sense. The new generation doesn't take over because they're better than the old was. They take over because the previous athletes get old. In their prime, they would still have been able to compete with the new kids. :p

Besides that, anytime there has been some kind of 'reset' or 'restructuring', we've -always- made the new guys unfathomably stronger than they would have previous to it.

We're already doing that, in other words.

If you've been watching any of the various MMA sports for a few years, then you'd know that fighters dramatically improve every two or three years. That's not enough time for anybody to grow old, and age doesn't even matter since just last year Randy Couture came out of retirement a second time at age 43 and not only won the heavyweight belt but successfully defended it against fighters who were more than 10 years his junior :E

And I know new characters typically get more starting stats than in previous times, but base training points remain the same and that's the problem. When you count in bonus training gear (which typically favors older characters who have gathered more items, as well as having relatively higher stats) it becomes impossible for new characters to ever play in the same league as older ones no matter what they do. Since base TP are being set low this time around just an extra point or two would make a world of difference.