Competition Difficulty Levels

By amn127, 20th January 2025 14:14:56
Hello all! Looking for some advice on what levels to set comps to. Ideally I'm hoping to raise the comps prestige, and have them run regularly. However, especially for jumping, dressage and XC, I don't know the best difficulty level. Or how to set them up for success.

As for gallop and trot, which are much easier to adjust, what level is the best to use?

I will likely look into buying fillers, but I was curious what people's opinions were before I set them and bought horses.

Thank you all!
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By Broken Bridle, 20th January 2025 14:28:12
Right now you have them all pretty maxed out difficulty wise. Open them up for all breeds, purchase some fillers, and lower the difficulty on your comps depending on how skilled the fillers you buy are.
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By amn127, 20th January 2025 15:02:26
I understand I need to lower them, is there any suggestions about what to lower them to? I just switched them from divine comps, hence the very high stats. I'm not sure the best level to lower them too.

thanks
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By Broken Bridle, 20th January 2025 15:23:37
That depends on the level of the skill level of the two horses per comp you buy. Set the difficulty to match the lowest of the two horses.
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By amn127, 20th January 2025 15:31:37
What would you suggest as good levels to find other horses as well? At one point, even with fillers I was having a hard time getting the comps to run. So I was wondering where I went wrong with the difficulty.


It's especially tough with the comps you have to design.
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By Broken Bridle, 20th January 2025 15:32:18
Skillers are expensive. Decide what your budget is, and go ahead and purchase two for each competition. Yore comps have already ran quite a few times, so they won’t have problems getting off the ground. The difficulty totally depends on you and how much you’re willing to spend for skillers. Once you buy them, set the difficulty to match the lowest of the two. Does that make sense? Aim for horses with skills above 9000 in a skill and scoop two of them.
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By Broken Bridle, 20th January 2025 15:35:06
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I can help you fill as well. It’s normal to have some delay on comps when your first make a change. Be patient. Like I said, at this point, your comps have run multiple times and won’t be a hard to get going as if they were brand stinkin’ new.
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By Mischief In Heels, 20th January 2025 16:10:29
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amn127 wrote:

What would you suggest as good levels to find other horses as well? At one point, even with fillers I was having a hard time getting the comps to run. So I was wondering where I went wrong with the difficulty.


In addition to what Broken Bridle has suggested it helps to fill the comps above yours on the open comps list when it's sorted by most participants. For example if there are 3 entries in your comp enter your fillers in everything else with 3 or 4 entries. That will move yours up the list for most people; default sorting being by most to least entries.
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By amn127, 20th January 2025 16:39:39
Thank you both, I’ll look into buying some additional comp horses. A pricey endeavor, but likely worth it in the end if I can get the comps running and active. Especially in the future without needing fillers.
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