volleyballsimtypes 0.0.495 → 0.0.496

package/dist/cjs/src/service/player/improvement.js

@@ -46,14 +46,22 @@ const decline_1 = require("./decline");
 // Threshold runs from CURVE_BASE at both floors to CURVE_BASE + CURVE_SCALAR at both ceilings; CURVE_EXPONENT
 // keeps players fast through most of the band and slows them sharply only near the top.
 //
-// BASE and SCALAR were retuned from 180/800 to 130/400 when the second band was added, to hold career-long
-// development at its previous level. Pricing every focus-pool upgrade instead of only the ~26% that touched
-// the core 6 makes the average player climb their curve far faster, and at the old 180/800 that cut career
-// stat gains by ~32% across every rarity (measured: ~253 lifetime ups down to ~176). That would have been a
-// large balance change nobody asked for on top of the fix. At 130/400 lifetime ups land at ~247, within a few
-// percent of the old curve, so the only behaviour that actually changes is WHICH stats drive the price.
-const CURVE_BASE = 130;
-const CURVE_SCALAR = 400;
+// BASE and SCALAR are deliberately UNCHANGED from the pre-focus-band curve. They were briefly retuned to
+// 130/400 to hold career-long development flat, but that was the wrong objective: measured against the actual
+// design goals (2026-07-24) a flatter curve is worse on both. Lower scalar means stats are EASIER to max and
+// there is LESS pressure to rotate the training focus, which is the opposite of what the rework is for.
+//
+//   base/scalar   stats within 5 of cap    rotator vs fixed    live threshold vs old
+//   180/800                        3.6               1.28x                     1.00
+//   130/400                        4.9               1.19x                     0.72
+//   180/275                        5.2               1.15x                     1.00
+//
+// 180/800 also leaves today's live players paying exactly what they paid before (median ratio 1.00), so the
+// only thing this rework changes is WHICH stats drive the price, not how fast anyone develops on day one.
+// Career totals do fall (~253 lifetime stat points to ~175) and that is intended: maxing a focus is supposed
+// to be hard, and staying on one focus forever is supposed to stall.
+const CURVE_BASE = 180;
+const CURVE_SCALAR = 800;
 const CURVE_EXPONENT = 2;
 exports.FOCUS_WEIGHT = 0.5;
 const statCaps = stat_config_1.statCapsJSON;

package/dist/cjs/src/service/player/improvement.test.js

@@ -26,21 +26,21 @@ const ALL_ROLES = [role_1.RoleEnum.SETTER, role_1.RoleEnum.OUTSIDE_HITTER, role_
 });
 // ─── getImprovementThreshold ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 (0, globals_1.describe)('getImprovementThreshold()', () => {
-    (0, globals_1.it)('at or below both floors the threshold is CURVE_BASE (130), the fastest pace, for every rarity and focus', () => {
+    (0, globals_1.it)('at or below both floors the threshold is CURVE_BASE (180), the fastest pace, for every rarity and focus', () => {
         // Zeros sit under both floors, so both fracs clamp to 0. A freshly generated player is at ~this point.
         for (const rarity of ALL_RARITIES) {
             for (const focus of ALL_FOCI) {
                 (0, globals_1.expect)(`${rarity}/${focus}: ${(0, improvement_1.getImprovementThreshold)(allStats(0), rarity, role_1.RoleEnum.SETTER, focus)}`)
-                    .toBe(`${rarity}/${focus}: 130`);
+                    .toBe(`${rarity}/${focus}: 180`);
             }
         }
     });
-    (0, globals_1.it)('at both ceilings the threshold is CURVE_BASE + CURVE_SCALAR (530), the slowest pace', () => {
+    (0, globals_1.it)('at both ceilings the threshold is CURVE_BASE + CURVE_SCALAR (980), the slowest pace', () => {
         // Every stat at the cap puts the focus pool at poolSize * cap and the sheet at 18 * cap: both fracs = 1.
         for (const rarity of ALL_RARITIES) {
             for (const focus of ALL_FOCI) {
                 (0, globals_1.expect)(`${rarity}/${focus}: ${(0, improvement_1.getImprovementThreshold)(allStats((0, improvement_1.getStatCap)(rarity)), rarity, role_1.RoleEnum.SETTER, focus)}`)
-                    .toBe(`${rarity}/${focus}: 530`);
+                    .toBe(`${rarity}/${focus}: 980`);
             }
         }
     });
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const ALL_ROLES = [role_1.RoleEnum.SETTER, role_1.RoleEnum.OUTSIDE_HITTER, role_
         // 18-stat sum (= cap) far under the all-18 floor. frac = FOCUS_WEIGHT * 1 + (1 - FOCUS_WEIGHT) * 0.
         const cap = (0, improvement_1.getStatCap)(rarity_1.RarityEnum.LEGENDARY);
         const stats = { ...allStats(0), stamina: cap };
-        const expected = Math.round(130 + 400 * Math.pow(improvement_1.FOCUS_WEIGHT, 2));
+        const expected = Math.round(180 + 800 * Math.pow(improvement_1.FOCUS_WEIGHT, 2));
         (0, globals_1.expect)((0, improvement_1.getImprovementThreshold)(stats, rarity_1.RarityEnum.LEGENDARY, role_1.RoleEnum.SETTER, stats_1.StatsEnum.STAMINA)).toBe(expected);
     });
     (0, globals_1.it)('consults the all-18 band too, not only the focus pool', () => {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const ALL_ROLES = [role_1.RoleEnum.SETTER, role_1.RoleEnum.OUTSIDE_HITTER, role_
         const cap = (0, improvement_1.getStatCap)(rarity_1.RarityEnum.LEGENDARY);
         const stats = { ...allStats(cap), stamina: 0 };
         (0, globals_1.expect)((0, improvement_1.getImprovementThreshold)(stats, rarity_1.RarityEnum.LEGENDARY, role_1.RoleEnum.SETTER, stats_1.StatsEnum.STAMINA))
-            .toBeGreaterThan(130);
+            .toBeGreaterThan(180);
     });
     (0, globals_1.it)('never decreases after a +1 on any stat, so training can never make the next step cheaper', () => {
         // A non-monotone curve would be a free-exp loop. Both bands are plain sums, so this must hold everywhere.

package/dist/esm/src/service/player/improvement.js

@@ -35,14 +35,22 @@ import { youthMultiplier } from './decline';
 // Threshold runs from CURVE_BASE at both floors to CURVE_BASE + CURVE_SCALAR at both ceilings; CURVE_EXPONENT
 // keeps players fast through most of the band and slows them sharply only near the top.
 //
-// BASE and SCALAR were retuned from 180/800 to 130/400 when the second band was added, to hold career-long
-// development at its previous level. Pricing every focus-pool upgrade instead of only the ~26% that touched
-// the core 6 makes the average player climb their curve far faster, and at the old 180/800 that cut career
-// stat gains by ~32% across every rarity (measured: ~253 lifetime ups down to ~176). That would have been a
-// large balance change nobody asked for on top of the fix. At 130/400 lifetime ups land at ~247, within a few
-// percent of the old curve, so the only behaviour that actually changes is WHICH stats drive the price.
-const CURVE_BASE = 130;
-const CURVE_SCALAR = 400;
+// BASE and SCALAR are deliberately UNCHANGED from the pre-focus-band curve. They were briefly retuned to
+// 130/400 to hold career-long development flat, but that was the wrong objective: measured against the actual
+// design goals (2026-07-24) a flatter curve is worse on both. Lower scalar means stats are EASIER to max and
+// there is LESS pressure to rotate the training focus, which is the opposite of what the rework is for.
+//
+//   base/scalar   stats within 5 of cap    rotator vs fixed    live threshold vs old
+//   180/800                        3.6               1.28x                     1.00
+//   130/400                        4.9               1.19x                     0.72
+//   180/275                        5.2               1.15x                     1.00
+//
+// 180/800 also leaves today's live players paying exactly what they paid before (median ratio 1.00), so the
+// only thing this rework changes is WHICH stats drive the price, not how fast anyone develops on day one.
+// Career totals do fall (~253 lifetime stat points to ~175) and that is intended: maxing a focus is supposed
+// to be hard, and staying on one focus forever is supposed to stall.
+const CURVE_BASE = 180;
+const CURVE_SCALAR = 800;
 const CURVE_EXPONENT = 2;
 export const FOCUS_WEIGHT = 0.5;
 const statCaps = statCapsJSON;

package/dist/esm/src/service/player/improvement.test.js

@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@ describe('getStatCap()', () => {
 });
 // ─── getImprovementThreshold ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 describe('getImprovementThreshold()', () => {
-    it('at or below both floors the threshold is CURVE_BASE (130), the fastest pace, for every rarity and focus', () => {
+    it('at or below both floors the threshold is CURVE_BASE (180), the fastest pace, for every rarity and focus', () => {
         // Zeros sit under both floors, so both fracs clamp to 0. A freshly generated player is at ~this point.
         for (const rarity of ALL_RARITIES) {
             for (const focus of ALL_FOCI) {
                 expect(`${rarity}/${focus}: ${getImprovementThreshold(allStats(0), rarity, RoleEnum.SETTER, focus)}`)
-                    .toBe(`${rarity}/${focus}: 130`);
+                    .toBe(`${rarity}/${focus}: 180`);
             }
         }
     });
-    it('at both ceilings the threshold is CURVE_BASE + CURVE_SCALAR (530), the slowest pace', () => {
+    it('at both ceilings the threshold is CURVE_BASE + CURVE_SCALAR (980), the slowest pace', () => {
         // Every stat at the cap puts the focus pool at poolSize * cap and the sheet at 18 * cap: both fracs = 1.
         for (const rarity of ALL_RARITIES) {
             for (const focus of ALL_FOCI) {
                 expect(`${rarity}/${focus}: ${getImprovementThreshold(allStats(getStatCap(rarity)), rarity, RoleEnum.SETTER, focus)}`)
-                    .toBe(`${rarity}/${focus}: 530`);
+                    .toBe(`${rarity}/${focus}: 980`);
             }
         }
     });
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('getImprovementThreshold()', () => {
         // 18-stat sum (= cap) far under the all-18 floor. frac = FOCUS_WEIGHT * 1 + (1 - FOCUS_WEIGHT) * 0.
         const cap = getStatCap(RarityEnum.LEGENDARY);
         const stats = { ...allStats(0), stamina: cap };
-        const expected = Math.round(130 + 400 * Math.pow(FOCUS_WEIGHT, 2));
+        const expected = Math.round(180 + 800 * Math.pow(FOCUS_WEIGHT, 2));
         expect(getImprovementThreshold(stats, RarityEnum.LEGENDARY, RoleEnum.SETTER, StatsEnum.STAMINA)).toBe(expected);
     });
     it('consults the all-18 band too, not only the focus pool', () => {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('getImprovementThreshold()', () => {
         const cap = getStatCap(RarityEnum.LEGENDARY);
         const stats = { ...allStats(cap), stamina: 0 };
         expect(getImprovementThreshold(stats, RarityEnum.LEGENDARY, RoleEnum.SETTER, StatsEnum.STAMINA))
-            .toBeGreaterThan(130);
+            .toBeGreaterThan(180);
     });
     it('never decreases after a +1 on any stat, so training can never make the next step cheaper', () => {
         // A non-monotone curve would be a free-exp loop. Both bands are plain sums, so this must hold everywhere.

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "volleyballsimtypes",
-  "version": "0.0.495",
+  "version": "0.0.496",
   "description": "vbsim types",
   "main": "./dist/cjs/src/index.js",
   "module": "./dist/esm/src/index.js",