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battists · 07-11-2005, 12:34 PM

I really like the minor league / player development aspects of OOTP. Here are some things I'd like to see:

I'd like the spring training options to match up with the statistics. Right now, you can focus on "power hitting", but when your player has a 90 Gap power, and a 23 Homerun power, I don't want to focus on Gap power. Same thing with eye/avoid k's.
Just a minor gripe about spring training. I did my first spring training recently, and put several of my starters down to 2 points in Endurance (instead of the default 5), because I figured "Hey, they're in the mid-80s already, they don't need to improve much." And, I'd rather they focus on control. So what happens? They both drop by 12+ points of endurance! I dunno, doesn't it seem reasonable that I wouldn't be saying "Please get horribly out of shape?" :P
I'd like a sim option that says "always stop sim for X". I hate trying to sim a month and getting stopped every day with an e-mail. then, it ends up being something about "Bill's batting .229, you'd better demote him. So and so's fielding has increased by 1." It would be cool if you could say "Only stop sim for trade offers" (or injuries, or minor league status changes, etc.)
I'd like the ability to set for each player how much you focus on different areas during the season in the minors. I mean, for spring training, I can put all of my effort into power hitting, but then after spring training, my slugger-in-waiting just goes into this sort of nebulous playing mode. Shouldn't your minor league coaches be able to say "We've got to work with Bill on his fielding!"

Anyway, those were just a few thoughts.

07-11-2005, 12:34 PM	#113
battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	I really like the minor league / player development aspects of OOTP. Here are some things I'd like to see: I'd like the spring training options to match up with the statistics. Right now, you can focus on "power hitting", but when your player has a 90 Gap power, and a 23 Homerun power, I don't want to focus on Gap power. Same thing with eye/avoid k's. Just a minor gripe about spring training. I did my first spring training recently, and put several of my starters down to 2 points in Endurance (instead of the default 5), because I figured "Hey, they're in the mid-80s already, they don't need to improve much." And, I'd rather they focus on control. So what happens? They both drop by 12+ points of endurance! I dunno, doesn't it seem reasonable that I wouldn't be saying "Please get horribly out of shape?" :P I'd like a sim option that says "always stop sim for X". I hate trying to sim a month and getting stopped every day with an e-mail. then, it ends up being something about "Bill's batting .229, you'd better demote him. So and so's fielding has increased by 1." It would be cool if you could say "Only stop sim for trade offers" (or injuries, or minor league status changes, etc.) I'd like the ability to set for each player how much you focus on different areas during the season in the minors. I mean, for spring training, I can put all of my effort into power hitting, but then after spring training, my slugger-in-waiting just goes into this sort of nebulous playing mode. Shouldn't your minor league coaches be able to say "We've got to work with Bill on his fielding!" Anyway, those were just a few thoughts.