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Originally posted by AngelinOF
It has to do with a player's birthday, almost all the players that I have seen still producing after 38 have birthdays that occur during the off-season (October to March).
I'm guessing that a birthday during the course of the season (April to September) causes the ratings decrease to be more significant because its tied into the 'aging and development' process. The same formulas aren't used for players who age during the offseason so their ratings decrease more slowly.
One test I ran was to change Ed Delahanty (a player most of us who run historic leagues have always played into his 40's) birthday from October to June and noticed that he saw a big ratings decrease during the season he aged from 37 to 38, I ran the same season with his correct birthday and his ratings only decreased slightly.
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I asked Markus about this theory and he says there is nothing to it, at least nothing intentionally too it.
It doesn't make sense that the birthdate would play a factor in the ratings decrease, because I would assume the algorithm for player development only looks at the players current age, and not their birthdate.
However, if you guys keep seeing this trend in most if not all of your old players (try fictional leagues too and see if you see this, it may just be something with the way historical league career paths are assigned) then you should report it, since it would then indicate that something isn't working as designed.