OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Good values for player aging/development modifiers?

PSUColonel · 03-20-2008, 12:04 PM

[QUOTE=Kekkonen;2437483]I recently bought the 2008 version, and I've been playing a game with the MLB rosters that come with the game. I left the aging/development modifiers at 1.000 and talent change randomness at 100, and as a result, by 2010 big-league baseball has become a young man's game. I see a lot of guys starting to hit a wall in their late 20s or very early 30s: for example, after the 2010 season, Vlad Guerrero has retired as a 33-year-old washout who struggled to hit AAA pitching; Pujols has turned from a premier slugger into someone who in 2010 just barely batted his weight; Jake Peavy had a good 2010 but has had 2-3 point drops (in a scale of 1-20) in current ratings across the board since his 29th birthday, which doesn't bode well for 2011. All of these people still have fantastic potential, but their current ratings are in steep decline. On the other hand, there are players -- especially SPs -- who just breeze through minor league systems and become good major league players in their very early 20s, with ratings at or very close to their max potential.

My recommendation is to not use modified rosters, and just play with fictional players with real teams/logos/stadiums etc...

03-20-2008, 12:04 PM	#2
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,106	[QUOTE=Kekkonen;2437483]I recently bought the 2008 version, and I've been playing a game with the MLB rosters that come with the game. I left the aging/development modifiers at 1.000 and talent change randomness at 100, and as a result, by 2010 big-league baseball has become a young man's game. I see a lot of guys starting to hit a wall in their late 20s or very early 30s: for example, after the 2010 season, Vlad Guerrero has retired as a 33-year-old washout who struggled to hit AAA pitching; Pujols has turned from a premier slugger into someone who in 2010 just barely batted his weight; Jake Peavy had a good 2010 but has had 2-3 point drops (in a scale of 1-20) in current ratings across the board since his 29th birthday, which doesn't bode well for 2011. All of these people still have fantastic potential, but their current ratings are in steep decline. On the other hand, there are players -- especially SPs -- who just breeze through minor league systems and become good major league players in their very early 20s, with ratings at or very close to their max potential. My recommendation is to not use modified rosters, and just play with fictional players with real teams/logos/stadiums etc...