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Originally Posted by vamac53
Matt,
If the settings in the development arent very good, what should they be set to???? I know I can play around with them to figure it out, but if someone could save some time and fill me in, I'd appreciate it.
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Here is what I am now using:
batter aging speed: 1.5 (if I started over, I migt dial this down to 1.3)
batter development speed: .6
pitcher aging speed: 1.5 (this is probably about right)
pitcher development speed: .7
Talent change randomness: 55 - this is a matter of personal preference. The game default is 100, which gives me zero possibility that anyone will even remotely follow their career arch unless I recalc regularly.
I personally have recalc turned off, because I want my uni to follow a natural, though fictional progression.
So I have a general level of historical parallel - the Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle-type players are still typically among the league leaders. In the 100 randomness league, Mantle, Robinson, Mays and a number of others were struggling to hit .200 - not what I was looking for.
I have injury frequency set at low, which still yields plenty of injuries.
I have AI trade frequency to be average, and difficulty to be average. I know, many guys like trading to be hard, but I find this to be too frustrating for me. I have spun some ground rules to keep myself from taking advantage of AI owners too much in a trade, but I don't want to always have to give up more than they do to get a trade done, which I found was happening when I had the setting at hard.
I also have a secondary roster, with 45 rather than 40 players. I have 3 levels of minors and a winter league that is AAA level. I have Waivers, a mid season draft with players NOT assigned to their historical teams. This gives me an annual chance to draft, which is one of my favorite aspects of solo play.
I originally had players retire according to their historical retirement, but really didn't like this because cup-o-coffee guys in real life would have a nice season and then just retire. So someone like Bud Zipfel has 20 homers and a .300 BA at age 23 then just retires. I didn't like that so I turned it off.
I'm now in 1964, and this has been the most satisfying of all my solo runs. I picked up the Houston .45's in 1962, drafted for them, and now am running both Houston and Washington. I originally had a no trade arrangement between the two, but I violated that this spring because Washington had so many arms in the minors and Houston had some surplus middle infielders who would help the Senators. I made Houston an AI so as not to "cheat" and worked out a balanced deal for them both.