OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Please fix the AI threshold on defensive ability vs batting

Matt Arnold · 02-03-2011, 10:28 AM

I've seen it too. Not insane amounts, but very often (on a 2-8 scale), I see outfielders who are like 8/3/8 in LF/CF/RF being played in CF. Or you have the obvious 3B/1B type (8 at 1B/6 at 3B, 4 at 2B/SS with strong arm and weak DP ratings) being played at 2B or SS.

I think it does need some tweaking to properly optimize the lineups. It's not that a 1B gets converted to a SS that I've seen, but a guy who's vey obviously a 1B ends up playing where they probably shouldn't be. Maybe some players just need to demand their primary position (like pitchers demand being a SP/RP/Closer)? So a guy like Crawford, even if he's rated well in CF, will pretty much refuse to play there and instead stay in LF. That might help in optimizing, since then for each player, they'd have their top couple positions they want to play, and it might help hint the AI into playing them there?

02-03-2011, 10:28 AM	#5
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 16,243	I've seen it too. Not insane amounts, but very often (on a 2-8 scale), I see outfielders who are like 8/3/8 in LF/CF/RF being played in CF. Or you have the obvious 3B/1B type (8 at 1B/6 at 3B, 4 at 2B/SS with strong arm and weak DP ratings) being played at 2B or SS. I think it does need some tweaking to properly optimize the lineups. It's not that a 1B gets converted to a SS that I've seen, but a guy who's vey obviously a 1B ends up playing where they probably shouldn't be. Maybe some players just need to demand their primary position (like pitchers demand being a SP/RP/Closer)? So a guy like Crawford, even if he's rated well in CF, will pretty much refuse to play there and instead stay in LF. That might help in optimizing, since then for each player, they'd have their top couple positions they want to play, and it might help hint the AI into playing them there?