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ScottP · 04-19-2012, 04:09 PM

Few questions from a newb, I've played a bit of the OOTP8 Free and OOTP12 Demo, and had a couple questions. I much prefer the visual appeal of OOTP12 over 8. I love the UI look a lot more, it's sleeker as one would say. I am a complete baseball newb, but I love sport sim games, I'm mainly here waiting for the hockey sim to come out, but I've played a fair bit of FM without knowing anything about soccer beforehand, so I figure why not give OOTP a shot? I love when I sign that free agent and he performs gloriously. Reminds me of the time I played as Canucks in EHM, and I got Bertuzzi as a free agent, and he was one of my top performers statistics wise throughout the season, and he was with me when I got the Canucks their first Cup win.

1. What are the main improvements OOTP13 has over 12?

2. I don't know much at all about MLB, or any current players or anything, so I'd be doing a fictional league, what's the best setup for a fictional league for someone trying to learn the game more and such? Less teams? Less games played than the default? I feel starting with a small pool of teams, and doing expansions every couple seasons until I have a nice amount of teams and I have a better feel for OOTP and baseball in general is a good way to go?

3. If I play with Minor Leagues, is it best to have all the levels? Or would it be fine if I just had say AAA, and High School/College or would I find too many players not good enough for AAA? And my other question is, if I don't play with Minor Leagues and go with the reserve roster option, does that stunt the development of prospects? As they wouldn't be playing games in the Minors?

4. Since one of the main things I like is drafts in sports sims, I'd be doing an inaugural draft. Since I don't know a thing about Baseball, should I be drafting the best Pitcher first? Or should I just go with the best in any posistion? What posistions are more important in the early rounds? Should I get my good batters first? Or make sure my top picks are to fill each posistion out with players with good defensive stats?

5. When I play Sports sims, I generally like to play as just the GM, you know making all the big decisions, like who to re-sign, who to cut, etc. ? I do like to play some games themselves, but I like getting a lot done in a short amount of time, and don't want to spend a long time completing one season, I like seeing how my choices with my team and affect the league as a whole. is there any sort of settings I should make sure I set before? I know in EHM I liked to setup my lines, and the practices, but let my coach actually coach the games, though I did coach a couple games, and such, mainly during playoffs.

6. Anything else you think a newb would need to know before getting himself into spending hours playing OOTP and learning about Baseball all at the same time.

If all goes well, I'll probably pick the game up next friday, as it would be payday, and I have a week's vacation starting next friday.

04-19-2012, 04:09 PM	#1
ScottP Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 11	Couple questions from a newb Few questions from a newb, I've played a bit of the OOTP8 Free and OOTP12 Demo, and had a couple questions. I much prefer the visual appeal of OOTP12 over 8. I love the UI look a lot more, it's sleeker as one would say. I am a complete baseball newb, but I love sport sim games, I'm mainly here waiting for the hockey sim to come out, but I've played a fair bit of FM without knowing anything about soccer beforehand, so I figure why not give OOTP a shot? I love when I sign that free agent and he performs gloriously. Reminds me of the time I played as Canucks in EHM, and I got Bertuzzi as a free agent, and he was one of my top performers statistics wise throughout the season, and he was with me when I got the Canucks their first Cup win. 1. What are the main improvements OOTP13 has over 12? 2. I don't know much at all about MLB, or any current players or anything, so I'd be doing a fictional league, what's the best setup for a fictional league for someone trying to learn the game more and such? Less teams? Less games played than the default? I feel starting with a small pool of teams, and doing expansions every couple seasons until I have a nice amount of teams and I have a better feel for OOTP and baseball in general is a good way to go? 3. If I play with Minor Leagues, is it best to have all the levels? Or would it be fine if I just had say AAA, and High School/College or would I find too many players not good enough for AAA? And my other question is, if I don't play with Minor Leagues and go with the reserve roster option, does that stunt the development of prospects? As they wouldn't be playing games in the Minors? 4. Since one of the main things I like is drafts in sports sims, I'd be doing an inaugural draft. Since I don't know a thing about Baseball, should I be drafting the best Pitcher first? Or should I just go with the best in any posistion? What posistions are more important in the early rounds? Should I get my good batters first? Or make sure my top picks are to fill each posistion out with players with good defensive stats? 5. When I play Sports sims, I generally like to play as just the GM, you know making all the big decisions, like who to re-sign, who to cut, etc. ? I do like to play some games themselves, but I like getting a lot done in a short amount of time, and don't want to spend a long time completing one season, I like seeing how my choices with my team and affect the league as a whole. is there any sort of settings I should make sure I set before? I know in EHM I liked to setup my lines, and the practices, but let my coach actually coach the games, though I did coach a couple games, and such, mainly during playoffs. 6. Anything else you think a newb would need to know before getting himself into spending hours playing OOTP and learning about Baseball all at the same time. If all goes well, I'll probably pick the game up next friday, as it would be payday, and I have a week's vacation starting next friday.