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Dr. Strangelove · 05-09-2019, 12:52 PM

I'm always playing historical playthroughs and I've noticed an interesting thing when I did some experimentation with the editor. Some of young historical players, like Wally Backman in 1983 have lower potential scores than their current ability. What does that mean? Wally had never had a real season before and at 23 he is still young enough to develop significantly, yet his potential seems to be much (20-30 points) lower than his current ability, it matters the most with his power which is 20 now and the potential is 13. I'm playing with OOTP development system on, does that mean that he will become a really bad player power-wise soon? I'm assuming that potential ratings don't change at all during the game.

This seems to be the case with all of my historical playthroughs. Many players have their potential stats lower than their current ability, in all eras.

05-09-2019, 12:52 PM	#1
Dr. Strangelove Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 105	Historical playthroughs I'm always playing historical playthroughs and I've noticed an interesting thing when I did some experimentation with the editor. Some of young historical players, like Wally Backman in 1983 have lower potential scores than their current ability. What does that mean? Wally had never had a real season before and at 23 he is still young enough to develop significantly, yet his potential seems to be much (20-30 points) lower than his current ability, it matters the most with his power which is 20 now and the potential is 13. I'm playing with OOTP development system on, does that mean that he will become a really bad player power-wise soon? I'm assuming that potential ratings don't change at all during the game. This seems to be the case with all of my historical playthroughs. Many players have their potential stats lower than their current ability, in all eras. Last edited by Dr. Strangelove; 05-09-2019 at 12:55 PM.