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Originally Posted by DonMattingly
PT is still young, so I am not trying to trash it here by any means. But there is room for improvement with such a young concept for sure and there's no harm in exploring some ideas.
Do away with defensive training:
I just posted in another thread that I think "training" in new defensive positions should go away. Tournaments have it right. You're managing cards that for the most part represent a one year snapshot of a player's career. The card's age and ratings will never change. Why should their defensive prowess then be able to change? If player X never played position B in year XXXX, then their card should be limited by that. Otherwise why isn't the card aging? Learning takes time but these cards play over 100 seasons and never age a day. I also don't think the training algorithm is 100% accurate, and I think it gets overused for people who want to highlight defense. Too many teams are way OP on defense and it sucks the life out of offense in many leagues.
Do away with cards that don't represent a year of actual player performance:
This would mean dropping PEAK cards and POTM cards. PEAK cards are not realistic, they are fantasy cards that don't represent what player X could actually do at any given time in their career. And the way they are created isn't consistent at all. Also drop POTM cards, one month of performance is not enough to base a card on, especially when it will be active for 100+ seasons. Or if you want POTM cards, then they should only be able to play in the month they were based on each season.
This would also mean dropping Future Legend cards. They often turn out to be the most unrealistic cards in the game. Guesses like these are just guesses/fantasy, no matter how educated/well coded.
For all LIVE cards, also make a static card based on the previous season's stats:
This takes all the ZIPS style estimates/guesswork out of the picture and gives two views of each LIVE player each season. I'm fine with the LIVE cards as they are for the most part, and they should change over the course of a season based on how the player performs. But there should also be a card based on what the player actually did the year before that isn't based on projections at all and that doesn't change.
The other area for improvement IMO would be in how plays are presented graphically, but that applies to PT and the single player game. I would like to see physics used more, and see better graphics (including different sized/shaped player icons). I would like to see less plays where guys look like they have plenty of time to make a throw to a base and have a play on a runner for example, but hold the ball forever because it's been predetermined that the runner will be safe. Less predetermination and more real time use of physics is what I want to see, if that makes sense.
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I agree 100%. PT is a fantasy, and after almost 3 years of playing it almost daily, it's become obvious. I agree with all your points. IF, and only if, defensive training continues, it should be limited to the " SS-2B-3B-CF-RF-LF-1B" sequence (right-to-left). In addition, I think the ability to maximize ballpark factors is just another way to squeeze blood out of a turnip. There's little doubt I have lost interest in PT because it really is more of a Chess Game than baseball. Same players, same moves, same results.