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HRBaker · 07-29-2020, 10:51 AM

Being fair, I've stepped back to try and compare "where we were" to "where we are now".

Last year, our primary complaint was the lack of a pyramid structure in the 6 levels of competition, and the issue that most "non-$$$" teams that crawled their way to Perfect eventually got their clocks cleaned.

This year, we HAVE a pyramid and we have 8 levels of competition. As a result, the rise-to-the-top for "non-$$$" teams is significantly harder... which, by the way, was exactly what we were asking for. Reminds me of the "Be careful what you ask for" line... So, I am forced to call that much a success.

I think two different issues are currently hurting PT21;

(1) Delay/Cancellation of the MLB season. This is obviously an unavoidable problem not associated with OOTP. Not have the changing LIVE-player ratings takes away an important variable to the game. Let's just hope PT22 will not have to face this issue.

(2) Over-exuberance in adding new cards and tournaments which, in retrospect, damaged the balance of the Auction House. Maybe these changes were made to try and make up for the LIVE-card problem, but in any case, the AH has become a rich man's paradise - leaving the F2P players with a game that has lost its excitement only 4 months into the PT21-year.

There's not much that can be done for this version, but there is a lot that can be done for the next version.

I guess my intention here is to suggest we stop complaining about PT21 (since there really isn't anything that can be done about it at this point), and reorganize our thinking into what could improve the current issues in PT22. The OOTP team needs "months" to make any significant changes to the new version, and if we keep burning up days-and-days on what we "can't" fix, we'll slowly put their backs to the wall timewise. I've been one of those people who have regularly moaned about the issues, so I'm going to try and take on a new direction.

Let's change our focus to what we think will help - and let the OOTP team weed through all that to try and make PT22 even better.

Make sense?

07-29-2020, 10:51 AM	#1
HRBaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,361	New Direction? Being fair, I've stepped back to try and compare "where we were" to "where we are now". Last year, our primary complaint was the lack of a pyramid structure in the 6 levels of competition, and the issue that most "non-$$$" teams that crawled their way to Perfect eventually got their clocks cleaned. This year, we HAVE a pyramid and we have 8 levels of competition. As a result, the rise-to-the-top for "non-$$$" teams is significantly harder... which, by the way, was exactly what we were asking for. Reminds me of the "Be careful what you ask for" line... So, I am forced to call that much a success. I think two different issues are currently hurting PT21; (1) Delay/Cancellation of the MLB season. This is obviously an unavoidable problem not associated with OOTP. Not have the changing LIVE-player ratings takes away an important variable to the game. Let's just hope PT22 will not have to face this issue. (2) Over-exuberance in adding new cards and tournaments which, in retrospect, damaged the balance of the Auction House. Maybe these changes were made to try and make up for the LIVE-card problem, but in any case, the AH has become a rich man's paradise - leaving the F2P players with a game that has lost its excitement only 4 months into the PT21-year. There's not much that can be done for this version, but there is a lot that can be done for the next version. I guess my intention here is to suggest we stop complaining about PT21 (since there really isn't anything that can be done about it at this point), and reorganize our thinking into what could improve the current issues in PT22. The OOTP team needs "months" to make any significant changes to the new version, and if we keep burning up days-and-days on what we "can't" fix, we'll slowly put their backs to the wall timewise. I've been one of those people who have regularly moaned about the issues, so I'm going to try and take on a new direction. Let's change our focus to what we think will help - and let the OOTP team weed through all that to try and make PT22 even better. Make sense? __________________ *HRB*