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tm1681 · 02-16-2022, 06:24 PM

Maybe this is the wrong place for this, but am I the only person who feels that the way fielding progresses among the 18-23 set is weird?

I've been part of the research team on Football Manager since 2007 (USA co-Head Researcher), so what I'm used to is having players start with one "natural position" that they have a maximum playability attribute at to start: 20/20 in this case, and secondary positions in which they might be almost as good at (18/20), comfortable at (16/20), okay at (12/20), and so on. Just like in OOTP, some players might only be able to play 1-2 positions and some might be able to play just about anywhere. It is then up to the manager to look at their attributes and decided that maybe they'd be better as a 20/20 at a different position or work on making sure their attribute progression for their primary position goes according to plan.

What has always struck me as odd with the OOTP positional system, and I've been playing since OOTP 3 (or 4???) is how players will start out at the age or 17 or 18 with a 30/200 in their primary position and fielding attributes that seem to already be set to what they would be at least at the high levels of the minors. It's then the job of the minor league system to progress the player through experience in positions until they get to a 200/200 in one or more.

Would it maybe be better if OOTP gave fielding attributes current and potential ratings, just like it does with batting attributes, and give players a primary position they're 200/200 at, with other positions going from there that they might be comfortable/okay/etc at?

02-16-2022, 06:24 PM	#343
tm1681 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,323	Maybe this is the wrong place for this, but am I the only person who feels that the way fielding progresses among the 18-23 set is weird? I've been part of the research team on Football Manager since 2007 (USA co-Head Researcher), so what I'm used to is having players start with one "natural position" that they have a maximum playability attribute at to start: 20/20 in this case, and secondary positions in which they might be almost as good at (18/20), comfortable at (16/20), okay at (12/20), and so on. Just like in OOTP, some players might only be able to play 1-2 positions and some might be able to play just about anywhere. It is then up to the manager to look at their attributes and decided that maybe they'd be better as a 20/20 at a different position or work on making sure their attribute progression for their primary position goes according to plan. What has always struck me as odd with the OOTP positional system, and I've been playing since OOTP 3 (or 4???) is how players will start out at the age or 17 or 18 with a 30/200 in their primary position and fielding attributes that seem to already be set to what they would be at least at the high levels of the minors. It's then the job of the minor league system to progress the player through experience in positions until they get to a 200/200 in one or more. Would it maybe be better if OOTP gave fielding attributes current and potential ratings, just like it does with batting attributes, and give players a primary position they're 200/200 at, with other positions going from there that they might be comfortable/okay/etc at?