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Originally Posted by daves
Thanks for this.
Playing PT for too long, I remember PT19 peaks were the best 5 seasons of a player combined.
Now peak players have outlandish ratings and variants just add higher ratings. The game is more of video game with powerups using real player names. Not as much as real baseball normalized.
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There are arguments on both sides of this. Personally, I'm on your side in believing that players ought to mirror their real-life performances rather than have every rating "juiced" to match or exceed the current meta. The counter-argument is that we'd have the same top players every cycle. Can't beat Ruth, Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Mays, and Aaron if we're looking at unaltered career stats. They were dominators who will show up on every all-time team.
PT has clearly come down on the side of fantasy over the past few years. As a content choice, it's sound enough and differentiates PT from the competition. The nagging problem, which is tied to the subject of this thread, is that they're struggling with and appear to have lost control over balance and consistency on the playing field.