If you owned Perfect Team...

Scoman · 12-14-2018, 02:18 PM

What changes would you make?

First and foremost I would have no ballpark edits...

In this game I think everyone should have the same ballpark dimensions.

More accurate overall player ratings. If for nothing else to help the beginning player evaluate players better.

Whoofe · 12-14-2018, 02:48 PM

i learned not to trust overall ratings in the regular version of OOTP

Orcin · 12-14-2018, 03:20 PM

I agree with uniform ballparks.

I would increase the quantity of historical cards and add common historical cards, so that the historical sets appear in packs in the same frequency as 2018 Live. I want people to have an easy time collecting their all-Expos or all-Astros team, and I want the auction prices of perfect/diamond cards from the historical sets to be in line with the prices of 2018 Live cards.

I would correct the ratings for historical cards so that a 1970 Yaz pulled from PT would have the exact same ratings as a 1970 Yaz in a OOTP historical game.

I would eliminate the Future Legends set as I believe that fictional players have no place in this game.

There are other things that I want but I know they are either on the drawing board for next year or technically impossible. Tournaments would be #1 on this list.

Motorhead667 · 12-14-2018, 03:23 PM

I saw this mentioned earlier
But have current and historical ballparks that you pull in packs

Morug · 12-14-2018, 04:01 PM

Ballparks and coachs as collectible cards, that will add some strategy to the game via card.

Splitter24 · 12-14-2018, 04:10 PM

I'm with Orcin on the historicals. Historical commons would still be fun to pull out of a pack. Oooohhh! A Tom Lawless!

I would really like to see more normalized defense ratings for pre-WWII players, too. It seems like every OF from that time period has the same defensive ratings (mediocre range, bad error rate and cannon arm).

KinrossFlyers · 12-14-2018, 04:24 PM

Variation in ballparks is part of the game. Always has been. You can only change once a season, and that's reasonable. Not all of us want cookie cutters...but it truly sounds like you're advocating for Three Rivers in every city. Ugh. Boring.

stealofhome · 12-14-2018, 04:40 PM

Same thing I'd do with regular OOTP - make everyone stop what they're doing and work on my personal projects.

1. Card list with exportable ratings for all players in the universe.
2. Improve AI on the strategy settings (defensive substitutions, pinch hitters, rotation, etc working properly)
3. Get replay working correctly (mine won't match up the words with the play and hangs until the play by play finishes)
4. Allow editing the home page (my screen won't show the recent achievements box)
5. Re-sort the ratings in all places so that they are in the same order everywhere.
6. Allow all defensive ratings to be seen on all cards in the auction house.
7. Add a notice that shows recent achievements that you accomplished since your last download of the simulation. Right now they're hidden away on a different screen. There seems to be no celebration for achievements. My pitcher pitched a no-hitter and...just another day. There was a news story but I want to see a pop-up or something!
8. Increase complexity of lineup settings - allow starters to be subs for other positions or defensive substitutions in case they sit out a game.

Orcin · 12-14-2018, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by KinrossFlyers

Variation in ballparks is part of the game. Always has been. You can only change once a season, and that's reasonable. Not all of us want cookie cutters...but it truly sounds like you're advocating for Three Rivers in every city. Ugh. Boring.

Better than playing in The Coliseum one series and Baker Bowl the next.

Zorro · 12-14-2018, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by KinrossFlyers

Variation in ballparks is part of the game. Always has been. You can only change once a season, and that's reasonable. Not all of us want cookie cutters...but it truly sounds like you're advocating for Three Rivers in every city. Ugh. Boring.

No what I think he is advocating is for the players atributes to actually mean something and not the ball park effects it has like a pinball machine.

Clavette · 12-14-2018, 04:51 PM

Tournaments on sundays for teams that have been eliminated from the postseason.

What a waste of a day if you dont make it

chazzycat · 12-14-2018, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by KinrossFlyers

Variation in ballparks is part of the game. Always has been. You can only change once a season, and that's reasonable. Not all of us want cookie cutters...but it truly sounds like you're advocating for Three Rivers in every city. Ugh. Boring.

Yeah, I gotta agree. I love that the ballparks are customizable. In addition to spicing up the game and being completely realistic, it also helps players who put thought and effort into developing a cohesive team strategy.

Matt Arnold · 12-14-2018, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by chazzycat

Yeah, I gotta agree. I love that the ballparks are customizable. In addition to spicing up the game and being completely realistic, it also helps players who put thought and effort into developing a cohesive team strategy.

And it's not like the limits we impose allow for massive deviations. 10% up or down are enough to add some flavour, but not enough that I think I would even look up a stadium before a series to adjust my lineup.

zrog2000 · 12-14-2018, 05:30 PM

I do have a question about the ballpark factors. If you set doubles and triples at 1.5, what do those extra doubles and triples come at the expense of? Outs, singles, home runs or all 3?

Westheim · 12-14-2018, 05:54 PM

All of you are free to make your own card-collecting baseball management game.

Just don't forget to fork over six figures or so in advance to MLB and the MLBPA for various licences.

Zorro · 12-14-2018, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

And it's not like the limits we impose allow for massive deviations. 10% up or down are enough to add some flavour, but not enough that I think I would even look up a stadium before a series to adjust my lineup.

I do it all the time. That 10 pct might surprise you how much it matters when you have different types of subs. Remember if you have a 300 hitter and one is left and one is right it can be the difference between a 270 hitter and a 330 hitter. That is a big difference to me.

km352 · 12-14-2018, 09:52 PM

It would've resulted in a very different game, but I would've designed it so that players aged. Draw a 35-year-old Pete Rose card, next season he's 36-year-old Rose with the kind of changes in performance we see in "regular" OOTP.

traylor45 · 12-14-2018, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by chazzycat

Yeah, I gotta agree. I love that the ballparks are customizable. In addition to spicing up the game and being completely realistic, it also helps players who put thought and effort into developing a cohesive team strategy.

It helps players who don't have to work Monday mornings. I'll never be able to adjust my ballpark, unless they change the timing of it.

NYY #23 · 12-14-2018, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by traylor45

It helps players who don't have to work Monday mornings. I'll never be able to adjust my ballpark, unless they change the timing of it.

That's coming Monday, so after you are eliminated from the playoffs you'll be able to change your park.

Dogberry99 · 12-15-2018, 01:39 AM

If I owned PT, I would make it so that no cards ever changed. No starting pitcher would see a change in Stuff when forced to be a Relief Pitcher. No player could learn how to play a different position. Make the ratings we see be the actual ratings, with no hidden gimmicks and tricks to alter them and make them better.

This suggestion has been brought to you by my infield of 4 shortstops and a second baseman in centerfield

12-14-2018, 04:10 PM	#6
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12-14-2018, 02:18 PM	#1
Scoman All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: heath ohio Posts: 1,821	If you owned Perfect Team... What changes would you make? First and foremost I would have no ballpark edits... In this game I think everyone should have the same ballpark dimensions. More accurate overall player ratings. If for nothing else to help the beginning player evaluate players better.

12-14-2018, 02:48 PM	#2
Whoofe All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 590	i learned not to trust overall ratings in the regular version of OOTP

12-14-2018, 03:20 PM	#3
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,847 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	I agree with uniform ballparks. I would increase the quantity of historical cards and add common historical cards, so that the historical sets appear in packs in the same frequency as 2018 Live. I want people to have an easy time collecting their all-Expos or all-Astros team, and I want the auction prices of perfect/diamond cards from the historical sets to be in line with the prices of 2018 Live cards. I would correct the ratings for historical cards so that a 1970 Yaz pulled from PT would have the exact same ratings as a 1970 Yaz in a OOTP historical game. I would eliminate the Future Legends set as I believe that fictional players have no place in this game. There are other things that I want but I know they are either on the drawing board for next year or technically impossible. Tournaments would be #1 on this list.

12-14-2018, 03:23 PM	#4
Motorhead667 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 576	I saw this mentioned earlier But have current and historical ballparks that you pull in packs

12-14-2018, 04:01 PM	#5
Morug Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 308	Ballparks and coachs as collectible cards, that will add some strategy to the game via card.

12-14-2018, 04:24 PM	#7
KinrossFlyers Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: About 1 1/2 hours from Kinross, home of Kinchloe Air Force base. Posts: 25	Variation in ballparks is part of the game. Always has been. You can only change once a season, and that's reasonable. Not all of us want cookie cutters...but it truly sounds like you're advocating for Three Rivers in every city. Ugh. Boring.

12-14-2018, 04:40 PM	#8
stealofhome Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,282	Same thing I'd do with regular OOTP - make everyone stop what they're doing and work on my personal projects. 1. Card list with exportable ratings for all players in the universe. 2. Improve AI on the strategy settings (defensive substitutions, pinch hitters, rotation, etc working properly) 3. Get replay working correctly (mine won't match up the words with the play and hangs until the play by play finishes) 4. Allow editing the home page (my screen won't show the recent achievements box) 5. Re-sort the ratings in all places so that they are in the same order everywhere. 6. Allow all defensive ratings to be seen on all cards in the auction house. 7. Add a notice that shows recent achievements that you accomplished since your last download of the simulation. Right now they're hidden away on a different screen. There seems to be no celebration for achievements. My pitcher pitched a no-hitter and...just another day. There was a news story but I want to see a pop-up or something! 8. Increase complexity of lineup settings - allow starters to be subs for other positions or defensive substitutions in case they sit out a game.

12-14-2018, 04:51 PM	#11
Clavette Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Connecticut Posts: 371	Tournaments on sundays for teams that have been eliminated from the postseason. What a waste of a day if you dont make it

12-14-2018, 05:30 PM	#14
zrog2000 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 1,335	I do have a question about the ballpark factors. If you set doubles and triples at 1.5, what do those extra doubles and triples come at the expense of? Outs, singles, home runs or all 3?

12-14-2018, 09:52 PM	#17
km352 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 22	It would've resulted in a very different game, but I would've designed it so that players aged. Draw a 35-year-old Pete Rose card, next season he's 36-year-old Rose with the kind of changes in performance we see in "regular" OOTP.

12-15-2018, 01:39 AM	#20
Dogberry99 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Wichita Falls, TX Posts: 1,328	If I owned PT, I would make it so that no cards ever changed. No starting pitcher would see a change in Stuff when forced to be a Relief Pitcher. No player could learn how to play a different position. Make the ratings we see be the actual ratings, with no hidden gimmicks and tricks to alter them and make them better. This suggestion has been brought to you by my infield of 4 shortstops and a second baseman in centerfield