Development Lab Impressions

[snepp]

You guys are definitely on the right track with the dev lab, it's a great core feature. I'm looking forward to seeing how it progresses moving forward.


/suckupmode

[snepp]

Originally Posted by Rain King

I wonder if giving them the change within the email based on the scale they have, but if it isn't enough to move them up say something like "We still rate Johnny as a 55, but they are now closer to pushing to that next level" would help.

Or even something like they have moved from a "weak/middling 55 to a strong 55".

I like this idea.

"While his new skills may not warrant an increased scouting grade in relation to his peers, his improvement was clearly noticeable to the staff."

[FlyTheW1104]

Originally Posted by Daniel_09

I think most of us have already tried the new development lab.

I would like to know your impressions or opinions about it, personally I can say that I have done several tests and the % of success is between 15% and 28% which seems to me quite accurate because personally if it were higher, it is a way to cheat the engine.

Another thing I would like to know is if you keep the number of slots in default or you have changed it, the maximum is 20, I think a real MLB organization has more than 20 players between offseason and especially in ST working or developing something additional.

Do you find 6 slots too few or do you find 20 slots too high.

Albeit I have a very small sample size, I am having much better success with the lab (around 50%). I am stingy about putting anyone in the lab who doesn't have at least high W.E. I choose a lot of players in the draft who have both Work ethic and intelligence and I also only sign international F.A.'s who have at least one and I tried to stick those types of players in the lab.

On the other hand I don't choose many of the difficult programs but rather opt for programs that are at most "medium." So that probably plays a huge role as well.

[greenOak]

Originally Posted by FlyTheW1104

Albeit I have a very small sample size, I am having much better success with the lab (around 50%). I am stingy about putting anyone in the lab who doesn't have at least high W.E. I choose a lot of players in the draft who have both Work ethic and intelligence and I also only sign international F.A.'s who have at least one and I tried to stick those types of players in the lab.

On the other hand I don't choose many of the difficult programs but rather opt for programs that are at most "medium." So that probably plays a huge role as well.

Even with the hard programs I feel I'm getting at least a 30-40% success rate. I'm getting well over 50% success with the easy programs. Maybe I'm just getting lucky in a relatively small sample size but I think coach quality and player personality have a big effect on the success rate.

[mrpoopistan]

The lab in it's current form is game-breaking with minor effort on the part of the gamer.


Want a god-tier CF in one offseason? Move him to LF, do improvement (rated Easy). Repeat with RF (also easy). Put him back in CF and now he's a god if he has any speed at all.

[snepp]

Originally Posted by mrpoopistan

The lab in it's current form is game-breaking with minor effort on the part of the gamer.


Want a god-tier CF in one offseason? Move him to LF, do improvement (rated Easy). Repeat with RF (also easy). Put him back in CF and now he's a god if he has any speed at all.

If you'd bother to read the forum a little between your various rants you'd know this is already being addressed in the next update.

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by snepp

If you'd bother to read the forum a little between your various rants you'd know this is already being addressed in the next update.

1. Where's the fun in that when he's on such a roll?

2. Of course he could just not game the system until the patch is released.

3. GOTO line 1

[jslmsca]

I must be dumb as a sack of hammers. I'm in the first day of the offseason and cannot drag & drop a player to the development lab slots. I play as GM only and am assigned to take charge of the development lab. This is a fictional league I imported from OOTP24. I'm using Steam and am on a Mac.

Any ideas? Thanks.

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by jslmsca

I must be dumb as a sack of hammers. I'm in the first day of the offseason and cannot drag & drop a player to the development lab slots. I play as GM only and am assigned to take charge of the development lab. This is a fictional league I imported from OOTP24. I'm using Steam and am on a Mac.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Instructions are at the top of the section on the left. Hit the plus sign next to their name, or drag them to the panel on the left side of the screen, not to the slots.

[jslmsca]

Originally Posted by Sweed

Instructions are at the top of the section on the left. Hit the plus sign next to their name, or drag them to the panel on the left side of the screen, not to the slots.

Pays to read! Thank you.

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by jslmsca

Pays to read! Thank you.

No problem. There have been a few that have asked.

I know the first thing I thought was to try to drag them to the slots too. Second I hit the plus figuring it must work like HOF voting, and it did. Later I read the instructions and found that I could drag them to the left.

[mrpoopistan]

Originally Posted by snepp

If you'd bother to read the forum a little between your various rants you'd know this is already being addressed in the next update.

Hence why I said "in its current form".

[Kongzi]

One thing that I am perplexed by is the development of pitches. Some pitchers can "improve pitch arsenal" whilst others are only able to "improve secondary pitch", why is that? and how do I know which pitch it will develop if they have more than two pitches?

[Will Beh]

Originally Posted by Kongzi

One thing that I am perplexed by is the development of pitches. Some pitchers can "improve pitch arsenal" whilst others are only able to "improve secondary pitch", why is that? and how do I know which pitch it will develop if they have more than two pitches?

Improve pitch arsenal is basically "work on a bad pitch". If they don't have a pitch that's clearly weaker than others it won't show as an option.

Improve secondary is literally just "improve best pitch that's not a fastball"