Why I'm (probably) Giving Up on OOTP

[itsmb8]

Nothing more than a skill issue.

Carry on everyone...

[Scoman]

Originally Posted by Rain King

Do you have an example?

Yes one big one for me when keeping the draft integrity for the ai in historical leagues and a way to make sure teams are drafting the best player possible is the Use pre-defined draft value for AI.

Dating back to a league starting in 1901 -2023 these values are incorrect in about 30 different years or more,and really bad after the year 2000 to the present.

Not a game breaker by no means,but that feature as a whole hasnt been accurate for years. I realize that everyone doesn't check this setting but it would be nice if it worked as intended for those who wish to play that way.

[uruguru]

Originally Posted by Scoman

OOTP had no problem staying afloat pre PT. When i say the old OOTP I mean when 100% of the developments time and effort went to the core game and historical mode.

Well, the question is whether the amount of development attention to the core game has been reduced since the introduction of PT. I mean, I feel like 25 is the best state that the historical game has ever been in (I've been playing since 17) and they are still adding new features to it.

It's not like they are just sitting on the existing game and profiting on the annual player updates from the MLB license.

[Bunktown Ballers]

Originally Posted by pastorjoeboggs

I understand that upsets happen. I get it. They happen all the time.

However, for the last two years, the number of times I have been "upset" by teams with a worse record far outnumbers the victories.

This week, I came into the playoffs with the top record in my league, the top run differential, the top scoring defense, and riding an 8-2 hot streak to finish the season. In my first series, I face a team fully 10 games worse, with less than 1/2 the run differential, a middling defensive metric, and a 3-7 record in their last 10 games. And, to boot, my team chemistry is 45% to their 12%.

So of course I not only lose but lose by blowing a 2-0 lead. Apparently the team chemistry boost is utterly meaningless.

This on the heels of darn near the same thing happening in the previous PT season, when I blew a 4 run lead in the bottom of the ninth of the clinching game.

It is discouraging - and plainly unenjoyable - to put the time and effort into strategy and lineups to have a successful season only to get repeatedly screwed in the postseason. It's reached the point where I get to Sundays and think, "Well, here comes another first series exit." And what's the point of playing at that point?

I don't know what, if anything, I expect the devs to do, but it's ruining my experience of the game.

OOTP has already admitted that WILDCARD teams get a boost going into the playoffs. How I know, they told me like 2 years ago that was the case. Somewhere in my history of post those words can be found. I'm never enthusiastic going into playoffs when I know the odds are stacked against me

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by Bunktown Ballers

OOTP has already admitted that WILDCARD teams get a boost going into the playoffs. How I know, they told me like 2 years ago that was the case. Somewhere in my history of post those words can be found. I'm never enthusiastic going into playoffs when I know the odds are stacked against me

There's no special boosts given to wildcard teams. I don't know where you got that notion from, but it's never been true, and we've never claimed that before.