This game is a joke!!!!!

[OutS|der]

What does it mean for a draft pick to pan out? I don't understand star ratings, I use 20-80.

What rating is panning out?
As per Lukas "we've adjusted the scale over the last couple versions to be more and more realistic, and the real 20-80 scale is much more compressed than the kind of fake scale we'd used in the past. Basically, minor leaguers will normally come in at 20-40 or so.

You might not even see a guy gain overall as he progresses from rookie ball to AA. That does not mean he's not developing, this is just how the scale actually works in reality. A player would be expected to go from R level to AA level without his overall moving more than 5 or maybe 10 points. From AA to MLB they might move another 10-15.

For major leaguers, they will typically slot in heavily in the 40-60 range. Very few MLB guys will go above 60, those that do are genuine superstars. Again, this is mostly how the real 20-80 scale works, and things are much more in line with that now."

So what ratings are you expecting when you say they don't pan out?

[OutS|der]

What does it mean for a draft pick to pan out? I don't understand star ratings, I use 20-80.

What rating is panning out?
As per Lukas "we've adjusted the scale over the last couple versions to be more and more realistic, and the real 20-80 scale is much more compressed than the kind of fake scale we'd used in the past. Basically, minor leaguers will normally come in at 20-40 or so.

You might not even see a guy gain overall as he progresses from rookie ball to AA. That does not mean he's not developing, this is just how the scale actually works in reality. A player would be expected to go from R level to AA level without his overall moving more than 5 or maybe 10 points. From AA to MLB they might move another 10-15.

For major leaguers, they will typically slot in heavily in the 40-60 range. Very few MLB guys will go above 60, those that do are genuine superstars. Again, this is mostly how the real 20-80 scale works, and things are much more in line with that now."

So what ratings are you expecting when you say they don't pan out?

[rwd59]

Originally Posted by OutS|der

What does it mean for a draft pick to pan out? I don't understand star ratings, I use 20-80.

What rating is panning out?
As per Lukas "we've adjusted the scale over the last couple versions to be more and more realistic, and the real 20-80 scale is much more compressed than the kind of fake scale we'd used in the past. Basically, minor leaguers will normally come in at 20-40 or so.

You might not even see a guy gain overall as he progresses from rookie ball to AA. That does not mean he's not developing, this is just how the scale actually works in reality. A player would be expected to go from R level to AA level without his overall moving more than 5 or maybe 10 points. From AA to MLB they might move another 10-15.

For major leaguers, they will typically slot in heavily in the 40-60 range. Very few MLB guys will go above 60, those that do are genuine superstars. Again, this is mostly how the real 20-80 scale works, and things are much more in line with that now."

So what ratings are you expecting when you say they don't pan out?

I have slowly began to better understand this new system. Thanks to Dr Satan I have found settings that allow players to develop at an acceptable level. The majority still never reach their potentials but that is the way it is in real life. I am having to get used to pitchers being serviceable as major leaguers with much lower ratings than in the past. I still say however that using the out of the box settings leads to very little development. I use the 1-100 scale and they said that you should see more variation and movement in the ratings in that setup. Tried 2 or 3 test leagues and out of the box settings just didn't get much movement in ratings. I have scouting off and see thew true ratings. Their obviously has to be some other hidden settings that affect players as well because I have had 80-80-80 pitchers who have career ERA's of 5 and 50-50-40 pitchers who have 3.50 ERA's.

[r0nster]

have had many players that looked to be great players and one time i even checked with 100% scouting and they still flopped never getting above level AA and i have 100 seasons under my belt and i know thats nothing compared to many of you players out there for this version. Also had players do well that i never would have thought they would have done all that good make it to majors and do quite well. Of my surprise players got 2000 hits in his career. of which in todays game thats pretty good

[Paul Reuschel's Mustache]

Originally Posted by rwd59

I have slowly began to better understand this new system. Thanks to Dr Satan I have found settings that allow players to develop at an acceptable level.

Yes, thanks to Dr Satan's recommended settings (go here) I'm now also seeing reasonably good development.

But I didn't pay Dr Satan for OOTP 26 to work as advertised and expected.

Again, the communication about changes in the internal mechanisms of the game that would have a profound effect on what we mere consumers of the game witnessed with regard to player development was absolutely unacceptable. Only after numerous complaints was the issue even addressed by the OOTP team, albeit in a manner that left much to be desired.

Anyway, thanks to Dr Satan and other users, I adjusted the poor out-of-the-box default settings so that I can now enjoy a reasonable approximation of what I expected to get when I pre-purchased this game.

I won't make that mistake again.

I've created my universe of leagues, including the unmentionable league in J-A-P-A-N.

Thank you for your attention.

[BlackWatch]

Originally Posted by rwd59

I have slowly began to better understand this new system. Thanks to Dr Satan I have found settings that allow players to develop at an acceptable level. The majority still never reach their potentials but that is the way it is in real life. I am having to get used to pitchers being serviceable as major leaguers with much lower ratings than in the past. I still say however that using the out of the box settings leads to very little development. I use the 1-100 scale and they said that you should see more variation and movement in the ratings in that setup. Tried 2 or 3 test leagues and out of the box settings just didn't get much movement in ratings. I have scouting off and see thew true ratings. Their obviously has to be some other hidden settings that affect players as well because I have had 80-80-80 pitchers who have career ERA's of 5 and 50-50-40 pitchers who have 3.50 ERA's.

Might be anecdotal, but I've found that a lower rated groundball, especially extreme groundball, pitcher will perform better than a flyball, especially extreme flyball, pitcher who's rated much higher. Which, makes sense as more flyballs mean more extra base hits, including home runs. I actually avoid flyball pitchers as much as I can for this reason.