Struggling To Keep My Save Going

Bluejays · 10-20-2019, 11:50 PM

Hi, basically I would like feedback and suggestions on what to do for my current save. Currently I am in 2038 offseason coming off my 4th World Series win in a row and have won a total of ten World Series's since 2019, My struggle to continue is with my owner as he continues to decrease my budget year after year even though he is listed as charitable and I continue to lead the league in revenue; its becoming overly frustrating and I understand this is a probably a real life problem too like real life mets ownership as I play as the jays and I'm a big market team too but it isn't fun anymore even though this has been my favourite play through since ootp 17. Ive tried starting up new saves but its been hard to continue them and I do enjoy setting up fictional leagues but I can never play as them for some reason I don't enjoy that aspect. My issue is I can't seem to walk away from this save as I've invested so much into it, what should I do?

smiller · 10-21-2019, 09:18 AM

Take over the worst team in your league and try to build them into a winner.

TomVeal · 10-21-2019, 09:36 AM

If all that you enjoy about the game is winning World Series rings, OOTP has nothing more to offer you. Unless you cheat, your dynasty will wither, as all dynasties do in the modern MLB. That your owner wants to divert your revenue stream elsewhere - perhaps he has his own space program - will just hasten the decline.

If what you enjoy is the challenge of running a team through thick and thin, start looking to the future, when your current crop of stars will inevitably fade. Trade them now for young prospects and salary relief.

You also might want to think about changing the league and game rules. Expand the Majors, and risk losing players to the expansion draft. Either add or subtract the DH to make the environment less familiar to you. Make trading harder. Reduce scouting accuracy. Limit the ratings that you can see. Impose minor league roster limits on yourself (not on the AI teams, as they have trouble handling them).

Once you've "solved" a game, repeating the successful strategy over and over again isn't a lot of fun.

CBeisbol · 10-21-2019, 10:58 AM

If you're not up for a new challenge

You can manually edit the budget

Bluejays · 10-21-2019, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomVeal

If all that you enjoy about the game is winning World Series rings, OOTP has nothing more to offer you. Unless you cheat, your dynasty will wither, as all dynasties do in the modern MLB. That your owner wants to divert your revenue stream elsewhere - perhaps he has his own space program - will just hasten the decline.

If what you enjoy is the challenge of running a team through thick and thin, start looking to the future, when your current crop of stars will inevitably fade. Trade them now for young prospects and salary relief.

You also might want to think about changing the league and game rules. Expand the Majors, and risk losing players to the expansion draft. Either add or subtract the DH to make the environment less familiar to you. Make trading harder. Reduce scouting accuracy. Limit the ratings that you can see. Impose minor league roster limits on yourself (not on the AI teams, as they have trouble handling them).

Once you've "solved" a game, repeating the successful strategy over and over again isn't a lot of fun.

I enjoy the challenge of running my team through thick and thin, but there is no challenge anymore it feels like as I seemed to have "solved" the game. I haven't cheated but just feel like I am doing everything right and just getting a lot of luck; I haven't gone through a think and thin in awhile but my stars are all over 35 so maybe the decline is coming and it will become interesting then.

panda234 · 10-22-2019, 04:49 PM

No worries, if all your stars are over 35 you have interesting times and challenges ahead.

itsmb8 · 10-22-2019, 05:19 PM

If youre playing with the default settings, change it up a bit. No overall ratings, change the eval settings to only stats, change scouting accuracy to low or even very low, turn on draft pick trading, etc.

Maybe add the independent leagues if you havent already and create a US Independent Association with a playoff between all of the league winners at the end.

jpeters1734 · 10-23-2019, 09:06 AM

limit yourself to one trade per season.

10-20-2019, 11:50 PM	#1
Bluejays Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 56	Struggling To Keep My Save Going Hi, basically I would like feedback and suggestions on what to do for my current save. Currently I am in 2038 offseason coming off my 4th World Series win in a row and have won a total of ten World Series's since 2019, My struggle to continue is with my owner as he continues to decrease my budget year after year even though he is listed as charitable and I continue to lead the league in revenue; its becoming overly frustrating and I understand this is a probably a real life problem too like real life mets ownership as I play as the jays and I'm a big market team too but it isn't fun anymore even though this has been my favourite play through since ootp 17. Ive tried starting up new saves but its been hard to continue them and I do enjoy setting up fictional leagues but I can never play as them for some reason I don't enjoy that aspect. My issue is I can't seem to walk away from this save as I've invested so much into it, what should I do?

10-23-2019, 09:06 AM	#8
jpeters1734 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Juust a bit outside... Posts: 5,617	limit yourself to one trade per season. __________________ "Cannonball Coming!" Go Bucs!! Founder and League Caretaker of the Professional Baseball Circuit, www.probaseballcircuit.com An Un-Official Guide to Minor League Management in OOTP 21 Ratings Scale Conversion Cross-Reference Cheat Sheet

10-21-2019, 09:18 AM	#2
smiller Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Pittsboro NC Posts: 424	Take over the worst team in your league and try to build them into a winner.

10-21-2019, 09:36 AM	#3
TomVeal All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Spanaway, Washington Posts: 1,181	If all that you enjoy about the game is winning World Series rings, OOTP has nothing more to offer you. Unless you cheat, your dynasty will wither, as all dynasties do in the modern MLB. That your owner wants to divert your revenue stream elsewhere - perhaps he has his own space program - will just hasten the decline. If what you enjoy is the challenge of running a team through thick and thin, start looking to the future, when your current crop of stars will inevitably fade. Trade them now for young prospects and salary relief. You also might want to think about changing the league and game rules. Expand the Majors, and risk losing players to the expansion draft. Either add or subtract the DH to make the environment less familiar to you. Make trading harder. Reduce scouting accuracy. Limit the ratings that you can see. Impose minor league roster limits on yourself (not on the AI teams, as they have trouble handling them). Once you've "solved" a game, repeating the successful strategy over and over again isn't a lot of fun.

10-21-2019, 10:58 AM	#4
CBeisbol Banned Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Ban land in 3...2... Posts: 2,943	If you're not up for a new challenge You can manually edit the budget

10-22-2019, 04:49 PM	#6
panda234 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 264	No worries, if all your stars are over 35 you have interesting times and challenges ahead.

10-22-2019, 05:19 PM	#7
itsmb8 All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,322	If youre playing with the default settings, change it up a bit. No overall ratings, change the eval settings to only stats, change scouting accuracy to low or even very low, turn on draft pick trading, etc. Maybe add the independent leagues if you havent already and create a US Independent Association with a playoff between all of the league winners at the end.