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Old 09-20-2016, 12:48 AM   #1
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Is it too early to start wondering what new features OOTP 18 will have?

Just wondering...
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Old 09-20-2016, 12:55 AM   #2
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Old 09-20-2016, 12:58 AM   #3
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Nope. It's certainly not too early It's never too early!

That being said, we can't exactly provide any specific info at this point, but please feel free to speculate as much as you may desire!

There's going to be some great stuff included for sure.

Personally, I can't wait to find out all of what it will be
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Old 09-20-2016, 02:03 AM   #4
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My cynical side rumbles to the surface like Godzilla emerging from the sea...and says I can make (fairly good, I think) guesses as to what OOTP 18 will not contain. (I would be happy to be proved wrong.)
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Old 09-20-2016, 04:49 AM   #5
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For what it's worth, the World Baseball Classic will end before OOTP Day.
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Old 09-20-2016, 10:28 AM   #6
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A third conference
Improved Schedule Editor(w/neutral site game option)
Improved Tie-Breaker procedures
End season/start playoffs tab
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Old 09-20-2016, 10:39 AM   #7
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- International tournaments

- Improvements to associations

- Negro leagues in historical mode

That's my wishlist off the top of my head.
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Old 09-20-2016, 10:51 AM   #8
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I bet the rosters will be updated
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Old 09-20-2016, 12:05 PM   #9
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I like to think of speculating as a way of brainstorming....you never know what can spawn from discussions.
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Old 09-20-2016, 12:34 PM   #10
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We haven't finalized the list for next year, so idle speculation can definitely help us narrow down the final feature list.
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Old 09-20-2016, 12:49 PM   #11
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We haven't finalized the list for next year, so idle speculation can definitely help us narrow down the final feature list.
Automatically generated team photo's for World Series/league championships would be a great feature and one I've been requesting for awhile.

This would especially be nice for those of us who like to sim many years of league history before playing.
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Old 09-20-2016, 12:50 PM   #12
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This HAS to be the year for International tournaments...right?

Right?

Plleeaasee.
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Old 09-20-2016, 12:50 PM   #13
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We haven't finalized the list for next year, so idle speculation can definitely help us narrow down the final feature list.
Oh, boy. You just opened the floodgates, Matt.
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Old 09-20-2016, 01:48 PM   #14
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Isn't this what the Suggestions forum is for?

But since you asked,

- more options for Historical Exhibition mode (altering Jerseys, ballparks without having to save out. Tournament mode, etc)

- Hot key for "pause between plays" check box

- Add Pitchers career record vs specific team
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Old 09-21-2016, 12:39 AM   #15
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I'm glad people are throwing out ideas... My thinking was more along the lines of the anticipation.... sort of like a kid waiting for Christmas.
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A third conference
Wouldn't really be needed if Associations were buffed up.

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Improved Schedule Editor(w/neutral site game option)
I've been advocating for awhile now the addition of a 'park' field to the schedule files so that a specific park could be assigned for that match-up. This would benefit both historical and fictional play.

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Improved Tie-Breaker procedures
Definitely needed, especially for the minor leagues and those using the split-season format.
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Old 09-21-2016, 05:36 AM   #17
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Wouldn't really be needed if Associations were buffed up.
One can dream...
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Old 09-21-2016, 06:42 AM   #18
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If the Associations included inter-league games between the Leagues,then I would be for it. That's why I wanted a third conference. I am planning on merging three leagues(over two seasons) and I could have a third conference if I keep the last league that merge's schedule separate from the other merged leagues.
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Old 09-21-2016, 10:36 AM   #19
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I would love to see the implementation of user-selected trade RETURN criteria when "shopping a player" to the league. I know what I want to SEND, I'd like the ability to specify what I want to RECEIVE.

An option to avoid seeing 40-year-old first basemen being offered when I am looking for a left fielder prospect when I shop my 23-year-old catcher, please.
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Old 09-21-2016, 10:44 AM   #20
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I'm really hoping that historical minors gets tons of attention and is an actual working feature for 18. Heck, if the "historical" minors can't be fixed, just allow us to set up generic OOTP generated minors and make use of the minor league players database Spritze created.

The Jim Unknown problem has to be addressed and fixed. Jim Unknowns should be a last resort and should never ever play instead of real players. Nor, should the AI be able to use Jim Unknowns beyond normal roster restraints. If rosters are 25, with 10 pitchers and 15 position players, at no time should the AI be able to introduce Jim Unknown into the game beyond the 15 position players, 10 pitchers setup. I would rather rub hot oil all over OPRAHS bald head than look at boxscores in which teams used 56 players.

Another reason, I would love to have access to the database even if the actual historical minors structure isn't in place is, I'm not a huge fan of massive leagues. I like to keep things simple. With 17, if you start a historical league in 1946 with historical minors, you get the MLB and 30+ additional leagues. For me, this is just too massive. How long can you even play something like this before your computer explodes? Of course, as things stand now, you go and look at a lot of these leagues and lots of teams have no players, some teams have 46 or more players, consisting of a shortstop and 45 relief pitchers...Ugh!

Let me start in 1919 with generic OOTP AAA, AA, A for my minors. Let me erase all history so my league starts with zeros in 1919. Allow me to determine how many rounds I want my draft to feature. If players are in the minors db and appear in say 1921(minors), but have prior real MLB experience, you can't have the minor league db erase or add to their actual OOTP history and replace it with the real....this ruins a OOTP replay.

In the end I think most folks play this game as a gm/manager sim. They make trades, sign players, move players from level to level etc. Historical minors is a great idea and the thought of teams relocating, teams changing affiliates, new leagues forming etc etc all according to history is great, but I would think no one other than a strict historical simmer is going to enjoy making an OOTP trade only to lose that player/s to a relocation or affiliate change.

I guess, my point is, access to the actual minor league players is more important to me than having the actual historical minor league structure, especially when the actual historical structure is so restrictive to game play and enjoyment. I often like to create fictional historical leagues that use real players, but fake teams. Not possible with historical minors. I may want to start in 1906 and use the minor league players once I get to 1919. Not possible with historical minors unless I'm willing to ignore OOTP rewriting players OOTP player histories to conform to their minor league import. I find it very restrictive for a feature to supposedly work best only if the draft is turned off and players go to their actual teams.

The AI has to have an Idea about players as well. Much like the feature that ensures the AI knows Babe Ruth during the draft, the game needs to assure that the AI isn't releasing a Kiki Cuyler or a Lou Gehrig as soon as they appear.

Establishing roster limits on historical minors in an attempt to assure all teams have players is fine, but only if this allows big league teams enough players to deal with injuries. Why have all the extra players if you're still going to be forced to use the low or very low injury settings? Keep in mind also that no historical sim is worth it eggs if all of Reggie Jackson is playing 2B or Boog Powell is grifting at shortstop.

Time to stop rambling, but I say FREE THE PLAYERS....THE HISTORICAL CHAINS THAT CURRENTLY BIND THEM BE GONE!

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