Competitive balance discussion

[Dogberry99]

As one who did not sign up for this game on day one, I feel like my league had fewer stacked teams than, say, any league with a dev in it :-)

Hopefully, since we're all already signed up, the distribution of "whalers" will not be quite so skewed towards the first leagues to fill.

[Dogberry99]

Some, but not much, and what I've seen has been sort of randomly scattered about in several different threads.

[scott1964]

I spent 99 cents so far and I lost to the best team in my league in the finals 4 games to 2.

[vyshka]

Originally Posted by One Post Wonder

Well, how are things presently in the Rookie/A leagues?

By now, promotion should have cleaned out the rookie leagues in particular, since teams are getting promoted at a huge rate. If the rookie leagues are still shark ponds after all that, then maybe the OP has some truth to it.

But it really doesn't matter. The whale in my division came in 3rd. An attentive player is always going to beat someone who just gets a bunch of pp and picks up the biggest OVRs.

BTW, how are promotions going to work when the real game first opens up? Will it be like beta where 16 teams are being promoted? I don't want to be moved up before I'm ready.

I'm thinking the first few seasons will have promotion like we've had in beta as they fill up the higher tier leagues, then it will settle down to lower numbers being promoted. You can already see it a bit for the lower leagues in beta.

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[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by One Post Wonder

But this isn't that kind of game. Where do you need to apply intuition in PT? Scouting is 100%. Players don't get injured or age.

It's not like in the solo game, where you've got a guy playing well in AAA and when you first bring him up, you have no idea what he's going to give you. Or wondering what to do with a player who is 29 but coming off a bad year. You know everything that a player is capable of, and if he isn't performing it is likely because the RNG just isn't favoring him that year.

There's still some skill involved in assembling a team that mixes well. Do you have enough left-handed bats? Should you opt for a better defensive SS, or play Machado there and pick up a better 3B?

Sure, if your OF is Bonds-Trout-Ruth, it's not like there's much thought as to whether you can improve on that, but even among the Gold/Diamond cards, there's a lot of variation at play in skill levels.

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

Sure, if your OF is Bonds-Trout-Ruth, it's not like there's much thought as to whether you can improve on that

Yes, there is. Does your lineup have too much power and not enough contact? Too many lefties? Maybe you would be better off with Betts instead of Bonds. Trout is not the best defensive center fielder. Maybe you would be better off with Ruth-A.Jones-Betts.

There are always alternatives. There is no "one best lineup".

[One Post Wonder]

Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

There's still some skill involved in assembling a team that mixes well. Do you have enough left-handed bats? Should you opt for a better defensive SS, or play Machado there and pick up a better 3B?

Sure, if your OF is Bonds-Trout-Ruth, it's not like there's much thought as to whether you can improve on that, but even among the Gold/Diamond cards, there's a lot of variation at play in skill levels.

Yes, there's variation but there's no uncertainty. The cards I personally prioritize might be different from yours due to our style of play, but we both know exactly what that card does.

Our personnel decisions are not going to be based on hunches or feel like they might sometimes be in solo mode.

[el_gringo]

Originally Posted by Orcin

Maybe you would be better off with Ruth-A.Jones-Betts.

No, no, no, Ruth's gotta be the DH if anything, his defense is too poor. Push Trout to LF, Jones in CF, and Betts/Bonds in RF depending on what you need - well-rounded play or steroids-level power.

[<Pion>]

Originally Posted by One Post Wonder

Yes, there's variation but there's no uncertainty. The cards I personally prioritize might be different from yours due to our style of play, but we both know exactly what that card does.

Our personnel decisions are not going to be based on hunches or feel like they might sometimes be in solo mode.

Maybe four seasons is not enough of a sample size, but it sure felt like there was some uncertainty. A high overall rating did not "always" result in good production and a lower overall rating did not guarantee a lack of production. There are some players that seem to overachieve and underachieve with regularity. But maybe more seasons will tell...

[One Post Wonder]

Originally Posted by <Pion>

Maybe four seasons is not enough of a sample size, but it sure felt like there was some uncertainty. A high overall rating did not "always" result in good production and a lower overall rating did not guarantee a lack of production. There are some players that seem to overachieve and underachieve with regularity. But maybe more seasons will tell...

Overall ratings aren't 100% representative of how good a player is. It's best to go by individual batting/fielding ratings.

[<Pion>]

Originally Posted by One Post Wonder

Overall ratings aren't 100% representative of how good a player is. It's best to go by individual batting/fielding ratings.

Same goes for them only to a lesser extent

[Jocko_Doubleday]

It's a sort of cheap trick, but you can alter your stadium to be uniformly 250 feet from home plate, and set all hitter values at 1.200. A friend farmed a ton of points in the first week with this strategy. It's hell on your pitchers, but your hitters will get a ton of points

[Zorro]

Originally Posted by Jocko_Doubleday

It's a sort of cheap trick, but you can alter your stadium to be uniformly 250 feet from home plate, and set all hitter values at 1.200. A friend farmed a ton of points in the first week with this strategy. It's hell on your pitchers, but your hitters will get a ton of points

I do not think the distance of fences means anything. It is just for cosmetic view I thought...

[Kushiel]

Originally Posted by Jocko_Doubleday

It's a sort of cheap trick, but you can alter your stadium to be uniformly 250 feet from home plate, and set all hitter values at 1.200. A friend farmed a ton of points in the first week with this strategy. It's hell on your pitchers, but your hitters will get a ton of points

People can now only use 1.100 on their cheap stadium gimmicks..

[Janks]

Originally Posted by Kushiel

People can now only use 1.100 on their cheap stadium gimmicks..

The cheap got cheaper...

[zrog2000]

Originally Posted by Kushiel

People can now only use 1.100 on their cheap stadium gimmicks..

Apparently you can still do 1.5 doubles and triples though.

[Kushiel]

Originally Posted by zrog2000

Apparently you can still do 1.5 doubles and triples though.

I believe Markus posted the new limit was for average and home runs. I was just addressing the statement about farming the home runs via 1.2 in the post I quoted.

[pstrickert]

Speaking of the Kentucky Crowns ...

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...8&postcount=10

[Thalion]

Originally Posted by pstrickert

Speaking of the Kentucky Crowns ...

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...8&postcount=10

Who are the Kentucky Crowns?

[pstrickert]

Read back a page or two in this very thread.