One minor issue I have with the Show (and many sports games) is the way that player ratings are visually displayed.
I understand that players need to have ratings to determine outcomes within the game; however, as a player and GM in franchise mode I don’t always like being able to see the exact number rating for each attribute because it seems unrealistic for a coach to know the player X has 89 Con v L vs player Y who has 85 Con v L.
As it is now when deciding things like line-ups or pinch hitting the main thing that it really comes down to is what the exact number of the relevant attribute is. You can argue that you hit better with a one player’s batting stance than another or that one is on a hot streak (though I’m not sure how much of an affect that actually has), but essentially if player X has better ratings numbers then he has a higher probability of succeeding than player Y. This doesn’t seem very realistic and takes away some of the weight/risk of the decisions that one might have to make in real life.
I get that you don’t have to look at the ratings numbers, but they are hard to avoid and while I do like the radial graph it makes the ratings even harder to avoid. I feel like there is an opportunity to include an option similar to NBA 2k where you can toggle between rating numbers and letter grades for attributes.
It seems that just being able to see the letter grades may make things more interesting as you wouldn’t ever know if player X’s B+ rating is better than player Y’s B+. This would seem to add realism in line-up and roster management, trades, free agency, etc.
There would be some issues around the fact that there still may not be a wide enough range for each grade (a B+ may only cover 3 numbers) and the fact that an F rating would have too wide of a range. But there seems to be an opportunity for some mechanism like letter grading that takes out the certainty of exact number grades and adds some realism to franchise mode and decision making in general. I want the opportunity to make the wrong decision!
Again this isn’t a huge issue, seeing player ratings isn’t a game breaker or anything, but I think having the option to toggle between specific ratings and more vague ratings would really add to the overall experience and replicate some of the challenges that a coach or GM might face.
I do not have any experience coaching and don't have as much knowledge on how player evaluations and scouting works as others like do, so I would like to hear if other people think a mechanism like this would be a good feature.
I understand that players need to have ratings to determine outcomes within the game; however, as a player and GM in franchise mode I don’t always like being able to see the exact number rating for each attribute because it seems unrealistic for a coach to know the player X has 89 Con v L vs player Y who has 85 Con v L.
As it is now when deciding things like line-ups or pinch hitting the main thing that it really comes down to is what the exact number of the relevant attribute is. You can argue that you hit better with a one player’s batting stance than another or that one is on a hot streak (though I’m not sure how much of an affect that actually has), but essentially if player X has better ratings numbers then he has a higher probability of succeeding than player Y. This doesn’t seem very realistic and takes away some of the weight/risk of the decisions that one might have to make in real life.
I get that you don’t have to look at the ratings numbers, but they are hard to avoid and while I do like the radial graph it makes the ratings even harder to avoid. I feel like there is an opportunity to include an option similar to NBA 2k where you can toggle between rating numbers and letter grades for attributes.
It seems that just being able to see the letter grades may make things more interesting as you wouldn’t ever know if player X’s B+ rating is better than player Y’s B+. This would seem to add realism in line-up and roster management, trades, free agency, etc.
There would be some issues around the fact that there still may not be a wide enough range for each grade (a B+ may only cover 3 numbers) and the fact that an F rating would have too wide of a range. But there seems to be an opportunity for some mechanism like letter grading that takes out the certainty of exact number grades and adds some realism to franchise mode and decision making in general. I want the opportunity to make the wrong decision!
Again this isn’t a huge issue, seeing player ratings isn’t a game breaker or anything, but I think having the option to toggle between specific ratings and more vague ratings would really add to the overall experience and replicate some of the challenges that a coach or GM might face.
I do not have any experience coaching and don't have as much knowledge on how player evaluations and scouting works as others like do, so I would like to hear if other people think a mechanism like this would be a good feature.
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