Phases speculation

[Caulfield]

Re: Phases speculation

Regarding this trend of faster games and quicker simming, don't worry about it, it's just a phase.

[Blzer]

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Regarding this trend of faster games and quicker summing, don't worry about it, it's just a phase.

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Sadly, removing rules is a lot harder than putting them in, and this is probably here to stay. The 154-game schedule is sniffing closer and closer.

[kbusch22]

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Speaking of September call-ups, they were listed as a talking point in the franchise changes blog they're going to do in a month. Right now call-ups are broken in two ways:

1. You can't call up players from your minor league teams that are in the playoffs, you have to manually move people around (ie: if your AAA and AA teams are both in the playoffs....you have to send players you want to call up all the way down to Single A and then call them up as an annoying workaround)

2. The game automatically calls up every player on the 40 even if you have no use for them at that time, when in real life teams rarely if ever call up everyone on their 40. There is no point in giving somebody a month of service time just to sit on the bench all month.

Hope both of these are fixed, especially #2

[Bobhead]

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I agree with Blzer in that it has something to do with rebuild/contention phases. It could be the core of goals and objectives, determine fan attendance, payroll budgets... it could even determine trade logic, for CPU controlled teams.

That's my guess, anyway.

[jsou4646]

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If it is just another way to sim faster then that would be a serious kick in the teeth. You'd hope if they've highlighted certain "phases" that are important they would at least do something to make them important with improved AI for trades and roster moves etc, but it's hard to be too optimistic

I feel the same way. That would be somewhat weak.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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I agree with Blzer in that it has something to do with rebuild/contention phases. It could be the core of goals and objectives, determine fan attendance, payroll budgets... it could even determine trade logic, for CPU controlled teams.

That's my guess, anyway.

I feel like some of you guys might be building this up to a bit more than it's gonna be. My view is PHASES will basically be a re-packaging of events we already have into a slightly different user interface that makes the events more accessible, organized and easier to participate in.

[agentlaw13]

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I feel like some of you guys might be building this up to a bit more than it's gonna be. My view is PHASES will basically be a re-packaging of events we already have into a slightly different user interface that makes the events more accessible, organized and easier to participate in.

That’s exactly what I’m thinking it is as well. Hopefully I’m wrong and will be pleasantly surprised when the franchise stream rolls around and unveils some cool new things.

[dherrera1015]

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Did people not see the Correa screenshot? That tells us everything we need to know about what Phases is. I can already assume what the devs are going to say for that stream. But still looking forward to hearing the small details as well as hopefully other changes they've put into Franchise mode. I do believe the devs said something about September call ups actually matter this year and stuff like that, which is its own Phase per the Correa screenshot.

[Blzer]

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Did people not see the Correa screenshot?

Don't worry, many of my posts largely get ignored as well at times.

I almost wish I didn't see the screenshot, anyway. Makes speculation less fun and makes the ideas that could have come into play feel a bit moot (unless they take them into account for future years).

[adamj2281]

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I think this might not be too far off. It would be interesting to see if CPU-controlled teams manage rosters differently in different phases depending on where they are in the standings and so on. It could also be interesting if the game builds-in certain "goals" into each phase...like a goal for the trade deadline for a contender being to acquire a new SP or a "big bat" based on team needs.

Yeah, I'm guessing it's going to be similar to Madden where you can start a franchise at whatever point in the season if you want (possibly future seasons ahead). Which is cool and a nice feature, but I really, really hope they have tweaked the FA/team/trade logic to mimic the budgetary issues of real-life, i.e. the Marlins fire sale every few years.