Ratings Over Haul Guideline For Better Game Play
Alright I finally decided to do this since I have time now. Over all, like all their sports games, NBA Live 19 player ratings are over inflated and clumped together. So I decided to re-rate players for better game play. So here is a guideline.
Play Style - You will want to change this for a lot of players. IMO EA gave too many players the wrong play style type.
Speed - Going to have to cap this for a few positions.
Centers: No higher then 82 speed. Vast majority of Centers should be in the 60s, with some in the 50s and low to mid 70s. Really only 2 or 3 Centers should be at 80 or above.
Forwards - No higher then 89.
Guards can go max 99. However only a handful should be above 90.
Vertical - Centers need to be capped at 80.
Strength - Lower it over all for everybody. Only a handful should be at or above 90. Majority of the guards should be in the 60s and low 70s. Forwards should be mid 70s to high 80s.
All the shooting ratings should be adjusted. A lot of players are shooting much better this season then what NBA Live 19 got them at and a lot of players are shooting more poorly this season and need to have their ratings go down.
Dunk - Severely over inflated. Only handful deserve above 90. Majority of capable of dunking should be 70 to 85. This will SEVERELY cut back on the amount of fancy dunks you see by way too many players.
Layups - Same as dunk rating, over inflated and need to be scaled way back.
Court Vision - I call it the IQ rating of players. I broke it down into the following:
Best Player on the team: 95 and above
Good Players - 80 to 90
Average Players - 70 to 79
Below Average Players - 60 to 69
Bad Players - 59 and below
Passing - Need to be toned down for a lot of players and raised for others. Nothing wrong with players with a pass rating in the 50s. They can still pass the ball. A lower passer rating in the hands of the CPU AI will make them choose safer passes and less passing in traffic or cross court.
Dribbling - Same as passing. Nothing was more annoying then seeing Centers and Power Forwards dribbling like they were Kyrie Irving.
Defensive Awareness - Need to be toned way down. See the scale for court vision. Let's be real here, some players simply suck on defense. Majority of NBA players I would consider average on defense. Very few actually deserve a 90 or above rating.
On Ball Defense - See above for defensive awareness. By default they had way too many players too high like the league was full of lockdown Gary Payton type of defenders. See the scale for court vision. I consider most of the NBA average on ball defenders. Very few should be above 90. Then you also have plenty in the NBA who are below average defenders.
Block and Steal - Both over rated. Scale that way back. Majority of my players I gave a steal rating in the 60s and low 70s. Like I said before, the NBA is not full of Gary Paytons.
Contested shot, clutch, shoot off dribble - All need to be re-rated.
Play Style - You will want to change this for a lot of players. IMO EA gave too many players the wrong play style type.
Speed - Going to have to cap this for a few positions.
Centers: No higher then 82 speed. Vast majority of Centers should be in the 60s, with some in the 50s and low to mid 70s. Really only 2 or 3 Centers should be at 80 or above.
Forwards - No higher then 89.
Guards can go max 99. However only a handful should be above 90.
Vertical - Centers need to be capped at 80.
Strength - Lower it over all for everybody. Only a handful should be at or above 90. Majority of the guards should be in the 60s and low 70s. Forwards should be mid 70s to high 80s.
All the shooting ratings should be adjusted. A lot of players are shooting much better this season then what NBA Live 19 got them at and a lot of players are shooting more poorly this season and need to have their ratings go down.
Dunk - Severely over inflated. Only handful deserve above 90. Majority of capable of dunking should be 70 to 85. This will SEVERELY cut back on the amount of fancy dunks you see by way too many players.
Layups - Same as dunk rating, over inflated and need to be scaled way back.
Court Vision - I call it the IQ rating of players. I broke it down into the following:
Best Player on the team: 95 and above
Good Players - 80 to 90
Average Players - 70 to 79
Below Average Players - 60 to 69
Bad Players - 59 and below
Passing - Need to be toned down for a lot of players and raised for others. Nothing wrong with players with a pass rating in the 50s. They can still pass the ball. A lower passer rating in the hands of the CPU AI will make them choose safer passes and less passing in traffic or cross court.
Dribbling - Same as passing. Nothing was more annoying then seeing Centers and Power Forwards dribbling like they were Kyrie Irving.
Defensive Awareness - Need to be toned way down. See the scale for court vision. Let's be real here, some players simply suck on defense. Majority of NBA players I would consider average on defense. Very few actually deserve a 90 or above rating.
On Ball Defense - See above for defensive awareness. By default they had way too many players too high like the league was full of lockdown Gary Payton type of defenders. See the scale for court vision. I consider most of the NBA average on ball defenders. Very few should be above 90. Then you also have plenty in the NBA who are below average defenders.
Block and Steal - Both over rated. Scale that way back. Majority of my players I gave a steal rating in the 60s and low 70s. Like I said before, the NBA is not full of Gary Paytons.
Contested shot, clutch, shoot off dribble - All need to be re-rated.
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