Players Development Changing

[niftyjets]

Does anyone else think its to easy for a players development trait to change? I get when a superstars development trait changes from Star to Superstar but when a guy who really is just average goes from normal to star in one season its kinda cheesy no?

[sinthros]

Quote: Originally Posted by niftyjets

Does anyone else think its to easy for a players development trait to change? I get when a superstars development trait changes from Star to Superstar but when a guy who really is just average goes from normal to star in one season its kinda cheesy no?

I don't think that actually happens. What I mean is, I'm pretty sure development can only change by one tier (N to Q, Q to S) in a year. Meaning, I don't think it can go from normal to Star. I'm not sure if that's accurate though.

[Funkycorm]

I look at the stats for the current year/awards/etc, and determine if the change was logical. Up or down, and change it back if it was odd.

[Godgers12]

Kenny Clark had 12.5 sacks and 52 tackles in my online CFM and he went from quick to normal? Like how does that make any sense? Doesn't really bother me much since he is a 96 ovr and already a monster, but still.

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[Godgers12]

Quote: Originally Posted by sinthros

I don't think that actually happens. What I mean is, I'm pretty sure development can only change by one tier (N to Q, Q to S) in a year. Meaning, I don't think it can go from normal to Star. I'm not sure if that's accurate though.

It can happen if your player wins multiple awards.

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[Ueauvan]

i have quoted instances in the past where dev decreased despite production and recognition where it might be argued dev would remain the same or only get better. i amended those on my roster in those in my roster, then changed them back thinking it was dirty as i couldnt do for every roster, then felt annoyed that i had gone through the thought process i had ...

[ParaAut]

So at first - forget the first (off)season, as the main roster contains more star/superstar players than the game would give, so there are more regressions than upgrades.


In general the system is quite ok and for most positions logical. However Madden always had problems with comparing 3-4 OLB with 4-3 OLB for example. I think main stat for dev is tackles, so your star pass rusher with 15 sacks may get a dev regression because he didn't have enough tackles. Same or similar situation for DE (4-3 vs 3-4).


I think for DT it's only sacks for the top5 (superstar!), after that sacks don't count. So if Kenny Clark is 6th in sacks for example as a DT, he won't get superstar. For the next tier only tackles count, so he has no chance to get either star or quick. A bit stupid, yes.


For this system to work for these positions Madden would need to adjust positions and compare edge guys, not the positions which are completely different in different systems.