Play a shorter season, or sim more?

[CgyFlames]

In past seasons I've gone for the full 162 experience, but this summer I won't have as much time to play. I'm currently deciding between playing a 29 game season or doing the play 1, sim 5 method on a 162 game season (works out to 27 games).

I'm sure there must be others here who don't have much time to devote to the game, so how do you play the game on limited time? Any suggestions for me?


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[KMRblue1027]

You could use player lock and just switch between your favorite guys. It's what I'm gonna do to play 162.

[bartone33]

I always use the play one and sim five method for franchise mode. I like the full season as I'm a big stats guy. Like to get through multiple years and see who breaks (or comes close to breaking) any records.


Waiting til the PS4 version release to get the game, can't wait to start my franchise.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

I play about 24 regular season games and sim the rest.....then I play all of the playoffs. I like to get deep into the mode and see where my team and the league go in 10 plus seasons.


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[underdog13]

quick counts?

Think the developers made it for situations like this in mind.

[tril]

Quote: Originally Posted by CgyFlames

In past seasons I've gone for the full 162 experience, but this summer I won't have as much time to play. I'm currently deciding between playing a 29 game season or doing the play 1, sim 5 method on a 162 game season (works out to 27 games). I'm sure there must be others here who don't have much time to devote to the game, so how do you play the game on limited time? Any suggestions for me? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

last year I tried to play 162 games at 6 innings. made it to about 50-70 games. I also had to edit all the pitcher's endurance/fatigue level by a 3rd because the game didnt adjust fatigue levels for shorter length games.

[CgyFlames]

Quote: Originally Posted by tril

last year I tried to play 162 games at 6 innings. made it to about 50-70 games. I also had to edit all the pitcher's endurance/fatigue level by a 3rd because the game didnt adjust fatigue levels for shorter length games.

That reminds me, I also briefly experimented with playing all 162 as one-inning games, but that eliminated almost all the strategy of a game.

Quick counts won't work for me, because, even cutting my games down from an hour to 30 mins, I still won't get anywhere near 162 in.

Seems like the consensus here is it's better to sim than to shorten the season, though.


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[My993C2]

Quote: Originally Posted by CgyFlames

In past seasons I've gone for the full 162 experience, but this summer I won't have as much time to play. I'm currently deciding between playing a 29 game season or doing the play 1, sim 5 method on a 162 game season (works out to 27 games). I'm sure there must be others here who don't have much time to devote to the game, so how do you play the game on limited time? Any suggestions for me?

It all depends on where you stand on stats. If you want MLB like stats, you play 1 and sim 5. However, if you are more concerned about wins and loses and making the playoffs, I'd play the 29 games when I had the free time. Just because the real world MLB teams play 162 games doesn't mean you need to play 162 games.