Does playing players at their secondary position cause an attribute deduction?

[p00p1]

It would be nice if you could see the effect on players. Go to the roster screen and see their ratings change based on what position they are currently playing.

[Bobhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by p00p1

It would be nice if you could see the effect on players. Go to the roster screen and see their ratings change based on what position they are currently playing.

You CAN see the effect on players, by playing the games. What you are asking for is a numerical representation of the effect on players. I personally would not want to see that in the game at all. Baseball isn't a trading card game, and not everything can, or should, be quantified.

[Madden's Jowels]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bobhead

You CAN see the effect on players, by playing the games. What you are asking for is a numerical representation of the effect on players. I personally would not want to see that in the game at all. Baseball isn't a trading card game, and not everything can, or should, be quantified.

Pretty pedantic to make that distinction when you knew exactly what he meant lol.

[SmooveMove]

Quote: Originally Posted by p00p1

It would be nice if you could see the effect on players. Go to the roster screen and see their ratings change based on what position they are currently playing.

By changing their position their overall will change. Move David Ortiz to CF and he'll probably be down 10 overall points. No other ratings should change, all thats changed is how the ratings they already have are weighed.

Ex: High speed and arm accuracy will raise a Center Fielders overall more than it will raise a First Basemans overall.

Therefore what your asking for is fine the way it is. Just look at arm strength/accuracy and other fielding ratings to see what positions guys are more capable of playing.

[Madden's Jowels]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmooveMove

By changing their position their overall will change. Move David Ortiz to CF and he'll probably be down 10 overall points. No other ratings should change, all thats changed is how the ratings they already have are weighed. Ex: High speed and arm accuracy will raise a Center Fielders overall more than it will raise a First Basemans overall. Therefore what your asking for is fine the way it is. Just look at arm strength/accuracy and other fielding ratings to see what positions guys are more capable of playing.

No, Ramone confirmed players take a 20% hit to their fielding ratings when playing at a secondary position and a 40% hit to their fielding ratings playing completely out of position. So all p00p1 (wow is that really your username lol) is asking for is for the game to do the math so we don't have to do it in our heads.

[Bobhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by Madden's Jowels

Pretty pedantic to make that distinction when you knew exactly what he meant lol.

You missed the entire point of my post, then.

[SmooveMove]

Quote: Originally Posted by Madden's Jowels

No, Ramone confirmed players take a 20% hit to their fielding ratings when playing at a secondary position and a 40% hit to their fielding ratings playing completely out of position. So all p00p1 (wow is that really your username lol) is asking for is for the game to do the math so we don't have to do it in our heads.

So you mean for example their arm accuracy goes down 20%? How does that make any sense?

[Madden's Jowels]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmooveMove

So you mean for example their arm accuracy goes down 20%? How does that make any sense?

It doesn't make sense. But that's what they decided to go with.


To be fair, when someone asked Ramone if it was just the Fielding rating that takes a hit or if it was all fielding-related stats like arm strength and accuracy, he never responded. But at the very least we know fielding does.