Injuries

[Infinite202]

Hey guys! I'm so excited for MARCHHHHHH!!!!!!

With that said, I am wondering if you guys had any problems with injuries in your MLB '08 franchises/seasons? I personally never had many injuries in my franchise, and if I did it was a pitcher who was out 1-6 days (has happened only twice in a year and a half). I also noticed that the CPU never had problems with not having enough injuries.

I'm only curious because I remember bringing it up with Carew in his slider thread, and he seemed to be regularly getting injuries in his franchise. Add to that his slider for injury frequency was lower than mine (I had it set at +6).

I've also noticed that not many people have complained about this issue, so I'm thinking that my game might have been bugged or something (or I just had REALLY good luck. . .although I considered it bad because I wanted to have to deal with injuries).

Thoughts?

Note: I play every single game in my franchise. I understand that you regularly have injuries if you sim enough.

Thanks!

[walezy]

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uhh yeh my first rtts outfielder played 3 games of spring training before he injured arm bad forgot what it was called but i sat the year out...

[WatchdogXC]

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I never played with injuries on. I liked have CPU roster control and in my experience with MVP 2005, all of my 2B and SS would get hurt all the time on double play takeout slides so I was a little shellshocked!

[Knight165]

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There seemed to be more than enough injuries in the simmed games...
...but not nearly enough in played games.

I'll be checking this out...

M.K.
Knight165

[Ivanhoe]

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I lowered the durability on players who seem to be injury prone and received good results. For instance I lowered Jeremy Bonderman's durability and he never pitched a complete year. Just like real life!

[x1Blumpkin1x]

Re: Injuries

There seemed to be more than enough injuries in the simmed games...
...but not nearly enough in played games.

I'll be checking this out...

M.K.
Knight165

I have found the same thing. I'm glad you will be looking into this next week.

[Chai2112]

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I play every game in my franchise too, and I have the injury slider literally set to the max. I do have some injuries, but not enough to be realistic. In the first week in July, Lester got injured for 1-2 months. Also some minor league pitchers did as well. But, in general, in my last franchise I played and this one, it seems that the pitching rotation generally stays the same. I would like to see more of pitchers being knocked out for 1-2 weeks here or there etc. I would also like to see more causation. So like if an outfielder makes a really wicked dive for a ball, he may land awkwardly and get hurt. As it is, it just seems kind of random. that being said, I also had J.D. Drew injured through April and May, so that's just like real life. Big Papi also got knocked out for a month or so. So I guess it's not too bad, but in general I think the players' durability sliders are set too high. I lowered them for a lot of players that get injured often.

[ckarlic]

Re: Injuries

There seemed to be more than enough injuries in the simmed games...
...but not nearly enough in played games.

I'll be checking this out...

M.K.
Knight165

I agree Knight. It seemed that most, if not all of my injuries in played games were to my pitchers. I would like to see a little bit more variety in regards to injuries and to players who get them. This adds more managerial strategies to the game and can allow for up and comers to prove themselves since you would be forced to use a rookie or a backup player

[zippy2212]

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I play every game in my franchise too, and I have the injury slider literally set to the max. I do have some injuries, but not enough to be realistic. In the first week in July, Lester got injured for 1-2 months. Also some minor league pitchers did as well. But, in general, in my last franchise I played and this one, it seems that the pitching rotation generally stays the same. I would like to see more of pitchers being knocked out for 1-2 weeks here or there etc. I would also like to see more causation. So like if an outfielder makes a really wicked dive for a ball, he may land awkwardly and get hurt. As it is, it just seems kind of random. that being said, I also had J.D. Drew injured through April and May, so that's just like real life. Big Papi also got knocked out for a month or so. So I guess it's not too bad, but in general I think the players' durability sliders are set too high. I lowered them for a lot of players that get injured often.

When you lowered the durability sliders did the players get tired more often?

I was going to try that but I was afraid I would have to sit a player every week because he was tired.

[Chai2112]

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When you lowered the durability sliders did the players get tired more often?

I was going to try that but I was afraid I would have to sit a player every week because he was tired.

Yah, now that you mention it, I guess I would have to have them sit out once every 6-7 games or so... which isn't that far off from reality. Plus I like it cuz it gives me variety when I get to use bench players.

[Infinite202]

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I agree Knight. It seemed that most, if not all of my injuries in played games were to my pitchers. I would like to see a little bit more variety in regards to injuries and to players who get them. This adds more managerial strategies to the game and can allow for up and comers to prove themselves since you would be forced to use a rookie or a backup player

This is my concern.

[Knight165]

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Yes..the durability is tied to stamina...
What happens is...the guys D is lowered which lowers his stamina....he gets tired and is more prone to get injured. That's why you see RP get the most injuries...the lowest D

I have asked..(and will be hoping!) ....for separate durability and stamina sliders.

I'll let you guys know.

M.K.
Knight165