I'm working on upgrading the fighting skill (FSK) attributes to be a bit more accurate. Right now there's very little difference between a true fighter who's good at it and a guy who's a little bit scrappy but not really a fighter at all. One clear cut example of this just looking at Boston, you've got McQuaid who's one of the scariest fighters in the league at 85, and Marchand, a little guy who's had one fight in the last 2 years and only won one fight in his career (according to dropyourgloves.com) is an 83.
I am curious, however, to see how much affect this has on who actually wins and loses fights. Perhaps the more important rating is a hidden one that's hard to pinpoint, and that's how often they fight. The only way I've found it is by individually editing players, it's under details. I wish there was a way to sort the rosters by this rating so that I could quickly assess who needs a change.
Anyway, below are the most important changes I would suggest to the FSK ratings, by team. A couple clarifications as to how I did this...as I looked through all the teams, to my surprise the ratings weren't as bad as they seemed at a glance. There were a couple outliers, guys who fight multiple times a season who were listed under 80 fsk. I basically used this as my guide:
under 80: a guy who barely fights. A couple times a season or less. I don't really care how good they are at it, it's barely going to make an impact.
80's: guys who are scrappy, might fight a little, but either don't fight a ton or lose their share. 80 is kinda my standard for a guy who'll fight but isn't great at it, and a lot of guys who fit that bill were already low 80's so I didn't touch them. Higher 80's is either guys who fight a lot but aren't great at it (A.Roussel in Dallas is a good example, already rated an 85.) Or guys who fight seldom but might surprise you with their fists (I bumped Evander Kane to an 87).
90's: These are the guys who I'd really categorize as fighters. It's primarily guys I would have rated in the 80's a few years ago, but in today's NHL I'm inflating their ratings to separate them from the guys who are in the 80's. Otherwise I'd have a much bigger project in bumping DOWN all the guys in the 80's to the 70's. Tom Wilson is a good example, the game has him at an 85 but in today's NHL he's leading the league in fights and barely loses whereas a few years ago there were a lot tougher guys around so he lost more. I'm bumping him to 96.
Anyway, here are my most important changes. I'm actually making more changes than this, but I wanted to keep this manageable in case any of you would like to try it, so I'm only listing the ones that I think are of utmost importance. They are listed by team alphabetically, starting with Anaheim:
player old fsk>new fsk
Kesler 85>80
Bieksa 85>93
Manson 65>85
Domi 85>80 (he's not his dad!)
McQuaid 85>95
Marchand 83>75
Beaulieu 70>85
C.Stewart 85>90
Hathaway 78>83
Seabrook 85>80
Comeau 85>70
N.Foligno 80>88
Witkowski 80>95
Lucic 90>97
Kassian 85>90
Khaira 75>85
Haley 80>93
D.Brown 85>75
A.Watson 75>85
McLeod 86>95
Hayes 80>65 (has never had an NHL fight, yet rated 80?)
McCormick 75>85
Gudas 80>90
Simmonds 80>92
Oleksiak 85>90
Dillon 82>88
J.Ward 83>70 doesn't fight, has fought in years and didn't fight much then
E.Kane 80>87
Thorburn 85>92
Gourde 65>80
Gudbrandson 82>92 (doesn't fight often, but wins his fights)
Engelland >98
Reaves >99
T.Wilson 85>96
Hope that's helpful to some of you! Thoughts?
I am curious, however, to see how much affect this has on who actually wins and loses fights. Perhaps the more important rating is a hidden one that's hard to pinpoint, and that's how often they fight. The only way I've found it is by individually editing players, it's under details. I wish there was a way to sort the rosters by this rating so that I could quickly assess who needs a change.
Anyway, below are the most important changes I would suggest to the FSK ratings, by team. A couple clarifications as to how I did this...as I looked through all the teams, to my surprise the ratings weren't as bad as they seemed at a glance. There were a couple outliers, guys who fight multiple times a season who were listed under 80 fsk. I basically used this as my guide:
under 80: a guy who barely fights. A couple times a season or less. I don't really care how good they are at it, it's barely going to make an impact.
80's: guys who are scrappy, might fight a little, but either don't fight a ton or lose their share. 80 is kinda my standard for a guy who'll fight but isn't great at it, and a lot of guys who fit that bill were already low 80's so I didn't touch them. Higher 80's is either guys who fight a lot but aren't great at it (A.Roussel in Dallas is a good example, already rated an 85.) Or guys who fight seldom but might surprise you with their fists (I bumped Evander Kane to an 87).
90's: These are the guys who I'd really categorize as fighters. It's primarily guys I would have rated in the 80's a few years ago, but in today's NHL I'm inflating their ratings to separate them from the guys who are in the 80's. Otherwise I'd have a much bigger project in bumping DOWN all the guys in the 80's to the 70's. Tom Wilson is a good example, the game has him at an 85 but in today's NHL he's leading the league in fights and barely loses whereas a few years ago there were a lot tougher guys around so he lost more. I'm bumping him to 96.
Anyway, here are my most important changes. I'm actually making more changes than this, but I wanted to keep this manageable in case any of you would like to try it, so I'm only listing the ones that I think are of utmost importance. They are listed by team alphabetically, starting with Anaheim:
player old fsk>new fsk
Kesler 85>80
Bieksa 85>93
Manson 65>85
Domi 85>80 (he's not his dad!)
McQuaid 85>95
Marchand 83>75
Beaulieu 70>85
C.Stewart 85>90
Hathaway 78>83
Seabrook 85>80
Comeau 85>70
N.Foligno 80>88
Witkowski 80>95
Lucic 90>97
Kassian 85>90
Khaira 75>85
Haley 80>93
D.Brown 85>75
A.Watson 75>85
McLeod 86>95
Hayes 80>65 (has never had an NHL fight, yet rated 80?)
McCormick 75>85
Gudas 80>90
Simmonds 80>92
Oleksiak 85>90
Dillon 82>88
J.Ward 83>70 doesn't fight, has fought in years and didn't fight much then
E.Kane 80>87
Thorburn 85>92
Gourde 65>80
Gudbrandson 82>92 (doesn't fight often, but wins his fights)
Engelland >98
Reaves >99
T.Wilson 85>96
Hope that's helpful to some of you! Thoughts?
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