[kq76]

I'm going to try my best to answer each point.

1) terrible BA and ERA - I can honestly say I've never experienced this over a season nor ever heard of it, not even close. I suppose it could be small sample size, of course, screwed up settings of some sort, or something else.

2) injuries - Injuries are a part of the game and by default are lower than they are IRL. Sometimes, like IRL, you just get hit really hard by them in a short period of time. If you don't want so many, you can set them even lower. Game menu > game settings > players and facegen > injury frequency

3) uninitiated trade - sounds like you must have some setting set to make trades for you. From the manager menu, if you select "team control settings" you'll be taken to a page where there's a "initiate / react to trades" setting. You should select your name for that. I haven't seen this happen when this is set this way, but if it is for you then you should upload for your dat files so OOTP can look at them. (if you want info on how to upload them we can tell you).

4) no way to go back - you can use the auto-save, you can backup your game inside the game, you can backup your league folder outside the game. It's like most games: if you want really care about your game world, then save, save, save. Most people need to get burnt bad at least once before they learn though, myself included.

5) trades are too hard - most people reportedly find the opposite, but, like injuries, you can change it. Game menu > game settings > AI settings > trading difficulty

Finally) OOTP is just too complex - it's unfortunate, but with any game this detailed, it's often difficult to get into. There are some game franchises that I used to love, but I just can't play anymore because there's just too much to take in. Heck, I've been a consistent OOTP user for about 14 years now and there are parts of the game that are too much for me to bother getting into much depth. Fortunately, many people don't have much problem getting into OOTP and it's also one of those games where you don't have to go into too much depth if you don't want to. Don't want to play out your games? You don't have to. Don't want to micro-GM? You don't have to do that either. Unlike a lot of games, it's really all up to the user how far down the rabbit hole they want to go.

Could the game be made easier to learn? Of course! And since it's easiest to give constructive feedback when you're new to something, you're the perfect candidate to recommend ways to make it better. I for one think the manual could be a lot better and the help function should be a lot better. What are your suggestions?

6) sorting issues - what platform (PC, mac, linux?) are you using and what exact sorts are you trying?

7) window 99% of screen - actually, I get this too and it is a little annoying, but it's never bothered me enough to report it. I just then manually max the window. You could report it on the bugs board. Or you could try different resolution settings. File menu > settings > window size. EDIT: If you don't have to have it windowed, you can select full screen from the display mode option which is right above window size.

8) mouse clicks off by pixels - I think I've experienced this from time to time, probably when I didn't yet maximize the window. Again, you could report it on the bugs board.