OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - To The Wolf: How I learned to stop worrying and love stats only

Lukas Berger · 08-01-2013, 12:16 AM

Even as a member of the roster team, who has personally edited many of the ratings in the MLB quickstart, I have to confess.... I love stats only.

I do primarily play a neutered version of stats only that still includes the ratings in the value calculations. So maybe it's not true stats only as Wolf would define it. But it's a variation.

I see the ratings as the players tools, so I want them to have some effect in game. But I don't play with visible ratings anymore. While I like them to have an effect, I don't want to see them.

Seeing the ratings makes the game both too easy and less immersive to me. I end up relying too much on ratings and not enough on performance. Turning them off and relying only on stats turns OOTP into a new game and makes things much more difficult, fulfilling and fun.

I highly recommend trying it.

08-01-2013, 12:16 AM	#72
Lukas Berger OOTP Developments Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nice, Côte d'Azur, France Posts: 22,201	Even as a member of the roster team, who has personally edited many of the ratings in the MLB quickstart, I have to confess.... I love stats only. I do primarily play a neutered version of stats only that still includes the ratings in the value calculations. So maybe it's not true stats only as Wolf would define it. But it's a variation. I see the ratings as the players tools, so I want them to have some effect in game. But I don't play with visible ratings anymore. While I like them to have an effect, I don't want to see them. Seeing the ratings makes the game both too easy and less immersive to me. I end up relying too much on ratings and not enough on performance. Turning them off and relying only on stats turns OOTP into a new game and makes things much more difficult, fulfilling and fun. I highly recommend trying it. Last edited by Lukas Berger; 08-01-2013 at 12:18 AM.