OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Do feeder leagues, with more games, produce better prospects?

NoOne · 04-28-2017, 09:18 PM

more chances for TCR (a wash, but has to equate to more volatility, nonetheless something that hsuld be considered and understood), more chances for pos/neg development...

only because it means more days of a regular season, it might help development... but maybe just as likely to hurt more, too. maybe in the end it's a wash? maybe it's beneficial upto a point then a negative impact is more likely.

my money is on that it's a wash, for the most part... ignoring any excessively "creative" setups.

like andy said, it's all about active roster time... you wouldn't need more games, just a longer schedule with more days off, plus more games if you prefer.

but offseason / spring training / regular season are all different animals, too. so, changing the ratio of each may have an impact, and it may not. they could easily keep it all in scale... i.e. # of days in offseason may influence the chances of pos/neg changes to occur on any give day or whenever that process is applied -> shorter offseason more likely for those things to happen so that it equates to teh same as if it's a "normal" offseason length.

you'd have to try and observe.

one thing about pitcher ratings, if using overall for the basic glance to assess depth. if you have ratings relative to ALL as opposed to Position, the reliavers look way worse than they should, as of right now. (i expect that to chance, but..)

if that's not the case, you could try bumping player creation modifiers... i'd be very careful, if doing this.... just imagine bumping somethign up shifts that distribution curve to the right... so you may get peak levels higher than you want, in some cases.

it may not be the best way to test this, but use some similarly sized league or a backup.... delete all players... change PCM, then FIll the leauge with players... list all MLB players and sort the associated ratings with the PCM you just changed... re-fill a few times noting Max value you see. make sure it's not insane.

obviously, take a peak at a "fill" with 1.000 PCMs to get a baseline... Fill is not the same as your feeders will provide, but it should be the same range min/max.

04-28-2017, 09:18 PM	#3
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 1/2 (4)	more chances for TCR (a wash, but has to equate to more volatility, nonetheless something that hsuld be considered and understood), more chances for pos/neg development... only because it means more days of a regular season, it might help development... but maybe just as likely to hurt more, too. maybe in the end it's a wash? maybe it's beneficial upto a point then a negative impact is more likely. my money is on that it's a wash, for the most part... ignoring any excessively "creative" setups. like andy said, it's all about active roster time... you wouldn't need more games, just a longer schedule with more days off, plus more games if you prefer. but offseason / spring training / regular season are all different animals, too. so, changing the ratio of each may have an impact, and it may not. they could easily keep it all in scale... i.e. # of days in offseason may influence the chances of pos/neg changes to occur on any give day or whenever that process is applied -> shorter offseason more likely for those things to happen so that it equates to teh same as if it's a "normal" offseason length. you'd have to try and observe. one thing about pitcher ratings, if using overall for the basic glance to assess depth. if you have ratings relative to ALL as opposed to Position, the reliavers look way worse than they should, as of right now. (i expect that to chance, but..) if that's not the case, you could try bumping player creation modifiers... i'd be very careful, if doing this.... just imagine bumping somethign up shifts that distribution curve to the right... so you may get peak levels higher than you want, in some cases. it may not be the best way to test this, but use some similarly sized league or a backup.... delete all players... change PCM, then FIll the leauge with players... list all MLB players and sort the associated ratings with the PCM you just changed... re-fill a few times noting Max value you see. make sure it's not insane. obviously, take a peak at a "fill" with 1.000 PCMs to get a baseline... Fill is not the same as your feeders will provide, but it should be the same range min/max. Last edited by NoOne; 04-28-2017 at 09:20 PM.