Does Development Focus Create Extreme Players?

jpeters1734 · 07-06-2025, 07:33 PM

The development focus feature is still a little bit of a mystery to me. I almost always just delegate it because I don't understand it. One thing I have noticed is that when delegated, it will almost always increase focus for good potentials and decrease focus for lower potentials.

One may say, well this makes sense because I want my players to focus on what they are good at. But wouldn't this philosophy simply make players too extreme and not well rounded?

For example. I have a player with 20/40 (current/potential) power and 20/70 eye. The AI will almost always take focus from power and add to the eye. This will cause losses to power and gains to eye. Since the player isn't focusing on power, he will almost assuredly not reach his 40 power potential. I'm not sure this is the best approach.

It almost feels like best way is to leave everything neutral.

DetroitStyle · 07-06-2025, 10:43 PM

Check out this post:

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=353138

Short answer is no, you won't get dramatic changes. The development lab is your best bet for that.

07-06-2025, 07:33 PM	#1
jpeters1734 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Juust a bit outside... Posts: 6,216	Does Development Focus Create Extreme Players? The development focus feature is still a little bit of a mystery to me. I almost always just delegate it because I don't understand it. One thing I have noticed is that when delegated, it will almost always increase focus for good potentials and decrease focus for lower potentials. One may say, well this makes sense because I want my players to focus on what they are good at. But wouldn't this philosophy simply make players too extreme and not well rounded? For example. I have a player with 20/40 (current/potential) power and 20/70 eye. The AI will almost always take focus from power and add to the eye. This will cause losses to power and gains to eye. Since the player isn't focusing on power, he will almost assuredly not reach his 40 power potential. I'm not sure this is the best approach. It almost feels like best way is to leave everything neutral. __________________ "Cannonball Coming!" Go Bucs!! Founder and League Caretaker of the Professional Baseball Circuit, www.probaseballcircuit.com An Un-Official Guide to Minor League Management in OOTP 21 Ratings Scale Conversion Cross-Reference Cheat Sheet

07-06-2025, 10:43 PM	#2
DetroitStyle Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 36	Check out this post: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=353138 Short answer is no, you won't get dramatic changes. The development lab is your best bet for that.