10-05-2011, 11:45 PM
If you don't think adjusting the talent caps without adjusting the prospect development doesn't have an effect on career paths then I'm really opposed to any changes.
Talent caps are a static number. Meaning when we are pushing prospects through quicker and at a higher rate of success to have parity, than there is only one segment of the player population left to be sacrificed for the static talent cap to hold - veterans. And since this is mostly random, we are seeing a sizable share of 26-32 year olds being crushed by injury in the name of talent caps.
Think about it this way. If we currently have 20 80s-90s per team and we want to reduce it to 15. Not only will 5 players per team be randomly dropped by the computer (primarily via injuries) there will likely be another 3-7 players per team that will be dropped IN ADDITION because of the settings we have with rookie development. Instead, we could decrease the tendencies of rookies developing so that we're not seeing such a dramatic number of drops. This is hypothetical obviously, but the point is to show you that these are NOT unrelated. EVERY rookie that develops does so at the expense of a veteran. So when e are dropping talent caps AND leaving rookie development alone it is a double-fucking of realistic career paths because it dramatically reduces the odds of an Adam Dunn-like career.
Talent caps are a static number. Meaning when we are pushing prospects through quicker and at a higher rate of success to have parity, than there is only one segment of the player population left to be sacrificed for the static talent cap to hold - veterans. And since this is mostly random, we are seeing a sizable share of 26-32 year olds being crushed by injury in the name of talent caps.
Think about it this way. If we currently have 20 80s-90s per team and we want to reduce it to 15. Not only will 5 players per team be randomly dropped by the computer (primarily via injuries) there will likely be another 3-7 players per team that will be dropped IN ADDITION because of the settings we have with rookie development. Instead, we could decrease the tendencies of rookies developing so that we're not seeing such a dramatic number of drops. This is hypothetical obviously, but the point is to show you that these are NOT unrelated. EVERY rookie that develops does so at the expense of a veteran. So when e are dropping talent caps AND leaving rookie development alone it is a double-fucking of realistic career paths because it dramatically reduces the odds of an Adam Dunn-like career.
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AL Champion 12 times
FCM Best Record-Holder - 121-41 2028
Overall Record: 3530-1978 .641%