Quote: Originally posted by toddcommish on 1/25/2010Of course, this is an overreaction to ONE stat, taken completely out of context.Do you know why the rate dropped more than they thought it would?Because all those 40/90 con/pwr hitters were taken OUT of the lineups because their homers dropped to the point where it was better to play that 60/70 hitter.  ADMIN assumed that all those 40/90 were gonna keep their jobs, and based their projected HR totals on that assumption.  Most managers immediately saw the productivity dropoff, and benched the Rob Deer types, making homers drop even more.

So if everyone all of the sudden puts those guys back into their lineups, we'll have a HR surge past the WIS target number.
And then they'll adjust the engine again.

GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY!!!

Give me back his money too!

GIMME BACK MY BULLETS!!!

Quote: Originally Posted By toddcommish on 1/25/2010
Of course, this is an overreaction to ONE stat, taken completely out of context.

Do you know why the rate dropped more than they thought it would?

Because all those 40/90 con/pwr hitters were taken OUT of the lineups because their homers dropped to the point where it was better to play that 60/70 hitter. ADMIN assumed that all those 40/90 were gonna keep their jobs, and based their projected HR totals on that assumption. Most managers immediately saw the productivity dropoff, and benched the Rob Deer types, making homers drop even more.

Predictable to everyone but site staff, it would seem.

Glad I haven't traded my entire teams away.. My Cooperstown team might have a shot now...

They are just going to make the ball a little denser (tighter) - they made it too soft last year - just like MLB which will probably do the same - you have to see who is playing well, and bench the guys who are not, based on the circumstances. Since I don't see anything about defense I guess that will stay enhanced, so the goal is now defensive players with some power.

Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 1/25/2010
You know what's worse for HBD that "TOO MANY!!!" or "NOT ENOUGH!!!" homers?

Constant engine changes. Some of us make adjustments thinking, obviously incorrectly, that we'll be playing under a certain set of guidelines for more than one season. If you aren't sure of what sort of results you're going to create, don't change the engine until you are sure.

But, on the flip side, I've got 5 90+ power prospects on my Hamilton team that I thought were going to be useless. So you know what I did? Cut their playing time. I even sent one down to make room for someone who would hit a little. Maybe I should sign up for one of those free seasons since my players aren't going to develop properly.

constant engine changes are okay if they are tweaks, drastic engine changes that miss the mark are a bigger issue

This constant changing IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEASON is standard operating procedure for WifS. One of the reasons I quit playing the SIM engine.

Until WifS figures out they need to structure their code so that they can make rolling changes (i.e. at rollover for each world as it comes up) we are stuck with this kind of nonsense.