MLB 13 The Show Title Update 1.18 Available Now, Details Included

[pirates1fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by geisterhome

After the Spring Training Decline has been fixed the biggest remaining issue I see with the regression system is the disproportional fast and drastic decline (>15 pts) of players aged 36+, with ratings in the upper 80s and higher during the FIRST year of each franchise. Note: In the later years this isn't a problem anymore because with the way the regression engine works there is basically no chance of having a 37 year old player with a rating over 85. Players are starting to decline with 34 and lose around 7 to 10 points of their rating every year so by the age of 37 even the former best players are in the low 80s. And the regression engine usually won't decline a player with such lower ratings as fast despite their advanced age. In my most recent test franchise I have paid special attention to those 8 players: Dickey, Jeter, Ichiro, Kuroda, Rivera, Ortiz, Tim Hudson, Joe Nathan. All over 36 yrs rated at least 89. After the first season all of them declined by 15+ points. I wouldn't have a problem if that dramatic decline had happened to let's say 3 of them, while another 3 go down by the regular 7 to 10 points (as the average 35 year old player does in the game) and maybe another 2 would have kept about the same rating they had at the beginning of the season. Maybe such a variety just isn't in the code of the current regression/progression engine so in that case I would like to see those all guy decline rather by 7 to 10 points than all of them losing 15 and more.

See, my thing is, though I do wish they wouldn't regress like this, it is still better. And, if you go through and sort players by age, you can keep up with editing them. It was a much more daunting task for me before, so I am at least going to be happy about that. Can't wait for your rosters knight!

[ckarlic]

Awesome news. Looking forward to getting home from work tonite and firing up the game

[Instant C1a55ic]

Quote: Originally Posted by ckarlic

Awesome news. Looking forward to getting home from work tonite and firing up the game

Ditto, havent played it all weekend because of the K bug. Got tired of seeing 50 k's after a whole season for a SP in my RTTS. Hopefully this all works!

[jmik58]

Now I have to break the habit of calling time out before every first pitch of my RTTS at-bats

[mark0817]

Anybody know if they changed the managers or the blue jays to john gibbons and company instead of the generic guys?

[ckarlic]

Patch is making me wish I took a day off today . Already have a vacation day set up for April 1st due to opening day.

[Threeebs]

I had a feeling this title update would drop sooner rather than later based on the amount of "bugs" found in the game. I did notice, but didn't really take the time to look for answers on it, that rookies with rookie eligibility service time were no being considered rookies. I was looking at a guy like Adam Eaton winning the N.L. Rookie of the Year award, especially with his listed 0 days of service time. Very weird no one filed this as a bug.

It sucks to hear that regression in the regular season wasn't adjusted even just a little bit. It's something I can live with but it's not that realistic. From my years of watching ball I've seen many 35+ aged players dominate the game still. They may still be performing, like someone posted earlier, but when they are demoted to the minors, they aren't performing at the major league level.

Language written in the game should be changed so that players that are 34 and are still having productive seasons, shouldn't retire. This isn't realistic. Players love money and will stay in the game as long as possible. There should also be some kind of guidline written that during free agency, teams won't offer aged players contracts with a lot of mulitple years. That way they aren't paying a guy they signed at 35 7 million a year until he's 40, when he's in the minors because of regression.

I guess, no matter what I'm definetly happy about the update. Problem for me is I re-did all the player's rankings and saved over the online roster update with those edits. Thus, I don't plan on downloading the update until the OSFM rosters are out (which I'm really pumped for as I've never heard of them before this year). That's when I'll get serious and attempt my first 30 team control franchise.

Let's work the developers on a couple more things before they fully turn their attention to 2014.
- Rookies being regarded as rookies for the 2013 season
- Regression during the season not so drastic (-15 rating drop) until possibly the age of 37
- Language written so established players don't retire until at least the age of 35 or 36
- Language written so teams don't offer aged vets (34 or older) longterm contracts

Anyone in on this?

[ScouserHUN]

Here are David Ortiz's stats after one season:

Contact vs Left: 70 -> 54
Contact vs Right: 84 -> 69
Pwr vs Left: 66 -> 51
Pwr vs Right: 92 -> 77
Clutch: 85 -> 70
Vision: 70 -> 55
Disc: 84 -> 69
Dur: 77 -> 62
Overall: 91 ->72

Is this intended?

Edit: By the way, I like the idea, that a 37 years old player should regress 15 points because he eventually has to retire at some point. However I don't like the idea of regressing this much during the season, because Older players like Big Papi would become useless by the 2013 postseason. It would be better if they got worse maybe 5-8 point during the season then another 5-8 point after the end of the season.

This way you can start a season with a 91 overall superstar and end up with a with a 72 overall wreck by the playoffs...