Drafted Players' Development

[chickenbeak119]

I'm having difficulty improving players I've drafted. I'm in the 10th year of my dynasty and, no matter how good my trainers are or how high my players were when they're drafted, I can't get a drafted player rated higher than an 82.

It seems ridiculous since there are maybe 20 to 25 (or even more) players are rated 85 or higher in the 2007-2008 season. It seems that when you stretch your dynasty longer than 8 years, the peak talent gets worse. Anyone else experience this?

For example, Kobe is rated 96 or 97 or something in 2007-2008 and he eventually makes it to a 99 rating over the course of the next few years in the dynasty. Why can't there be a player in the drafts that can reach that potential, or even close to that potential, when they reach Kobe's age?

The best player I drafted was rated a 79 in his rookie year. I trained him with 3 trainers for the entire season for the next 5 seasons and he's only increased to an 82. Whereas, I had another player rated a 73 and improved to an 81 over only 3 years (without training during the season!). I guess what I want to know is will any players drafted on ANY team eventually make it to a 90+ rating, or will my dynasty be riddled with mediocrity for the remaining 15 or so years I have left?

Sorry if this has already been brought up.

[Spree#8]

You can increase their development by dbf editing. Open players.dbf file from your dynasty save with DB Commander, find your drafted player's line, then find the column "LEARNING" and put in on a high value. After that player should improve his ratings quicker and higher.

[Andrew]

You'll also want to check out your player's DESTINY attribute in the database as this controls their development potential year-to-year. 1 is the highest rating a player can have in this field and indicates excellent development potential. Any rating under 3 usually doesn't see a lot of development between seasons.

Note that if you're playing the game on the console, you can't access these hidden attributes.

[gundam554]

but is there a way to do it with out mods or dbf editing

[Andrew]

It depends on the player's development potential. The only way to change development potential is through DBF editing so if you don't want to do that (or can't because your playing on a console) then you're stuck with the default development potential of your players.