threatlockz wrote:The trades were all during the season, e.g. I got Grant Hill when I was playing with the Heat. On Magic team he had a 74 rating, when he joined me his rating was 77.
That is intresting... I have noticed that with Live 2005 the ratings have become less and less rigid... EA is heading in the right direction with this.
But these ratings should be in the game... I'd like to see them too.
So my ratings update would include:
Primetime - rating discussed here
Chemistry - how well does the player get along with others
Leadership - How good is the player as a leader and how good he is at instructing younger guys to develop faster in their careers
Consistency - How does the player perform over the gruelling 82 game schedule. High would mean very stable performer, low means a lot of change during the course of the season.
These ratings development over time:
Primetime - Down as the player no longer is so enthusiastic about the fame and fortune...
Chemistry - Usually would go up as the player is more around different types of people and learns to deal with them over the years
Leadership - Stars would have this going up all the time. They are leaders and they are the guys that have the know how and most of them could teach a trick or two to a new guy coming into the league...
Consistency - Would go up... Players performance becomes more consistent with experience. At a young age you are still learning the ropes and learning in the games. Older guys already know what to do and have more experience in playing through the 82 games in a season...
Four new ratings that would really bring some new aspects into the game and would really make that Karl Malone a good pick at the age of 40 to lead a young team and bring some gelling effect with his great chemistry.
I would really like the old guys to have a meaning in the game and the experience to show some sort of an effect. But this is just a pipe-dream... Something I'd like to see and there are some people writing at these boards that would probably agree with me.
This would bring new elements into the Dynasty mode as you'd be wise to trade one of your 3 young power forwards and 2 centers for an older one to teach remaining guys...
And talk about Leadership rating influencing how good of a coach the player would become. You could offer a coaching job for your veteran leader to keep him with the team and maybe continuing to teach your young guys to develop faster...