How should players be rated in next gen?

[NDiLeo25]

THIS CAN BE FOR OVERALLS AND OR INDIVIDUAL SKILLS (just a discussions about any type of ratings)

Video games seem to always use the 100-0 rating scale. I have never been a fan of this as it is to precise. Why should one persons rating be an 89 and another a 90 overall or on a specific skill. Baseball uses a 2-8 rating scale which is simple and broad.. or the 20-80 scale usually counted by fives. Letter grades were once used in the show in the player cards so why not actually rate by letters to simplify the rating process.

Which sounds more reasonable? CC Sabathia Overall of 94? CC Sabathia Overall A-? CC Sabathia Overall 7/8? CC Sabathia Overall 75/80?

David Wright Power vs RHP 76? David Wright Power vs RHP B? .. you get the idea

To me the overall numbers, and player ratings should be slightly more broad to help create more uncertainty for everything from trades to how to set the lineup. This would help performance stats mean more to a team in the show than ever.

[SoAwesome]

Keep it the same. Letter grades are awful.

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoAwesome

Keep it the same. Letter grades are awful.

I'm curious .....if you think they are(anyone).....awful.....what is it that makes it awful?


M.K.
Knight165

[Bobhead]

If you're actually asking "What ratings should the user see next gen," then my answer is that I don't really care, and I'd be fine with letter grades or no ratings at all.

But if you're asking literally how the players ratings should be devised... The idea that the actual internal rating for a player should be intentionally ambiguous, such as a letter grade, seems quite silly to me.

To reiterate: how should the players be rated? As precisely as possible. But what ratings should the user see? Something in the middle, between informative and vague. Letter grades or even bars without numbers is my preference but really I don't care much.

[SoAwesome]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

I'm curious .....if you think they are(anyone).....awful.....what is it that makes it awful? M.K. Knight165

If letter games are outlayed like in 2k, that's fine. But if they replace numbers, then that's awful. Number gives you more specific rating than a letter grade.

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoAwesome

If letter games are outlayed like in 2k, that's fine. But if they replace numbers, then that's awful. Number gives you more specific rating than a letter grade.

But why is it more awful?....unrealistic?....
Why is a letter grade "more awful" in representing real life players?...as opposed to numbers?.......
Can you(or anyone) tell who is a 99 or a 96?


M.K.
Knight165

[catch212]

No matter how you display the numbers, seeing Sabathia rated among the elite pitchers in the game would be really bad.

As for your question, I prefer something with a bit of ambiguity like 2k's letter grades for individual attributes. However, I still like a number rating for overall. Then again, overall rating doesn't really mean a whole lot in baseball games anyways because different players/positions all bring something different to the game.

[seanjeezy]

Are we talking about the stuff displayed on the player card or in the edit player screen?