More deterministic: We have artificially decreased the random factor quite substantially so that the better team will win more often, and so that the results will make more sense.
Good. Hope there will still be room for surprises.
I'm agree.
Changes in Enthusiasm: With a decrease in the random factor, we can now use enthusiasm in a way that makes more sense than the current implementation..
Do not really get this point... can someone clarify?
The entire news item seems to be ...well, kinda clear:
Right now, Take it Easy and Crunch Time affect the skills of the players; for example, the same player will behave as if his rebounding skill is higher when the team is playing Crunch Time. In the new version, his rebounding skill will remain the same, but he'll have a better chance at getting to rebounds that come down between players. You can think of the combination of these changes as our decreasing the random factor by averaging more dice, and then Crunch Time as a way of weighting the dice in your favor.I'm guessing that instead of CT artificially increasing your players' defense and rebounding skills, it will simply increase the random in your favor.
Boxscore: Because Take it Easy and Crunch Time no longer directly influence the team ratings, we will instead report on the boxscore which team tried harder, or whether they tried equally hard
Good, but do no understand how the enthusiasm level will be taken into account from now on. If it also does not influence the ratings anymore, will there be several level of 'harder' to include it somewhere?
I hope for this as well, but with offensive flow, matchup ratings, etc. the boxscore is starting to get pretty crowded; and we've yet to see a "score by quarters" feature added.
Better Shooters: We will be increasing the efficiency of longer-range jump shots
Here I am a bit worried. The modification in itself is good. But outside players
- do already train faster.
- have a higher market value.
- are released much less with free agents (due to the salary threshold).
Hope that altogether the game balance is still preserved!
I'm agree again.