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273284.3 in reply to 273284.1
Date: 9/13/2015 7:46:09 AM
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yer there have been a few different iterations of this as suggestions over the seasons.....

never gotten any legs though

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273284.5 in reply to 273284.4
Date: 9/14/2015 12:56:18 AM
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yer im not entirely sure of the logic.

I think they probably didn't want to upset the balance of the game by introducing something which could be exploited.

eg: lets say they introduced a 'Superstar 3rd quarter' specialist..... then 2 seasons down the track, everyone realises that this trait is like AWESOMENESS.

suddenly, everyone would use players with this trait and the whole 'specialist trait' system would become redundant and cause too much trouble than benefit.
This is just an example I made it up - just to highlight that perhaps the game is too fragile to implement such a thing.

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273284.7 in reply to 273284.1
Date: 9/17/2015 3:02:29 AM
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Another alternative to this method would be to introduce special abilities based on a combination of stats, for example a "playmaker" abiliy and its bonues can only be activated on a player when a certain condition is met, e.g. 8 passing, 8 handling. Or "post specialist" could require 7 IS, 8 DR etc, etc.

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273284.8 in reply to 273284.7
Date: 9/17/2015 11:07:44 AM
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With these small numbers every player would be a "specialist". And why would you want to boost high skilled players even more? I don't get the point on this one.

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273284.9 in reply to 273284.8
Date: 9/18/2015 2:54:51 AM
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The point is to mold players into certain prototypes and at least give some added motivation when training. The boost doesn't have to be directly applied to a player, it could give bonuses to the the team as well, like a skilled PG which provides bonuses to offensive flow or an influential veteran that can boost morale or improve overall defense, rebounding etc. Also, some special skills can disappear over time with age would be a good addition.

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273284.10 in reply to 273284.9
Date: 9/18/2015 6:23:05 AM
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Yes, but as i said, every player would be a specialist, when you only need a 8/8 skillcombo. And if you say they need a skillcombo of 15/15 where's the point in boosting them even more?

The main issue is, that i don't think it's even close to possible to implement a flexible or fluid system, in which you get special attributes by the players skill set. It's not even possible to provide the players with individualized birthdays. By the way, THIS would be a nice new feature.

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273284.11 in reply to 273284.10
Date: 9/18/2015 9:56:05 AM
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Here's the idea: Special skills can be labels (result of a combination of skills) that other managers can see. Since they can't see other player's detailed skill set, at least they would be able to conveniently identify what type of player he is, instead of diving deep into their game logs for hours trying to figure them out. For example, a big man (C/PF) that has 8 JS, 5 JR and 10 for IS can be labeled Stretch Forward or something similar, I'm pretty sure not a lot of C/PFs in the game are similar to them.

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273284.12 in reply to 273284.8
Date: 9/21/2015 9:59:37 PM
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I tihnk the number's that he gave are just an example, but the concept could be used to encourage cross training.

And it shouldn't be 'specific numbers' either (eg: Strong and Strong) - It should be a different way, such as having two skills the same.

So as an example, you could have a player who has the same skill levels for Outside D and Shotblocking for instannce, and , they get a 'bonus' of some kind.

So it could be that the player has OD and SB @ Inept - well they get the bonus. Or it could be Strong and Strong.

Doesn't have to be those 2 skills either, could be something slightly more related. But the concept is not a bad one.