by Outta Leftfield » Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:13 pm
[quote:7a4d32881a="latorrer"][quote:7a4d32881a="Hakmusic"]I don't like big player sets because if one guy doesn't work out, you can flip for essentially an identical player who may work out. Or if you don't get your guy in the draft, get an identical guy. Smaller sets make you adapt and make managerial decisions. that, for me, is the fun.
I stopped playing ATG between 3 and 4 when the number of players exploded. For me, the individual players didn't mean as much because others were so similar and so many were available.[/quote:7a4d32881a]
With you 100% on this![/quote:7a4d32881a]
I kinda like the huge player set in ATG5 but wouldn't want the Mystery Card games to go that route. Too big a set means it's no big deal to drop a player before the 42 game limit, since he can be readily replaced with somebody potentially just as good. With only a 5% hit on the price, it would become a case of "When it doubt, drop" for any given superstar. Why not just swap out Yount for Jeter? But if (to cite a 70s & 80s player who is great in both games) it's a matter of keeping an underperforming George Brett or dropping down to some $4M guy who is the best remaining FA, now that's a big decision.