- Looking through old players awards (started in 1976) and I don't see any Finals MVP award - does that mean it wasn't added? Seen a lot of people asking for it over the years, I would really emphasize adding it in before FirstAccess ends if that's at all possible. Most Improved Player would be awesome too, though I imagine that's a little more complicated to try and set up.
- For career almanac stats, would you consider extending the list to 50, or even 100? Especially for scoring, it's really neat to track people's way up the ranks over time as a way of comparing players across time.
- Playoff almanac stats seem like another thing that would be relatively easy to add. Looking some things over, I'd imagine your biggest issue here is that you don't have these playoff stats recorded pre-game (as in players recorded playoff stats are empty for everyone upon starting a new game). Compiling all of these might take time - some people on here might be tech savvy with that sort of thing if its as simple as transferring it to excel - but at the very least, you could have them start at 0 beginning game and build up from there overtime. A lot of guys over time don't shine per say in the regular season, but have had insane playoff runs throughout their career, would be neat to have to look at.
- Noticed you made it so you can sort players by team in the editor - WOOOOO thank you so much, that's huge! Before I dive into things, I'm interested in the new G-League highschoolers-college-option you mentioned in the twitch. You said there'd be anywhere from 4 to 8 a season, is this something that you can set up manually if you set a players age to 18 or something like that, or just not possible where things stand as of now? No big deal, just curious, that sounds like a really cool feature.
- On the topic of thoughts from the twitch - I just got around to watching it yesterday, it was cool to see how responsive you guys are to player feedback! The game itself looks great, the strides in presentation from 15 to now is huge and it feels more and more like a universe (fun new game mode btw, psyched to check it out
) every year. I saw you guys put a lot of work into trades, but I do see there's still only three years of draft picks you can ship forward. Are you sure you can't push this up to five-seven? It's becoming more and more common now, look at teams like the Clippers, Rockets, and Thunder and where they're at with picks as things stand. Pick swaps and multi-team trades would be really neat down the line too, though I understand those are a bit more complicated.- I'm pretty sure, at least as of the last game, that when a coach retires they aren't kept on file in Coach Records which I'd imagine is a little hiccup. If you have a season on file about to end, try editting a coach up to like 99 so he retires to confirm.
- Draft presentation looks excellent this year! Something that truly grows year to year
. I really like the little commentary at the bottom, things like "2nd player drafted from USC by Charlotte", or other little anecdotes, would definitely make those more prevalent, but all in all its really gotten great. Also maybe boost AI's willingness to toss you trade offers during the draft, though I imagine now with the new "Get Offer" feature it'll be easy enough to play with that kind of stuff . - Summerleague is something that's always bothered me a little bit. It's fun, and a good chance to test some guys out, but I think it should count for a bit more. Would be cool to at least track the winners, and I'd also suggest adding a Summerleague MVP award.
- Gameplay is fun. I think the presentation again continues to improve, and it's easier than ever to follow the pace of game, feeling more and more fluid each year. I like that when simming you get the notifications in the corner now too, nice touch. Milestones seems really neat too.
All in all, game seems sharp as always
.Edit: Small sidenote; with Universe Mode in full swing, is there a way to set GMs to being fireable perhaps at the beginning of the season or something, or just in a similar fashion to how you can fire and rehire coaches for AI teams as comish? Also, is name GM as Head Coach not an option for AI teams if on global? Understand why, just trying to figure out how best to align leagues.
