Hello All - and mods I know this isnt the right place for this (so I saved a copy) but I really wanted to just get it out there where I know there is an audience because I think we could all benefit from this if it were to happen!
Ok so to make this really quick: I think that EAsports and 2K and Madden need to lower all of the ratings by like 20 and spread them out a bit more so that different level players really feel different. - There is no reason my line of 93 SNP - 94 TWF - 95 PLY should be putting up 60 point seasons while an 85 overall grinder has 90 points... And there is no reason my "franchise" projected player should end up worse than a High top 6 guy. So here is my example using the bruins just to make it easy for me to do:
Brad Marchand 80
David Pastrnak 79
Patrice Bergeron 78
Jake DeBrusk 68
David Krejci 69
Ondrej Kase 65
Craig Smith 66
Charlie Coyle 67
Anders Bjork 64
Nick Ritchie 62
Par Lindholm 55
Sean Kuraly 60
Karson Kuhlman 54
Chris Wagner 58
Greg McKegg 55
Charlie McAvoy 77
Matt Grzelcyk 67
Brandon Carlo 69
Connor Clifton 56
John Moore 57
Jeremy Lauzon 60
Tuukka Rask 79
Jaroslav Halak. 71
Prospects will obviously be lower (35-55 area where a 35 need a few years to develop, a 45 needs like 1 or 2 years, and a 55 is nhl ready, but obiously on the low end)
With Marchy (or pasta or both) being an 80 overall (the lowest franchise rating in my system), a player like a crosby would be an 88 in his prime. A guy like McDavid would be an 86/87 rn and could get better (who knows how much better he is gonna be)...
Ultimately: This allows a guy like Gretzky (98 overall in his prime) to feel like a BEASTTTTT, Mario (96), Orr (95), other legends (90-94)...
Then when you play a franchise mode in any of these games, you can have a draft where the scouts are like "yo this guy has the chance to be a generational talent", then they become ""MEDIUM GENERATIONAL"" - and it will actually feel like you are drafting a Brett Hull or a Jaromir Jagr rather than what it is now where you get just another guy that becomes a 92 overall, scores 80 points, and leaves... (they will be few and far between of course, but will be fun anyway)
I think this would make franchise modes that much more fun cuz like you could literally be drafting a legend (oh and the points breakdowns will make more sense too)
.... here is a team of the oldest guys in the league (or not anymore)
Turn up the attribute affects slider to 9/10 or 10/10, find a nice slider set (Al-Tito's is giving me some solid results), and your life will be much happier.
The leading scorers in my franchise (after 40 games) are all the usual suspects.