Following up on the comment in the questions thread about aging affecting attributes being introduced in the next release, i thought I would post a few thoughts/ideas I have had about it. The ideas are actually not all-together about aging per se, but rather about calibre and aging.
A player should only be able to actually acquire international and world class calibre when they have played international rugby. Before this the potential to reach this calibre is there (i.e. remains as a potential calibre, even if they are in the senior squad), but a player needs international experience to actually aquire the calibre. It should not be automatic either, but perhaps depend on attributes and international performances (i.e. match ratings). So, for example, you can have a player who has the attributes necessary to qualify for international calibre, but if they never play international rugby, their calibre will never change from national to international. To go from international to world class would then be another stepping stone that is only achieved through actually playing like a world class player in international matches i.e. start getting v.high ratings in international matches.
To sum the idea up, as I envisage it, a class club player would be national calibre, but could have attributes that currently only international and world class calibre players have. They could spend their whole career at this calibre unless they actually get the chance to play international rugby. Once they start to play international rugby their calibre then has a chance of raising to international level, the speed/possibility being dependent on the amount of international matches they play and their ratings in those matches (perhaps some sort of weighting mechanism would need to be in play here re rating, as I imagine if playing for a rubbish international team continually getting beaten means a player's ratings are likely to suffer, or achieveing a high rating in a hard match etc). Once a player does rise to international calibre, then the process begins again to see if they can then rise to World Class calibre, using much the same system. The higher a player's attributes are, the greater the chance they have of actually being able to make the grade jumps, as these attributes will increase the likliehood of them getting good ratings etc. I think this system would make international management more interesting, as it would introduce bringing players on, bloodying them and hoping that they make the grade - if you have a young potential world class star then you may want to blood them first in an easier game, to help boost their rating and thus ease them into international rugby and increase the chances of them fulling their potential. Conversely, throwing a new player in at the deep end might pay big dividends if they perform well, but if they don't it might hinder their progress.
One other, non-connected idea, but I reckon it would be very useful to be able to search for players by setting minimum attribute levels e.g. i search for players that only have aggression above 85, Strength above 90 and scrum above 89.
A player should only be able to actually acquire international and world class calibre when they have played international rugby. Before this the potential to reach this calibre is there (i.e. remains as a potential calibre, even if they are in the senior squad), but a player needs international experience to actually aquire the calibre. It should not be automatic either, but perhaps depend on attributes and international performances (i.e. match ratings). So, for example, you can have a player who has the attributes necessary to qualify for international calibre, but if they never play international rugby, their calibre will never change from national to international. To go from international to world class would then be another stepping stone that is only achieved through actually playing like a world class player in international matches i.e. start getting v.high ratings in international matches.
To sum the idea up, as I envisage it, a class club player would be national calibre, but could have attributes that currently only international and world class calibre players have. They could spend their whole career at this calibre unless they actually get the chance to play international rugby. Once they start to play international rugby their calibre then has a chance of raising to international level, the speed/possibility being dependent on the amount of international matches they play and their ratings in those matches (perhaps some sort of weighting mechanism would need to be in play here re rating, as I imagine if playing for a rubbish international team continually getting beaten means a player's ratings are likely to suffer, or achieveing a high rating in a hard match etc). Once a player does rise to international calibre, then the process begins again to see if they can then rise to World Class calibre, using much the same system. The higher a player's attributes are, the greater the chance they have of actually being able to make the grade jumps, as these attributes will increase the likliehood of them getting good ratings etc. I think this system would make international management more interesting, as it would introduce bringing players on, bloodying them and hoping that they make the grade - if you have a young potential world class star then you may want to blood them first in an easier game, to help boost their rating and thus ease them into international rugby and increase the chances of them fulling their potential. Conversely, throwing a new player in at the deep end might pay big dividends if they perform well, but if they don't it might hinder their progress.
One other, non-connected idea, but I reckon it would be very useful to be able to search for players by setting minimum attribute levels e.g. i search for players that only have aggression above 85, Strength above 90 and scrum above 89.
lol jks
