Features you want to see in next iteration of Big Ant Cricket

[Allrounder18]

^You summed up exactly what I am trying to say.

For me the word potential is just how you get precept by others.

Now from this game point of view , lets suppose you draft a player who has high potential rating but his first 3 seasons went horrible but his attributes will still keep on cranking up because he is having high potential rating but that wouldn't look cool right? Hence the potential has to be dynamic depending on how you do.

 

[blockerdave]

i think it would work like football manager.

you can sign a wonderkid with max potential, but if you have shit coaches and he spends most of his time in the reserves/youth team he will never reach his max potential and over time the max potential itself drops.

 

[Markkkkk]

In general yes, but im not sure if im wording this correctly but can things like beating your high score or getting a tough performance increase your potential!


Like for example V. kohli hasn't got a double hundred in Tests or Fc, despite scoring lot of hundreds, now if you were to say get a couple of doubles with Kohli does it increase his potential ? which would actually translate to probably his endurance in skill set to go higher or faster so that he now has potential to make daddy hundreds, while he has struggled before!

Say for ex: Faf duplesis who has a weakness against spin makes a string of good scores in spinning pitches in india, does it improve his potential to get better at spin quicker, compared to say him scoring against spin in England!

same can be applied the other way to for say flat track bullies, who feed on mediocre bowlers on flat pitches, their skill shouldn't increase rather slowly.

So that a Hundred in tricky situations relative to the player, should have better skill increase than one in friendly conditions!

though giving it thought i can only see this helping from a AI batsman point of view more than player batsman were this will just have to be some sort of skill boost either making it higher or go faster than normal skill boost!

Can Potential be called as ' Relative Skill boost'

Im not sure on this though i could be talking nonsense here!

But Virat Kohli still has potential to score hundreds, Faf has potential to be good at spin. You're talking about ability. If you improve your potential doesn't become higher. Your potential is your potential ability, the best you can be. If AB averages 10 does his potential drop to below Kohlis and co? De Kock couldn't score a run in tests but he still had potential. After he scored his hundred his potential has stayed the same but his ability has increased. I'm sure you're mixing up ability and potential...

 

[blockerdave]

But Virat Kohli still has potential to score hundreds, Faf has potential to be good at spin. You're talking about ability. If you improve your potential doesn't become higher. Your potential is your potential ability, the best you can be. If AB averages 10 does his potential drop to below Kohlis and co? De Kock couldn't score a run in tests but he still had potential. After he scored his hundred his potential has stayed the same but his ability has increased. I'm sure you're mixing up ability and potential...

i agree to an extent.

from the career point of view a player would have a range (e.g. a player might have talent to range from ultimately "good county player" to "international", and another would have potential to come from "good international" to "world star".

now, with good coaching and opportunities, both should reach the upper end of that range. but if they have crap coaching, and are denied opportunities, over time the upper end of that range should decrease. early opportunities and good coaching might increase the lower range.

this is how it works in FM

 

[grkrama]

But Virat Kohli still has potential to score hundreds, Faf has potential to be good at spin. You're talking about ability. If you improve your potential doesn't become higher. Your potential is your potential ability, the best you can be. If AB averages 10 does his potential drop to below Kohlis and co? De Kock couldn't score a run in tests but he still had potential. After he scored his hundred his potential has stayed the same but his ability has increased. I'm sure you're mixing up ability and potential...

When you put it like that, I guess potential really isnt the word for it then!

I would say something like this, Relative skill and skill cap change (boost or speed) based on

[performance, form] vs [ conditions, opposition quality, other factors]
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[ Player Ability]

 

[Markkkkk]

i agree to an extent.

from the career point of view a player would have a range (e.g. a player might have talent to range from ultimately "good county player" to "international", and another would have potential to come from "good international" to "world star".

now, with good coaching and opportunities, both should reach the upper end of that range. but if they have crap coaching, and are denied opportunities, over time the upper end of that range should decrease. early opportunities and good coaching might increase the lower range.

this is how it works in FM

I'm a big FMer (if you couldn't tell) and the PA (potential ability) is fixed however as you develop low determination or work rate or lack of game time will mean they won't develop and reach their potential. Thats how I feel it should be but I guess there could be potential and current potential (potential being the best you could be from the start of your career while current potential is the best you could be at the current time.

 

[Allrounder18]

^yea that would be the equally good alternative.

 

[Yash.]

One thing that I want in the game is specific commentary. For eg. Like in Fifa 14 , the commentators start talking about any player who has just joined a team or is going to retire or just going through a purple patch. They tell his stats, talk about his form and all the rest. Wouldn't it be great if the commentators started talking about this in the game.


"Virat Kohli has been in great form throughout the tour. He's made 4 centuries in the last 7 innings ........."

 

[Gamer Pradosh]

Would like to see the batsman looking at the ball as it passes him than looking down in a weird way...Would seem more realistic..

 

[zwarrior]

The confidence level of players should be more when he comes to bat in death overs.

What I have observed is, you can play shots (not only 6, but well placed doubles too) more comfortably as the confidence level of the player increases. Suppose the player comes to bat when only 5 or 6 overs are left in a 50 overs or 40 overs match, then his confidence level should be more so that the shots can be played with more precision. Take T20 matches as an example. The player walks in with half of his confidence bar filled. So, similar kind of thing should be implemented in 50 overs or 40 overs match when the batsman comes to play in death overs.

 

[Biggs]

The confidence level of players should be more when he comes to bat in death overs

I would strongly disagree. I think the confidence of the player should increase at a quicker rate near the end of the match, especially in a tight-run-chase situation but only while the player remains at the wicket, facing deliveries.

 

[zwarrior]

I would strongly disagree. I think the confidence of the player should increase at a quicker rate near the end of the match, especially in a tight-run-chase situation but only while the player remains at the wicket, facing deliveries.

I agree. But what my concern is, you are a #4 batsman and you come in when you need to score some 20 odd runs in 2 overs. The chance of you(not you, but in general) hitting big shots successfully is less.

In T20, the player will have half of his confidence bar filled right from first ball.

 

[blockerdave]

I would strongly disagree. I think the confidence of the player should increase at a quicker rate near the end of the match, especially in a tight-run-chase situation but only while the player remains at the wicket, facing deliveries.

i think it should DIFFER for players based on their temperament. some players are better in these situations than others.

sadly the skills completely ignore the mental variety of the game.

 

[RedskinsUK]

Theres one thing that i would like to see taken out of DBC for next version.

Theres way too many wonder catches in DBC14 where the fielder dives for 20yards etc... and catches the ball.

So frustrating.

Add women into it aswell as the worldwide game is growing and would appeal to loads of gamers.

 

[blockerdave]

i've just been out LBW to an AI spinner where I was hit - on the crease - 6 inches above the pad on the thigh but ball was on it's way down so i was out. that has absolutely no business in the game and makes a mockery of the entire physics system. i hope it's removed from DBC17.