League setup help

[Harry Chiti]

Just a quick question - when setting up various professional leagues in foreign countries, is it better to designate the top league as AA or AAA (representing their lower abilities) or is it better to have them set as major leagues with player creation modifiers set lower than the traditional baseball powers?(level 5 countries)

And will players generated in the future from the foreign league's feeder leagues push the talent level higher than what I set the league's player creation modifier to initially?

Or conversly, if the nations are graded a '3' on the world scale - do I need to adjust anything? Will ootp automatically downgrade the leagues/player's abilities on the world scale?

Any help/insight greatly appreciated.

[Afino]

Originally Posted by Harry Chiti

is it better to designate the top league as AA or AAA (representing their lower abilities) or is it better to have them set as major leagues with player creation modifiers set lower than the traditional baseball powers?(level 5 countries)

Definitely the latter. Adjust the PCM's to a AAA or AA equivalent, because otherwise they will show up as "minor league" stats instead of major league stats when they're not really "minor leagues".

And will players generated in the future from the foreign league's feeder leagues push the talent level higher than what I set the league's player creation modifier to initially?

As long as you have the right balance of feeder teams for your league (not too many), you should be fine.

Or conversly, if the nations are graded a '3' on the world scale - do I need to adjust anything? Will ootp automatically downgrade the leagues/player's abilities on the world scale?

Interesting question and I never really thought of it that way. Yeah, the nation being a "3" instead of a "5" will produce less stars in that nation that could compete in other nations. Personally, I would set them all at 5 and adjust the PCM's accordingly, but I don't see why what you just said wouldn't work. I just never tried it that way - so maybe someone else can chime in.

You do seem to have a good understanding of how it works though - try running some of your own tests!