Originally posted by DaveTN
Originally posted by Sean Bishop
there remains an mysterious league cap where players who are obviously overqualified for the league suffer an xp hit for playing in a lower league.
It's my understanding from what I've read that this is still just planned and not yet definite for season four. Bort is calling this a 'sportsmanship score'. To quote Bort:
"FYI: Something with an XP modifier for players playing below their level WILL be implemented soon, in all leagues below Pro level. There will not be a bonus for being below the median level; just a penalty for being way too high leveled for your competition. This is an effect applied to each individual player, not a team as a whole."
"The types of things that improve or reset sportsmanship to the max:
- Signing with a team where you are at or under the recommended level
- Signing with a team where you are one of only 1-3 players above the recommended level (mentoring)
- Playing a game with your team (sticking with the team)
- Resigning with a team (limits per season apply)
- Boosting
- Being one of 3 or less players on the team owned by the same agent
The types of things that lower your sportsmanship score:
- Signing as a FA with a team where you are more than 5 levels above the recommended level, even if you're "mentoring"
- Signing in a league as a FA where you are above the recommended level with a team that already has 6 players over the recommended level
- Signing on a team as a FA where you are above the recommended level along with more than 6 players that just came from the same team as you. Penalty increases if you also signed for min salary/bonus.
- Taking multiple large signing bonuses in a short period of time from a team you own or GM
- An admin can also lower your score manually if you've obviously tried to cheat"
This can't be implemented until we have 'recommended levels' for leagues. Until we have those, how would we know if they players we'll be signing are in the right range? Right, we can't.
