I'm super excited about the S27 season and the new sim that will come with it. In terms of how it might affect the balance of players, I'm hoping that there'll be something for everyone in there. I think players will see their performance gradually get better over time, whether or not they are max earning, versus the situation now where rookies can have the greatest season of their career in year one, and never come close again. We're also in a situation now where the top earners in the league aren't seeing much reward for their hard work as you can get to effectively 95% of your player's potential perhaps only a few seasons into their career. Hopefully now it will always feel like you're improving your player.
In terms of the actual team balance, I have no idea how it will all come out. I believe the strongest teams over the last couple of seasons have been the ones who took advantage of the most unintuitive quirks and made sure they had the best archetypes (usually always the fastest). As someone who helped design the new archetypes, I can honestly say that I don't think there are any 'best' or 'worst' archetypes in a vacuum any more.
TPE and experience will no doubt be important, so the older players with high TPE are likely to do well in this first season. That's probably the best indicator we have as to which teams will start off well. But the playbooks and gameplan settings will be a lot more impactful. I think the first dynasty of the new sim era will be a team who has a war room that:
In terms of the actual team balance, I have no idea how it will all come out. I believe the strongest teams over the last couple of seasons have been the ones who took advantage of the most unintuitive quirks and made sure they had the best archetypes (usually always the fastest). As someone who helped design the new archetypes, I can honestly say that I don't think there are any 'best' or 'worst' archetypes in a vacuum any more.
TPE and experience will no doubt be important, so the older players with high TPE are likely to do well in this first season. That's probably the best indicator we have as to which teams will start off well. But the playbooks and gameplan settings will be a lot more impactful. I think the first dynasty of the new sim era will be a team who has a war room that:
- understands the characteristics of each playbook and what they're good for
- studies the patterns of their opponents and applies the game theory the best
- has assembled a team whose archetypes and gameplan all work in harmony together
