05-18-2023, 09:37 AMRomanesEuntDomus Wrote: Yeah the last two season could be a sign of things pointing in the right direction parity-wise, lets hope it ends up continuing like that.

However, the fact that one or two teams seem to have been able to go on cinderella-runs a bit more lately still doesn't seem to have changed the fact that the midfield as a whole gets pounded, most first round series aren't close at all etc... But yeah, baby steps, might be worth to be more patient here and see how things develop. A few encouraging signs are there at least.

Well when 16/20 teams make the playoffs because that’s the best playoff format, you’ll have shit teams making the playoffs. Especially now looking at how many teams are actively trying to tank. 1st round you’ll have one or two close series in which the 3/4 seed are battling. But the 1 seed against the 8 should be a cakewalk because the 8 seed is mostly trying to tank or is in the weird middle ground. It’s not like STHS where you have teams trying to tank but STHS wills them to the playoffs like Toronto S50. You have to plan teams a lot better, which goes back to what Acsolap said. Gms have to be better with team planning.

Like the best example in my mind is S50 Toronto and NEW. Toronto trying to tank, NEW trying to compete. STHS had Toronto make the playoffs, NEW didn’t. NEW had a way better team on paper, but STHS randomness had Toronto make the playoffs. It’s just not going to happen in FHM. The tpe matters too much for FHM. You can actually spend your tpe on attributes that matter unlike STHS that after 1400 tpe you’re pretty much capped out.


And you saw parity increase when we switched the tpe it costs for attributes too. The last couple years allowed the 5-10 teams actually win cups or do a lot better.


Also for the playoffs, in STHS for a long time it was just top 8 makes the playoffs. So that’s why you saw closer games(along with randomness that STHS had). If you look at the 2nd round and beyond, it’s a lot more competitive. So those top 8 teams that make it, you see a lot more closer series, because for the most part it’s the top 8 teams in the league instead of the top 10/12 teams and then 4/6 rebuilding/tanking teams