Yeah...that's what I'm trying to work out now. There was still plenty of work that needed to be done before actually "starting" anyway. I had totally forgotten, the last Undisputed game, we didn't even have to worry about stat caps because the game allowed for equalized stats, which was nice. But with this game, we're going to have to consider all of that stuff again.
So, I just ran through the game, looking at all the best and worst fighters to see where the line in creating a "realistic UFC fighter" is. And here's what I've got:
Cain Velasquez and Jon Jones are the highest rated fighters in the game at 97 OVR each.
When you look at their attributes, Velasquez's points total up to 2,087 and Jones's total up to 2,070.
You would think "Ok, well let's just have that be the limit." But I guess EA decided to scale the attributes according to weight class...even though it's not like you'd ever have Demetrious Johnson fighting Cain Velasquez anyway. So, despite Johnson being a 96 OVR (only one point lower), his attributes total up to 1938 points. Even though we can't create female fighters, out of curiosity, I even looked at Ronda Rousey's (who is also a 96 OVR) attribute total...which is 1944. So, basically, the more you weigh, the more points you get to play with.
Knowing that, it makes me think we should have a cap for each weight class individually...especially if we're going to use the logic that nobody in CAGFC needs to be creating a fighter better than the best in that division.
I even went as far to make sure there weren't any weird instances where a really well balanced fighter with a lower overall didn't have a higher point total than the champion/best guy in that division. The only times this happened were really, really razor thin margins. Aldo > Pettis (LW), GSP > Hendricks, A. Silva > Weidman
Here's the actual breakdown and my proposed CAGFC CAF Cap (I basically just rounded down to the nearest 5):
Flyweight: Johnson - 1,938 | CAGFC CAF Cap - 1,935
Bantamweight: Barao - 1,967 | Faber - 1,926 | CAGFC CAF Cap - 1,965
Featherweight: Aldo - 1,978 | Mendes - 1,931 | CAGFC CAF Cap - 1,975
Lightweight: Pettis - 1,967 | Aldo - 1,971 | CAGFC CAF Cap - 1,970 (really have no idea why the points went down for LW...somebody can double check my math if they want)
Welterweight: Hendricks - 1,979 | GSP - 1,993 | CAGFC CAF Cap - 1,990 (again, GSP's total is surprisingly high...feel free to double check)
Middleweight: Weidman - 1,984 | A. Silva - 1,988 | Souza - 1,971 (checked because he has 100 sub) | CAGFC CAF Cap - 1,985
Light Heavyweight: Jones - 2.070 | CAGFC CAF Cap - 2.070
Heavyweight: Velasquez - 2,087 | CAGFC CAF Cap - 2,085
The other stipulation of course is min and max stats per attribute. There are fighters who do have 100's in different attributes...so that's not completely crazy. But nobody had any attribute under a 50 (Frank Mir...blocking and punching speed...poor Frank Mir, lol). So, that would be the range you'd have to use your points in as well.
Thoughts?