Fifa 17 Wishlist: Stochastic Statistics
Channel: MJ the Fellow Actuary
Date: 2016-01-24

Actuarial Science meets Game Design for the FIFA franchise. Here I outline why I think Stochastic Statistics should be implemented in the game. Players shouldn't have deterministic stats that are consistent for every game, but should vary based on randomness. This can be used along with the game concept of Form. So before form would increase stats from say 70 to 73. Form can increase the stochastic range for example from 68-72 to 72-74. The main concept is to add an uncertainty dimension to each player. If you are losing by 1, would you sub on a player who is either 73-75 or would take a gamble and bring on a player who is either 68-85? Let me know in the comments below.