Posted by shoe3 on 4/7/2017 2:31:00 PM (view original):
Posted by elmossle on 4/7/2017 1:54:00 PM (view original):
shoe,
How or where did I say anything about hoarding resources? Two seasons ago I lost some EE's and at the same time lost all of my recruiting battles to coin flips. Two of which I was at VH to the other coaches High. Sure, I took the chances on those players and lost, fair and square.
My point was last season I had only 6 players on scholarship that I signed and 5 walk-ons with a Sim signed player. This season I did better in recruiting trying to rebuild, and now have 7 scholarship players. However instead of receiving the same 5 walk-on players like last season, the Sim decided to sign 2 players to scholarship for an unknown reason. Thus, I now only get resources to recruit with the 3 openings instead of the 5 I should have since in theory, nothing changed from last season to this season. Still would have started the season with 7 players on scholarship just like I did last season.
If you can please explain how this is me trying to "hoard" resources to overwhelm those I would be recruiting against, I am all ears.
1) You can cut those guys after the season, without penalty. I believe you will also get resources for them at that point, but I'm not 100% sure, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
2) If you're not concerned about stocking up on scholarship resources, then why would you complain about the sim signing 2 guys (who are better than walk-ons, generally) to add some flesh to your bench, guys you can cut after the season? The system is set up that way to disincentivize playing short and loading up on just a few players every year. It's the same principle behind the concept of never getting more than 6 scholarships worth of resources, regardless of how many you have to fill, and not having class sizes more than 6 allowed.
The sim will always try to get you to 9. It doesn't always succeed (probably because they go after the same players in those situations, and sometimes it loses to itself).
shoe,
1) I am well aware of the fact that I can cut those guys and get the additional resources. I did that with the Sim signed guy last season and was counting on those resources in my budgeting and used that to get my 4th player I had spent heavily on in the first recruiting session. The point I'm trying to make is just what you said, I get those resources LATER!! I shouldn't have to wait to get those extra AP's and cash to recruit when they will be more beneficial to me in session 1 not session 2, which IMO is a waste but that is a topic for another day.
2) What makes you think I am trying to stock pile open scholarships?? Do you actually think having a team with only 6 scholarship players is a good strategy for winning? Anyone saying a coach is intentionally "limiting" themselves to have more openings to recruit with is crazy. When recruiting started for this season I had 8 openings. EIGHT!!! Of the 4 players still on the roster for this season, was the glorified walk-on the Sim signed last season so I actually only had 3 players. I ended up signing 4 players after I lost one battle where I had a 39% chance to sign the player versus the 26% chance to the team the recruit signed with. I lost another recruit to a 51% -49% coin flip. Had both of those players signed with me, I would have signed 6 players and still only had 9 scholarship players on the roster this season. Did I take a chance with those battles, sure I did. Unfortunately I haven't had one of those go my way since 3.0 but it sure isn't so I can have more openings and a terrible season. So don't give me this hoarding openings crap. The frustration is, I had 5 walk-ons last season, why don't I have that same number this season? If I did, then I could have a better chance of signing 3 or 4 more players this recruiting season and have almost a full roster once again. Instead, I've been limited to resources for 3 openings which if I play my cards right, I might, might get 2 players in session 1 with the hope of getting 2 more in session 2 with my additional resources if I can unlock them in time.
This is all without mentioning the fact that I have 2 Juniors who will most likely leave early for the NBA. Sure I'm going to get those resources to in session 2, but at that point, I'm back to having 6 or 7 players on scholarship, maybe 8 if I am lucky once again next season. But if all that happens, I'm guessing you would think that I was hoarding more openings for next season because of the banner crop of recruits that will be available right?
Like I stated before, it is a vicious cycle where you can't get ahead and WIS has it setup to continue to screw us over.