I answered new world. Moving EE decisions up and adding a 5th line on depth chart seem so straightforward (and have unanimous community agreement).

I voted for the New User Experience. In my opinion, WIS needs to grow and generate more revenue if we want to see many of these changes become reality. One of the biggest issues has been retaining new users. I'm not sure of the best way to approach this, but I think it should be one of the top priorities. Maybe some video guides or a quick simulation that the user needs to complete? Maybe some sort of assistance or warning system for when a user needs to do something? There's a ton of info on the forums, but it can be tough to read through and some of it is outdated.

The big changes I want for jobs are really some of the biggest problems for the new user experience, I think. I definitely don’t want firing to be increased, not with the game as it is now, that would be ridiculous.

I voted New User Experience, also.

Also, even though it's not on the list, I would love it if the 1 game/day worlds played the games in halves, similar to what GD does. Then people would have the ability to make half-time adjustments.

Posted by shoe3 on 12/4/2020 5:38:00 PM (view original):
The big changes I want for jobs are really some of the biggest problems for the new user experience, I think. I definitely don’t want firing to be increased, not with the game as it is now, that would be ridiculous.

Why do you feel that way tho? Most coaches who have an elite job, have multiple teams. They are also generally good coaches. If you stunk for a long time at one of your schools, would you quit if you got fired? I doubt it. I wouldn't quit if I got fired from one of my schools after 5 straight seasons at under .500 or under 10 wins or whatever. I'd understand it. I'd expect it.

I often wonder if anyone would REALLY care if they got fired based on performance. What leg would they have to stand on? I don't know the requirements to get fired. But you have to perform really bad apparently. I think by the time a coaches reaches the level of D1 where they could be fired, they would continue playing HD and would also understand why they were fired

Posted by bjschumacher on 12/4/2020 5:55:00 PM (view original):
I voted New User Experience, also.

Also, even though it's not on the list, I would love it if the 1 game/day worlds played the games in halves, similar to what GD does. Then people would have the ability to make half-time adjustments.

I've brought this up 3-4 times through my career and it gets shot down pretty badly every time.

Posted by cubcub113 on 12/4/2020 6:08:00 PM (view original):

Posted by bjschumacher on 12/4/2020 5:55:00 PM (view original):
I voted New User Experience, also.

Also, even though it's not on the list, I would love it if the 1 game/day worlds played the games in halves, similar to what GD does. Then people would have the ability to make half-time adjustments.

I've brought this up 3-4 times through my career and it gets shot down pretty badly every time.

8.5.5

That would be a LONG season, especially if you're in your first season at a school and your team sucks. Or are you talking about it still being 1 game per day, but the halves are AM/PM?

Posted by mlitney on 12/4/2020 6:16:00 PM (view original):

Posted by cubcub113 on 12/4/2020 6:08:00 PM (view original):

Posted by bjschumacher on 12/4/2020 5:55:00 PM (view original):
I voted New User Experience, also.

Also, even though it's not on the list, I would love it if the 1 game/day worlds played the games in halves, similar to what GD does. Then people would have the ability to make half-time adjustments.

I've brought this up 3-4 times through my career and it gets shot down pretty badly every time.

8.5.5

That would be a LONG season, especially if you're in your first season at a school and your team sucks. Or are you talking about it still being 1 game per day, but the halves are AM/PM?

1am is first half. 1pm is second half (central) in this idea.

Here's a poll I did a while ago

AM/PM like GD

That'd be cool. Can you imagine the hype for the NT game before the second half sims?

Posted by Basketts on 12/4/2020 6:29:00 PM (view original):
That'd be cool. Can you imagine the hype for the NT game before the second half sims?

why would it be more than before the whole game sims?

Posted by cubcub113 on 12/4/2020 2:51:00 PM (view original):
I answered new world. Moving EE decisions up and adding a 5th line on depth chart seem so straightforward (and have unanimous community agreement).

i actually still don't fully understand this - moving EE decisions up. you guys are saying have players EE based on their ratings the day before recruiting? and not taking into account NT success? what about at draft time, is it final ratings, NT success or no NT success? NT success is kinda designed to prevent the haves from having too much, if it didn't factor into EE leaving but did factor into draft order it would be backwards from today.

just wondering about the details i suppose...

Posted by gillispie1 on 12/4/2020 6:52:00 PM (view original):

Posted by cubcub113 on 12/4/2020 2:51:00 PM (view original):
I answered new world. Moving EE decisions up and adding a 5th line on depth chart seem so straightforward (and have unanimous community agreement).

i actually still don't fully understand this - moving EE decisions up. you guys are saying have players EE based on their ratings the day before recruiting? and not taking into account NT success? what about at draft time, is it final ratings, NT success or no NT success? NT success is kinda designed to prevent the haves from having too much, if it didn't factor into EE leaving but did factor into draft order it would be backwards from today.

just wondering about the details i suppose...

The details are so you get the proper amount of resources for RS1! Very simple here. That way you're not trying to scurry and salvage a player you didn't even expect to have to recruit.

this simple change can fix EVERYTHING about D1 in my opinion. It's why I never wanted to get involved with D1 at all. (As we speak I'm just now getting into recruiting my first EE type of talent. Now would be a great time to fix it please!)

Posted by cubcub113 on 12/4/2020 2:51:00 PM (view original):
I answered new world. Moving EE decisions up and adding a 5th line on depth chart seem so straightforward (and have unanimous community agreement).

I actually strongly disagree with moving up EE decisions or going back to one recruiting period. EE's can be annoying but they are a known part of the game that can and are accounted for by most top coaches. Sometimes you get unlucky, but it's all about playing the odds. Dealing with EE adds a layer of strategy to recruiting and practice plan that would be lost if it was moved up. Not to mention that the change people seem to want would benefit the A+ teams much more than lesser teams and I don't think the A+ teams need extra help. On my Minnesota team this year I could easily end up with 3 or more EE. It would feel a little dirty to me if I had the resources for the EE during the first recruiting session. It would be much closer to the old days where the top teams could simply reload every year and get whoever they want (a simplification of 2.0 but I don't think it's a necessarily inaccurate).

If that change is made it would remove some strategy from the game and would benefit the top teams. Love the discussion about areas to improve but I just wanted to make it clear that this idea doesn't necessarily have unanimous community agreement.