Recruiting and Scouting Topic

Im D2. I am basically fishing in the dark when it comes to scouting and recruiting. I have a B prestige. Do i need to try and pull down D1 players? Basically cant find any good D2 players in the nearby states. It seems impossible to find good ones around florida. Also dont know how high D1 i can reach. I know this is long question just frustrating
11/19/2016 11:30 AM
I think you'll find getting D1 guys surprisingly easy. Don't go for the top 100 overall but other D1 recruits can be picked off. Find a couple that you like that have good preferences. If they have an early or EOP1 signing preference they will sign 1st cycle of 2nd session if you're the only one on them (pretty sure). Just know that if they have an early preference and a D1 team is High or VH, the guy is gone in 1st session, so you'll either need to invest heavily to knock him down to moderate or jump off.

You should be able to beat D1 Sims easily so don't let them scare you. Obviously pick your battles but also don't be afraid of low prestige D1 humans. Like it or not, they are beatable if you do it correctly. Just keep pumping AP into guys that are your tops and save your money until you get in a battle and need it.
11/19/2016 11:45 AM
There are no pull downs any longer -- if you find the kid during the scouting process, you can recruit them immediately. At D2 you just can't SIGN the kid until the second session, but you can recruit them and position yourself for them to sign on the first cycle of that second session while the first session is going on.

At D2, I would run a local camp to the full 200 aimed at D1 talent and then I would FSS all D1 and D2 players in states within roughly 400 miles of campus (florida, being in a corner of the country, might have to extend but I'd definitely go FL, GA, AL, MS at a minimum depending on numbers of recruits). If you want, send the AC out 3-4 times to further scout players you've located or just start going through and individually refining the players with decent work ethics and profiles, staying away from the guys that are in the Top 100 overall.

That should get you a decent pool of recruits to look at and then when recruiting send out "feeler" APs to about 2x the number you need to sign the first cycle. Target the ones that don't get a huge push from human D1 coaches and focus the AP's accordingly starting on the second and subsequent cycles, trying to unlock scholarships and other actions on the top priority recruits as quickly as possible to make the offers. Ditto on minutes promises if you know the kid is going to play the first season you have them.
11/19/2016 11:49 AM
Just came back to the game after a long break......i never recruited that well in the past. Some classes were good others were decent, used the same recruiting methods. Not sure why ups and downs. But the new release...are these new recruiting tools causing chaos or making it easier to target players?
11/19/2016 2:38 PM
Alot of good information guys. Thank you
11/19/2016 3:02 PM
Posted by dennis4485 on 11/19/2016 2:38:00 PM (view original):
Just came back to the game after a long break......i never recruited that well in the past. Some classes were good others were decent, used the same recruiting methods. Not sure why ups and downs. But the new release...are these new recruiting tools causing chaos or making it easier to target players?
It is much improved. Be sure to study the Guide:

Guide to the New HD 3.0 release


11/19/2016 3:08 PM
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