Right now I believe there is a problem in the way recruitment is done in Hoops Dynasty. D1 players complain that top-tier schools have no chance if they lose their first recruitment battle and D2 and D3 players are worried about a D1 snatching their player last second after spending most of the recruitment period putting in effort. D1 players have a point though. If Texas or Kentucky talk to a player about playing basketball for them, D2 and D3 teams wouldn't have even a remote chance. So what is the solution to make the game seem more realistic without screwing over D2 and D3 teams that go for the best possible outcome. The answer is simple, increase the overall ratings of players to increase the variety of prospects available.
The reason why this solution would work is simple: 1) it would allow the developers to make it easier for D1 schools to swoop in without much effort and take prospects 2) without compromising the quality of players found at D2 and D3 schools. While this would be a massive change to the game, it is a necessary one. Currently, the potential players have too small a range on their ratings. This makes it to where everyone wants roughly the same group of players. The limit on the ratings systems also makes it tough for the devs to increase the quality of players. Currently if the devs increase the overall ratings of players, nobody can outrecruit their opponents.
My proposal would suggest that the devs increase the ratings limits of players be increased from 100 to whatever number seems appropriate. After this rating change is made, then I propose that the devs increase the relative quality of players and make it easier for D1 schools to win recruitment battles against teams that have a lower prestige and division. Finally, I would propose that more time is allowed for recruitment or the restrictions on a player accepting an offer are lowered.
This solution is beneficial for everyone. It maintains the relative quality of play at the lower divisions while making recruitment closer to reality. It also allows the devs more flexibility in managing prospect ratings while potentially making D3 prospects relevant again. D3 schools shouldn't be in recruitment battles with D1 schools, it makes no sense. D1 schools should be against D1 schools and sometimes D2. D2 schools should be against D2 schools and potentially D1 or D3 and D3 schools should be against D3 schools or sometimes D2 schools. I believe this solution can achieve that result.

(Disclaimer: I am not a developer so I don't understand any software issues or roadblocks this solution might create. If this solution isn't possible due to a software issue then disregard this post and accept my humblest apologies.)

No. I appreciate the effort and thought, but this is neither necessary, nor good.

If D1 coaches are getting stuck without meaning to, the answer for them is as it has been since 3.0 beta - change their gameplay decisions. Establish backup options early, rather than after they lose their top targets. Some guys don’t want to do that, but that’s their choice, and choices have consequences.

" D3 schools shouldn't be in recruitment battles with D1 schools, it makes no sense. "

hmm where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, everywhere.

To be fair, this sh*t's not hard. Read the room, recruit at your level, keep an eye on opportunities, and you'll be fine.

With all due respect, I don’t think this would work because all it would due is change the way we look at players. Let’s say we increase ratings to 200. Basically that means that a players ratings will just double, but act the same way in gameplay because even though his ratings are higher, everyone else’s are the same percentage higher. It’s inflation.

Posted by Benis on 3/12/2019 8:30:00 PM (view original):
" D3 schools shouldn't be in recruitment battles with D1 schools, it makes no sense. "

hmm where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, everywhere.

Let's be clear. "Everywhere" means in the forums only. In the game there is NEVER a recruiting battle between D1 and D3 schools. The disparity between D1 and D3 is so great that a D1 school can take any recruit from a D3 school with any realisric effort. The appearance of a battle occurs only when the D1 school allows it and isn't really battling.

At this point in the game, D3 recuits are basically non-factors. So we have an entire population of recruits that almost no one is even scouting. Add the fact that Sim D1 coaches can be held off by human D3 coaches and we get this weird compression of team quality. Great D3 schools have as much talent as top 25 D2 schools and low level D1 schools...it makes no sense.

I think the best solution would be to make Sim coaches more formidable foes in recruiting, especially when battling against a lower level school. No reason that a Sim C prestige D1 school shouldn't be able to just wipe a D3 team off the face of the earth when competing for a decent D1 recruit.

Posted by bad_luck on 3/13/2019 2:34:00 PM (view original):
At this point in the game, D3 recuits are basically non-factors. So we have an entire population of recruits that almost no one is even scouting. Add the fact that Sim D1 coaches can be held off by human D3 coaches and we get this weird compression of team quality. Great D3 schools have as much talent as top 25 D2 schools and low level D1 schools...it makes no sense.

I think the best solution would be to make Sim coaches more formidable foes in recruiting, especially when battling against a lower level school. No reason that a Sim C prestige D1 school shouldn't be able to just wipe a D3 team off the face of the earth when competing for a decent D1 recruit.

It would also make it less of a chore for coaches moving up into D1 to have to rebuild a team that had been Sim controlled for many seasons.

Posted by l80r20 on 3/13/2019 2:11:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Benis on 3/12/2019 8:30:00 PM (view original):
" D3 schools shouldn't be in recruitment battles with D1 schools, it makes no sense. "

hmm where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, everywhere.

Let's be clear. "Everywhere" means in the forums only. In the game there is NEVER a recruiting battle between D1 and D3 schools. The disparity between D1 and D3 is so great that a D1 school can take any recruit from a D3 school with any realisric effort. The appearance of a battle occurs only when the D1 school allows it and isn't really battling.

Oh hey Spud. I'm comforted by the fact that, despite you not having any HD teams, you are always here spreading misinformation.

But keep making yourself look like a clown. It's funny.

We should talk about that example, because it really proves the reverse point, and is a good example of a D3 staying in a battle because the D1 teams allowed it. If a D1 team has prioritized the player early, the D3 would likely have moved on. If the D1 team had a slightly less than enormous AP deficit compared to the D3, hypothetically say merely 1000 rather than 1200, the D3 team would have been held out of signing range. If the player wasn’t a good preference match for the D3, and a mediocre one for the D1, the preference profile would have enhanced the D1 visits enough to lock the D3 out. Everything lined up for the D3, who gambled big, and still barely scratched into a 3-way. 99 times out of 100, this isn’t even a battle, because the D1 moves in earlier (or not at all) and harder, and/or the D3 gives up sooner. That’s why there’s one example from 2+ years ago that still gets recycled as the *preposterous* illustration.

But even as the extreme outlier it is, how unrealistic is it, really? Real life recruits don’t have division pools they’re assigned to. The vast majority of NCAA athletes will never make money playing their sport, and most of them know it. Plenty of players end up on lower division teams, not because they weren’t recruited by D1 schools, but because they just liked something better about another school, and weren’t particularly swayed by the notion of playing D1 ball for its own sake.

There are lots of gameplay reasons why the *possibiliity* of lower division teams winning higher division players should be maintained *if* recruiting is going to continue to be a resource-based commodity game. This outlying result, as with literally all the others, is the net result of choices that players made. The issue is not the game, it’s the way players are choosing to play it.

Posted by Benis on 3/13/2019 2:42:00 PM (view original):

Posted by l80r20 on 3/13/2019 2:11:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Benis on 3/12/2019 8:30:00 PM (view original):
" D3 schools shouldn't be in recruitment battles with D1 schools, it makes no sense. "

hmm where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, everywhere.

Let's be clear. "Everywhere" means in the forums only. In the game there is NEVER a recruiting battle between D1 and D3 schools. The disparity between D1 and D3 is so great that a D1 school can take any recruit from a D3 school with any realisric effort. The appearance of a battle occurs only when the D1 school allows it and isn't really battling.

Oh hey Spud. I'm comforted by the fact that, despite you not having any HD teams, you are always here spreading misinformation.

But keep making yourself look like a clown. It's funny.

Also, not just the forums. Also coaches corners, sit emails and of course, Ward's YouTube channel.

You cap D3 to 520 and you got a new life and a new competition for D3. It will revive the confs.

Posted by zorzii on 3/13/2019 6:35:00 PM (view original):
You cap D3 to 520 and you got a new life and a new competition for D3. It will revive the confs.

Caps would be the easiest way to get recruiting within the divisions back under control. Unfortunately some people like to win with players playing way out of their league.

Posted by Benis on 3/13/2019 2:42:00 PM (view original):

Posted by l80r20 on 3/13/2019 2:11:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Benis on 3/12/2019 8:30:00 PM (view original):
" D3 schools shouldn't be in recruitment battles with D1 schools, it makes no sense. "

hmm where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, everywhere.

Let's be clear. "Everywhere" means in the forums only. In the game there is NEVER a recruiting battle between D1 and D3 schools. The disparity between D1 and D3 is so great that a D1 school can take any recruit from a D3 school with any realisric effort. The appearance of a battle occurs only when the D1 school allows it and isn't really battling.

Oh hey Spud. I'm comforted by the fact that, despite you not having any HD teams, you are always here spreading misinformation.

But keep making yourself look like a clown. It's funny.

You're wrong on two counts, as usual. Shoe put it a lot more diplomatically than I mught have when he said, "We should talk about that example, because it really proves the reverse point, and is a good example of a D3 staying in a battle because the D1 teams allowed it."

And I had forgotten about your obsession with another coach because, frankly, I had forgotten you existed.

Posted by quaker128 on 3/12/2019 9:00:00 PM (view original):
To be fair, this sh*t's not hard. Read the room, recruit at your level, keep an eye on opportunities, and you'll be fine.

This.

Plus the fact that there are not enough real people playing at each level. More people = more competition during recruiting = less opportunities for lower divisions to recruit up.

Theoretically, if both D1 and D2 were 2/3 or more full, then caps would naturally fall into into place. It would be very difficult for D2 to reach up and grab D1 players, and it would be very difficult for D3 to reach up and grab D2 players (and virtually impossible to grab even D1 garbage).