Posted by bathtubhippo on 4/27/2017 12:47:00 PM (view original):
I've noticed this too, shoe. the SEC in Tark is has 4 top-10 teams but is ranked 9th as in conf RPI, and wasn't even in the top 10 until a day or two ago. we have 3 sim teams around 300 in RPI. that's actually an improvement from a couple seasons ago, as some human players nabbed a couple teams. at one point LSU was the only team in its division that was human-owned, and sbank was playing 10 conference games with sub-250 RPI. just brutal! i wish the sims were better at recruiting in HD3...seems like a step back to me. in HD2 it seemed pretty consistent that the sim teams had cycles where they were at least competitive every 3 or 4 seasons.
Yeah, I should amend to say it doesn't affect my gameplay during recruiting. It does affect gameplay in terms of RPI and seeding. Rutgers in Allen probably should have been at least sweet 16 the last 2 seasons, but seeding issues resulted in early exits. Only 2 humans in that division, and the other 4 are loaded with walkons. So I approach that the same way I have ever approached playing in low population conferences. Schedule tougher non-con and be sure to win what you can in conference.
I would also say those teams are really not bad to take over, if you're not bothered by a losing season or two. Their baseline prestige remains generally much better than the average mid-major, and multiple open scholarships should be enticing. I still say the big problem here is that they haven't fixed hiring yet, so a most people who might be interested in taking those jobs have to wait until it's a serious step down from their current position, and that doesn't make much sense.