I have an odd question; the other recruiting threads didn't exactly match what I'm looking for? Does anyone know how it works if you literally don't recruit players at all (with the assisted recruiting on)?
In the past I've started a legacy mode, spent the first few weeks recruiting, watched almost everyone randomly sign with other schools, then I erased the season file and moved on to another game.
First of all, in a season, i want to actually play games, not spend all of my time doing busywork. I wish it were like older games where the recruiting were done after the season, or oversimplified (like in the MVP baseball games). I know people have recruiting guides up, but even if you follow them recruiting is still a lot of work for little payoff, with players sill randomly snubbing you school and having to settle for players a star or two below the level of your school(s).
My question is what exactly happens if you completely ignore the recruiting aspect entirely? Teams need a bare minimum of 12 players, so at one point in the calendar, does the game automatically fill out your roster with one-star rated walk-ons, or does it fill it out with random players with average ratings? Does the game prompt you at any point, give you a reminder or "last chance" of signing players who are interested? I can always just take what the game gives me and edit their ratings to realistic levels based on the prestige of the school(s) I'm controlling.
The legacy mode is 95% great with the weekly highlight shows, the ability to play any scheduled game for any team, midnight madness, etc, but messy recruiting system ruins it for me.
***Update: I simmed a season with a Big Ten school. At the beginning of the season there was a local 5-star recruit who was already about 95% interested; I offered to him and he accepted. I had 4 other open roster spots after the season. The computer auto-filled them with 4 lower rated players (2 in the 60's, 2 in the 50's). An educated guess would be the computer auto-filled my roster with random players not recruited by other schools.
In the past I've started a legacy mode, spent the first few weeks recruiting, watched almost everyone randomly sign with other schools, then I erased the season file and moved on to another game.
First of all, in a season, i want to actually play games, not spend all of my time doing busywork. I wish it were like older games where the recruiting were done after the season, or oversimplified (like in the MVP baseball games). I know people have recruiting guides up, but even if you follow them recruiting is still a lot of work for little payoff, with players sill randomly snubbing you school and having to settle for players a star or two below the level of your school(s).
My question is what exactly happens if you completely ignore the recruiting aspect entirely? Teams need a bare minimum of 12 players, so at one point in the calendar, does the game automatically fill out your roster with one-star rated walk-ons, or does it fill it out with random players with average ratings? Does the game prompt you at any point, give you a reminder or "last chance" of signing players who are interested? I can always just take what the game gives me and edit their ratings to realistic levels based on the prestige of the school(s) I'm controlling.
The legacy mode is 95% great with the weekly highlight shows, the ability to play any scheduled game for any team, midnight madness, etc, but messy recruiting system ruins it for me.
***Update: I simmed a season with a Big Ten school. At the beginning of the season there was a local 5-star recruit who was already about 95% interested; I offered to him and he accepted. I had 4 other open roster spots after the season. The computer auto-filled them with 4 lower rated players (2 in the 60's, 2 in the 50's). An educated guess would be the computer auto-filled my roster with random players not recruited by other schools.
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