Well I just finished my first season in Dynasty and there were a few things I noticed about recruiting that were either new, strange, or just notable.
1. A couple of my four-star recruits came in rated lower than some three-star recruits. This seems like a new development to me. Is it now possible to find underrated recruits and overrated recruits, or is this just an odd exception? Do the four-star guys then progress faster than the three-star guys? Unfortunately I won't be able to test the latter question because I had to make cuts to get to the 70 limit.
2. I think all of the ATHs I recruited ended up playing as either an HB or a WR. This could be an anomaly simply based on who I recruited, but I was wondering if anyone else noticed this. Why don't any play as CB or S or QB? I was hoping at least one could be built into a CB, as I was thin at that position, but no luck. This also leads to my next note.
3. During position changes, why can't any WR/HB guys move to CB/S? I had a couple tall WR recruits who I would have liked to move to CB, and since none of my ATHs worked out that way, I figured it might be alright. But no, they all end up as a 40 CB. Is this the standard now? I remember in older games you used to be able to move guys like this and have it work. I'm not saying all guys should automatically transition, but one or two really should.
4. It seems like ALL of the SPARQ 100 guys are WRs in this second recruiting cycle; it is in the area of 50%, and add to that the fact that most of the ATHs will also play WR. That seems overdone--plus since my roster was already WAY too full at the WR position, it sort of makes for recruiting needs and hoping to find quality at those needs more difficult.
5. There is also less five-star recruits, I think. 22 of them. I'm not sure if that number is low or not, but it does seem to be lower than normal. Perhaps this is just my imagination.
6. Recruits do seem to come in at lower ratings than previous versions. I imagine this is to compensate for last year's tendency to overpower freshmen, but as a check, has anyone had FR come in at higher than say 70-75?
In fairness, this is a small sample size as I've only gone through two recruiting cycles thus far. I will compare these numbers to future classes. But for those having extended dynasties, how do things look further out (say 5-10 seasons)? Anyone else notice recruiting goofs?
1. A couple of my four-star recruits came in rated lower than some three-star recruits. This seems like a new development to me. Is it now possible to find underrated recruits and overrated recruits, or is this just an odd exception? Do the four-star guys then progress faster than the three-star guys? Unfortunately I won't be able to test the latter question because I had to make cuts to get to the 70 limit.
2. I think all of the ATHs I recruited ended up playing as either an HB or a WR. This could be an anomaly simply based on who I recruited, but I was wondering if anyone else noticed this. Why don't any play as CB or S or QB? I was hoping at least one could be built into a CB, as I was thin at that position, but no luck. This also leads to my next note.
3. During position changes, why can't any WR/HB guys move to CB/S? I had a couple tall WR recruits who I would have liked to move to CB, and since none of my ATHs worked out that way, I figured it might be alright. But no, they all end up as a 40 CB. Is this the standard now? I remember in older games you used to be able to move guys like this and have it work. I'm not saying all guys should automatically transition, but one or two really should.
4. It seems like ALL of the SPARQ 100 guys are WRs in this second recruiting cycle; it is in the area of 50%, and add to that the fact that most of the ATHs will also play WR. That seems overdone--plus since my roster was already WAY too full at the WR position, it sort of makes for recruiting needs and hoping to find quality at those needs more difficult.
5. There is also less five-star recruits, I think. 22 of them. I'm not sure if that number is low or not, but it does seem to be lower than normal. Perhaps this is just my imagination.
6. Recruits do seem to come in at lower ratings than previous versions. I imagine this is to compensate for last year's tendency to overpower freshmen, but as a check, has anyone had FR come in at higher than say 70-75?
In fairness, this is a small sample size as I've only gone through two recruiting cycles thus far. I will compare these numbers to future classes. But for those having extended dynasties, how do things look further out (say 5-10 seasons)? Anyone else notice recruiting goofs?
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