Dynasty Musings: NCAA Football 11 Recruiting Tips

[Deegeezy]

Re: Dynasty Musings: NCAA Football 11 Recruiting Tips

I've seen the same thing and it really makes no sense. What is the purpose of wasting all of this time in recruiting if the underlying point system means NOTHING.

I've been Green interest meter, 20 points behind the #1 school, and then I get a 60 minute call with a 2X Bonus... 700+ point phone call.

What do I see the next week? Minor incremental increase in points, Interest meter still not full, and still behind the #1 school.

If the point meter is 5,000 points then I should be getting 10-15% Interest in that one call. Instead it appears more like 5%.

Perhaps the CPU gets the same x2 bonus? That's something I was wondering about myself. If the x2 bonus is exclusive to your team or is it exclusive to the prospect.

[Dave Pearson]

Great stuff guys, this is exactly what I was talking about. Deegeezy, I understand that it's an option but not everyone has the A. memory to do that and B. time to do that (writing them down)

[youALREADYknow]

Re: Dynasty Musings: NCAA Football 11 Recruiting Tips

Perhaps the CPU gets the same x2 bonus? That's something I was wondering about myself. If the x2 bonus is exclusive to your team or is it exclusive to the prospect.

Nope. The problem is that the interest meter should still rise by over 10%, but is only rising ~5%.

In your scenario, the prospect would be ready to commit to the CPU team and both teams would have a full interest meter.

[ThatRadioGuy]

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Something that has helped me remember recruits' "likes" is simply reading what they say after each pitch. I know a lot of people just quickly press the button to move on to the next topic but taking your time to read what they're saying not only helps you remember what they like, but you also start to associate a bit of a personality with the player, thus making the overall dynasty experience even more enjoyable.

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Yeah, that would actually be a wonderful feature. Add a little role-playing aspect to the sports genre.

Unfortunately, these comments are mostly random and disassociated. I got sick of seeing "More talk about you? Boring." in a Coach Prestige or Coach Experience pitch.

Then ..

I look up to see:

Interest : Most

+97

Wha?

There is no rhyme nor reason to the entire leg of the simulation. I'm convinced there is an AI to it .. to "game" or "fix" The Roulette .. and generally the whole process is random, at best.

The visits have no logical meaning. The scholarship offers have no logical reason. The points have no logical meaning. You'll get who the computer dam well gives you and you'll like it. The rest is just mental candy and window dressing. A lot like "Lemmings" actually. Pointless but intriguing.

(see my post on the previous page)

DD

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[BigDuke]

Re: Dynasty Musings: NCAA Football 11 Recruiting Tips

How many instant commits are there each week? And what are the requirements: Does the recruit need to have you #1 in their list? Anything else?

[georgiafan]

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How many instant commits are there each week? And what are the requirements: Does the recruit need to have you #1 in their list? Anything else?

to instant commit the guy must have u #1 on his list, which is why i try and wait till im #1 to offer someone.

[BigDuke]

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to instant commit the guy must have u #1 on his list, which is why i try and wait till im #1 to offer someone.

Thanks. Is there a limit of one instant commit per week, assuming you have one or more recruits #1? Or is it possible to get multiple instant commits one week with two or more #1 recruits?

[Deegeezy]

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Yeah I did the early scholarship offer strategy the past couple of seasons and the results have been less than desired. I find myself not being able to sign players until the last couple of weeks in the season and in the off-season where as the CPU is signing guys every week.

I think there is a reason that the "offer scholarship" call option is in the game and that reason is NOT to use it right out of the gates.

Only time I will use it early from now on is if I have a substantial deficit on a player or if I am not on his Top 10 list at all and I want to quickly make up ground.

[georgiafan]

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Thanks. Is there a limit of one instant commit per week, assuming you have one or more recruits #1? Or is it possible to get multiple instant commits one week with two or more #1 recruits?

There is no limit you can get several instant commits per week msot of them will come in the first few weeks of the season. So its important to put any guy who has you #1 on his list on your board. Im a 5* school this year and signed alot of people this year that was 3* who had me #1. Just from keeping them on my board and offering them a scholorship. The CPU doesn't start recruiting the lower ranked guys till midseason.

[EZ Esquire]

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Thanks. Is there a limit of one instant commit per week, assuming you have one or more recruits #1? Or is it possible to get multiple instant commits one week with two or more #1 recruits?

There is no limit and it is all random.

If you save right before you call the players you will get different results every time you you reload.

I have done this with different teams and reloaded over and over to see what would happen. I have seen 0 to 6 instant commits in week one with the exact same recruiting list.

All players had me #1 as well. And it does not seem to matter if you are Texas or Utah.

[Kardo03]

What does the unlock icon mean?

[Deegeezy]

Re: Dynasty Musings: NCAA Football 11 Recruiting Tips

What does the unlock icon mean?

A few of the recruits' pitches have been unlocked.

[booyagadget]

If anyone wants another set of 10 tips, OperationSports users BooyaGadget also made a writeup. Just another perspective:

http://www.booyagadget.com/2010/10/ncaa-11-recruiting-bible-part-one-10-tips-for-filling-the-board.html