Is Recruiting on Heisman impossible?

[rylynner]

I'm thinking out starting a new dynasty and bumping the recruiting difficullty up to Heisman. Is it just a bit more challenging than AA or is it really hard?

I got Ole Miss up to six star prestige and almost all A+ in recruiting and I could pretty much bring in anybody. In year five offseason i brought nine 5* guys. I don't follow college football THAT closely but that seems like a high number?

Just wondering if anybody out there recruits on heisman and how they like it.

Thanks

[sycodmn]

Re: Is Recruiting on Heisman impossible?

I haven't played on anything but Heisman, and I haven't had too much trouble. With UCLA (****), I brought in three and four stars pretty easily, and could get five stars if they were interested, which is pretty realistic, athough UCLA probably recruits a little better than that despite their lack of high level football success. In a few short runs with Western Kentucky (*), recruitung was nigh impossible unless you concentrated on * and ** stars, but, outside of Proximity to Home, they didn't have much to offer. Now, using San Diego State (*), which has a nice mix of grades, I went 12-1 with a loss in the Fiesta, but brought in the 94th ranked class (only 2 ***), but that's kinda realistic because I didn't really expect that type of record, and didn't reach too much. In year 2, as a ** (and upping my Heisman sliders to make things more difficult in-game), I'm 2-0 (wins over San Jose State and a tough outing against Air Force), and I'm in the lead for a number of three stars.

I tend to keep my active recruiting list to 20, so I can spend half an hour with each guy, and mostly recruit guys that have me in their top 3. With UCLA/SDSU, I didn't need to go much past that, because of the number of recruits in my pipeline (and I don't go outside of my pipeline with SDSU), so that may skew things a little bit. Recruiting with Western Kentucky was almost impossible.

[rylynner]

Re: Is Recruiting on Heisman impossible?

Thanks Man. I'm going to start up a new dynasty with Indiana. Only 2 star prestige, but an 80 overall with a 82 offense. I feel like I'll be able to score enough to be competitive and maybe get prestige up a star after a year and take it from there. Let's see if I can get the Hoosiers to be a big ten power house by year 5.

[jfsolo]

Re: Is Recruiting on Heisman impossible?

I have been recruiting on Heisman from the start, and IMO, recruiting on any level lower would be too easy for the User.

[boubucarow]

Re: Is Recruiting on Heisman impossible?

I have been recruiting on Heisman from the start, and IMO, recruiting on any level lower would be too easy for the User.

I have recruited on Heisman and All American in different online and offline dynasties. I have a top 5 class going with Notre Dame before the offseason on Heisman. I raked in the 105th class with Army on All American.

Recruiting has been entirely too easy for years now. Even at All American, I feel it is more realistic than ever. Heisman adds difficulty with only one change pitch option but otherwise it has felt the same to me.

You need to develop a plan no matter the difficulty. Major minutes needs to be devoted to the few you have to have. Jumping ship on a player needs to happen as soon as you realistically have no chance. Offer quick scholarships to players that have you #1 to try and get some quick commits, etc....

[terpsfan1978]

Re: Is Recruiting on Heisman impossible?

You can only focus on 10-12 folks top tier folks. Spend 50-60 Minutes each. Only focus on folks that have your school in their top 3 then 5, etc, then scout pipeline for bonus.

[klumdat]

Re: Is Recruiting on Heisman impossible?

I haven't played on anything but Heisman, and I haven't had too much trouble.

I think he was referring to the recruiting difficulty set to Heisman, not playing on Heisman.

[sycodmn]

Re: Is Recruiting on Heisman impossible?

I know, I have both my in-game difficulty and my recruiting difficulty set to Heisman.

[youALREADYknow]

Re: Is Recruiting on Heisman impossible?

Heisman provides the most realistic recruiting experience. The only reason to use a level below Heisman is if you simply don't want to spend the time in recruiting -or- you want to be able to reach for any single player and have a chance at getting a commit.

If you reach for a 5-star who has no interest in your school on Heisman then you're probably going to lose a ton of minutes throughout the season and will cost yourself a few prospects somewhere else.