Non-mod ways to spice up dynasty

[Son of Sam99]

Modding this game is beyond my skill set technically speaking and I really don't have the time to commit to all of the prep to make it work... When I sit down to play the game I just want to play the game.

I've already enacted a promotion/ relegation type of realignment that I'm enjoying and doing some light tracking of long term stats for players & coaches.

Wondering what other people are doing outside of mods to keep it fresh?

Thanks!!

[ZN30]

Re: Non-mod ways to spice up dynasty

Have you tried wearing lingerie?

Modding this game is beyond my skill set technically speaking and I really don't have the time to commit to all of the prep to make it work... When I sit down to play the game I just want to play the game.

I've already enacted a promotion/ relegation type of realignment that I'm enjoying and doing some light tracking of long term stats for players & coaches.

Wondering what other people are doing outside of mods to keep it fresh?

Thanks!!

[NoleFan]

Re: Non-mod ways to spice up dynasty

I always recommend coach mode if you haven't tried it. In the grand scheme of things, most haven't.

[TarHeelPhenom]

Re: Non-mod ways to spice up dynasty

I've heard people talk about "shrinking the playbook" for their teams based on year/experience that their starting QB has. In other words, by either creating a small custom playbook or only calling a handful of plays from a regular playbook. You could also be an OC/DC and just control that side of the ball and then sim the other side until you become a head coach.


Something that I did way back when the game first came out is I played games at different camera angles. No real rhyme or reason, I just did it lol.

[Son of Sam99]

Re: Non-mod ways to spice up dynasty

Have you tried wearing lingerie?

I have but it only cause chafing

[Jordan1619]

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How do you do your Promoting and relegation? Curious to find new ways to spice up the game for myself. Im in the same boat as you

[Son of Sam99]

Re: Non-mod ways to spice up dynasty

How do you do your Promoting and relegation? Curious to find new ways to spice up the game for myself. Im in the same boat as you

I wish I could credit where I found this but not sure... I attached the set up to this post which should giver you a good idea of what I'm doing: 5 "premier conferences" and 5 "lower conferences" with balanced divisions. The worst teams are relegated and conference champs are promoted.

I'm 5 seasons in on this and the issue with this though is that A: it doesn't add parity too much; mostly teams are promoted and the relegated the very next season or the teams you would expect (Wake Forest eg) are relegated and stay down. The bump a program gets in recruiting for being promoted isn't too awfully profound AND if there is a bump obv those players don't have an impact for years.

ALSO, fortunately, this has only happened once. Since I don't mod a "lower conference" team can still go undefeated and win the natty which is very problematic.

Overall I like the system though. I'm considering promoting/ relegating 2 teams per season now or making a promotion/relegation a 2 season thing, like a team isn't eligible for promotion until they've played 2 seasons in lower league.

[JDG42]

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I always recommend coach mode if you haven't tried it. In the grand scheme of things, most haven't.

This. Single-handedly saved my current dynasty

[Von Dozier]

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I wish I could credit where I found this but not sure... I attached the set up to this post which should giver you a good idea of what I'm doing: 5 "premier conferences" and 5 "lower conferences" with balanced divisions. The worst teams are relegated and conference champs are promoted.

That's a spinoff from this topic (https://forums.operationsports.com/f...nce-setup.html) which also has a bunch of custom conference and relegation ideas. Basically what I do is the overall loser of the top conference (say PAC-12) drops to MTN WEST, and top winner of MTN WEST goes to PAC-12.
And I can say, you think it'd just end up being a bunch of waffling back and forth with the major division team killing the lesser division and just ends up moving back up easily, but I've rarely seen that happen.

Here's one I also personally made, where I shuffled a few teams around and included Appalachian State, North Dakota State, and The Citadel, removing Idaho, UAB and UConn.

Here's also a topic that's relevant, "Making dynasty mode feel more organic" (https://forums.operationsports.com/f...e-organic.html)

One other thing I've also been wanting to do is an idea I saw somewhere on the forums a long time ago about making a Death Penalty dynasty where your entire team is composed of walk-ons. The instructions being you sim the entire first season, then at position change you change every players position to Punter, then at Cut Players you just cut all your punters. This then gives you walk ons at every position.

[RockyMountain402]

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Here are some things I have done:

- If you're not using PocketScout or other online trackers, keep a Word file of some significant progress for each season (MarquetteDynasty1.png)

- Create what I "Diamond Prospects" in pre-season recruiting, then track them in that same Word doc or a separate one (MarquetteDynasty2.png). I also keep track of where they end up if I don't snag them myself, and my record against them during their college careers.

- I use the same conference relegation format that you posted: the way I operate it is if a team is promoted from their 2nd to 1st tier conference, they cannot be relegated until the following season. Meaning if they finish in the bottom of the conference the same year they were brought up, they cannot be sent down (the next team above them at the bottom of the conference is sent to 2nd-tier conference).

[Jerromy]

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Oh man I'm definitely using the conference idea for my dynasty!! I wouldn't of though about any of this on my own haha. I just keep everything default. I do miss the feature from (I can't remember what year) but you could be kicked out of conferences and invited to new ones and stuff like that

[DonJonpin]

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Turn all BCS Bowl bids to at large


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[Son of Sam99]

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Turn all BCS Bowl bids to at large


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Done, love that move

[joshuahuskers]

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House rules. Recruiting restrictions, forced attrition, gameplay restrictions, play calling restrictions, dynamic progression (done without the editor), limits on coach skill points spent, etc. I have a list of mine I can post later, but all these things help make the game a challenge and keep it fresh.

[sherrane]

Re: Non-mod ways to spice up dynasty

Modding this game is beyond my skill set technically speaking and I really don't have the time to commit to all of the prep to make it work... When I sit down to play the game I just want to play the game.

I've already enacted a promotion/ relegation type of realignment that I'm enjoying and doing some light tracking of long term stats for players & coaches.

Wondering what other people are doing outside of mods to keep it fresh?

Thanks!!

I tried the relegation you mentioned in a later post, but the teams often go back to their original conferences within a year or two. I am having a much better dynasty with teams moving through all 10 conferences. The problem with this is that you lose the conferences being regional. (I also combined this with modding the bowl season with an 8-team playoff featuring the P5 champs, best G5 champ, and 2 P5 wildcards. I also have a G5 playoff with the remaining G5 champs and 9 Relegation Bowls for the last place finishers in each division because I have two 14-team conferences and eight 12-team conferences and two independents. I typically edit all but four or five bowl games).


My conference tier was determined by the number of teams added from a P5 conference vs teams lost a P5 conference:

1. SEC (2-0, adding Texas A&M and Missouri from the Big 12)
2. Big Ten (2-0, adding Nebraska from the Big 12 and Maryland from the ACC)
3. Pac-12 (1-0, adding Colorado from the Big 12)
4. ACC (0-1, losing Maryland to the B1G)
5. Big 12 (0-4, losing Texas A&M, Missouri Nebraska, and Colorado)
6. American (losing Rutgers, Louisville, and the former Big East teams)
7. Mountain West (losing Utah and TCU)
8. C-USA (losing teams to the American)
9. Sun Belt (losing teams to C-USA)
10. MAC (stability is their penalty)

While the worst team in the SEC may be able to win a G5 the following season, I have never had them win the B1G to get back to the SEC quickly. Illinois has won the B1G to get to the SEC in year 2, get relegated back to the B1G in year 6 and then rejoined the SEC in my current (10th) season. Ohio State was in the SEC for five seasons before being relegated back to the B1G.



SEC East
Georgia
Michigan
Florida
Michigan State
Alabama
Clemson
Tennessee


SEC West
Texas State (my team)
Oklahoma
Mississippi State
Arkansas
Nebraska
Illinois
LSU

Minnesota will replace the Tennessee -- LSU losing in the Independence Bowl)

Auburn, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt are in the Big 10 while Kentucky and Missouri are in the Pac-12.


Kansas State and Wake Forest are playing in the America relegation game (Russell Athletic / Tangerine) where the loser joins the Mountain West to become the first (real life) P5 team to drop as far as the MWC.