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Originally Posted by mking55
Originally I was skeptical of using "heavily favour prospects" because I wanted the AI to be "very hard" for all players. This was whenever this setting was introduced (OOTPxx).
After reading so many users say use "heavily favour prospects", I threw that in with my "very hard". It didn't make sense to my way of thinking but who cares if it makes sense if it works.
It works. You can still have a hell of a time getting a 38-year-old good player unless you are willing to give up something good. For some reason (and once again who cares), heavily favour prospects doesn't seem to hurt when trying to get the old guys. You are not getting a 38-year-old Tris Speaker for nothing. It's on the verge of impossible to get a good young guy, but that's good. The AI should be skewed towards the game's advantage and not the players. 
So I personally go with very hard and heavily favour prospects since it's very hard to rip off the AI and therefore makes for a better game. And if I really want to trade for Babe Ruth because I have to have him (which I don't), I'm in Commissioner Mode so I can always force trade. (That was a joke). |
Yeah I use very hard and favor prospects(I didn't want to push it to heavily favor) mainly because of exactly what you've said here. I don't want to be able to dominate easily by fleecing the AI or taking advantage of exploits. I also use talent change at 150, and a 2 to 8 player scale, this makes it much more difficult to pick out the gems in the draft.