Trading frequency recommendation

EMSoccerCoach · 08-18-2009, 06:33 PM

Hi all,

Question...what do you set your trading frequencies/focus to?

I have basically an all-time league. Just made the conversion to X from 9. Got to the winter meetings and nobody was dealt. None. It carried over as low from OOTP 9 and I didn't adjust it...do you use normal for frequency? What about focus on prospects?

Any advice is appreciated. I would like there to be some trades, but not a huge amount. Last year, there were three trades. I would like 7-10 a year, but again don't know how severe the jump is from level to level in X.

Thanks.

RchW · 08-18-2009, 06:47 PM

I'm glad you asked this question. My new OOTP X solo league just passed the trade deadline with no trades at all. The last trade was July 6 or 9. I'd like to see 5-10 trades at the deadline, or just before.

Also annoying is right after the deadline I get 3-5 E-mails per week offering useless trades, for useless players.

I think my settings are low, difficult, favor prospects.

EMSoccerCoach · 08-18-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

I'm glad you asked this question. My new OOTP X solo league just passed the trade deadline with no trades at all. The last trade was July 6 or 9. I'd like to see 5-10 trades at the deadline, or just before.

Also annoying is right after the deadline I get 3-5 E-mails per week offering useless trades, for useless players.

I think my settings are low, difficult, favor prospects.

I really just watch my league develop, only fixing major roster issues that crop up. I try to be as hands off as I can with this one, just observing.

Hopefully, people can come up with some good settings here.

PhillieFever · 08-18-2009, 09:43 PM

After reading your post,I got a little curious as to how many trades were made in real life between May 28 1975 and July 31 1975 as opposed to my league during the same time period.The reason I'm using May 28th is because on that day I bumped trading from very low to low because of lack of activity.Anyway,the important thing the results.In real life,there were 16 player for player trades made during that time(I didn't count player purchases because they rarely happen in OOTP),in the game,with the trade settings on Low/Hard/favor prospects there were only 7 trades made from May 28th-July 25th 1975(Its July 25th because thats where I'm at in the sim).So in real life,there was roughly 55% more activity when using the Low setting.Obvioulsy,this is a tiny sample size,but I still feel that it shows that when using the low setting you should expect trade activity to be slower than in real life.

ike121212 · 08-19-2009, 12:27 AM

Finances seem to get in the way of trading more than settings, from my perspective.

turdfurgeson · 08-19-2009, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ike121212

Finances seem to get in the way of trading more than settings, from my perspective.

Just what I was going to say. Check your financial reports.........

ravinhood · 08-19-2009, 08:44 AM

I personally use high trades with hard difficulty with ai favoring prospects. I see lots of kewl trades each year by the ai with the ai and a few handed my way but they are all lopsided because I'm playing on hard trade difficulty. Only trades I make with the ai are the ones I establish and work with and that's the way I like it since the ai is rather dumb when trading on any easier difficulty levels. I can get average age of 28 on my team in no time with the ai trading on normal or easier. I'll be in the playoffs and winning the world series in a year or two easy with normal trading difficulty. Ai is just dumb

08-18-2009, 06:33 PM	#1
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08-18-2009, 06:47 PM	#2
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	I'm glad you asked this question. My new OOTP X solo league just passed the trade deadline with no trades at all. The last trade was July 6 or 9. I'd like to see 5-10 trades at the deadline, or just before. Also annoying is right after the deadline I get 3-5 E-mails per week offering useless trades, for useless players. I think my settings are low, difficult, favor prospects. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

08-18-2009, 09:43 PM	#4
PhillieFever Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Elk Twp. NJ Posts: 6,763	After reading your post,I got a little curious as to how many trades were made in real life between May 28 1975 and July 31 1975 as opposed to my league during the same time period.The reason I'm using May 28th is because on that day I bumped trading from very low to low because of lack of activity.Anyway,the important thing the results.In real life,there were 16 player for player trades made during that time(I didn't count player purchases because they rarely happen in OOTP),in the game,with the trade settings on Low/Hard/favor prospects there were only 7 trades made from May 28th-July 25th 1975(Its July 25th because thats where I'm at in the sim).So in real life,there was roughly 55% more activity when using the Low setting.Obvioulsy,this is a tiny sample size,but I still feel that it shows that when using the low setting you should expect trade activity to be slower than in real life. __________________ We're All Wednesday Aren't We? WAWAW

08-19-2009, 12:27 AM	#5
ike121212 All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 938	Finances seem to get in the way of trading more than settings, from my perspective.

08-19-2009, 08:44 AM	#7
ravinhood Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 374 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	I personally use high trades with hard difficulty with ai favoring prospects. I see lots of kewl trades each year by the ai with the ai and a few handed my way but they are all lopsided because I'm playing on hard trade difficulty. Only trades I make with the ai are the ones I establish and work with and that's the way I like it since the ai is rather dumb when trading on any easier difficulty levels. I can get average age of 28 on my team in no time with the ai trading on normal or easier. I'll be in the playoffs and winning the world series in a year or two easy with normal trading difficulty. Ai is just dumb