Drafted into Army

[wspahn21]

I noticed this was happening during my historical league for WWII but it was at random and player who were really drafted didn't get drafted in my league and those that did it was only for a year when they served 2 or 3.

I didn't see this happen for WWI or Vietnam though, which is curious because if it isn't based on historical draft data, is it set for only WWII? The league stopped in Sept of 1918 until the end of the WWI.

Many players served including Cobb, Cristy Matthewson and Branch Rickey all served in the same unit in WWI but saw no action, and Eddie Grant was KIA while serving as a Captain.

A staggering number of players also served in Vietnam but the names were not as high profile as those in past wars.

[Chicagofan76]

Originally Posted by wspahn21

I noticed this was happening during my historical league for WWII but it was at random and player who were really drafted didn't get drafted in my league and those that did it was only for a year when they served 2 or 3.

I didn't see this happen for WWI or Vietnam though, which is curious because if it isn't based on historical draft data, is it set for only WWII? The league stopped in Sept of 1918 until the end of the WWI.

Many players served including Cobb, Cristy Matthewson and Branch Rickey all served in the same unit in WWI but saw no action, and Eddie Grant was KIA while serving as a Captain.

A staggering number of players also served in Vietnam but the names were not as high profile as those in past wars.

I would also like to be able to manually have players out for a war vs suspending them or injuring them. In my league I have 3 wars and over 200 total players that serve including whole teams, and i don't know yet how i am gonna deal with that. If I injure a player he then becomes fragile and is likely to retire after missing 5 seasons. If I retire then unretire them they take a huge ratings hit after 2 years out.

[wspahn21]

Originally Posted by Chicagofan76

I would also like to be able to manually have players out for a war vs suspending them or injuring them. In my league I have 3 wars and over 200 total players that serve including whole teams, and i don't know yet how i am gonna deal with that. If I injure a player he then becomes fragile and is likely to retire after missing 5 seasons. If I retire then unretire them they take a huge ratings hit after 2 years out.

An option to do it manually would be amazing but I am just happy it is in the game at all. I am not sure how the game decides who gets drafted and the history it fills out isn't accurate, I believe it states it as an injury and not as being drafted. I only caught it through news clippings.

Maybe there will be some improvement on how and when players gets drafted in OOTP13