computer trade offers

Akiba · 01-02-2014, 03:16 PM

Even when I start with a bad "rebuilding" team, the only trade offers I get are for 30yr old+ mediocre players in exchange for my (usually) best young prospects. Even when I set AI to "Heavily prefer veterans" nothing changes. Sometimes I can set up deals with teams that are "rebuilding" where I'm exchanging veterans with considerable salaries for their premium prospects.

Instead of having a trade option where you set the computer to "favor veterans/favor prospects or whatever. It should be *built in* that rebuilding teams will favor prospects and avoid big salaries, and "win now" teams come looking for your best starters while offering their prospects in return. Even NBA 2K does this, and includes a feature where you can specify the position,age,salary of the player you are looking for in return when you shop a player. C'mon.

Additionally "trading difficulty" should be related to the needs of a team. A team with the best record in the majors should be blowing you off when you come looking for their star player, while it should be easy to pry away their prospects if you can address their weakness with a veteran.

If there is some setting that can fix this that I am missing please tell me. This problem is making the game barely playable to me.

legofarley · 01-02-2014, 03:42 PM

I second this. I've been playing this game for 5 years now, so I've learned to ignore a lot of these offers. But it would be nice to get an offer that's actually appealing once in awhile.

rpriske · 01-02-2014, 03:46 PM

When I get an offer from an A.I. team, I pretty much treat it as "we are looking to trade for this guy, who do you want for him?"

The actual offer is never any good, but I can sometimes use it as a starting point to build a good, fair deal.

Akiba · 01-02-2014, 04:05 PM

Yeah I have to treat it that way too. It's lame. And I never have had a team come to me with an offer for one of my star players at all. I don't see how this isn't at the top of the improvement list. If nba2k is doing a better job, it should be a bit embarrassing.

RchW · 01-02-2014, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akiba

Yeah I have to treat it that way too. It's lame. And I never have had a team come to me with an offer for one of my star players at all. I don't see how this isn't at the top of the improvement list. If nba2k is doing a better job, it should be a bit embarrassing.

Keep in mind that AI offers come to you in inverse proportion to your team weaknesses. No weaknesses = no offers.

The trading module is in need of an overhaul.

Snarf054 · 01-03-2014, 12:26 PM

I almost never accept an offered trade in my solo game. Once in a blue moon it will happen but not often. Pretty much every trade I have ever made goes through "shop a player around" I just look through what they want to give me and pick the one I like the most. This last season I tried putting some players "on the block" the week before the trade deadline just to get rid of them and it's the first time I ever remember the AI teams not offering me a million trades the last few days before the deadline.

01-02-2014, 03:16 PM	#1
Akiba Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 35	computer trade offers Even when I start with a bad "rebuilding" team, the only trade offers I get are for 30yr old+ mediocre players in exchange for my (usually) best young prospects. Even when I set AI to "Heavily prefer veterans" nothing changes. Sometimes I can set up deals with teams that are "rebuilding" where I'm exchanging veterans with considerable salaries for their premium prospects. Instead of having a trade option where you set the computer to "favor veterans/favor prospects or whatever. It should be built in that rebuilding teams will favor prospects and avoid big salaries, and "win now" teams come looking for your best starters while offering their prospects in return. Even NBA 2K does this, and includes a feature where you can specify the position,age,salary of the player you are looking for in return when you shop a player. C'mon. Additionally "trading difficulty" should be related to the needs of a team. A team with the best record in the majors should be blowing you off when you come looking for their star player, while it should be easy to pry away their prospects if you can address their weakness with a veteran. If there is some setting that can fix this that I am missing please tell me. This problem is making the game barely playable to me.

01-02-2014, 03:42 PM	#2
legofarley Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 460	I second this. I've been playing this game for 5 years now, so I've learned to ignore a lot of these offers. But it would be nice to get an offer that's actually appealing once in awhile. __________________ El Jimbo - OOTP fanatic since V. X & Official Fan of Justafan

01-02-2014, 03:46 PM	#3
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,148	When I get an offer from an A.I. team, I pretty much treat it as "we are looking to trade for this guy, who do you want for him?" The actual offer is never any good, but I can sometimes use it as a starting point to build a good, fair deal.

01-02-2014, 04:05 PM	#4
Akiba Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 35	Yeah I have to treat it that way too. It's lame. And I never have had a team come to me with an offer for one of my star players at all. I don't see how this isn't at the top of the improvement list. If nba2k is doing a better job, it should be a bit embarrassing.

01-03-2014, 12:26 PM	#6
Snarf054 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 127	I almost never accept an offered trade in my solo game. Once in a blue moon it will happen but not often. Pretty much every trade I have ever made goes through "shop a player around" I just look through what they want to give me and pick the one I like the most. This last season I tried putting some players "on the block" the week before the trade deadline just to get rid of them and it's the first time I ever remember the AI teams not offering me a million trades the last few days before the deadline.