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Spartan68 · 01-28-2018, 10:05 PM

I have loved Ootp for many many years, but I have one question. Has the trading interface been looked at for the new version? In all the previous version including 2018, its just way to easy to trade for draft picks and very good players. You can get any pick for a 2nd and a 5th plus a junk filler guy in the minors. I believe there should be better AI involving trades. I have an example on a game thats done the trading interface perfectly, and that is Front Office Football, it makes me mad that the AI is so smart and values 1st rounders so high but it makes the game much more enjoyable.

Calvert98 · 01-28-2018, 10:47 PM

What are your Trade Settings?

Spartan68 · 01-29-2018, 01:41 AM

I usually put them at hard and have them favor prospects.

Calvert98 · 01-30-2018, 10:51 AM

Is that the hardest setting (I can't recall). If so, then I use the same settings.

Note, I also use the 20-80 scale, and no "Stars". I think it takes away some of that artificial advantage that the Stars and 10 to 90/100 scale give the player, so it impacts trades.

With the hardest trade setting, favor prospects, 20-80 scale and no "Stars", I have found that it's tougher overall to ID the better players and more challenging overall to trade.

Also, I have noticed that the Trade AI seems to be improving overall. I figure that 19 will be a bit better.

Lukas Berger · 01-30-2018, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Calvert98

Also, I have noticed that the Trade AI seems to be improving overall. I figure that 19 will be a bit better.

For sure. We actually work quite a bit on the ai every year, it's not just something we put on the feature list to make it sound pretty

So while at times it can be a little hard to see the improvement year to year, if you go back a few years and compare that to the current game, I think the improvement is pretty noticeable.

So for sure we'll keep working on the ai every year. It's the never ending project!

Abnerdoubleday · 01-31-2018, 09:28 AM

the trading ai needs way more than tweaking, imho

Matt Arnold · 01-31-2018, 10:03 AM

We're updating the AI draft pick valuation in trades

01-28-2018, 10:05 PM	#1
Spartan68 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 41	Question... I have loved Ootp for many many years, but I have one question. Has the trading interface been looked at for the new version? In all the previous version including 2018, its just way to easy to trade for draft picks and very good players. You can get any pick for a 2nd and a 5th plus a junk filler guy in the minors. I believe there should be better AI involving trades. I have an example on a game thats done the trading interface perfectly, and that is Front Office Football, it makes me mad that the AI is so smart and values 1st rounders so high but it makes the game much more enjoyable.

01-28-2018, 10:47 PM	#2
Calvert98 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 579	What are your Trade Settings?

01-29-2018, 01:41 AM	#3
Spartan68 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 41	I usually put them at hard and have them favor prospects.

01-30-2018, 10:51 AM	#4
Calvert98 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 579	Is that the hardest setting (I can't recall). If so, then I use the same settings. Note, I also use the 20-80 scale, and no "Stars". I think it takes away some of that artificial advantage that the Stars and 10 to 90/100 scale give the player, so it impacts trades. With the hardest trade setting, favor prospects, 20-80 scale and no "Stars", I have found that it's tougher overall to ID the better players and more challenging overall to trade. Also, I have noticed that the Trade AI seems to be improving overall. I figure that 19 will be a bit better.

01-31-2018, 09:28 AM	#6
Abnerdoubleday Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 203	the trading ai needs way more than tweaking, imho

01-31-2018, 10:03 AM	#7
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 14,148	We're updating the AI draft pick valuation in trades