Draft Ideas

SlyBelle · 10-10-2015, 12:13 AM

Unless these have already been mentioned or already exist somewhere in the game that I haven't found....

1) Team Needs - Would be nice if your scouts/assistants provided you a team needs report so you had a general idea of the players needed.

2) When in the draft screen, would be nice if easy way to see a list of players your team has drafted in one consolidated view.

3) I know probably not anytime soon, but would be great if there was some kind of draft grade per team

JeffR · 10-10-2015, 04:11 AM

3 might actually be the easiest of those to do, I think I can come up with a way of doing it that'd just reflect the "popular" opinion on drafted players, so the teams that got the most players with high perceived value would get the best grades.

SlyBelle · 10-10-2015, 09:29 AM

That would be great if easy to do, although I think item #1 (especially) and item #2 would have more of an actual impact on the game

I guess we have to leave some stuff for the next version too

NolaSola7 · 10-11-2015, 03:24 PM

Team needs would be cool....

No expert, I don't want to say anything

But just in my trivial mind... seems like the first is very doable since there is some AI picking for other teams .... ????

But great idea anyway

mschinner · 10-12-2015, 12:10 PM

Team needs is a good idea. You could take it a step even further and have your scouts give an idea of what other team's projected needs are. It would help give you an idea of if you need to move up to get a specific player.

tarashnat · 10-12-2015, 12:53 PM

For an initial draft, having a list of how many picks you have made per position would be extremely helpful. I envision the draft screen being customizable like the home screens. The top pane should be the scouting/pick area. The bottom can be four panes where you can place the current draft log, upcoming picks, your team's picks (various sorts), scouting report on remaining team needs/scouts' consensus suggestions for next pick, number of picks taken by your team by position, and for non-initial drafts a trade offer pane.

Also, for initial drafts, having a player's desired annual contract in the list would help make initial drafts go easier. Finding out the players' salary in a dialog box is not helpful in planning one's draft strategy.

rmartin65 · 10-23-2015, 08:43 PM

I also think being able to ask your scouts would be a good idea.

And as I mentioned earlier, being able to permanently assign your scouts would be really useful and a time-saver.

kohut · 10-30-2015, 12:15 AM

I would like to see trades during the draft. The fact you don't have teams trading draft picks during the draft is so unrealistic. I would love to have teams offering me their picks for players or teams in general offering picks in exchange for players.

krownroyal83 · 10-30-2015, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kohut

I would like to see trades during the draft. The fact you don't have teams trading draft picks during the draft is so unrealistic. I would love to have teams offering me their picks for players or teams in general offering picks in exchange for players.

I rarely see draft picks as part of a trade unless it's one team trying dump salary onto another team do to being in cap trouble. And no matter how go the player is he'll usually only get a 3rd or 4th round pick.

mgom27 · 10-30-2015, 05:43 PM

In EHMEA Draft Pick Trades happen at Draft.

10-30-2015, 05:43 PM	#10
mgom27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,520	In EHMEA Draft Pick Trades happen at Draft. __________________ Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

10-10-2015, 12:13 AM	#1
SlyBelle All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 633	Draft Ideas Unless these have already been mentioned or already exist somewhere in the game that I haven't found.... 1) Team Needs - Would be nice if your scouts/assistants provided you a team needs report so you had a general idea of the players needed. 2) When in the draft screen, would be nice if easy way to see a list of players your team has drafted in one consolidated view. 3) I know probably not anytime soon, but would be great if there was some kind of draft grade per team

10-10-2015, 04:11 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 16,625	3 might actually be the easiest of those to do, I think I can come up with a way of doing it that'd just reflect the "popular" opinion on drafted players, so the teams that got the most players with high perceived value would get the best grades.

10-10-2015, 09:29 AM	#3
SlyBelle All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 633	That would be great if easy to do, although I think item #1 (especially) and item #2 would have more of an actual impact on the game I guess we have to leave some stuff for the next version too

10-11-2015, 03:24 PM	#4
NolaSola7 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Aarhus, Denmark Posts: 1,932	Team needs would be cool.... No expert, I don't want to say anything But just in my trivial mind... seems like the first is very doable since there is some AI picking for other teams .... ???? But great idea anyway

10-12-2015, 12:10 PM	#5
mschinner Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 40	Team needs is a good idea. You could take it a step even further and have your scouts give an idea of what other team's projected needs are. It would help give you an idea of if you need to move up to get a specific player.

10-12-2015, 12:53 PM	#6
tarashnat Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: New York City Posts: 381	For an initial draft, having a list of how many picks you have made per position would be extremely helpful. I envision the draft screen being customizable like the home screens. The top pane should be the scouting/pick area. The bottom can be four panes where you can place the current draft log, upcoming picks, your team's picks (various sorts), scouting report on remaining team needs/scouts' consensus suggestions for next pick, number of picks taken by your team by position, and for non-initial drafts a trade offer pane. Also, for initial drafts, having a player's desired annual contract in the list would help make initial drafts go easier. Finding out the players' salary in a dialog box is not helpful in planning one's draft strategy.

10-23-2015, 08:43 PM	#7
rmartin65 Bat Boy Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 9	I also think being able to ask your scouts would be a good idea. And as I mentioned earlier, being able to permanently assign your scouts would be really useful and a time-saver.

10-30-2015, 12:15 AM	#8
kohut Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 83	I would like to see trades during the draft. The fact you don't have teams trading draft picks during the draft is so unrealistic. I would love to have teams offering me their picks for players or teams in general offering picks in exchange for players.