CPU Trading

[BossDogLuke]

One issue I've seen pretty early on is the CPU is still making trades that don't make a lot of sense.

Example:

CGY trades:
Dennis Wideman, RD, 33
T.J. Brodie, RD, 26

WSH trades:
Justin Williams, RW, 34
2017 WSH 5th round pick


Yes, this trade could potentially happen. Cap constraints since the Wideman deal isn't great, Calgary might want a forward, etc. This next part is what is confusing to me as this happened 3 days later:


CGY trades:
2017 CGY 4th round pick

WSH trades:
Dennis Wideman, RD, 33



Not only does Washington trade Wideman 3 days after acquiring him, but they trade him back to the exact same team. Issues like this have happened in the past in FHM2 and are not realistic situations. Just bringing this to the attention of everyone to see if anyone else has issues like these.

After about 2 hours of digging into the beta, I am very impressed and cannot wait for the full game!

[krownroyal83]

I had Morgan Reilly for Loui Eriksson straight up.

[Smetana]

Originally Posted by krownroyal83

I had Morgan Reilly for Loui Eriksson straight up.

There are issues with the CPU trading that still need plenty of work, for sure. But this deal IMO isn't too bad, it's certainly believable.

[krownroyal83]

Originally Posted by Smetana

There are issues with the CPU trading that still need plenty of work, for sure. But this deal IMO isn't too bad, it's certainly believable.

Of course it needs work. And no this isn't a believable trade, don't be silly lol

[Rand]

Originally Posted by krownroyal83

Of course it needs work. And no this isn't a believable trade, don't be silly lol

I wouldn't say it's a good trade but if you were of the belief that Toronto was in a position to push for the cup this season, and they had a major hole up front while their D was relatively strong it would be plausible.

As is, their clearly not cup contenders right now so dealing a young talented player at a position of need for a veteran at a position their stronger at is definitely absurd.

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Trade AI is something we constantly try to improve. But many variables play a role here: please always consider that the AI does not know names like we do, it just looks at ratings and stats. So it might be that a player is over/underrated for example. But again, we work on every AI in the game and tweak it with every update.

[BossDogLuke]

Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski

Trade AI is something we constantly try to improve. But many variables play a role here: please always consider that the AI does not know names like we do, it just looks at ratings and stats. So it might be that a player is over/underrated for example. But again, we work on every AI in the game and tweak it with every update.

This is incredibly understandable, a lot of work goes into that system. I guess my main point here is in my opinion (if possible) to put a little more emphasis on 1) age and 2) recent player movement (getting traded back and forth from the same team) would make the trade engine more effective. I'm not a coding guy so I don't know if thi is possible, but if so I think it would help. Cheers!

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by BossDogLuke

This is incredibly understandable, a lot of work goes into that system. I guess my main point here is in my opinion (if possible) to put a little more emphasis on 1) age and 2) recent player movement (getting traded back and forth from the same team) would make the trade engine more effective. I'm not a coding guy so I don't know if thi is possible, but if so I think it would help. Cheers!

We did add some restrictions on moving recently-acquired guys, but it's not a 100% override. I'll keep an eye on it, in case it's happening too much.

The Canucks do like to move Eriksson for a younger guy, but that's because the AI, unlike Jim Benning, tends to put them in rebuild mode right from the start. (And since he was signed before the game start, the AI doesn't realize he's that new to the team. At some point we may consider adding pre-existing acquisition dates.)

[Torgonius]

Just had Martin Jones traded from San Jose to Pittsburgh...

Then waived by Pittsburgh.

[dmacgreg37]

Originally Posted by Smetana

There are issues with the CPU trading that still need plenty of work, for sure. But this deal IMO isn't too bad, it's certainly believable.

As a Canucks' fan, this would be an amazing steal. There's no chance TOR makes that deal with us.