Team quality in Bronze League

NYY · 12-26-2023, 05:58 PM

New to the game and just starting on my second week. I won the WS in Rookie in my first week, so was excited for the challenge of Bronze.

My question - Is it normal to be up against teams with heaps of 100 rated players this low in the leagues? The Bronze League I’m in has a few teams with starting rotations of all 98-100 rated pitchers, and a lineup loaded with 100s.

Seems like these teams should be a lot higher and I’m going to be stuck at Bronze for months building a team that can compete.

Hwilensky · 12-26-2023, 06:13 PM

Depends on which hundreds they are...for a period of time it was easy to complete alot of missions where the rewards were perfect players(build a bears) before you even got out of the entry pool couple that with the PT elites for having a lot of the live guys, and you could field a team of 100's. If you are seeing teams with a bunch of immortals in bronze, then something funny is going on.

bailey · 12-26-2023, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by NYY

New to the game and just starting on my second week. I won the WS in Rookie in my first week, so was excited for the challenge of Bronze.

My question - Is it normal to be up against teams with heaps of 100 rated players this low in the leagues? The Bronze League I’m in has a few teams with starting rotations of all 98-100 rated pitchers, and a lineup loaded with 100s.

Seems like these teams should be a lot higher and I’m going to be stuck at Bronze for months building a team that can compete.

You can check the team's history. If it just started a few weeks ago and has promoted each week then the team is following a simple and legal strategy. If you want the spoiler on how to do it: search for the thread "New Team Primer". It's a little out of date, but the basics are sound.

rburgh · 12-27-2023, 09:07 AM

That often happens in the first couple of weeks of the season, but at this stage of the game I didn't know they would do that.

Also, you should check the lifetime records of those teams - if they're in their 20th season (or more) then something fishy is going on. If they'e in their 5th season, they just know how to play the early stages of the game.

12-26-2023, 05:58 PM	#1
NYY Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 5	Team quality in Bronze League New to the game and just starting on my second week. I won the WS in Rookie in my first week, so was excited for the challenge of Bronze. My question - Is it normal to be up against teams with heaps of 100 rated players this low in the leagues? The Bronze League I’m in has a few teams with starting rotations of all 98-100 rated pitchers, and a lineup loaded with 100s. Seems like these teams should be a lot higher and I’m going to be stuck at Bronze for months building a team that can compete.

12-27-2023, 09:07 AM	#4
rburgh All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 974	How did you manage to go from Rookie to Bronze? That often happens in the first couple of weeks of the season, but at this stage of the game I didn't know they would do that. Also, you should check the lifetime records of those teams - if they're in their 20th season (or more) then something fishy is going on. If they'e in their 5th season, they just know how to play the early stages of the game.

12-26-2023, 06:13 PM	#2
Hwilensky All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 728	Depends on which hundreds they are...for a period of time it was easy to complete alot of missions where the rewards were perfect players(build a bears) before you even got out of the entry pool couple that with the PT elites for having a lot of the live guys, and you could field a team of 100's. If you are seeing teams with a bunch of immortals in bronze, then something funny is going on.