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Steam News25 November 20241y ago

Update v0.37.5: Recruiting & prestige balance

Minor improvements: Add +75 as the cap for max total bonus priority points for a recruit Slightly reduce coach pedigree bonus active chance for blue chip recruits Weigh playing time higher in recruit priority generation

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  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Events
addedMinor improvements:Add +75 as the cap for max total bonus priority points for a recruit
changedMinor improvements:Slightly reduce coach pedigree bonus active chance for blue chip recruits
removedMinor improvements:Raise expected prestige score for 9-10 star schools, remove playoff bonus for 10-star when in 6+ team playoff
addedMinor improvements:Add 25% extra penalty for 10-star schools losing prestige if they have 50k+ prestige points
addedMinor improvements:Add 'zoom' preference which can be configured in "Display Settings"
fixedBug fixes:Fix marketing bonus not being applied for prestige gains in certain scenarios

Football Coach: College Dynasty changes

addedAdd +75 as the cap for max total bonus priority points for a recruit
changedSlightly reduce coach pedigree bonus active chance for blue chip recruits
removedRaise expected prestige score for 9-10 star schools, remove playoff bonus for 10-star when in 6+ team playoff
addedAdd 25% extra penalty for 10-star schools losing prestige if they have 50k+ prestige points
addedAdd 'zoom' preference which can be configured in "Display Settings"

Minor improvements:

  • Add +75 as the cap for max total bonus priority points for a recruit

  • Slightly reduce coach pedigree bonus active chance for blue chip recruits

  • Weigh playing time higher in recruit priority generation for blue chip recruits & "wants to be a star" personality players

  • Intelligently sort targeted recruits for CPU teams when not on easy difficulty, change how they use actions to favor better actions on higher priority targets

  • Make CPU teams smarter when initially targeting recruits, to look a bit further down for better potential recruits

  • Reduce auto-recruit penalty, now no penalty for normal and slightly less penalty on hard/legend

  • Raise expected prestige score for 9-10 star schools, remove playoff bonus for 10-star when in 6+ team playoff

  • Add 25% extra penalty for 10-star schools losing prestige if they have 50k+ prestige points

  • Add 'zoom' preference which can be configured in "Display Settings"

Bug fixes:

  • Fix marketing bonus not being applied for prestige gains in certain scenarios

  • Fix scheduling swap issues from throwing error

This update is mainly focused on balance, with an emphasis on recruiting and high-tier schools.

Right now I've seen those 10-star schools dominate after they get rolling (winning 5+ in a row, with #1 class each time), so I want to reduce that snowball effect. I've added a cap for total bonus priority points in recruiting to be +75, which prevents those superstar coaches/teams from having up to +150, which really makes a difference in recruiting. I've also increased playing time weight, so those really good teams may have a slightly harder time hoarding talent. And I changed prestige gains slightly, so there are higher expectations for 10-star schools, preventing them from keeping their 10-star rating as easily through down seasons.

I've also adjusted recruiting logic for CPU teams (and auto-recruit), which should make other teams smarter when initially targeting recruits and when battling for those recruits during the season. I hope this provides a more realistic challenge, but I've also adjusted the auto-recruit penalty to be less on 'normal' difficulty for those who don't enjoy the recruiting aspect as much.

Thanks for playing!

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Steam News / 25 November 2024

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