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AI Trade settings?

r/OOTP,

Reddit's search function sucks, so pardon me if this has been asked and I missed it.

What trade settings do you use in your files? I currently have mine on the 'default' settings of:

Trading difficulty: Average

Ratings weight: 65

Current years stats: 15

Previous years stats: 15

2 years ago stats: 10

But it seems like the AI never wants to swap around minor leaguers or even negotiate trades. I've pulled off a handful of trades, but they were like pulling teeth and probably took me hours of real life time to negotiate.

I know that's how baseball works, but it gets really frustrating when I want to trade away a surplus player for a similarly or worse rated player at another position and none of the AI teams even consider it. Sometimes I just want to swap some minor league non-prospects for other non-prospects without it being a grueling experience.

Does anyone have any trade settings that work better, or any suggestions for tweaking my settings?

Posted Jan 4, 2015, 6:52 AM UTC

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Ohsera14•

I use Hard 40/30/20/10. Seen some people in the forums also favor 30/40/20/10. I think I've also seen Very Hard 25/25/25/25 being used.

Just try different combinations until you find one that's to your liking. Start a trade with the AI, then try that same trade after switching to different AI settings.

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Lezz_Get_It_Son•

I think it comes down to what you want from the game. I've done games where I'll crank up the difficulty. However, in one of my casual games, I was trading two all star caliber players for pure cap relief. I offered to a team that could afford them and had need at their respective positions. All I asked for in return was a solid reliever prospect. Turns out they wanted my top prospect (4.5 star OF) in addition to two all stars, all for a reliever prospect currently at 1/2 star (albeit with 5 star potential). I turned the trade difficulty down a level and completed it. I think ultimately it matters what you want. I've done that a time or two where I turn the difficulty down to complete a trade where I know it would be completed in real life, after all, I'm playing for realism and fun, not to handicap myself unnecessarily, but it comes down to what you want.

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