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Notice of Pending Ai Action

By WarEagle
6/23/2017 7:17 am
I would like to see a notice anytime there is a situation in which the Ai will take some action at the next sim if I don't do something to intervene.

This notice should include a link that will open a window showing you exactly what the Ai is going to do and why.

Example:

NOTICE: The AI will take action on your behalf at the next sim. Click here for details.


When you click for the details you see that:
the Ai is planning to cut your top 3 draft picks from the recent draft in order to get your roster size down to 60 before TC.
or
the Ai is planning to sign a LB coach because you don't have one
or
the Ai is planning to reorder your depth chart (or activate/deactivate players) because you only have 44 active players
or
etc.


I think this would be especially useful for new players.
They could see the disaster that would happen if the Ai took action for them without having to learn it the hard way (and maybe quit as a result).

Re: Notice of Pending Ai Action

By Booger926
6/23/2017 6:48 pm
WarEagle wrote:
I would like to see a notice anytime there is a situation in which the Ai will take some action at the next sim if I don't do something to intervene.

This notice should include a link that will open a window showing you exactly what the Ai is going to do and why.

Example:

NOTICE: The AI will take action on your behalf at the next sim. Click here for details.


When you click for the details you see that:
the Ai is planning to cut your top 3 draft picks from the recent draft in order to get your roster size down to 60 before TC.
or
the Ai is planning to sign a LB coach because you don't have one
or
the Ai is planning to reorder your depth chart (or activate/deactivate players) because you only have 44 active players
or
etc.


I think this would be especially useful for new players.
They could see the disaster that would happen if the Ai took action for them without having to learn it the hard way (and maybe quit as a result).


But with this, it becomes "set it and Forget it".....nothing more than playing an advanced AI. This would be fine for about 3-4 seasons, but then it would become apparent that the SIFI team is a AI and maybe some like playing against another human.

Last edited at 6/23/2017 6:49 pm

Re: Notice of Pending Ai Action

By WarEagle
6/23/2017 9:22 pm
What?

I don't understand how your comment has anything to do with this suggestion.

Nothing would change from how it is now except that instead of waking up one day to find out the Ai cut some of your best players, you would know beforehand that the Ai was going to take control of your team and perform a few tasks (and what it would actually do and why).

The Ai already does this, you just don't know what it is going to do until it is too late.

EX: Some new players don't know that the red number on the depth chart means the Ai is going to take control during the next game stage sim and make changes, maybe even putting in your star RB who is banged up and you wanted to rest in the next game. Etc, etc.

Or maybe the Ai is going to cut the 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks you just made (instead of 3 scrubs) to get your roster down to 53 before the first game (as happened to me).
Last edited at 6/23/2017 9:27 pm

Re: Notice of Pending Ai Action

By Booger926
6/24/2017 9:13 am
WarEagle wrote:
What?

I don't understand how your comment has anything to do with this suggestion.

Nothing would change from how it is now except that instead of waking up one day to find out the Ai cut some of your best players, you would know beforehand that the Ai was going to take control of your team and perform a few tasks (and what it would actually do and why).

The Ai already does this, you just don't know what it is going to do until it is too late.

EX: Some new players don't know that the red number on the depth chart means the Ai is going to take control during the next game stage sim and make changes, maybe even putting in your star RB who is banged up and you wanted to rest in the next game. Etc, etc.

Or maybe the Ai is going to cut the 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks you just made (instead of 3 scrubs) to get your roster down to 53 before the first game (as happened to me).

For active owners like yourself, it would definitely be a plus. But for the inactive owners, and we all know that they are a lot of them, I consider it just another excuse to be even more inactive, just SIAFI. But that's just my opinion
Last edited at 6/24/2017 9:14 am

Re: Notice of Pending Ai Action

By WarEagle
6/24/2017 9:57 am
I still don't understand.

The Ai wouldn't be doing anything it's not already doing.

I think it would prompt players to be more active because they could now be aware that if they don't do something the Ai is going to do XXX (which will most likely NOT be something they would want to be done).

Of course if someone doesn't sign in for days, or doesn't choose to read the message, nothing would be any different than it is now.