Scouting is where you can really see what your opponent has and is doing with play selection and use. Its the one thing that will show whether or not your opponent is getting the level of play variety and use that we are trying to do, and vice versa.
When you click on Scout Offense : start with the "Number of Recent Gaems" set to 1. And the :Minimum Times Used" to 1. Then look at your opponents plays to see what was used the most and how many times, along with how many plays used. Im playing against the Missouri State Bears next game. 26 offense plays were used (which is about 10 fewer than the desired level). One play was used 8 times, there's needs to be some adjustments, that play did not do very well, so the owner should want to correct that asap.
Next, you go by "Personnel", Here are the results for the Bears ....... 5wr had no plays used, 1te4wr - 0, 1rb4wr - 0, 113 - 7 plays used 13 times, 122- 1/1, 2rb3wr - 7 plays used 11 times, 212 - 10 plays/27 times, 221-0, 2rb3te - 0, 311 - 1/2.
There's some adjustments and possibly play additions that need to be done there.
Defense Scouting ....... 1 game, 1 minimum play used. Bears .... 19 plays used, Not Good
heavy use (more than 6 times, most being 12). There's a lot of adjustment and changes needed to fix that. The Bears are not gaining much of an advantage, based on the play avgs., but they have a very low variety of play selection/use.
I will PM the owner to let him know and to suggest what he can do to correct the non-variety. This will be the best way to get all the teams & owners squared away.
Settings for offense .... 1. Gameplan, sets your play preference by field position, so that will vary team to team. 2. Personnel ... MOST IMPORTANT, set your personnel all at ten. If you are getting too many plays by personnel sets that you dont want to use as much, reduce the setting number (slider). But, try to get at least one play per game from all personnel sets.
Setting for defense .... 1. Secondary . this you can vary a little from having the same number (slider setting) for each secondary setting. But, dont vary it too much or you will reduce your overall variety. 2. Linebackers ... all the same, other than 2+ Blitz, I put that at 1 or 2.
If you are still not getting a good variety of calls with those settings, then there may be something else throwing things off, like rules. You should only have 2 rules, the ones posted. Plus a rule for Offense 4th down and 0-1 (when you want to go for it instead of punt or FG attempt). There are other rules you can use, but make sure they dont severely affect your play variety & use. If you are getting one play used 8 or more times in a game, that's a problem. If you are having a major problem with this, I would suggest clearing all your rules. Use the settings described above and in other threads. Then, CAREFULLY, add the 2 rules for the GL and Nickel not being automatically called by the Ai Coach. If there is still a problem, PM me!
Last edited at 5/03/2023 8:00 pm
