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SteveP · 08-03-2009, 04:24 PM

I don't have definitive answers to either question, but I'll speculate FWIW:

1. This may have more to do with game design and programming complications than anything to do with realism. Unfortunately, a computer sim runs into blank walls sometimes. This may be one of those times.

2. The AI is clearly programmed to put a dollar value on players, and it probably does that pretty well most of the time -- that is, the AI won't overpay for someone. The programming that lies behind the AI's ability to evaluate a team's financials is ... rudimentary, shall we say. Your ability to make a holistic assessment of what's in the best interest of a team financially is going to be better than the AI's. The AI just spends money until it can't spend money any more.

My best guesses.

08-03-2009, 04:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
SteveP Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,768 Thanked 260x in 197 posts	I don't have definitive answers to either question, but I'll speculate FWIW: 1. This may have more to do with game design and programming complications than anything to do with realism. Unfortunately, a computer sim runs into blank walls sometimes. This may be one of those times. 2. The AI is clearly programmed to put a dollar value on players, and it probably does that pretty well most of the time -- that is, the AI won't overpay for someone. The programming that lies behind the AI's ability to evaluate a team's financials is ... rudimentary, shall we say. Your ability to make a holistic assessment of what's in the best interest of a team financially is going to be better than the AI's. The AI just spends money until it can't spend money any more. My best guesses.