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athos
posted: 2011-12-20 16:15:59 (ID: 20424) Report Abuse
I ABSOLUTELY love this game. I spend hours on a Gameplan, lose badly, and go and spend more hours on the next Gameplan. Then there's the Training, Finances, Draft and Long Term Strategy to ponder. I really don't care that I'm not very good - I'm LOVING Red Zone Action, and the only reason I'm not more active on the Forums is that I just don't have the time!!

Following yesterdays Coaching innovation, I just laughed, shrugged and thought - wow, I'm gonna have to go more simple, I just can't keep up!

But today, it occurred to me that I'm somewhat nuts so to me it doesn't matter - but what will everybody be thinking when there are a lot more active teams? Will the sheer complexity and depth of the game be too much if 3 out of 4 games are against Human Teams?

More importantly, what about new coaches? Surely it will be just to big a mountain to climb for the majority of rookies as they will have to commit pretty seriously to make any headway?

With VERY best wishes,

Thesp
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posted: 2011-12-20 16:24:31 (ID: 20425) Report Abuse
athos wrote:
I ABSOLUTELY love this game. I spend hours on a Gameplan, lose badly, and go and spend more hours on the next Gameplan. Then there's the Training, Finances, Draft and Long Term Strategy to ponder. I really don't care that I'm not very good - I'm LOVING Red Zone Action, and the only reason I'm not more active on the Forums is that I just don't have the time!!

Following yesterdays Coaching innovation, I just laughed, shrugged and thought - wow, I'm gonna have to go more simple, I just can't keep up!

But today, it occurred to me that I'm somewhat nuts so to me it doesn't matter - but what will everybody be thinking when there are a lot more active teams? Will the sheer complexity and depth of the game be too much if 3 out of 4 games are against Human Teams?

More importantly, what about new coaches? Surely it will be just to big a mountain to climb for the majority of rookies as they will have to commit pretty seriously to make any headway?

With VERY best wishes,

Thesp

Great that you are here.

I have a question regarding the workload.
Why don't you focus on one aspect of the game after another one you managed to understand or even mastered?
For example: You have no playbook? That's OK, you might lose some games, but the engine is quit good with some basic or even an empty playbook.
So why not leave it for the start and focus on training for example?

Still, thanks for beeing here and sharing you thoughts!

Last edited on 2011-12-20 16:37:37 by jack6

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athos
posted: 2011-12-20 16:35:10 (ID: 20428) Report Abuse
I spend hours on EVERY aspect - I just highlighted trying a new playbook every match to show how committed I am!!

I just worry, not for me, but for Red Zone Action that it may possibly evolve into a game played only by a very small of Human Coaches, because rookies will just find it all too much ..... that would be such a shame.
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posted: 2011-12-20 16:37:24 (ID: 20429) Report Abuse
athos wrote:
I spend hours on EVERY aspect - I just highlighted trying a new playbook every match to show how committed I am!!

I just worry, not for me, but for Red Zone Action that it may possibly evolve into a game played only by a very small of Human Coaches, because rookies will just find it all too much ..... that would be such a shame.

That's right.
We probably should setup a guide for newbees to avoid that "going crazy in the details" thing.
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NYDOGS
posted: 2011-12-20 16:38:41 (ID: 20431) Report Abuse
jack6 wrote:
athos wrote:
I spend hours on EVERY aspect - I just highlighted trying a new playbook every match to show how committed I am!!

I just worry, not for me, but for Red Zone Action that it may possibly evolve into a game played only by a very small of Human Coaches, because rookies will just find it all too much ..... that would be such a shame.

That's right.
We probably should setup a guide for newbees to avoid that "going crazy in the details" thing.


I hadn't real time to continue writing the guide these times but hope to do so very soon!
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Buffalo
posted: 2011-12-20 16:44:14 (ID: 20435) Report Abuse
I think the most time things are:

- watching live games (not absolutely needed)
- buying players (not absolutely needed)
- creating a playbook (no problem to go with normal match setting for the beginning)
- reading the forum (you should do, to be up to date)

In my opinion you can spend only 2-3 hour at RZA per week or 20-50 hours and you can win games. That is the good thing at RZA. Cleat is, if you spend more time you will have eventually more success, but his is the way in every browser game.

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posted: 2011-12-20 16:50:22 (ID: 20438)
Have to join here, since the concerns about rookies are valid.

One step is on todo already: we should set up a basic playbook for O and D once a manager is joining the game. So he has something to start with. Another thing: we could set basic game settings as a default option, so newbees wont lose because of using bot tactics.

Anything additional?

The idea is to give newbees some ideas of each setting, instead "providing" them many, but empty settings.

I guess this would solve much confusion.
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Buffalo
posted: 2011-12-20 16:53:36 (ID: 20441) Report Abuse
Add for each season one random superstar (with a drafty-skillset) to the starting rooster, when a new manager joins the game.
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posted: 2011-12-20 17:00:41 (ID: 20448)
Buffalo wrote:
Add for each season one random superstar (with a drafty-skillset) to the starting rooster, when a new manager joins the game.


Please explain a bit more. I don't get it completely, I am afraid
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Buffalo
posted: 2011-12-20 17:06:27 (ID: 20450) Report Abuse
Admin wrote:
Buffalo wrote:
Add for each season one random superstar (with a drafty-skillset) to the starting rooster, when a new manager joins the game.


Please explain a bit more. I don't get it completely, I am afraid


Managers who join in season 2 get one Star to their starting rooster.
Jonining in season 3 having 2 Stars in the starting rooster.
Joining in Season 4 having 3 Stars ...... and so on.

So the gap between rookies and veterans will be a little bit smaller.

Last edited on 2011-12-20 17:06:40 by Buffalo

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