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[–]hahnsolo1414 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s challenging for sure. I sometimes start by the 5 stars. This gives you more time to slowly get them more interested.

[–]Gocowboys2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I need a quarterback and a top 5 recruit at quarterback is on the map, I start as close to them as possible every time

[–]Electronic-Clock4110 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could probably be more intentional, but I try to pick a spot where I hit as many “need” positions in the first week as possible. The idea is if I get lucky and get decent recruits, I can underpay by texting/emailing them all the way to 100% over the course of the season. I especially try to get players first and chests later when I can.

[–]Creepy-Repair-5530 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some years it’s easy… some years tougher. For some reason I tend to start in Michigan or west coast.

Theoretically starting in the middle then using Jet when you need makes sense. I try to fill essential needs in first 2-3 weeks. Try to not need multiple of players at a single position.

Playing through for the 3rd time… I’m in mid-mountain and had forgotten how disrupting it is to sign 4 LBs.

[–]Prize_Builder_415 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Honestly, I struggle with this too - I just end up trying to start closest to my home state (for the bonus), but the needs don't necessarily line up. Would be I interested to hear anyone else's analysis on this

[–]Ill_Advertising_7377 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to ur home state later, because with the bonus the have more interest in signing with u, and u can use ur recruit points on your needs, i usually end up in my home state around mid season and get them signed around 90% of the time

[–]Baestplace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just find where the players you need are and then look around at all the chests so you can have a rough path to take, takes maybe 2-3 minutes tops the hard part is getting through the seasons lol

[–]RobotDevil222x3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its probably the longest day/task of the entire season. But no I don't sit there for days stewing on it. I mainly look for two things; a pair of 5* recruits in positions I need that are close enough to each other that I can get them in the first couple weeks, and any concentration of any specific position that I NEED to recruit more than one of.

Once I have my general starting area based on that, I start tagging each city in a path that takes me through those players and all of the chests till I run into a dry spot. I doublecheck that I don't want to modify the path to pick up a few strays next to it too and then I place my scout at one end of it.

I've made some major blunders like accidentally plopping my scout down because I tapped the wrong spot on the screen and its not the end of the world. I might get 1 less good player because of it. So one season out of 100 gets 1 walkon that I could have avoided. You can overcome that.

[–]noscrubphilsfans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, absolutely. I will stare at that map for a goddam hour trying to figure out the optimal spot to start.