Franchise Too Easy?

[Jgrillo5]

I usually do a franchise with the Cardinals and it has just been to easy. I don't play all the games (barely any) and I will get a streak of about 3-5 World Series titles and I will just have to quit. I have injuries on and i still do great. I have tried rebuilding the White Sox, Astros, and Marlins and I will still easily succeed. I don't want to seem like i am bragging but I am getting really bored. Is there anything I can do to make it harder or more interesting?

[DarthRambo]

Find better sliders and highet difficulty level. Check mine out in the sliders forum. They are very challenging. Also I would suggest 30 team control so you can make sure every team had realistic lineups throughout the season with injuries.

Play more games! The game gets harder sometimes from just playing more. You'll experience hot and cold streaks and see how hard the game can be.

[bobtrain]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jgrillo5

I usually do a franchise with the Cardinals and it has just been to easy. I don't play all the games (barely any) and I will get a streak of about 3-5 World Series titles and I will just have to quit. I have injuries on and i still do great. I have tried rebuilding the White Sox, Astros, and Marlins and I will still easily succeed. I don't want to seem like i am bragging but I am getting really bored. Is there anything I can do to make it harder or more interesting?

Don't take this wrong, but as a Brewers fan the Cardinals have one of the best teams and have one of the best farm systems so of course it's easy.

[rjackson]

First, don't take advantage of the game's faulty trade logic. For example, the Marlins are rebuilding so they realistically would not give you Yelich and Marisnick for an aging veteran.

Next, use auto-scouting. Doing it yourself gives you an advantage over the CPU.

Finally, use auto-training for the same reasons.

[RangersCruz]

Play with the White Sox/Cubs/Astros

[1stpitchhacker]

Have you tried Legend difficult with the CPU sliders maxed out?

[rjackson]

If you read the post, he's tried those teams and sims nearly all of his games.

[WaitTilNextYear]

This is actually easy to fix

1) raise the sliders until playing .500 ball is challenging and maybe even a little frustrating

2) play with a bad team (or a good team, but raise the sliders to offset). If you do sim a ton of games, the sliders won't be able to correct for a stacked team though, so you'll need to play more games and sim less to make this work.

3) use restrictive house rules. For example you can't trade at all during the 1st year (or can only make 1-2 minor deals) so you're forced to actually play with a bad team. So many people do a rebuilding chise, but do all the rebuilding before the first game, lol. There are all kinds of house rules regarding payroll, not cheesing trades, and auto scouting. Be as hard on yourself as you need to be to make it fun and challenging.