Ok, so I survived my first season. Additionally, somewhere along the way, the other human that was curb stomping everyone in my division(V.40) went bot, with a net result of me winning the league. Which leads to a few questions.

1) How do I figure out which league in division IV I will be going to?
2) I've been expanding my passing attack all season, as the word is rushing doesn't cut it in higher divisions, but is rushing still a viable backup/supplement to a passing game in division IV?
3) I've been trimming off the dead wood(1 stars and over 26 YoA) from the team, as I understand it, 3.5/4 star is the minimum useful talent in the upper divisions. Does that apply to division IV as well, or can I effectively 'soldier on' with my current crop of 2-3.5 star guys until I can obtain stronger(talent wise) players?

Yeah, the wage costs were one of my concerns when it comes to choosing players. Hence why I elected to exchange the old folks first, rather than all the <3.5 star ones. I figure until I have finished the executive seats(VIP already done) I'd try an hold on with the lower cost players, but if it meant bouncing back down a division I was going to try and figure an alternate strategy. Thanks for the information on the rushing game as well, as my completion percentage is usually around 25-30%, and the rushing attack at least keeps the first downs coming on a regular basis.

I think the wage costs are what got the other human in my league actually, based on the scores and his suddenly turning bot...

expect there to be 3 human teams in your div4 with maybe an extra 1 if 1 relegates to it from div3 keep building steadily you shouldnt rush it to much

mm2ss wrote: Yeah, the wage costs were one of my concerns when it comes to choosing players. Hence why I elected to exchange the old folks first, rather than all the <3.5 star ones. I figure until I have finished the executive seats(VIP already done) I'd try an hold on with the lower cost players, but if it meant bouncing back down a division I was going to try and figure an alternate strategy. Thanks for the information on the rushing game as well, as my completion percentage is usually around 25-30%, and the rushing attack at least keeps the first downs coming on a regular basis. I think the wage costs are what got the other human in my league actually, based on the scores and his suddenly turning bot...

Higher talent players don't cost any more than low talent players. It's all in what their highest skill point is. You can collect 3.5* and 4* talent players fairly cheap and just train their spd/str. That will give you higher talent players and keep the wages down as well. Just don't spend a lot of money buying them up.