Request - Trust System for CPU Controlled Teams
In Dynasty mode, all CPU team's handle their depth charts the same way and they are static all season long unless injuries cause any movement.
I think it would be beneficial to see a system like the RTG coach's trust system implemented into Dynasty for all CPU teams so that they have more dynamic team management and we could see other teams having position battles, benching struggling starters, giving star freshmen a chance to become full-time starters, etc.
It would help create a more dynamic environment that makes each team feel more like a living team that has coaches making actual personnel decisions. And, it would help make played games feel more realistic as well. If a team comes in with a struggling QB and he throws 2 picks in the 1st half, it would be cool to see the CPU bench him for the rest of the game. That happens in real life, and used to happen in older games, but does not occur anymore.
Having a news page in Dynasty that generated stories based off this system would also be cool. Seeing other teams having legitimate position battles would give the mode life. Seeing an article about a star freshman getting his shot at a premier program that's rebuilding would be cool. Seeing a QB get benched vs you and then seeing him stay benched the rest of the year and that team improving because of it would make it feel like each team is also going through its ups and downs like the user.
It would simply help bring life and logic to a mode that can never have enough of that. While having a simple logic of starting the best rated player makes sense on paper, we know the world isn't as black and white and we know there are plenty of situations where lower overall players would likely be starting in real life. A team with an 80 overall SR QB and a 79 overall FR QB should have a decision to make. Some CPU teams in that situation should run 2-QB systems for a few games before settling on one. Some CPU teams should roll with the senior, some should roll with the freshman.
If there were a way to implement the trust system and give it some depth so that each coach had a profile and they had a value that controlled how quickly they gained or lost trust with players, and had a preference slider that dictated how much they preferred youth vs experience and/or physical ability vs mental ability, it would help each CPU team approach situations differently.
The coach that values mental ratings over physical ratings and potentially experience over youth would start that 80 overall senior QB above as we can assume his awareness would be higher. Another coach with the same roster may have a more volatile trust value and also have a higher preference for youth and physical ability and rolls with the freshman but is quick to bench him if he struggles.
I think this system would really help bring Dynasty mode to life and have each team, coach, program, roster feeling different from dynasty to dynasty and it would hep create some really engaging stories in a very organic and immersive way.