NCAA Football 11 Dynasty Blog 2 of 3 - Prospects

[jolson88]

Wow, this is sounding fantastic. The possibility for more realistic recruiting and progression is definitely looking up. Every announcement that goes by though I expect to see AD-like additions less and less though . Still, if coaching carousel were added as well, I could live without it .

Man, is the game out yet? I can't wait any longer :P.

[I Peench]

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We took another look at player progression this year and really pushed Potential to be the major force in driving how much better players on your team get. This choice came from gathering lots of feedback from you guys in the community from the forums and the Live Chat we had on the subject a while back. Basically, potential felt like the best equalizer to measure a players worth in conjunction with his overall rating. The balancing factor to keep this more realistic is not every player uses his potential rating to determine his value, so there is still some surprise when you get any Prospect on your roster.

One of the MAJOR complaints about Madden is how much potential impacts progression. Why are they doing the same for NCAA? It should be a factor, but the major driving force? Negative. Progression should be coupled with how the player fits into the SCHEME and the coaches that surround that player and develop him.

Other than that, things look good. This is very frustrating news for me, however.

[Vaporub83]

Quote: Originally Posted by I Peench

One of the MAJOR complaints about Madden is how much potential impacts progression. Why are they doing the same for NCAA? It should be a factor, but the major driving force? Negative. Progression should be coupled with how the player fits into the SCHEME and the coaches that surround that player and develop him. Other than that, things look good. This is very frustrating news for me, however.

I don't think it hurts NCAA as much just due to the fact that the prospects won't last long. 5 years at the most then they move on. Plus I think college is driven more by potential than professional. In college a coach is likely to change his scheme to fit in a high potenial guy. Look at Mack Brown and Texas they have altered their system to utilize his QB's strengths. I can't really think of an NFL team changing an entire scheme to fit in one player.

[DorianDonP]

I like the sound of it....but I would LOVE the sound of it if the roster sizes were upped. Sometimes, highly rated freshman would be a saving grace because of roster limitations. If we have to wait for potential in this game, then it kind of sucks having to cut your depth...or decide between a solid player with no potential and a lower rated player with good potential....who do you cut? Grrr.

Looking forward to blog 3 though. I'm hoping it will tie up some of the loose ends.

[fcboiler87]

This is definitely awesome news. I wonder, though, will we be able to see something about a player's potential when we are recruiting them? That would be great so that Player A just goes and signs for stars but Player B goes and works and finds the guys with skill but really high potential and it pays out for them in the end.

Hopefully coaching carousel is next!

[Kobalt]

Liked what I read for this blog

[yanks26ngoin]

So in other words, this is what has been done to Dynasty Mode this year that are significant. Giving the phone call a new look and a face lift and increased the difficulty of getting a recruit by adding something that isnt realistic at all. And renaming the top prospects list and extending it to 150 and then adding potential ratings as a driving force in a prospect, and then fixing something that wasnt even broke(I did not see 1 single recruit come in higher than an 83 last year). Sweet!

Heres hoping that there will be actual big news concerning dynasty mode released at E3...

[fcboiler87]

Quote: Originally Posted by yanks26ngoin

So in other words, this is what has been done to Dynasty Mode this year that are significant. Giving the phone call a new look and a face lift and increased the difficulty of getting a recruit by adding something that isnt realistic at all. And renaming the top prospects list and extending it to 150 and then adding potential ratings as a driving force in a prospect, and then fixing something that wasnt even broke(I did not see 1 single recruit come in higher than an 83 last year). Sweet! Heres hoping that there will be actual big news concerning dynasty mode released at E3...

If you signed one of the major recruits that were new in the offseason (talk about unrealistic) those guys were loaded. I've seen them come in anywhere from 87-90. Regular season recruits were not like that though.