NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

[EAreaper26]

Quote: Originally Posted by TombSong

The Kick return problem I am starting to not see as a problem. I kinda like the fact that there is a element of fear that someone can potentially break a big on on you if you are not careful with your kick off coverage. It could maybe use a tweak, but the way it is now the game does make kickoffs more than just an event to exchange the ball. This Rocket catch thang though, we need a heavy discussion on that problem.

just increase the kickoff and punt power sliders and it will eliminate the coverage problems.

[mike1409]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Yep.. if you read my introduction when I first joined the board I was straight up front saying that I'm not here to spin things or try to sell you a game. I don't work in PR, I don't work in marketing. I'm a game designer, and I want to provide answers and insight and collect feedback from the game for how we can make it better for our hardcore gamer audience. As much as we'd love to design the game 100% hardcore, that just isn't feasible. We have to make a game for a whole spectrum of people that may decide to purchase it.

Isn't that what difficulty levels and sliders are for?

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by EAreaper26

just increase the kickoff and punt power sliders and it will eliminate the coverage problems.

That doesn't work at all for the punt returns imo. The human punt returns on AA difficulty are too easy no matter what you do. I've tried dropping punt length, increasing punt length, punt accuracy, whatever. I can return punts at 20+ yards almost every time on AA and I've normally been a lousy returner in the past. I did find that the punt returns seemed really good on Heisman though.

[FlyingFinn]

If the very poor pursuit logic by tacklers (Kick Coverage/Defense/Interception Returns) and the ghost juke were both fixed in a patch, I would happily punk down my 60 bones for this game.

[therizing02]

Quote: Originally Posted by EAreaper26

just increase the kickoff and punt power sliders and it will eliminate the coverage problems.

If only it were that simple. This part of the game is broken. End of story. The coverage teams are slow to get down the field. If you increase the length of the kick that means the coverage team has farther to run. Because they are programmed to run so damn slow you're almost guaranteed a big return.

Mu house rule is to count to 5 before before moving the return man. Even the "don't use the sprint" rule doesn't help.

[callmetaternuts]

There are multiple things that are "broken" Check Ian's thread that he started a week ago and it lists those features. We all nkow what they are, and at this point, we have no idea if they are being touched for the patch. We just know they were looked at.

I want my college game back. I live for this game and get so jacked up when it comes out. Normally im in year 3 or 4 of a single player dynasty by now, and i honestly havent gotten past game 1. SO aggravated.

[BigBodySS]

Quote: Originally Posted by callmetaternuts

I want my college game back. I live for this game and get so jacked up when it comes out. Normally im in year 3 or 4 of a single player dynasty by now, and i honestly havent gotten past game 1. SO aggravated.

Amen brotha, amen....

[FORMULA316]

BTW, what day are we on regarding patch watch? Day 8?