NCAA 09 Patch #2 Available --- Impressions Here

[bamaboy082]

To me AA is still way too easy...Being a believer that penalty sliders do effect gameplay I'm having a blast on Heisman but the Robo QB does rear its ugly head from time to time

[Glenn33]

My (very) brief Unscientific impressions:

- Virginia(me) vs. Texas AM
- I played on AA with my personal modified sliders; the only change I did was make QB Accuracy 0/Pass Blocking 0 and I upped RB Ability and Blocking (70 each) for the CPU)
- While the Pass rush is "improved" you are not going to pile up on sacks against the CPU. You're just not - the game is not designed that way. We are going to have to learn to deal with that.
- The Accuracy slider works..CPU overthrew a couple and started off the game missing the first 4 passes.
- The RB ability and blocking slider work. The CPU was legitimately running over me. Nice for a change.
- Special teams definitely improved.

I'm pretty happy so far.

[callmetaternuts]

Post what you find on AA and Varsity. I just want to play on a level where i feel challenged agaisnt good teams and kill bad teams. AA right now (pre-patch) was a cakewalk

[ThaPeeplz]

Well, the returns now average from the 25 to 35 yard lines, so thats changed. I also noticed a better pass rush from the defensive ends. I had to turn pass block up to 20(was playing with 15). It most def has changed the game up. Pursuit angles are stilll jacked up in certain situations though. Its cool. I was straight before the patch. The difficulty seems to have raised a bit. Overall, it seems to be a good patch.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by callmetaternuts

Post what you find on AA and Varsity. I just want to play on a level where i feel challenged agaisnt good teams and kill bad teams. AA right now (pre-patch) was a cakewalk

I know you are a pretty good player but I would suggest starting on AA and really boosting things for the cpu to try to find a challenge for yourself.

ie. drop human def. awareness to 0 but boost cpu awareness to 100
boost cpu run block and RBA to 100 (stuff like that)

I think AA plays a more balanced game without some of the bad things Heisman offers. If you still can't find a challenge then jump to Heisman but I do think people should try to make AA work for them before making that leap.

[Strummer101er]

I must be imagining things, because I swear defenders are taking better pursuit angles.

[Keyser Soze]

are pancakes LESS on AA? that is the ONLY reason I can possibly think of looking at AA since heisman is so easy this year. If my DLine falls down LESS then great, if not then why?

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by Keyser Soze

are pancakes LESS on AA? that is the ONLY reason I can possibly think of looking at AA since heisman is so easy this year. If my DLine falls down LESS then great, if not then why?

Why are you at work? You're supposed to be home testing this game, finding answers not asking questions.