NCAA 09 Patch #2 Available --- Impressions Here

[crques]

So is there definite confirmation that cpu sliders work now?

[dkrause1971]

I thought i would post my first game post patch for those at work.

S Cal 61 (me), Mich St 29- AA level- adjusted sliders- CPU QB at 40- 8 minutes

Sanchez 17-27-163-1-0
Hoyer 13-29-165-2-5 44%

Johnson 41-200-2- long 13
McKnight 5-70-1 Long 38
Cable had like 5 carries

Ringer 10-116-1 Long 80
Jimmerson 6-75- 1 long 67

Drops
MSU 4
USC 1

Sacks
USC 3
MSU 1

Penalties- using mood sliders
USC 3
MSU 4

Some thoughts- obviously was nice to see Hoyer under 50% at home when he is a pretty good QB. The MSU points were all on big plays. The two runs you see there. Hoyer hit Ringer on a blitz for a long TD and McKnight fumbled a punt return.

The five picks were more than i would have hoped and two i returned for TDs. This is with int at 0 and i think awr was 30. I probably dropped a good 3-4 more.

I am raising the QB Acc to 45 and dropped awr for me now. I really had hoped for more sacks and thought i did have one or two more than the CPU listed but overall the pressure wasn't that good.

Only 5 drops in the game total with catching at zero for both surprised me a tad. As did 7 total penalties using the Mood sliders which are turned down. Most were holding however.

Overall, USC should beat MSU and did. MSU has some big play guys and did that. Would have liked to see more D Line pressure as two of those three sacks where by a safety and LB. One was a stupid QB running out play.

[bamaboy082]

Yes the sliders definitely work and it doesn't take large adjustments to make a huge difference. The only slider that I think does not work is the WR Catch slider I set it to 0 and still dont see many dropped passes...

But I think with this patch we could be close to having a solid game

[jrodpsu]

I hope I'm not getting too excited for this. I want to be able to play this game and have fun... alas we wait for the PS3 patch....

[Strummer101er]

Quote: Originally Posted by bamaboy082

The only slider that I think does not work is the WR Catch slider I set it to 0 and still dont see many dropped passes...

If the WR Catching slider works like it did in NCAA 08, it doesn't affect catching so much as it affects how well receivers react and adapt to the ball when it's in the air.

Think of it more as WR Awareness.

[Vince]

To players still run out of bounds when they have a crap load of green in front of them?

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

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.

Pre-patch AA & Heisman were too easy for me.

I'm trying to make Varsity difficult because I can get some type of pass rush on that level.

I'm gonna make a slider log right now...

[Keyser Soze]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

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

yeah, at work. make sure you post your sliders that you are starting with in your slider thread. i have presentations to give today so i will be unable to play until after work sometime.