NCAA 09 Patch #2 Available --- Impressions Here

[BuckeyesFan21]

Quote: Originally Posted by callmetaternuts

Are you guys feeling like its possible to stop the CPU on defense now (passing)? And where the heck are cb and ODogg?

I've only play one game with the patch, but it still feels like it is hard to stop. The DBs still can make stupid mistakes that they shouldn't and I noticed the slant still works well.

[mudtiger]

I'm 99.9% satisfied. Ea, you done good with this patch. It's too bad this wasn't the game released a month ago.

A game I should not win and did not. Very defense oriented game from start to finish.

AF 6 (me) - TCU 23

AF
off 305
rush 63-236
pass 8-16-69
3rd dwn 7-18
plays 79

QB Smith 8-16-69, 50%, 2 sack, 11-63rush
HB Stephens 22-67, 3.0avg, long 10
HB Lumpkin 17-60, 3.5avg, long 17
FB Newell 10-30, 3.0avg
HB Ford 2-22, 11.0avg
TE Dekker 3-26

TCU
off 357
rush 28-96
pass 19-30-261
3rd dwn 4-14
plays 58

QB Dalton 19-30-261, 63%, 2 TD, sack 5, 4-10rush
HB Brown 18-88, 4.8avg, long 17
TE Fuller 4-80, 45 YAC
WR Bryant 4-66, 1 TD, long 35
WR Young 3-41, 1 TD

[Vince]

i can live with lack of sacks and a bit of robo qb if the cpu can amount a solid running game....seems like we have that now.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrUrsus

I just didn't see any difference at all on All-american default sliders with the pass rush or OL/DL interaction. I need to play more and try slider tweaks, but I just think alot of this may be wishful thinking. I don't remember OMT or EA stating that they were going to address the OL/DL interaction. Unless they tweaked the way the sliders worked. I hope you guys that say so are correct, I really do. What did you guys do, OMT, so we can stop speculating? Did you increase slider effectiveness or tweak the OL/DL? Thanks for getting this patch out so quick.

OMT said they didn't address the OL/DL interaction or pass rush. If you are at default I would guess that stuff would play exactly the same. With the fixed cpu sliders I think people are seeing some improvements as they have adjusted things.

I would like to know if they increased the slider effectiveness as well as I feel they are watered down this year (but I doubt it). I'm assuming they just made sure the cpu ones worked.

Still waiting for the PS3 patch.

[mudtiger]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

OMT said they didn't address the OL/DL interaction or pass rush. If you are at default I would guess that stuff would play exactly the same. With the fixed cpu sliders I think people are seeing some improvements as they have adjusted things. I would like to know if they increased the slider effectiveness as well as I feel they are watered down this year (but I doubt it). I'm assuming they just made sure the cpu ones worked. Still waiting for the PS3 patch.

I have very little doubt the interception slider has been made more effective. Couldn't tell you about the others so far.

[Keyser Soze]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

OMT said they didn't address the OL/DL interaction or pass rush. If you are at default I would guess that stuff would play exactly the same. With the fixed cpu sliders I think people are seeing some improvements as they have adjusted things. I would like to know if they increased the slider effectiveness as well as I feel they are watered down this year (but I doubt it). I'm assuming they just made sure the cpu ones worked. Still waiting for the PS3 patch.

agreed. I think the CPU pass block was stuck at 50 prepatch and now lowering it to 0 has an effect from what i am reading.

[mercalnd]

Quote: Originally Posted by mudtiger

I have very little doubt the interception slider has been made more effective. Couldn't tell you about the others so far.

How many games have you played so far? I don't have the patch yet but even pre-patch I had a lot of games with 0,1 or 2 CPU thrown Ints using the Canes, who have a good defense. I also had 3,4 and 5 pick games but they were already much less frequent(and consequently much more tolerable) than they had been in 08. My point in saying all this is that you may just have stumbled upon a couple of good INT games in a row which gives you the impression that it's changed.

[mudtiger]

Quote: Originally Posted by mercalnd

How many games have you played so far? I don't have the patch yet but even pre-patch I had a lot of games with 0,1 or 2 CPU thrown Ints using the Canes, who have a good defense. I also had 3,4 and 5 pick games but they were already much less frequent(and consequently much more tolerable) than they had been in 08. My point in saying all this is that you may just have stumbled upon a couple of good INT games in a row which gives you the impression that it's changed.

2, but I play at 11 minute quarters so I saw a lot of plays. There were just too many pick opportunities that were dropped which absolutely were never dropped before for me to believe the slider effect wasn't bumped up. I very well could be wrong, but that's my gut feeling.