NCAA Football 11 Dynasty Blog: 1 of 3 - Phone Call

[vanderbiltfan87]

You know, EA could make recruiting and dynasty perfect. But if they don't increase roster sizes to 85 then it just doesn't matter. This is my deal breaker. I have to leave out guys lower on the depth chart/some freshmen to get my numbers down to 70. So, by year 2 or 3 of dynasty my team resembles nothing of what it should possibly look like in real life.

[mangler]

Quote: Originally Posted by RynoAid

correct, especially with the comparison recruiting feature... for example... lets say your #1 on a 5* stud HB everybody wants... You pump in as much time as you can (1 hour) and gain 400-600 points (average call). Well, the other 3 schools behind you are comparison recruiting against your school specifically because your at #1. Let's say each one of them racks up 75 negative points for you while compiling 200-400 positive points for themselves (you take a hit in total positive points you can get when you comparison recruite as oppose to a straight pitch). After 3 guys do this.. your 400 points turns into 75 points... while all the other teams are catching up with their 200 point gains and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. Also, i've seen 1 hour phone straight pitches get as little as 250 points or as much as 900 points.. all depending on several different factors. So just because you see that your ahead in points, it doesn't mean your going to stay ahead or that you can even calculate what you need to do to keep your lead... you just have to do the best recruiting you can and hope the chips fall your way.

teaming up to keep a certain recruit from a certain user will definately add a new level of strategy to ODs.

[boritter]

Quote: Originally Posted by RynoAid

In fact it took me a good 2 hours to just figure out the basics of what i could do and how to begin to try to use it effectively.

So much for recruiting taking less time....

I like recruiting but the truth is it becomes repetitive after a few seasons of dynasty. People don't mind 10 minutes of repetition but once recruiting takes longer than a game people begin to get frustrated.

Doesn't the fact that it takes so long contradict the blogs claim that it makes phone calls faster?

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by RynoAid

correct, especially with the comparison recruiting feature... for example... lets say your #1 on a 5* stud HB everybody wants... You pump in as much time as you can (1 hour) and gain 400-600 points (average call). Well, the other 3 schools behind you are comparison recruiting against your school specifically because your at #1. Let's say each one of them racks up 75 negative points for you while compiling 200-400 positive points for themselves (you take a hit in total positive points you can get when you comparison recruite as oppose to a straight pitch). After 3 guys do this.. your 400 points turns into 75 points... while all the other teams are catching up with their 200 point gains and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. Also, i've seen 1 hour phone straight pitches get as little as 250 points or as much as 900 points.. all depending on several different factors. So just because you see that your ahead in points, it doesn't mean your going to stay ahead or that you can even calculate what you need to do to keep your lead... you just have to do the best recruiting you can and hope the chips fall your way.

Thanks for the insight. I never thought about that aspect of it. I guess it'll be cool for online dynasties, but will the cpu recruit against you this year as well. That needs to happen.

Quote: Originally Posted by RynoAid

recruiting is about the sim aspect of the game, if guys don't want to take the time to enjoy the recruiting parts there is still the option to have the CPU handle your recruiting for you. i never understood the arguement... guys want to be in control of recruiting but yet they don't want to take the time to recruit and enjoy that aspect of the dynasty...

I never understood this either. I want recruiting to be as "tedious" as possible as long as it's simulating recruiting IRL.

Quote: Originally Posted by boritter

So much for recruiting taking less time.... I like recruiting but the truth is it becomes repetitive after a few seasons of dynasty. People don't mind 10 minutes of repetition but once recruiting takes longer than a game people begin to get frustrated. Doesn't the fact that it takes so long contradict the blogs claim that it makes phone calls faster?

You should join an OD. I guarantee you won't think it's repetitive when you're trying to go after that stud DT and you're recruiting against almost everyone else in your OD. Now that's exciting.

[IndyBronco]

Recruiting is a way to build YOUR team the way you want it and all this talk about schools having the correct systems, how many schools use the exact same style of play year after year? Case in point-FLA going from tebow to a more traditional qb, they will have to adapt.

[IndyBronco]

I just want to be able to dive with my defender and actually get closer to the ball carrier, ( off topic, but i had to get that out, been bothering me for years)

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by IndyBronco

Recruiting is a way to build YOUR team the way you want it and all this talk about schools having the correct systems, how many schools use the exact same style of play year after year? Case in point-FLA going from tebow to a more traditional qb, they will have to adapt.

They will change the plays that they call ie no more QB sweeps and what not, but it will still be the same style. They will still run a spread offense with Brantley at QB. They just want have him running as much.

[mrMagic91]

I like that they have done a bit more to recruiting, but this is minor IMO. I thought the first addition to dynasty would be something big. Im praying these last two blogs are something big.