NCAA Football 11 Dynasty Blog 3 of 3 - Recruiting Logic and Extras

[cowboykmoney]

Im in agreement with all of what is said about coaching changes, Because its very much needed to go along with 120 ways to win.

[BDawg35]

I really hope this new recruiting logic is implemented well and not just a first step to be perfected a year or two down the road. This could make recruiting the nail-biting experience it should be, not just a foregone conclusion that I'll have a top-10 class every year.

[Lava]

Quote: Originally Posted by AuburnAlumni

Some of you guys are making the implementation of a Coaching Carousel sound waaaaaaaaaaaaay more complicated than it is. College Hoops 2k series did it..and did it extremely well. "Well, what good is it if you don't have the real coaches?"....because you can EDIT THE COACHES. Just like the roster, you can edit all the coaches to be the real coaches with real coaching tendencies then save the file. It's already been DONE on College Hoops 2k8.

Exactly, plus we could potentially share this file in the same manner as rosters via EA Locker.

[doctorhay53]

I think people are also oversimplifying the coaching carousel and making it sound simpler (and more boring) than it truly can be. In CH2k8 you also had assistant coaches, and you had to think about what coach was your 'teacher', your 'scout' and your 'recruiter'. The coaches abilities had a real impact both on and off the court. I'll never be fully satisfied with an NCAA football game again, until they allow us to at least have a game mode where this is important. Dynasty has been boring for years because all they ever do is TWEAK the recruiting system (with one major overhaul in recent memory).

[acts238shaun]

As great as that blog was, if GT still recruits Mallet's and Brohm's as QB's it will take away from recruiting.

[GreenReign86]

How are they going to implement assisted tackles? Better not be like Madden where they have two seperate catagories....ADD THEM TOGETHER DAMN IT!!!!!

[mm boost]

they did say that franchise news is not done....and I know they mentioned online dynasty, but I bet money there is still more to offline to be revealed. They usually use E3 to release the bigger news.

[ycbs]

Quote: Originally Posted by AuburnAlumni

Some of you guys are making the implementation of a Coaching Carousel sound waaaaaaaaaaaaay more complicated than it is. College Hoops 2k series did it..and did it extremely well. "Well, what good is it if you don't have the real coaches?"....because you can EDIT THE COACHES. Just like the roster, you can edit all the coaches to be the real coaches with real coaching tendencies then save the file. It's already been DONE on College Hoops 2k8.

CH2K8 should definitely be the starting model for any kind of coaching carousel. It was extremely well done, and like you and a couple of others have said, not overly complicated. Anyone interested in the coaching carousel idea but not familiar with CH2K8 should check it out. You will be sold after doing so.

Head coaches and assistant coaches were fully editable and the head coaches were pretty much modeled after their real counterparts. These edits were part of the regular roster file, so it was very simple to keep up with.

CPU head coaches got fired, retired, accepted college HC jobs to better programs, accepted lesser HC jobs after getting fired. It's pretty realistic. All this had a trickle down affect that led to you getting opportunities and even assistant coaches getting HC jobs. There was a logical heirarchy to the promotional system. You couldn't go from say Marist straight to UConn. You had to work your way up at least a step or two. About the only thing it didn't have was head coaches leaving for jobs in the NBA.

For those that like the more realistic approach to working your way up in the coaching ranks, this is definitely a huge feature. Even those that aren't into that all that much could definitey appreciate this feature if they saw how CH2K8 did it.