NCAA Football 11 Patch #3 and Live Tuning Pack 3 Available, Impressions Here (PS3)

[jbdeuce]

Quote: Originally Posted by Block-O

HERE WE GO. At the beginning of 2015, this is what it looks like. A+ Teams = 0 A Teams = 3 A- Teams = 1 B+ Teams = 3 B Teams = 9 B- Teams = 12 C+ Teams = 15 C Teams = 27 C- Teams = 13 D+ Teams = 7 D Teams = 19 D- Teams = 10 F Teams = 0

I personally like this curve. Now A+ means that that particular team is really good "IF" one develops and an F rated team is just plain trash. A+ teams, 99 rated overall players, and 99/98 speed guys were overdone to me in the past.

[gigem]

I just thought of this but maybe we don't have the patch yet (360 users) because EA hasn't paid up. Microsoft wants money up front lol

[mgoblue678]

Quote: Originally Posted by DiSaStAx94

I've simmed through 3 seasons and am going through a fourth right now, but judging by just glancing at my true freshmen between seasons Block-O's sim looks spot on. 3 stars and 1 or 2 stars are pretty much indistinguishable on the lower teams, I didn't look at whether they come in higher on the powerhouses, I will after this year. I figure my fifth year will be done in 40 mins or so, so if you care for a second set of results, lets say top of the hour. Expect more of the same though, looks like Block-O nailed it.

Well, that doesn't sound very good at all. There should be some cases here and there where a high 2 * does end up better than a low 3* but on average there should be some separation between 3* players compared to 1 and 2* players

[sluggbugg]

EA should just get rid of the stupid *** rating system. Quit showing us the ratings of the players and the teams and nobody would no the difference. I swear just because there are more teams "rated" D than C everybody gets pissed. If they just didn't show that damn rating....no one would know or care.

[ThumbsBruised]

Quote: Originally Posted by gigem

What I do is create 25, 80+ recruits each year, which helps balance out where recruits go. So 3-4* teams are going to get more 4* recruits than usual and the 3* recruits that the 3-4* teams would have got will go to 2-3* teams and so on.

i do tha same but bama takes em all.. an they(bama) have 7 qbs and 3 of them are 90+... its wack!! and none are redshirted... i think in a real life situation few of em would end up transferring...

[Heyuimintojsus]

So, this is my take of gameplay.

I am Mississippi State. I just played LSU in my one Heisman dynasty. I won my first two games against FCS opponents 35-16 and 38-24. They passed like crazy on me and I couldn't do anything with it.

So, I beat LSU 36-29. LSU kickers missed two extra points. I actually led 21-16 at the half and 28-16 before the cpu came back and took a 29-28 lead. The verticals, especially over the middle, still work pretty easily. I had a receiver with over 200 yards. The passing seemed better - with touch - but it seems like a couple might have been lofted too much.

Blocking was much better. I don't think I was sacked at all, if I was not more than twice. I had time to pass, and when I scrambled the DEs didn't seem to catch my QB as usual. The CPU QB, he has time, time, time, and he either found someone at the last second to throw to or stood there and didn't scramble when he had wide open space in front of him.

They ran the ball more than normal and got just over 100 yards; the CPU rarely runs it against me, especially. The still had 398 total yards and about 285 or so through the air or so. I intercepted a pass in the end zone with just under 2 minutes to go to seal the win. The CPU wide receivers caught more passes on the sideline or in the corner of the end zone.

Defense, the zone, they still found openings. Man - at least the guy was there to make the tackle most of the time.

But for me to win on Heisman and beat LSU in Baton Rouge, throw for 421 yards, there's something wrong with that.

[NDAlum]

Oh man...I don't want this patch/tuner set!

In my online dynasty with Arizona I'm 5-4 on Heisman and having a tough time and the sliders play awesome!

This thread sucks!

[eraserx13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Block-O

Something isnt right. Did they release the wrong patch and package. Everything they said would be tuned, literally isnt any different than before. Its actually worse. Now your 1 and 2 star guys are just as high if not higher than most 3 stars. My comparison shows it all, its still busted. Its been like this on next gen since the start. Im afraid this series' dynasty mode needs to be extinct if its going to be like this. This isnt a game killer, but it is a dynasty killer. This is terrible. EDIT: All in all, everything is fixable. But how progression should work, how high recruits should come in rated, and how a positions attributes should be rated is stumping these guys. 2 years now.

Block-O, Thanks for your testing. I am wondering if the total number of 4 and 5 star players entering the recruiting pool has anything to do with the decline in overall talent. Any chance that you were checking those? I know there is some variability as to the number that comes in each year and its somewhat random. I am doing some testing at the moment to see if getting more 5 star talent than the average will result in mitigating part of the decline that you are seeing. I'll come back with my results when I am done and hopefully we can come up with some workarounds that offset some of EA's faulty programing.