NCAA Football 12 Roster Glitch Confirmed, Patch to Address Concerns

[fcboiler87]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned as part of the problem or not but...

I just went through an off season and brought in a recruiting class. I haven't really cared about the bug, I was going to edit my players and make them how I want because I can do my best to make them play how I want.

Then I noticed... I hadn't even edited any of them when I noticed the player tendencies were ALREADY wrong. How did I know this? I keep an excel file showing all of my recruits. I noticed it when I got to my WRs. I brought in a 4 star speed WR and he was listed as balanced. So I did a check and ALL of the players in the recruiting class had different tendencies.

Again, not sure if this has been discovered, but perhaps the problems are deeper than we expected.

[JTurbo]

I just want my stupid numbered original roster back, I deleted it last week. I also deleted my named rosters today and I read my originals would come back. Well, they haven't. Does anyone know how I can do this? Thanks.

[aarontab]

Quote: Originally Posted by fcboiler87

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned as part of the problem or not but... I just went through an off season and brought in a recruiting class. I haven't really cared about the bug, I was going to edit my players and make them how I want because I can do my best to make them play how I want. Then I noticed... I hadn't even edited any of them when I noticed the player tendencies were ALREADY wrong. How did I know this? I keep an excel file showing all of my recruits. I noticed it when I got to my WRs. I brought in a 4 star speed WR and he was listed as balanced. So I did a check and ALL of the players in the recruiting class had different tendencies. Again, not sure if this has been discovered, but perhaps the problems are deeper than we expected.

It's looking more and more clear it's something to do with calculations of those attributes towards tendencies. I'm sure it's not impossible that somehow the recruit in "recruitable" form is a different beast than when the game creates him to actually appear on your team and be playable, therefore mimicking a roster edit in a way.

[Wavebird99]

While this is obviously disappointing, I think the "extreme" disparity between the "glitched" rosters and the "default" rosters is overstated beyond belief.

I just played a couple of games, one with the "glitched" rosters, and one without:

What I noticed (on default AA)

- Glitched rosters I was able to pass the ball much more easily and comfortably, but not TOO comfortably. It was pretty much perfect, with very little ridiculous linebacker swats. However, downfield coverage is indeed wonky, as sometimes your corners will go for the catch when they should be trying to swat the ball etc. More downfield plays happen with the glitched rosters I noticed.

- Default rosters, however, saw me throwing barely over 100 yards with 3 interceptions, all from Linebackers. It seems on default rosters that the Linebackers play in their zones much better and are more "super" like imo. Downfield play, however, is much much better. More realistic catches from WRs, corners actually try to swat the ball instead of go for picks.. it was much better for sure. But the linebackers are ridiculous with the default rosters. I had to turn down pass coverage halfway through my game just so I would stop seeing psychic swat downs, and even then I saw a bunch.

- CPU Run game is about the same with both. They can break off big runs, but the option really doesnt work well in this game (yet a gain) and therefore leads to a lot of -2 yard losses.

- Scrambling QBs, to be honest.. I didnt see a whole lot different. I played Northwestern for my "default" roster game and their QB didnt really take off much at all - when he did his runs really varied in how successful they are. For the "glitched" rosters, CPU Qbs probably scramble less than they should, but I wouldnt say it was an extreme difference.

- Human running was different but not too different. I would say its more difficult with the default rosters, but again, it varies so much from play to play and game to game.

So really, even though I kind of just rambled on a bit here, I just wanted to say that while this is definitely an issue that needs to be addressed.. I dont think people should claim this is a "THIS GAME IS NOW LITERALLY UNPLAYABLE" problem. The default gameplay needs to be adjusted with sliders anyway, and the only really big deal I saw with it was that downfield coverage was significantly more realistic/better, but that was really the only huge difference I noted.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by JTurbo

I just want my stupid numbered original roster back, I deleted it last week. I also deleted my named rosters today and I read my originals would come back. Well, they haven't. Does anyone know how I can do this? Thanks.

Did you eject the disc and put it back in ?

[Wavebird99]

Also, no offense, but LOL @ some of you guys writing a formal complaint to some site that apparently deals with "disgruntled" consumers.

That will literally do nothing. Are you guys 15 years old?

[aarontab]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wavebird99

Also, no offense, but LOL @ some of you guys writing a formal complaint to some site that apparently deals with "disgruntled" consumers. That will literally do nothing. Are you guys 15 years old?

I agree, i laughed at that too. There are real injustices in this world - I personally beat my wife and kids every night after work - and this does not qualify as one of them.

[ImTellinTim]

Yeah, not quite what the BBB was designed for. If you put the game in and it was hockey instead of football, you might have a complaint.