Five Reasons to Be Excited for NCAA 13: #5 Dynamic Conference Prestige

[LionsFanNJ]

This is really exciting, especially for us that move around conferences.

[tHurley2010]

Definitely a reason to be excited about NCAA 13. I'm curious to see if after about 5 years say there's a shift in power from the SEC to the Big East (I know probably won't happen IRL), will a lot of the generated recruits instead of having LSU, Alabama, and Florida as their Top 3 schools have Rutgers, UConn, etc... as some of their top schools because recruits want to play in the best conference in the land?

Not saying that all recruits should suddenly switch their Top 3 based on conference prestige (because there are definitely other factors), but that we should see more recruits wanting to go to schools in the best conference in the nation.

[Jakeboutte]

This is huge! SO excited for 13! Less than 21 days.....! Amazon please show up early on my front porch! = )

[KOwusu]

There is almost no way for this to hurt the game.

I wonder if after a while, random teams will start getting top recruits.
In NCAA 12, after 10 or 15 seasons things would get just a tiny bit weird.
2 and 3 star programs of 2025 (Ohio, ECU) started stealing top 10 prospects.

Just a small thing, but I'm curious why that happened.

[Ramminyou]

Quote: Originally Posted by tHurley2010

Definitely a reason to be excited about NCAA 13. I'm curious to see if after about 5 years say there's a shift in power from the SEC to the Big East (I know probably won't happen IRL), will a lot of the generated recruits instead of having LSU, Alabama, and Florida as their Top 3 schools have Rutgers, UConn, etc... as some of their top schools because recruits want to play in the best conference in the land? Not saying that all recruits should suddenly switch their Top 3 based on conference prestige (because there are definitely other factors), but that we should see more recruits wanting to go to schools in the best conference in the nation.

Well the Top 6 Big East schools would have to be ranked high enough in the BCS to put the conference at the top, so that would probably result in Prestige increases for them that would indirectly cause increased interest in the conference anyway. For those schools who aren't increasing their prestige, they will get the benefit of the increased pitch but probably won't have kids initially busting down the doors of those schools to get in just because they're in a top conference, which is really the way it should be.

[KOwusu]

Also, nice menu design on that screen shot. Aesthetics matter bro.

[SkillzKillz719]

Yeah should be pretty cool.
I'm gunna start with Oregon State, but after so many years and I start over with a new small school, that'll come in handy

[khaliib]

If AI doesn't display Gameplay wise that there is a difference between 1 through 5 Star Players, then it's just fluff.

If the AI displays a difference, then it's justified because it will actually impact Gameplay and differentiate players and the teams they're on.

We shall see, but history notes that there really isn't any difference between a 1 Star or 5 Star player, as far as the AI play to justify a Gamer spending time in this feature vs just skipping and letting the CPU fill the roster.