Why EA Needs to Patch the New Playoff into NCAA Football 13

[FloydNDLAL]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

are you senial or what? i've stated like 3 times now it doesn't have to be tied into Dynasty mode it could be just another feature outside of dynasty mode that has no bearing on accuarcy this year. Have you not noticed other sports games give you a playoff option without even playing a franchise or dynasty mode? You keep trying to make it tie into dynasty mode only this year and that is not what some people are asking for right now.

NO THANKS!

[jfsolo]

I don't know this for sure, of course, but I'd bet heavy money, that they won't put it in until NCAA Football 15. I bet that right now they're locking down the feature set for NCAA 14. It's pretty much a lock that the Infinity Engine 2.0 will be in 14, and who knows what kind of connectivity with CCM might be in the works. I also think that Coaching Carousel may get a nice bump for 14, since it got minimal attention for 13.

Although folks are saying it in a bitter, cynical manner, it's true that the playoff is a no-brainer marketing coup for 15. Infinity Engine stuff for 14, playoff for 15. No brainstorming sessions needed.

Wanting a patch this year, and even thinking that it's going to be in next year is each person's prerogative, but it's just going to lead to more angry people lashing out and calling EA and other posters names.

[JerseySuave4]

Can't patch it in when the details aren't even done and do you really expect them to patch something like this in when with their track record?

[SECElit3]

The new playoff system won't be implemented for a while. There is no immediate need to add it to the game.

Something else for EA to screw up and for the complainers to complain about...

Just saying...

[malky]

I'm 100 percent sure a playoff will be in the game next year... If two companies were competing ..... since that's not the case EA can pretty
Much do what they want unfortunately

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaiser Wilhelm

He made a valid point. Tournament mode is rather pointless as a human can do all of this with a sheet of paper and a pen. Tournament mode is really unnecessary in any modern sports title.

If it's pointless then why do you see various media outlets always creating a Simulation tournament in Basketball, Football and Baseball?

Like i said before if you created a poll on these boards choosing to have a playoff tournament Outside of Dynasty Mode with All Time Teams vs Using Just single past Heisman players inside Dynasty mode I'm pretty confident the Playoff Tournament with ability to use entire Full man Classic squads would win in a landslide.

You have no idea how many people who create squads on Team Builder would love to download those teams and put them in a tournament where the game keeps track of stats for them during the playoff mode.

Or better yet how many guys on Team Builder who create Div 11 schools or Highschool teams that would love this feature even if it's not installed in a Dynasty mode.

So to call it useless or pointless simply because you wouldn't utilize it doesn't mean plenty of others wouldn't do it and love it.

[StormJH1]

Absolutely not. It's not even a real playoff! Not when there's a secretive, yet-to-be-determined committee that gets to say who gets into the final four. A "playoff" is when you have a league with balanced scheduling and where the records of teams mean something compared to one another. EA doesnt have an obligation to cram some hybrid playoff system into a 2012 title when the real system doesn't even exist until 2014. I'd prefer they focus on making sure things aren't BROKEN.


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[TDenverFan]

Or a tourney to work you'd need at least 16 TB slots.

Paper and pencil works just fine for a non-Dynasty tournament. I do it with my friends sometimes.