NCAA Football 14 Trailer - Dynasty Mode, 52 Screenshots Added

[Robcards]

Quote: Originally Posted by Strategizer

So you're upset about the semantics only? I'm pretty sure you expressed dissatisfaction at losing the phone call setup in another thread, so it's more than EA's labeling of it. And there is more to it than the point system. Things like deal breakers and coach recruiting skills are small but important inclusions.

Find that quote because I certainly made no such statement regarding losing phone calls. I am very disappointed that 'all new dynasty' and 'completely revamped recruiting' was being built up only to get this nonsense which didnt change much at all. Adding scouting to recruiting last year was a bigger change than all of this combined. This is a joke.

And don't get me started on the coach perks like an rpg game that are completely wacky and if I played the game I would turn off if I had the option to. That is an awful addition.

[TheBleedingRed21]

Robcards, I have seen quite a few more excited about the change to recruiting than complaining. Posting every other post is not a way to win arguments around here. Go listen to the podcast, there was a lot more done to recruiting then your continuous ranting argues.

[Buckeye1]

I just want 11 on 11 football. This 7 on 7 crap is getting boring. I want an offensive line and a defensive line to actually matter. I want that beast DT that is utterly disruptive and makes teams have to gameplan for. Or that LT that safely seals an edge of the o-line.

[Strategizer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Robcards

Find that quote because I certainly made no such statement regarding losing phone calls. I am very disappointed that 'all new dynasty' and 'completely revamped recruiting' was being built up only to get this nonsense which didnt change much at all. Adding scouting to recruiting last year was a bigger change than all of this combined. This is a joke. And don't get me started on the coach perks like an rpg game that are completely wacky and if I played the game I would turn off if I had the option to. That is an awful addition.

Yes I confused a conversation I had with you about coach xp with one I had about recruiting with someone else. I think both things are great additions and changes, so I don't care how EA phrases it. There are some things I wish were added, but their absence isn't game breaking to me. Then again I tend not to pin my hopes on marketing speak.

[moylan1234]

Teambuilder has seen upgrades since it first came out I just wanted to point that out. As many upgrades as we'd all like? no, but upgrades nonetheless and I don't think its fair to rip them about TB anyway because upgrades or no upgrades it's still the best create a team option we have in any sports game and quite frankly it's not even close.

I had no problem with recruiting in the past, but I'm willing to give this "new" system or whatever a chance. either way the most important thing is how the game plays football to me.

[Robcards]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBleedingRed21

Robcards, I have seen quite a few more excited about the change to recruiting than complaining. Posting every other post is not a way to win arguments around here. Go listen to the podcast, there was a lot more done to recruiting then your continuous ranting argues.

I did listen to the podcast, I didn't hear anything jaw dropping. Some 4 or 5 star guys won't commit until offseason, having 2 qbs visit at the same time is bad, and there will be decommits. As far as the actual recruiting is concerned, this is far from a 'new' system. And if my posts convince even 1 person not to buy this game then I have won.

[patteca]

Is there any detail on the coordinator-to-head coach transition re: coach skills? If you build up a level 21 DC and then take a HC job, do you start over as a lvl 0/1 HC with 0 coach skills? Would you instead start as a level 21 HC and reallocate those points? Is your coordinator coach level retained if you transition back to coordinator?

How do a head coach's coordinators level up? Does a head coach assign one point each level to either ingame/recruiting "trees" and one point to either his OC/DC's "trees"? Can your coordinators take other jobs and leave you to hire a new replacement?

Coach skills seem promising for providing game mechanic representation for the narratives many dynasty players already imagine to some degree, but I hadn't seen any details on many of the above subtleties of the system. It could also be unbalanced or gimmicky, of course, but fingers crossed that's not the case. I've read a few previews and several pages of this thread, but apologies if the above has been answered already and I missed it.

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by moylan

Teambuilder has seen upgrades since it first came out I just wanted to point that out. As many upgrades as we'd all like? no, but upgrades nonetheless and I don't think its fair to rip them about TB anyway because upgrades or no upgrades it's still the best create a team option we have in any sports game and quite frankly it's not even close. I had no problem with recruiting in the past, but I'm willing to give this "new" system or whatever a chance. either way the most important thing is how the game plays football to me.

Only upgrade Teambuilder has seen was they added a text box for jersey names across the chest (which they still only limit to 3 fonts), they added a couple of high school stadiums, updated the real school's uniforms, and changed the background from green to blue. That's about it.

And we're not ripping them for Teambuilder, just the fact that they created this innovative and great addition and then never expanded on it. There is so much potential with the fact that they have a web based team editor site and it has gotten no love.