NCAA Football 14 - A Deeper Look at Power Recruiting

[The JareBear]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

I don't get why only QBs, FB, HB, WR,TE, and Safeties can have 'competitive visits'. If I bring in 3 cornerbacks or 3 linebackers how is that going to have a different effect as bringing in 3 WRs? Great example of EA Sports having a great idea but executing it poorly.

Pretty par for the course for this gen.

[Greekcian]

So I can't let three recievers visit at the same time even if i'm running the one-back or they'll become rivals but I can bring in 6 tackles and they'll all be best buddies? Now that doesn't make any sense or does it?

[mailman2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Greekcian

So I can't let three recievers visit at the same time even if i'm running the one-back or they'll become rivals but I can bring in 6 tackles and they'll all be best buddies? Now that doesn't make any sense or does it?

If you have 6 new tackles I'm pretty sure they all be playing together tho, just saying.

[TarHeelPhenom]

Khalid is right...if a school's pitch ratings are too high in the game then we would be able to go in and change it. Louisville would be a great example of a good program with a low education grade. Stanford would be A+

[Colorado Cooler]

As of June 5th, the top 30 college teams in the national recruiting rankings already have an average of 10 commitments on board. Most of these prospects didn't wait for the last visit nor did they care about competitive visits. I applaud EA for incorporating some new concepts, but if they make them bigger than what they really are, we're taking two-steps forward and one back. Many prospects in college football go off the board early and we need to have that in this game if realism is a goal.

[fcboiler87]

Quote: Originally Posted by Colorado Cooler

As of June 5th, the top 30 college teams in the national recruiting rankings already have an average of 10 commitments on board. Most of these prospects didn't wait for the last visit nor did they care about competitive visits. I applaud EA for incorporating some new concepts, but if they make them bigger than what they really are, we're taking two-steps forward and one back. Many prospects in college football go off the board early and we need to have that in this game if realism is a goal.

I agree completely. That is why I think we should have a 5 week recruiting session before the season kind of like they had post season in years past. Teams like Texas and Michigan are already almost done with their classes. This 5 week session would allow you to do a good deal of scouting, offer top prospects and get an idea of who is realistic to go after through the season. This isn't entirely realistic but it's the best thing I can think of to emulate the long off season where a lot of recruiting takes place.

[TheDelta]

Quote: Originally Posted by Colorado Cooler

As of June 5th, the top 30 college teams in the national recruiting rankings already have an average of 10 commitments on board. Most of these prospects didn't wait for the last visit nor did they care about competitive visits. I applaud EA for incorporating some new concepts, but if they make them bigger than what they really are, we're taking two-steps forward and one back. Many prospects in college football go off the board early and we need to have that in this game if realism is a goal.

You make it sound like waiting until the very last moment would be the only way to ever gain commitments in 14, nothing they said so far implied that from what I heard, they still got insta-commits so I'd say it should still be possible to lock up a few players early, some over the course of the season and the rest, including many high-profile prospects that get chased by a lot of schools, drag it out until signing day, doesn't sound so far off to me.

[BleedGreen710]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheDelta

You make it sound like waiting until the very last moment would be the only way to ever gain commitments in 14, nothing they said so far implied that from what I heard, they still got insta-commits so I'd say it should still be possible to lock up a few players early, some over the course of the season and the rest, including many high-profile prospects that get chased by a lot of schools, drag it out until signing day, doesn't sound so far off to me.

yeah exactly and theres even a coach skill which when maxed gives 25% chance of insta-commit when offering scholarships to players who have you ranked #1