Should it be so hard to lateral?

[Lets Mosh]

So its like "hey there's a teammate behind me, I'll pitch it to him." You would think this wouldn't be so complicated. It's as if almost every time I try to lateral, my digital character makes the motion then sike! He holds on to the ball wtf? I assume I'm not the only one who has this issue.

[bluegomaize]

Nope. You are not the only one. More broken gameplay by EA.

[Pezell04x]

Do you mean on the option or just something like your player caught the ball and is about to be tackled and there's another WR next to you?

[Lets Mosh]

More so in general. Sometimes this happens on the option but not as often.

[ZN30]

I've run into the same problem. I run a lot of spread option plays and my QB will "fake" the option pitch rather than follow through and pitch it to the HB or WR. It is very frustrating, especially when the defender who makes the tackle on my QB is the last man to beat.

[shttymcgee]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lets Mosh

More so in general. Sometimes this happens on the option but not as often.

How often do you try to pitch on non-option plays?

[brandon27]

Only time I've seen something similar to this is if I'm late with my pitch on the option and I'm getting hit. I don't consider it "broken gameplay" as someone else stated. I've never pressed the button to pitch though and see my player fake the pitch or anything like that. If your issue is the pitch isn't happening and you get hit instead, then pitch earlier, make your decision earlier before getting hit and it shouldn't be an issue. Just because it doesn't work the way you want it to all the time, doesn't necessarily mean its broken. I've not really encountered any issues with it.

If you mean to pitch/lateral the ball on a punt return/kick return/ WR catch and run down field, then I'm not really sure, I honestly can't say I've tried that scenario yet with NCAA13, in 12 I tried alot, but what I gathered there is it woudln't let you pitch, unless someone was nearby to pitch to.

[Lets Mosh]

Quote: Originally Posted by shttymcgee

How often do you try to pitch on non-option plays?

Not very often, but I've tried it several times just to see if I can get it to work and nada. Even when I break a long play and no defenders are around me but teammates are, I try it just for the hell of it to see if the function works and it doesn't. I used to be able to pull off the circus every so often a couple years ago but this year... haha fat chance.