Recruiting 2013 vs 2014

[gausec]

So I was wondering from you guys who have the game which do you guys like better and Which do you feel is more realistic? I am still on 13 and love it to death have 7 seasons in on my dynasty and love the recruiting aspect but I have heard some great stuff about 14, dynasty is what will make me want to make the switch so.

[JibberSkin]

Personally, I loved the depth of the 2013 recruiting, and didn't mind the time it took up. 2014 is much more streamlined and much less deep, IMHO.

[DorianDonP]

Depending on what you "love" about 13, you might not like 14 as much. They replaced the calls, topic pitches, and replaced it with a point system for the week. They also took away 5 weeks of off-season recruiting, including the in-home visits.

14's recruiting is a lot more streamlined and it doesn't take as long to recruit for the week. Scheduling campus visits are more sophisticated since when you schedule matters as well as who the recruit is visiting with.

[gymrat8168]

Though I wouldn't say either one is realistic I like the new system quite a bit more. I love how much less time it takes yet there is still some strategy involved. I am glad they removed the sway pitch option as I didn't think it was very realistic and it was a bit OP last year. If you are battling for a recruit you really have to match up well with their interests or you will get killed by the bonus points which I like. I also think the visit system is better this year now that when you schedule matters. It has a bit of risk reward to it.

[friscob]

Previous ncaas forced us to stay engaged with recruits in order to land them which I guess makes it more realistic. 14 you just find someone who likes your skool or is completely being ignored by every team (too many of these players) and throw points at them. After the first few weeks where you're adjusting your board recruiting literally takes less than a minute to do. You're not recruiting players your just checking up on them every once in a while to see if the points you're allocating are adequate.

Very noob friendly. Never minded the more time consuming system, I thought most game devs strived for more depth and time consuming gameplay. EA must represent the counter culture

[Ramminyou]

Quote: Originally Posted by friscob

Previous ncaas forced us to stay engaged with recruits in order to land them which I guess makes it more realistic. 14 you just find someone who likes your skool or is completely being ignored by every team (too many of these players) and throw points at them. After the first few weeks where you're adjusting your board recruiting literally takes less than a minute to do. You're not recruiting players your just checking up on them every once in a while to see if the points you're allocating are adequate. Very noob friendly. Never minded the more time consuming system, I thought most game devs strived for more depth and time consuming gameplay. EA must represent the counter culture

'13 was just as bad with unrecruited players. I also find the "depth" of the phone call system to be overstated, since it was largely just a formality anyway. Going through the motions of pitching the same topics repeatedly is not in-depth, and is as "involved" as filing your taxes

[Luck911]

They are basically same thing 2013 has the illusion of being deeper,2014 is streamline and faster and does not pretend it is deeper.Question is illusion of talking to kids personally worth the hours that streamline and actually playing more of the game.For me the answer No i loving being able spend to two or 3 mins a week,Now the they are two things i would like see is using your school assets in recruiting which the old system did way better and so how finding a way to add promises.

[BigMoneyAllDay]

Honestly 2014 is 10 times better, the recruiting in 2013 was just boring as all get out...