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NCAA 09 Patch #2 Available --- Impressions Here

06:33 PM - August 20, 2008 by OMT

Patch #2 for NCAA Football 09 is available, post your impressions here.

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# 221 jrodpsu @ 08/21/08 11:54 AM

I hope I'm not getting too excited for this. I want to be able to play this game and have fun... alas we wait for the PS3 patch....

# 222 Vince @ 08/21/08 11:56 AM

To players still run out of bounds when they have a crap load of green in front of them?

# 223 Keyser Soze @ 08/21/08 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by fistofrage


	Why are you at work? You're supposed to be home testing this game, finding answers not asking questions.

yeah, at work. make sure you post your sliders that you are starting with in your slider thread. i have presentations to give today so i will be unable to play until after work sometime.

# 224 RoyalBoyle78 @ 08/21/08 12:02 PM

any word on the PS3 patch.

# 225 Teddy_Long @ 08/21/08 12:04 PM

Is the cpu throwing the ball deeper?

# 226 Skitch Beatz @ 08/21/08 12:08 PM

I'm eager to try it out. Sitting here at work sucks while half of you guys are playing NCAA.

Are zones really improved? I've only seen one comment on it. I don't want my guys hanging out on one side of the field when there's no one over there.

Some of the numbers I'm seeing still look like there are too many INTs but I don't know how you guys have adjusted the INT sliders.

# 227 bluengold34_OS @ 08/21/08 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Vince


	Do players still run out of bounds when they have a crap load of green in front of them?

I have not seen that once, I only played 1.5 games so far, others may have. It just seems like it happened 3-4 times a game before the patch, and to not see it once, in 1.5 games is at least a good sign.

# 228 jackson @ 08/21/08 12:13 PM

drive summary still includes field goal distance.

# 229 jello1717 @ 08/21/08 12:16 PM

Here's a few of my impressions from the hour I got to play before coming to work.

1. SLIDERS
With:
player KO power=100, CPU KO power=0
the CPU kicked the ball very short.
With:
player KO power=0, CPU KO power=100
the CPU kicked the ball out of the back of the endzone so it would appear that the sliders do indeed work.

2. KO COVERAGE
The KO coverage did a much better job of swarming the returner when they got there, but even with KO power set so that the kickers were kicking the ball to the goal line, the returner usually made it back to the 30 yard line before getting touched. Once he gets there he's swarmed, but I still think he gets much too far before getting touched. This was on about 10+ kickoffs. I may end up having to supersim all of my kickoffs still.

3. PUNT COVERAGE
The gunners get to the returner much better, but if the returner (CPU or player) gets by them, there's tons of green in front of them before seeing another player from the coverage team.

# 230 callmetaternuts @ 08/21/08 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by rudyjuly2


	I know you are a pretty good player but I would suggest starting on AA and really boosting things for the cpu to try to find a challenge for yourself. ie. drop human def. awareness to 0 but boost cpu awareness to 100 boost cpu run block and RBA to 100 (stuff like that) I think AA plays a more balanced game without some of the bad things Heisman offers. If you still can't find a challenge then jump to Heisman but I do think people should try to make AA work for them before making that leap.

Eh, im not that great, i just want a challenge. I like taking a mediocre school (yes, im looking at you FSU) and going 8-4 and building it up. I dont want to go undefeated every year. I suppose ill start the testing all over again.......Meh

# 231 jello1717 @ 08/21/08 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by stewaat


	I want to make a point about this. I was in practice and USC was running a play where the TE ran straight to the sideline on his route. He would catch the ball and turn upfield without going out of bounds. He went out one time out of 10 and it was because the pass led him out of bounds. No WTF moments. Very, very nice that this was fixed!

I haven't seen anyone run out of bounds for no reason yet, but in one of my "play now" games, a FB caught the ball with lots of green in front of him, did a 180, ran back towards the line of scrimmage for 5 yards and was then swarmed by my defense. Had he caught the ball and ran straight, he'd have had another 5 yards or so, instead he ran back 5 yards for about a net difference of -10 yds.

# 232 bluengold34_OS @ 08/21/08 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by stewaat


	I want to make a point about this. I was in practice and USC was running a play where the TE ran straight to the sideline on his route. He would catch the ball and turn upfield without going out of bounds. He went out one time out of 10 and it was because the pass led him out of bounds. No WTF moments. Very, very nice that this was fixed!

Thanks for chiming in Jess, I was hoping someone could/would back me up on this one, as I was hoping amongst all hope's, that it was fixed for real.

# 233 Teddy_Long @ 08/21/08 12:22 PM

bluengold, is the cpu throwing the ball deeper?

# 234 fishepa @ 08/21/08 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jackson


	drive summary still includes field goal distance.

Well that sucks.

# 235 Spanky @ 08/21/08 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jackson


	drive summary still includes field goal distance.

Strange how they can get this right in every other edition of the game and then mess it up in 2009. But if that's the worst bug, I'll be ecstatic.

# 236 bluengold34_OS @ 08/21/08 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Teddy_Long


	bluengold, is the cpu throwing the ball deeper?

I didn't see the 40/50 yard , but I did see what seemed to be quite a few efforts in the 15/25 yrd range. I set QB ACC at 0 so he threw 5 picks, but at least he was attempting them downfield.

# 237 Teddy_Long @ 08/21/08 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bluengold34


	I didn't see the 40/50 yard , but I did see what seemed to be quite a few efforts in the 15/25 yrd range. I set QB ACC at 0 so he threw 5 picks, but at least he was attempting them downfield.

lmao, what level are u playing on?

# 238 rudyjuly2 @ 08/21/08 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jello1717


	2. KO COVERAGE The KO coverage did a much better job of swarming the returner when they got there, but even with KO power set so that the kickers were kicking the ball to the goal line, the returner usually made it back to the 30 yard line before getting touched. Once he gets there he's swarmed, but I still think he gets much too far before getting touched. This was on about 10+ kickoffs. I may end up having to supersim all of my kickoffs still.

I have posted this quite a few times before and will post it again. While I don't have the stats from last year (its not an official NCAA stat), there were plenty of kickoffs from the 30 yard line two years ago (due to penalties) and the average starting position in NCAA for those kicks was at the 32 yard line!! (I had posted a link before but can't find that one now). After one week last year, the starting position was at the 30 in NCAA http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...yhoo&type=lgns.

Why do so many people think that teams should be starting from the 20 to 25 yard line in college. If the average starting point is the 30 its actually perfect! This is not the NFL. College kickers stink compared to them. If the kicks are too short for you then you can use sliders but I'm very confident that slider adjustments can lead to a realistic kickoff return game. Its the punt returns that bother me. I personally am always hit before the 30 yard line on kickoffs and have to elude guys if I want to get past it.

# 239 Skitch Beatz @ 08/21/08 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rudyjuly2


	I have posted this quite a few times before and will post it again. While I don't have the stats from last year (its not an official NCAA stat), there were plenty of kickoffs from the 30 yard line two years ago (due to penalties) and the average starting position in NCAA for those kicks was at the 32 yard line!! (I had posted a link before but can't find that one now). After one week last year, the starting position was at the 30 in NCAA http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...yhoo&type=lgns. Why do so many people think that teams should be starting from the 20 to 25 yard line in college. If the average starting point is the 30 its actually perfect! This is not the NFL. College kickers stink compared to them. If the kicks are too short for you then you can use sliders but I'm very confident that slider adjustments can lead to a realistic kickoff return game. Its the punt returns that bother me. I personally am always hit before the 30 yard line on kickoffs and have to elude guys if I want to get past it.

good to know that 30 is realistic

# 240 doctorhay53 @ 08/21/08 01:05 PM

guys....ten minutes and I can tell you this is a different game. First, returns ARE much much better, both punt and kick. The second thing I have immediately noticed is that man coverage feels better overall. I'm not seeing my players 8 yards behind the WR anymore. Zone coverage is better too. And in my first game, I saw the QB air it out long twice in the first qtr. Might be a coincidence, but i really really hope not. I just saw the CPU QB skip over a wide open underneath route to throw the corner route to his TE for a 30 yard TD. I REALLY hope its not a coincidence. The one bad thing about better coverage is it means more picks. hopefully we can find a happy medium with sliders. these are just impressions from my first game. So far, I am a happy camper.

Passing stats after 1st quarter:
ME (ND) 12-19, 117, 1TD 1 INT
CPU(TCU) 3-9, 82, 1TD 2 INT

Heisman, 9 minutes, mudtigers pre-patch sliders with CPU and user both the same. (35 QBA, 95 DEF AWR)

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