NCAA Football 13 - Dynasty Mode Improvements

[SmoothPancakes]

All promises are unlocked from day one, so you can (in Ben's words) promise the world, but the new coach integrity rating will take a hit if you make to the moon promises and fail them, where players may transfer out more, and you'll have a much harder time trying to convince players to not transfer or not go pro if your integrity rating is in the trash, so use those promises carefully or they may bite you in the butt.

[beartide06]

I'm so glad the roulette wheel is terminated! Thank the heavens above!!

[gschwendt]

I'll have more info about DW Site changes later today... I have a meeting at 3pm CT so it will be sometime early this evening.

[SmoothPancakes]

They're taking a short break, then gonna talk about the presentation side.

[cdj]

Dynasty Improvements Blog:http://www.easports.com/ncaa-footbal...vementsDynasty Presentation Blog:http://www.easports.com/ncaa-footbal...ntationDynasty - Community Impressions Blog:http://www.easports.com/ncaa-footbal...asty-deep-dive

[gschwendt]

Blogs already up:
http://www.easports.com/ncaa-football/news/article/dynasty-improvements
http://www.easports.com/ncaa-football/news/article/dynasty-presentation
http://www.easports.com/ncaa-footbal...asty-deep-dive

Spoiler for new announcer

Spoiler: show

I am very proud to publically announce the addition of Rece Davis to the NCAA Football commentary family.

[Dr Death]

Thank God almighty we are free at last!!! The roulette wheel is gone!!!

[SmoothPancakes]

A living ESPN Bottom Line ticker. Priority alerts, upset alerts, final alerts. Happening in real time along with your game. Previews for upcoming games. Has the score tick, with the score changing over like what is really on ESPN.

[beartide06]

lost signal...

[gschwendt]

lost signal...

Same here... in fact now dead in the water. I assume "technical difficulties".

[SmoothPancakes]

Yep. Looks like it's in the process of coming back up.

[SmoothPancakes]

Still waiting to hear about changes made to coaching carousel, custom conferences, etc. I assuming changes have been made (they can't just add both last year and then not do anything with it this year), but not sure if they're gonna get to it in this webcast or release it as info in a blog.

[cdj]

[JBHuskers]

I would add to that: These pitches are now just based on more realistic measures. Your school's ratings should make sense now.

There's integrity now with your promises. If you break too many promises, you'll have a harder time trying to keep guys from going pro, your promises may not or won't carry as much weight with future recruits when you try to make them promises. I love this change. No more mindlessly spamming promises and only the negative is that they might transfer after a couple years.

And transfers have been increased, so there will be more transfers this year than in past years.

Oh yeah, and be careful when recruiting someone from across the country. Players can now potentially transfer out if they are feeling homesick.

Also, to help calculate your pro grade, you can now see what players chose to go pro, and see exactly if and where (what round) they were drafted in the NFL draft.

I'm very stoked at these items. There are a couple new transfer reasons. I can't think of them off the top of my head here at work. But homesick was one of the main new ones.

[gschwendt]

Rece Davis is the new voice of studio updates.

[JBHuskers]

Academic based on team on the field performance?

Doesn't make sense if I understand that correctly.

So Vanderbilt (A+) will be a B in academics after losing football games?

I didn't get to watch the webcast because it was buffering horribly here at work, but IIRC this will remain static, maybe someone remembers better, or did they say it was tied to wins in the webcast?

[xMrHitStickx904]

Dynasty Mode is actually worth playing again. Awesome.

[JBHuskers]

Yep, scouting will reveal their individual ratings and overall (the numbers will become more accurate/exact as you scout them more (so obviously 64% scouted, their numbers will be more accurate than say 20% scouted). Something you can probably do if you want, or if you like/prefer not knowing, skip the scouting all together.

20% scouted vs. 64% scouted is just based on the # of ratings you have unveiled. For example, an ATH has a TON of ratings, you're not going to get every rating unlocked if you do the max on him as opposed to doing the max scouting on an OL.

And you're correct, you can just skip it if you don't want to do it.

[SmoothPancakes]

I didn't get to watch the webcast because it was buffering horribly here at work, but IIRC this will remain static, maybe someone remembers better, or did they say it was tied to wins in the webcast?

From the dynasty blog EA released and that G linked to above.

Academic Prestige, Athletic Facilities, & Campus Life style

These three pitches have a small percent chance to change each season, depending on how well the team is playing and the number of victories.

[JBHuskers]

Did he confirm sleepers and busts?He said a 3 star could be rated higher than 5

Sleepers will be called Gems in-game.