'Thank You' from NCAA Football Executive Producer Roy Harvey

[JeffHCross]

Agreed. I know Progression will fix the rest of the problems, but the specialists are another story.

[ebin]

Agreed. I know Progression will fix the rest of the problems, but the specialists are another story.

Personally, I'd like to see them adjust the initial ratings for 2* players upwards a bit. I like that players are starting out lower overall, but after recruiting as a 1* program, there seems to be a huge difference between 2* and 3* guys. Most 3*s I recruited came in around 60-63 OVR which I like, but the 2*s are closer to 45 OVR. IMO most 2* recruits shouldn't be completely worthless, especially to a school like New Mexico State.

[Rudy]

I can see tuning sets affecting the speed of the progression but can it handle position by position starting ratings as well and for individual categories? If I had to guess I would say tuning could speed up or slow down progression but I'm not sure it can handle the starting ratings. That might require a patch.

[psusnoop]

This is really going to be interesting to see how this is handle and how fast EA can get information out to us. I'm looking forward to hearing more now after reading this blog 10 times this weekend. LOL

[gschwendt]

I can see tuning sets affecting the speed of the progression but can it handle position by position starting ratings as well and for individual categories? If I had to guess I would say tuning could speed up or slow down progression but I'm not sure it can handle the starting ratings. That might require a patch.

I could see the possibility of it handling starting ratings. The way the game builds recruits is that it starts with ~2000 molds of players each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Then, the game will then fluctuate the ratings of those molds up or down to actually build the recruit.

With that said, tuning wouldn't be able to modify the database of those player molds, however it likely could modify how much the ratings are fluctuated up or down.

[CLW]

Anyone heard and estimated ETA on this first tuning?

[psusnoop]

I for one am hoping that we get it today at some point. That would be great!

[cdj]

Anyone heard and estimated ETA on this first tuning?

The blog only said this week, so it could be today, Friday, or any point in between.

[CLW]

The blog only said this week, so it could be today, Friday, or any point in between.

Yeah I was just curious as I want the tuning to go through before I complete my 1st Offline Dynasty Season.

[Rudy]

I've got the title game against Bama! No rush for me since I don't want to get into the offseason until the tuner hits. Season two will have a bump up in slider difficulty.

[jaymo76]

I've got the title game against Bama! No rush for me since I don't want to get into the offseason until the tuner hits. Season two will have a bump up in slider difficulty.

Don't rush slider bumps. The progression issue has turned my B+ defense into a C+ defense and I have an AWFUL D line. It's really tough to stop the run and get sacks. However, the year before I was the sack king!

[McGriffLe]

I hope this tune drops soon. But if I had to guess I would put it friday sometime.

[Rudy]

Don't rush slider bumps. The progression issue has turned my B+ defense into a C+ defense and I have an AWFUL D line. It's really tough to stop the run and get sacks. However, the year before I was the sack king!

I'm going to make a few tweaks before I start season two. Haven't even had time to play the title game since we just had an above ground pool installed and I've been busy with that. Hopefully tonight. I don't want to rush anything because I won't advance until the offseason unless the tuning set is out. I only have one scholly left to hand out so it's not like I have a lot of things left to do.