NCAA Football 14 - General Discussion

I'm not sure if I mentioned it before but I restarted my dynasty and I play in coach mode. Leaving everything in the hands of the CPU is extremely frustrating but when they execute, it's more rewarding.

Anyway, I got upset last night. Game 1 of the 2019, I play Tulane as #23 Southern Miss. Lost 14-13. My O-line play was shitastic. Drove me insane. My QB didn't make things better. He's constantly running to the right to be sacked by the LE. He also threw 2 "WTF" picks. Hopefully things go better in game 2.

an I tried to start a new dynasty. It is really hard playing NCAA after playing madden 15 on the x1 for so long. I don't know if i can go back last gen any more. The new engine on Madden really makes a big diffrence. NCAA feels way more slow.

I just hope that madden can really get good on scouting and drafting to make CFM really deep next year ..

Plus it was really hard to even focus on the graphics of NCAA compared to Madden15. It's gonna be hard to retire NCAA but it might be time too.

I'm still enjoying NCAA, but that may very well be due to Madden generally pissing me off the last two or three years with some of the BS in it and me not even bothering to play or buy it anymore.

I can still play through games and seasons with no issues, just have to take breaks after so long to avoid burning out on NCAA and losing the drive to play the next game in the season.

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I haven't jumped to next gen yet but since NCAA Football was an annual purchase and 14 is really good, I can go deep into this dynasty.

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Originally Posted by souljahbill

I haven't jumped to next gen yet but since NCAA Football was an annual purchase and 14 is really good, I can go deep into this dynasty.

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Exactly. I can get super deep into my dynasty and maybe very well hit the 60 season limit (if that was still in 14), something I've never done because the next version had come out before I even got past season 5 or 10.

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I imagine jumping to the next-gen is going to make it hard to go back to NCAA, which is one (of several) reason why I'm probably not going to next-gen anytime soon.

I try to play the 360 once in a great while, sadly I can't get back the graphics is just outdated if you on last gen.. It sucks to cause I wanna play ncaa more but can't stomach the horrible graphics and slow gameplay ,,

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Originally Posted by GatorfanStovy

I try to play the 360 once in a great while, sadly I can't get back the graphics is just outdated if you on last gen.. It sucks to cause I wanna play ncaa more but can't stomach the horrible graphics and slow gameplay ,,

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I don't know about Madden next gen to NCAA last gen, but I've had no problems at all going back and forth between the Xbox One/PS4 and my 360. I've actually been playing my 360 more lately as I've dug out a couple of good old games (RDR, Split/Second, etc) that have been out for years. Graphics really aren't much of an issue for me. As long as they are reasonably close, I either won't notice or won't care about a difference. As long as it's not Playstation 1 or 2 era graphics, I'm good.

What the hell is the problem with this game when it comes to running backs? Every single game, I have my starting running back for the first three quarters, then once I hit the fourth quarter, it's like he disappears off the face of the earth. Every game, I never see my starting running back the entire fourth quarter. Right now, playing against New Mexico, my first stringer is already out with an injury. My second stringer, my current starter, was having a career rushing day, then up and disappeared late third quarter. Now in the early fourth quarter, my entire rushing attack consists of my true freshman third stringer and my fourth string running back who was actually my goddamn fullback! Now my rushing attack is teetering between still being successful and being completely neutered with an entire quarter still to play. :fp:

I've tried making switches and changes on the depth chart, trying to force the game to put my starter back in, but nothing works. This is getting annoying.

are the servers still up on NCAA?

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Originally Posted by xMrHitStickx904

are the servers still up on NCAA?

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Yeah... at least were as of a couple days ago. We're still running two ODs in full swing.

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

What the hell is the problem with this game when it comes to running backs?

I've tried making switches and changes on the depth chart, trying to force the game to put my starter back in, but nothing works. This is getting annoying.

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Smooth, what are your substitution settings at? There was a time if you had the Sub-In setting too high, the player would never get back to that level and thus never come back in. In other words, the more a HB runs in a game, his best possible stamina drops and thus he can never get back to 100%.

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Originally Posted by gschwendt

Yeah... at least were as of a couple days ago. We're still running two ODs in full swing.

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I think I'm gonna fire up my old 360 & give it a shot. I wish we could have gotten NCAA 14 on XB1; my 360 sounds like a jet plane still.

Still in 2 OD's they haven't shut it off yet :D

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Originally Posted by gschwendt

Smooth, what are your substitution settings at? There was a time if you had the Sub-In setting too high, the player would never get back to that level and thus never come back in. In other words, the more a HB runs in a game, his best possible stamina drops and thus he can never get back to 100%.

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I just actually turned off my 360 a little bit ago after I got my latest dynasty stuff posted, but I'll check real quick later tonight after I get home from work and see what they're set at.

And yeah, I was just literally playing a dynasty (offline, but still connected to the servers) game just an hour ago. So servers are still up. With people still playing ODs and I'm sure still some decent numbers of people playing both offline and online, I can't see EA turning the servers off anytime soon.

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

What the hell is the problem with this game when it comes to running backs? Every single game, I have my starting running back for the first three quarters, then once I hit the fourth quarter, it's like he disappears off the face of the earth. Every game, I never see my starting running back the entire fourth quarter. Right now, playing against New Mexico, my first stringer is already out with an injury. My second stringer, my current starter, was having a career rushing day, then up and disappeared late third quarter. Now in the early fourth quarter, my entire rushing attack consists of my true freshman third stringer and my fourth string running back who was actually my goddamn fullback! Now my rushing attack is teetering between still being successful and being completely neutered with an entire quarter still to play. :fp:

I've tried making switches and changes on the depth chart, trying to force the game to put my starter back in, but nothing works. This is getting annoying.

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Raise the sub out and drop sub in numbers for your RB.

I just looked at my auto-sub settings. My RB Sub In/Sub Out is 85 In/80 Out. Not really much more I can seemingly do with that, unless I lower both down by 5 or 10 so that my sub in is down to 75 or 80, hopefully giving my starter a chance to come in above the sub out limit.

You're probably gonna have to use the sub-HB package more often.

It is definitely a fatigue issue Smooth. The game has long term fatigue for games where their top end slowly reduces. If your sub in setting is too high they disappear.

I miss NCAA Football. Not as much as some of you guys but I like it as a change of pace from madden. Both games were always a bit different and the franchise modes were a lot different. Kept it fresh by having options.

Popped this bad boy in after a 3-month hiatus. Played game one of my coach mode dynasty that's in 2029. Beat #1 Wisconsin as #3 Southern Miss 20-0. Still my favorite football game ever.

Anyone else having problems getting to the online website OR playing user vs user games? We still have a dynasty going and are noticing some glitches lately.

Yep. I've been seeing it too and I know the Powerhouse dynasty here is having issues

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Originally Posted by hawkeyeguy

Anyone else having problems getting to the online website OR playing user vs user games? We still have a dynasty going and are noticing some glitches lately.

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Are you still having issues? My issues seemed to stop the middle of this week or so. At the very least I'm having a lot fewer issues now than I was.

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Originally Posted by JeffHCross

Are you still having issues? My issues seemed to stop the middle of this week or so. At the very least I'm having a lot fewer issues now than I was.

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I had issues last night

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Originally Posted by psuexv

I had issues last night

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I had issues getting into the website last night, but I haven't had an issue on my console in nearly a week. Maybe it's just timing/luck.

Things were better last night, got in each time I tried the first time. Been a while since that happened.

I restated my dynasty. I'm the new OC at GA St. playing in Coach mode. We're terrible but I have a sophomore starting at QB so we'll be alright once we get some new blood in.

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Originally Posted by souljahbill

I restated my dynasty. I'm the new OC at GA St. playing in Coach mode. We're terrible but I have a sophomore starting at QB so we'll be alright once we get some new blood in.

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Georgia State's offense can be very good. I was playing offense only in a dynasty and went 8-0 until I stopped playing that dynasty, including a win over Alabama.

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Originally Posted by JeffHCross

Georgia State's offense can be very good. I was playing offense only in a dynasty and went 8-0 until I stopped playing that dynasty, including a win over Alabama.

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We're 4-1 right now and on offense, we're scoring at least 3 TDs a game. Problem is that the defense gets us into shootouts and since I'm playing in coach mode, my stick skills can't compensate for deficiencies.

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Originally Posted by JBHuskers

Things were better last night, got in each time I tried the first time. Been a while since that happened.

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I ran into the error again this morning ... first time in probably a week that I've had to login to the servers again, at least on the console. So it's not gone for good, but it's definitely improved.

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Originally Posted by JBHuskers

Things were better last night, got in each time I tried the first time. Been a while since that happened.

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I haven't had any issues either on the console, knock on wood. For the past week and half probably, been getting straight into the dynasty.

The site still gives me an error at first but I'm able to log in on the 2nd attempt

Virginia Tech played Ohio St. for the National Championship. This is the final poll. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06...059fdd9789.jpg

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Originally Posted by souljahbill

Virginia Tech played Ohio St. for the National Championship. This is the final poll.

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Wait for the patch.

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Originally Posted by steelerfan

Wait for the patch.

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http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-conten...er_waiting.gif

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Originally Posted by souljahbill

Virginia Tech played Ohio St. for the National Championship. This is the final poll. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06...059fdd9789.jpg

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Poll logic terrible.

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Originally Posted by souljahbill

Virginia Tech played Ohio St. for the National Championship. This is the final poll.

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Originally Posted by JeffHCross

Poll logic terrible.

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Actually, what I think happened (and saw happened in Powerhouse recently) is that the poll didn't change when you advanced to the week after the NCG. I bet if you could go back to the week of the NCG's polls (maybe even before all bowls), they were probably identical to what you see in the screenshot.

I think you're right, G, but I don't ever check end of the season polls so I don't remember when they're last updated.

It sure is sad to see this mock-up....

http://i.imgur.com/aLo226w.jpg

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