NCAA Football 13 - Dynasty Mode Improvements

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05-07-2012, 01:59 PM
SmoothPancakes

There's a new option, Prospect's Choice, where they will choose the topic (so they should only pick the topic they are highly interested in). The phone call screen is much cleaner this year.
05-07-2012, 02:01 PM
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.
05-07-2012, 02:04 PM
beartide06

I'm so glad the roulette wheel is terminated! Thank the heavens above!!
05-07-2012, 02:04 PM
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.
05-07-2012, 02:06 PM
SmoothPancakes

They're taking a short break, then gonna talk about the presentation side.
05-07-2012, 02:07 PM
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
05-07-2012, 02:07 PM
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.
05-07-2012, 02:11 PM
Dr Death

Thank God almighty we are free at last!!! The roulette wheel is gone!!!
05-07-2012, 02:12 PM
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.
05-07-2012, 02:15 PM
beartide06

lost signal...
05-07-2012, 02:16 PM
gschwendt

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Originally Posted by beartide06

lost signal...

Same here... in fact now dead in the water. I assume "technical difficulties".
05-07-2012, 02:17 PM
SmoothPancakes

Yep. Looks like it's in the process of coming back up.
05-07-2012, 02:19 PM
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.
05-07-2012, 02:20 PM
cdj

http://thegamingtailgate.com/images/...r2_656x369.jpg http://thegamingtailgate.com/images/...0Updates2_.jpg http://thegamingtailgate.com/images/...s3_656x369.jpg
05-07-2012, 02:20 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by Kwizzy

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

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

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.

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

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.
05-07-2012, 02:21 PM
gschwendt

Rece Davis is the new voice of studio updates.
05-07-2012, 02:22 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by Treadstone6700

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?
05-07-2012, 02:23 PM
xMrHitStickx904

Dynasty Mode is actually worth playing again. Awesome.
05-07-2012, 02:25 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

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.
05-07-2012, 02:25 PM
SmoothPancakes

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Originally Posted by JBHuskers

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.

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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.
05-07-2012, 02:26 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by Treadstone6700

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

Sleepers will be called Gems in-game.
05-07-2012, 02:26 PM
gschwendt

BTW, they haven't really said it yet but all of this is also available in Online Dynasties.
05-07-2012, 02:26 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Athletes are now skilled at up to potentially 3 positions, so they're more useful when recruiting them.

I absolutely LOVE this. Gonna make it more fun to recruit ATH's now.
05-07-2012, 02:27 PM
SmoothPancakes

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Originally Posted by JBHuskers

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.

Ah, alright. Thanks for the correction/info fill in on that. Still something that I'm not sure if I'll use a whole lot (I like the feeling of unknown) but it's still a nice add to the game and one that I do like.
05-07-2012, 02:28 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

There's a new option, Prospect's Choice, where they will choose the topic (so they should only pick the topic they are highly interested in). The phone call screen is much cleaner this year.

Regardless of how good or bad the pitch they choose, you still will get a little bonus. But this year, if you have a poor grade, and they have a low interest, you won't get 30 or 40 points like in the past. You'll be lucky to get any, or you could lose points this year.
05-07-2012, 02:29 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by 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.

Yeah this is sweet. This year, the way they got this to work was to sim all of the games ahead of time, so they can progress them throughout your game.
05-07-2012, 02:29 PM
SmoothPancakes

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Originally Posted by JBHuskers

I absolutely LOVE this. Gonna make it more fun to recruit ATH's now.

Oh yeah. Athletes are now actually worthwhile going after. Before, based on their grades, you could tell what position he'd be used for. Now, with them being able to play up to 3 positions, and it being a mix of both offensive and defensive positions, athletes are now going to be a more valuable player to recruit.
05-07-2012, 02:30 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

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

Thanks :up:

Most likely it'll remain static. Or barely raise or drop. Nothing to really get upset about.
05-07-2012, 02:32 PM
SmoothPancakes

They just played a preview of the studio update with Rece Davis. Sounds good and looks good. That's gonna be a nice addition. I'm gonna have to keep my finger off the A button in between plays so I don't inadvertently skip these.
05-07-2012, 02:33 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Ah, alright. Thanks for the correction/info fill in on that. Still something that I'm not sure if I'll use a whole lot (I like the feeling of unknown) but it's still a nice add to the game and one that I do like.

I like it somewhat because you can scout out 20 guys right away in the preseason (though it's hard to remember to do so. at CD in April there wasn't a reminder to do the preseason scouting yet, but they were going to work on getting it put in).

Originally you were going to get 5 hours to scout, but they dropped it to 3; which I like better because there is still going to be an unknown factor during the season as you most likely will only get maybe a quarter of the 20 guys you initially scout in the preseason. It'll still take 3-4 weeks to fully scout an ATH if you use the max (60 minutes) for scouting.
05-07-2012, 02:34 PM
SmoothPancakes

Oooh. I like the pregame clip they just played for Oklahoma-Oklahoma State. Pregames are gonna be much sweeter now from the presentation side.
05-07-2012, 02:34 PM
JBHuskers

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

They just played a preview of the studio update with Rece Davis. Sounds good and looks good. That's gonna be a nice addition. I'm gonna have to keep my finger off the A button in between plays so I don't inadvertently skip these.

IIRC they're going to work on something to where you don't accidentally do this. I.E. you have to hold down A to skip instead of just tapping it.
05-07-2012, 02:34 PM
gschwendt

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

They just played a preview of the studio update with Rece Davis. Sounds good and looks good. That's gonna be a nice addition. I'm gonna have to keep my finger off the A button in between plays so I don't inadvertently skip these.

They made changes to where you essentially will intentionally have to press the A button in order to skip those quarter flashes and/or studio updates. They know how easy it was to accidentally skip them last year.
05-07-2012, 02:36 PM
Kwizzy

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

They just played a preview of the studio update with Rece Davis. Sounds good and looks good. That's gonna be a nice addition. I'm gonna have to keep my finger off the A button in between plays so I don't inadvertently skip these.

We gave feedback to make sure that shouldn't happen. Same with Game Tracks. I will shoot off an email to get confirmation on that.
05-07-2012, 02:38 PM
SmoothPancakes

Damn, no mentions at all about changes or additions made to custom conferences or coaching carousel. I really hope they did work on both this year and they just didn't mention it in the webcast, but are going to talk about it in blogs.
05-07-2012, 02:39 PM
beartide06

Will the in game updates update accordingly? For example, the in game updates won't occur in a situation where I'm trying to nu-huddle for a game winning drive will it? Also, did any CD guys get information on medical red shirts by chance? Just curious about these things. Thanks in advance.
05-07-2012, 02:40 PM
SmoothPancakes

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Originally Posted by JBHuskers

IIRC they're going to work on something to where you don't accidentally do this. I.E. you have to hold down A to skip instead of just tapping it.

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Originally Posted by gschwendt

They made changes to where you essentially will intentionally have to press the A button in order to skip those quarter flashes and/or studio updates. They know how easy it was to accidentally skip them last year.

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Originally Posted by Kwizzy

We gave feedback to make sure that shouldn't happen. Same with Game Tracks. I will shoot off an email to get confirmation on that.

Nice. :D 3 confirmations on them working to help that problem. Thank you gentlemen (all three of you) for your replies to that problem.
05-07-2012, 02:41 PM
JBHuskers

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Nice. :D 3 confirmations on them working to help that problem. Thank you gentlemen (all three of you) for your replies to that problem.

Yeah ... pretty sure you won't be skipping them this year :D
05-07-2012, 02:42 PM
Kwizzy

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Nice. :D 3 confirmations on them working to help that problem. Thank you gentlemen (all three of you) for your replies to that problem.

And here's a response directly from a dev to boot... :D

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Yes, when one is cued up we’re ignoring input for a small amount of time so you can see it happen before deciding you’d like to skip out.
05-07-2012, 02:42 PM
gschwendt

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Damn, no mentions at all about changes or additions made to custom conferences or coaching carousel. I really hope they did work on both this year and they just didn't mention it in the webcast, but are going to talk about it in blogs.

Sorry to say, no changes to how coaching carousel functions. A little bit of tuning but no other changes.

Same for custom conferences... only change really in that area is dynamic conference prestige.

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