NCAA Football 11 Q&A Thread

[UGA14]

Only been playing on Heisman. Only played one game on AA and thought it too easy.

Probably will do my offline on that. My online one I am San Jose State and so it's already challenging enough. May move it up though if me and my buddy are tearing it up.

[psusnoop]

JB, thats what I'm hoping it is as I didn't have any issues when I got the game just recently.

[Sinister]

when searching for your teams i had to type my name in and all the teams popped up

[ram29jackson]

when searching for your teams i had to type my name in and all the teams popped up

its typical- you constantly have to reset it

[Cipher 8]

Quick questions...

1. How many Online Dynasties can I join.
2. When it asks if I want to save or download the Dynasty File what exactly is that and can/do I only do that for one league? What about the others then?
3. What's your favorite middle of the road team to use in Online Dynasty? (Just for shits and giggles)

[gschwendt]

Quick questions...

1. How many Online Dynasties can I join.
2. When it asks if I want to save or download the Dynasty File what exactly is that and can/do I only do that for one league? What about the others then?
3. What's your favorite middle of the road team to use in Online Dynasty? (Just for shits and giggles)

1. In the past it was 5.
2. That's simply there to save you time if you go back into the dynasty during that same week; if you don't save, you'll simply have to re-download it the next time you come in. It always saves each OD save file as a separate name so no worries there.
3. I just had fun playing with Houston, although you lose Keenum after 1 year but backups are running types if you like that.

[jaymo76]

You guys finding the game hard on All-American?

I'm hoping my last game was a fluke... I beat Clemson with Georgia 77-3 and passed for 600 yards on 28/32 passing and ran for an 8.5 average with 6 TDs on the ground.

I hope things get harder... lol

Yeah, I only ever play AA but if the slider tweaks don't change things I may go default Heisman this year. The offense for human teams is potent!

[Cipher 8]

1. In the past it was 5.
2. That's simply there to save you time if you go back into the dynasty during that same week; if you don't save, you'll simply have to re-download it the next time you come in. It always saves each OD save file as a separate name so no worries there.
3. I just had fun playing with Houston, although you lose Keenum after 1 year but backups are running types if you like that.

Thanks. I just noticed when reading through the manual it does say five... but yeah I had no clue what the save was for. Again you make this place awesome with info and quick responses. I like Houston but I'm more of a pro style player then wide open pass attack so I doubt if I'll use them in any OD's

[Bamafan3723]

My user profile transferred over immediately upon putting '11 in. Maybe it was defaulting (as my school song is one of the old PS2 generic songs) and it just assigned that particular song. I'm not sure, but it played my school song on first downs and TDs without me manually doing anything. I'd have to look to see how I did it last year, but I remember you could only have one song for TB schools and you had to assign it to "All".

Okay, a little bit of a different question now. My teambuilder Alabama team runs out of the tunnel to a generic fight song. Is there no way to get them to run out to "Yea Alabama"? I play at Bryant-Denny and Bama's fight song plays after scores but what about during the entrance?

[Kingpin32]

Okay, a little bit of a different question now. My teambuilder Alabama team runs out of the tunnel to a generic fight song. Is there no way to get them to run out to "Yea Alabama"? I play at Bryant-Denny and Bama's fight song plays after scores but what about during the entrance?

Since it's a Teambuilder team, I don't think you can get them to run out to that song.

[Cipher 8]

I got another question... I play on AA because for me it's about right. The defenses are not unbeatably tough and the teams that shouldn't be that challenging aren't but the teams that are upper echelon actually give me a challenge. I'm not that good at the game so Heisman is a little too tough on a regular basis but AA in someways is a little too easy. For Example: I hold every team to less then 50 rushing yards a game.

Now I've been reading everybody talk about sliders and how they fix this issue but can they be used in an online dynasty?

Example of what I'm asking about...incase how i explained it is confusing

I'm getting close to some decent sliders for myself. No clue if they work for others but I play on AA. To boost the cpu running game I increase the cpu RBA to 60 and their run block to 80. It's pretty good right now (I keep human tackling and run defense at default 50). I think the cpu passing game needs a boost too. I drop pass coverage to 35 to loosen it up for them.

[Bamafan3723]

Since it's a Teambuilder team, I don't think you can get them to run out to that song.

Wow...that's crap. Did it not cross EA's mind that people would want to be able to choose the song their TB team ran out too?

[HuskerBlitz]

Wow...that's crap. Did it not cross EA's mind that people would want to be able to choose the song their TB team ran out too?

Last year, I believe you could choose just one song for a TB team and you had to set that song to 'All" events.

[psusnoop]

I got another question... I play on AA because for me it's about right. The defenses are not unbeatably tough and the teams that shouldn't be that challenging aren't but the teams that are upper echelon actually give me a challenge. I'm not that good at the game so Heisman is a little too tough on a regular basis but AA in someways is a little too easy. For Example: I hold every team to less then 50 rushing yards a game.

Now I've been reading everybody talk about sliders and how they fix this issue but can they be used in an online dynasty?

Example of what I'm asking about...incase how i explained it is confusing

Yes the sliders can be used for Online Dynasties. That is controlled by the commish of the dynasty.

[Bamafan3723]

Last year, I believe you could choose just one song for a TB team and you had to set that song to 'All" events.

I looked in the stadium custom sounds section but my TB team did not show up. Is there another section in the game to choose a song for a TB team?

[HuskerBlitz]

I looked in the stadium custom sounds section but my TB team did not show up. Is there another section in the game to choose a song for a TB team?

It may have to be for all home teams.

[Cipher 8]

Got a question about Pipelines. How many people do you have to have on the roster for it to become a pipeline? Cuz I'm Michigan and I got 20 from Michigan, 15 from Ohio, 11 from Florida, and 4 from Texas. All four of those states are pipelines of mine.. but I want to make California and a few other states my pipelines as well for the bonuses in phone calls so how many people do I have to get in order for them to become my pipelines for next season?

Are these guys right in their asumptions? http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/1131580.page

[SmoothPancakes]

In the past, you have had to have 3 people for a state on your roster for that state to be a pipeline. So just try to sign at least 3 people from California, and you should be good to go.

At least that's the way it has been every year for the past couple. I can't imagine them randomly screwing with that and changing the numbers required for no reason.

[morsdraconis]

It's 4 people, not 3, but other then that, just sign 4 people from that state and you have a pipeline there.

[SmoothPancakes]

It's 4 people, not 3, but other then that, just sign 4 people from that state and you have a pipeline there.

Damn, what'd they change it for then? I was able to get pipeline status with only 3 players in previous years.