Adam Thompson (NCAA Designer) Q&A Thread

[Dnxtlevel]

Hey Adam, will the controller Vibrate for the away team when the home team pumps the crowd up. If yes, will this occur during online games as well?

[zeroway21]

Has the idea of updating top 25 rankings weekly just like real life?(team ratings would stay the same,obviously.)this would be for play now/online.


thanks for answering all these questions.

[jpringle]

Sup Adam. I'm a 1st time poster, long time lurker of this thread. Can you confirm this or maybe you already have. Can you be fired in online dynasty??? I think I remember you say you think you can not be but wasn't sure. Thanx 4 all the info.

[bad_philanthropy]

Please do not bring discipline back, at least not in any form resembling what we have seen in the past. Dynamic coaching changes would be great, especially to see coaches bring their offenses to new schools. It would be great if there we could edit facsimile coaches names and coach details outside of dynasty.

[whatcha]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Players transfer down. So if you have a weak roster you are more likely to get transfers. I don't know the exact formula. There are academic standards. Players have a discipline rating... just be cause their is no sanctions on next gen, discipline is still there. This effects your academic ranking. The only static pitch is campus lifestyle. Everything else is tied into SOMETHING you do. If we were to add a feature that could be tied into a pitch, we would certainly make sure it carries over to recruiting. Thanks for the other suggestions.

Alright. Any idea how I can affect facilities? As for suggestions, I've got tons of em. The problem you guys as developers have to deal with is the "sim" crowd versus the "arcade' crowd. The quick snap is an example of that. It was added because people were tired of sitting there, waiting for the CPU to snap the ball. But many of the folks you'll run into on this board and others actually want to strategize on defense, countering matchup problems etc. Some of your focus groups just want to play the game, while we want to "experience" the game. For someone like me, who started with the FBPro series on PC years ago, I want the full sim experience. I want to feel the danger of getting fired. I want the challenge of dynamic AI playcalling, etc. I'm sure the majority here share in that sentiment, but we, unfortunately, are the minority when it comes to the total target audience. I just wish we had the option to go more in depth.

Another question I don't think I saw answered. The passing cone. Any thoughts given to making it a permanent switch that you can toggle on or off.

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by whatcha

Another question I don't think I saw answered. The passing cone. Any thoughts given to making it a permanent switch that you can toggle on or off.

whatcha - the passing cone is history. Right stick pump fakes directionally now.

[whatcha]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

whatcha - the passing cone is history. Right stick pump fakes directionally now.

That's unfortunate. It really emphasized the differences between a good QB and a bad one. Oh well. I can live without it, too, (just started playing with it again recently.....had a couple really bad QBs that it just depressed me when I would try to use the passing cone...)

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by whatcha

That's unfortunate. It really emphasized the differences between a good QB and a bad one. Oh well. I can live without it, too, (just started playing with it again recently.....had a couple really bad QBs that it just depressed me when I would try to use the passing cone...)

I too have ambivalent feelings about it's passing. I enjoyed it too but it's really not something that makes any sense to use unless everyone is forced to use it. Otherwise you're just handicapping yourself.

[whatcha]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

I too have ambivalent feelings about it's passing. I enjoyed it too but it's really not something that makes any sense to use unless everyone is forced to use it. Otherwise you're just handicapping yourself.

Exactly why I want the option to turn it on for a dynasty (would be a community decision to use or not to use it, but everyone would have to use it if we decided to).

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by whatcha

Exactly why I want the option to turn it on for a dynasty (would be a community decision to use or not to use it, but everyone would have to use it if we decided to).

That i could live with. Too bad it's already gone though.