FCS Finally Back In NCAA 2013?

[mackattack14]

Hey guys, I'm new here so I thought I'd post on one of the more popular threads. I'm currently a wide Receiver for the University of North Carolina (#86, a sophomore, from Sanford, NC). We are looking forward to a great season with the new coach Larry Fedora. Even though we have the 1 year postseason ban, we are working our butts off to show the nation what the Heels are made of. If any of you guys are UNC fans or fans of college football, you can reply to me if you want to talk about the Tar Heels, football in general, or anything you like. Go Heels!

God Bless

[capn_razzamataz]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

...i don't want EA worrying about adding an extra 100 teams to the game when the quality of the game isn't good enough with the 120 team they already have in there. If the gameplay was great and this game didn't have so many flaws/bugs/glitches then i'd say go ahead and add them. But there are so many things wrong with this game that the last thing i want is for them to devote time to adding something that isn't going to improve the quality of the game.

While I do understand where you're coming from, I don't quite agree. Adding FCS teams probably likely wouldn't take much away from gameplay enhancements. The biggest part of adding FCS teams would be importing/creating logos, uniforms, and fight songs (maybe mascots and a few stadiums? But we'll say no to make it a little easier for EA). That takes no people away from the gameplay team.

They could work on it post-release and put it out as a $10 DLC or something and have even less impact on the graphics team's budget and workload. Plus that way, no impact on disc space either.

The biggest issue (work wise) would probably be updating rosters every year.

[mb625]

Quote: Originally Posted by gator3guy

They don't need two ratings. They just need to spread the ratings out. For example: 90+ All-American 80+ All-Conference/ FCS Pro Prospect 70+ FBS Starter/ FCS All-American 60+ FBS 2nd string/ FCS starter 50+ FBS 3rd string/ FCS 2nd string 40+ FBS Walkon/ FCS 3rd string 30+ FCS Walkon Obviously this is a little off because not all FBS schools are equal, but just an idea. There's no need for two ratings. They just need to stretch them a little more.

That is a solid idea. The different ratings was just a thought, but TBH, I like this a lot better. A little less messy.

[mb625]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

The best part is when an FBS school passes on a player for someone rated higher, then the coveted player busts turns out to be a terrible player, and the non-wanted player shines all 4 years at the FCS school.

And this is what I think would be most entertaining about Dynasty mode in the FCS. I can just imagine bringing an overlooked recruit into UNI and having him turn out to be an absolute beast on the FCS level. That would be so sweet, but as others have said, the gameplay does need to be shored up, and given the choice, I'd take better gameplay before FCS teams in a heartbeat.

[mb625]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

I like taking over bad teams and building them into a contender. I would always start with a FCS school in the PS2 NCAA games and build them up to BCS status over time. The FIFA and NHL series have hundreds of teams from different leagues, so why can't NCAA football at least get two leagues back in the game like it used to have? It's even more disappointing in the NCAA series because BCS teams play FCS teams during the regular season, and you're stuck playing fake created teams for those games due to the lack of FCS schools. Personally, I wish they would go all the way down to Division III with their team selections. I would love to start with a D-III school and gradually work them up to D-I.

All the way down to D-III would be super cool, but we need to walk before we can run.

[TallyBoi7]

Quote: Originally Posted by mackattack14

Why do people want FCS teams? They are just a bunch of 40 over scrubs. Just use the good teams already in the game. Not many people would play with them anyways, it would just be a waste of space. Sorry, just my opinion, unless someone can tell me why they should be in the game. God Bless

There is a huge fanbase for FCS teams and there are some legit ballers. I'm not a fan of North Carolina and never play with them and hardly play against them...does that mean they are a waste of space? Just because you don't want to play with them, doesn't mean there aren't others who do. If I could play a game with only FCS teams, I would.

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by mackattack14

You can't compare D2 football to D1. It's a whole different animal. Also, I doubt an explicit FCS football game would sell as well as an explicit FBS game. It's also not worth the memory space to add an extra hundred schools who are not very good.

Except for the 28 FCS schools that had a better record than North Carolina.

[Special27K]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

Except for the 28 FCS schools that had a better record than North Carolina.

+1

But really I don't see the excuse EA Tiburon has for this not being included, doesn't make much sense to me when you compare NCAA Football to the likes of Fifa

[TripleCrown9]

Quick question. Were they in NCAA Football 06 for the PS2?

[TheNumber35]

Quote: Originally Posted by mackattack14

You can't compare D2 football to D1. It's a whole different animal. Also, I doubt an explicit FCS football game would sell as well as an explicit FBS game. It's also not worth the memory space to add an extra hundred schools who are not very good.

See ILLocano, I think we can see eye-to-eye on the fact that THIS is elitism lol. I think 99% of people that have responded to this thread don't have the view point above. Sadly this view point is more common than it should be...nobody is asking for a purely FCS game, just to have these teams added in.

And if those teams aren't very good, and haven't ever been good Mack, why did North Carolina lose to Furman in Carolina in 1999 28-3? Why did Appalachian State beat Michigan at the Big House? I can go on and on and on...FCS teams deserve respect and can beat anyone on any given day. These teams being good or not being good has nothing to do with why people don't want the teams in the game for 13. The ONLY reason people have hesitations on them adding something like this into the game this year are because of the potential time it would take away from fixing the problems with gameplay.