Playstation NCAA13 Football Online Dynasty

[RyCo1983]

Apparently if you have to play my formidable ECU Pirates, pray for rain! I had no less than 8 dropped passes! It was crazy, my QB started out 1 for 13 because EVERY pass was getting dropped. I still rushed for 200 yards so UMass can suck it!

BTW, just for amusement sake, I thought I would say I absolutely HATE my QB's in my other dynasty with friends (where I am Notre Dame). Hendrix is inconsistent (but the most consistent of all of them). Golson gets hurt every season (last year, broken hand out for nine weeks, this year broken ribs out for eleven weeks). Kiel isn't ready to play (year three!) because for some reason (on these same settings he still throws too wild) and my freshman recruited QB's aren't ready either! Yay me!

8 drops...that's nothing! I probably average twice as many drops a game...without rain. My top 3 receivers have 9, 15, and 7 drops on the season...not including the absolute terrible game I just played...
There are about 5 drops that weren't marked as drops, because they turned into unbelievable interceptions.

Can't wait for the job market to open up!

My bums can't catch a cold half the time! They break the BIG plays...but more often than not they are dropping anything thrown harder than a whiffle ball.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

My beef with the slider settings we're using are:

1) Defense is a little too fast. I abuse the **** out of this, btw.

2) TOO MANY HOLDING CALLS. Every big run gets called back. Really kills your incentive, combined with #1 to have a solid run game. You cats scoring 70 points in a game are not doing it on the ground.

3) Too many dropped passes (although not as bad as #2).

The holding calls **** me off more than anything else. These 3 listed are all kinds of ****ed.

 

[Da Rattlensnakes]

The things I've noticed more than anything are the holding calls and roughing the passer. I remember at one point in my last game they called roughing the passer 3 straight plays against the computer.

Are we still on for advancement tonight?

 

[RyCo1983]

I'm abusing bad pass coverage AI with 5 WRs most of the time.
I rarely ever run the ball. Sometimes at the beginning to get a little Play Action going on.

 

[RyCo1983]

I'll run the ball when I have a team with a line that can run block! Tulsa is just a stepping stone for Coach Melvin Hawthorne III.

 

[IrishLion]

I agree, I've had at least one run of 20+ called back every game for holding. My last game against MSU, they called holding on three straight successful runs. Changed my "hold blocks" in the strategy settings to conservative to avoid more penalties, but my prolific run game struggled without lanes at the second level. The amount of "roughing the passer" penalties is ridiculous too (though it often works out in my favor since I don't pass the ball ever... on the rare occasions I do, I usually get pressured, and get more roughing the passers than I should)

 

[RyCo1983]

Got my first 4 star recruit! WR! YESSSS
TULSA!
Maybe I'll stay here!

 

[RyCo1983]

And the EA Sports page blanks out and screws me over while recruiting another interested 4 star...there goes 60 wasted minutes! DAMN!

 

[Andy in Sactown]

And the EA Sports page blanks out and screws me over while recruiting another interested 4 star...there goes 60 wasted minutes! DAMN!

I seriously doubt that both A) the time is expended and B) you did not receive credit for it.

Chances are it got there and was applied or you'll still have the time when the servers bring the online pages back up.

 

[RyCo1983]

No I used 10 minutes...the other 50 won't be available for me when it comes back up. It's happened to me once or twice for the past 3 games. I expect the same result...LOST TIME.

 

[dre1919]

Unfortunately, Alamo is probably right. I had this happen to me a few times on last year's game. Anyway...

DYNASTY ADVANCED

I'll see if I can make some tweaks to the AI and get some of the crap cleaned up. The main thing I see is that there are too many holding calls, the AI is easy to abuse rushing the QB (sacks get way out of hand on this settings package) and roughing the passer is stupid easy. I have a pass play where 75% of the time (at least) if I don't get a long gain I get a roughing call in my favor. So, I'll see what I can do...if any of you want to wait, I'll have some tweaks made by tomorrow. Up to you.

I already played my game for this week, a very tough one against Cincinnati (who has far more speed than my ECU Pirates do but we got heart!) Anyway, we got jobbed out of the tie on a two point conversion run obviously breaking the plane before the knee hit the turf. Oh well...what's important is my team knows they won that ball game, not the shameful couple hundred that bitchmade ref collected for throwing an obvious call!

 

[RyCo1983]

Yup, that time is gone forever!
Oh well!

 

[Andy in Sactown]

No I used 10 minutes...the other 50 won't be available for me when it comes back up. It's happened to me once or twice for the past 3 games. I expect the same result...LOST TIME.

That was a common scenario in last years game. They seem to have introduced a partial-fix in that this error still occurs, with you being unable to spend more time than the 10 minutes used on that recruit, but after totally exiting out of recruiting and coming back in, the 50 minutes should be available to spend on other recruits. Still sucks though... especially if that particular player was in a recruiting battle.

On an unrelated note. Killing it on the recruiting trail. Building a dynasty boys!

 

[RyCo1983]

The 50 minutes vanished into thin air. Not to be used on anyone.

Tulsa's class is currently a top 20 group!
Focusing on 4 stars now. That's the ticket.

 

[dre1919]

In an effort to clean up some issues, what I am going to propose and test out are the following settings. First the setting it's currently at and then what I would dial it to:

Holding 58 / 45
Roughing The Passer 55 / 35
Clipping 52 / 45
CPU Pass Blocking 40 / 20
CPU Pass Coverage 55 / 40

If anyone has any thoughts on this as I play test it. Thanks!

 

[IrishLion]

In an effort to clean up some issues, what I am going to propose and test out are the following settings. First the setting it's currently at and then what I would dial it to:

Holding 58 / 45
Roughing The Passer 55 / 35
Clipping 52 / 45
CPU Pass Blocking 40 / 20
CPU Pass Coverage 55 / 40

If anyone has any thoughts on this as I play test it. Thanks!

Wait, people are abusing the CPU pass coverage, so we lower it? Or am I confused?

 

[RyCo1983]

Wait, people are abusing the CPU pass coverage, so we lower it? Or am I confused?

Look at my TD to INT ratio...The pass coverage is abusing me most of the time! I happen to have an accurate QB that responds to the targetting controls quite well. I've gotten good at reading the D and making the right throws.

 

[IrishLion]

Look at my TD to INT ratio...The pass coverage is abusing me most of the time! I happen to have an accurate QB that responds to the targetting controls quite well. I've gotten good at reading the D and making the right throws.

Ah, then I am confused. I thought your earlier post had said that you were abusing the CPU. My apologies, carry on...

 

[RyCo1983]

Ah, then I am confused. I thought your earlier post had said that you were abusing the CPU. My apologies, carry on...

It's a 2 way street.
I didn't mean cheating though, I meant like maliciously beating the CPU.

I have put up HUGE numbers passing, but I'll also probably set the single season INT record and TD record at the same time. But I can't run for sh!t as Tulsa against anyone decent. So I pass most of the time with 4 or 5 wide.

 

[RyCo1983]

Last year I rarely passed. The power option was so effective that I never had to throw it.

 

[IrishLion]

I avoid a pass-heavy offense because there are far too many "money" pass plays that are successful 100% of the time. I get too greedy with them and use the money plays too much, and then it ends up not being fun.

I like to run the ball +75% of the time because it forces you to read the lanes and react quicker on the sticks to juke/spin/stiff-arm. Don't get me wrong though, there are definitely money plays in the run game if you are playing certain defenses, but not nearly as many as there are in the passing game.

Also, not accusing you of abusing money plays haha, just saying that I lack the will to avoid them when I play as a spread offense. Also, you definitely MUST pass the ball when you play as certain teams.

But if you're talking about a crappy team and still interested in running the ball? Western Kentucky. Love to do an offline dynasty with WKU and run the $&#@#$% ball. NDNation would be proud of my run-pass ratio with the Hilltoppers (or my Wisconsin team in our dynasty, for that matter).

 

[RyCo1983]

I avoid a pass-heavy offense because there are far too many "money" pass plays that are successful 100% of the time. I get too greedy with them and use the money plays too much, and then it ends up not being fun.

I like to run the ball +75% of the time because it forces you to read the lanes and react quicker on the sticks to juke/spin/stiff-arm. Don't get me wrong though, there are definitely money plays in the run game if you are playing certain defenses, but not nearly as many as there are in the passing game.

Also, not accusing you of abusing money plays haha, just saying that I lack the will to avoid them when I play as a spread offense. Also, you definitely MUST pass the ball when you play as certain teams.

But if you're talking about a crappy team and still interested in running the ball? Western Kentucky. Love to do an offline dynasty with WKU and run the $&#@#$% ball. NDNation would be proud of my run-pass ratio with the Hilltoppers (or my Wisconsin team in our dynasty, for that matter).

I haven't bothered to search for Money plays...This dynasty is the only time I play this game anymore already...no need to cheat/cheese.

I do a lot of hot routing based on the coverages I see. My two RBs are huge in the short passing game for me.

 

[RyCo1983]

The FBS record is 34 interceptions in a season
Overall (held by the D3) record is 43.
I am sitting at 34, tied the record! With 61 TDs.
With what...6 games to go (including the conference championship game and a bowl game)

 

[dre1919]

Well, I thought I would share this with you. In my online dynasty with my friends I've played this game with for years, I had the funniest / most annoying thing happen. I play Notre Dame (of course) and I was #1 in year three. We play for a real physical trophy upon which we put small plaques with our name on it. Well, I did my schedule to reflect the changes ND made (six ACC games) and I always play true to form for the Irish (no JUCO transfers, etc.)

Anyway, for some reason, this copy of the game hates me like crazy (last year's did too). For some reason, every season one team comes out of nowhere and NFW game's me. (That stands for No F___king Way Game for the uninitiated). The CPU absolutely will not let you win no matter what adjustments you make. Anyway, this time it was Georgia Tech.

Let me just say, you should get a preview of the uniform option the other team intends to wear with so many out there now. I went with the standard gold and white ND wears for a road game. GT wore gold and white for home unis...thanks Jackets...because looking downfield for the streaking wideout wasn't a big enough pain.

Anyway, hard fought game, even throughout (except for a INT I threw because of the f'ing sameness of uniform color) and tight coverage. We're facing OT, and I'm ok with that with our defense. Nope. GT kicks a 50 yard FG that...and I sh_t you not...hits the cross bar, spins around once in a circle, and then bloops in on the "good" side like a damned free throw. Are you kidding me!?

Now, a part of me is impressed that someone at EA even dreamed that scenario up for an animation of it. But, seriously? That handed me a loss and dropped me to #9. The only solace is that it's only Week Four.

 

[RyCo1983]

The dreaded NFW....

 

[RyCo1983]

Also...why are 2 guests lurking in this thread?

 

[Andy in Sactown]

Paging kapenn90. You have a #1 vs. #2 game to play.. Everyone else is ready to advance.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

Paging kapenn90. You have a #1 vs. #2 game to play.. Everyone else is ready to advance.

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[Andy in Sactown]

If you are not going to participate, have the common ****ing decency to remove yourself. Never would have thought it would be so difficult to have a simple online dynasty with some IE members. Very disapointed in some of you.

 

[RyCo1983]

If you are not going to participate, have the common ****ing decency to remove yourself. Never would have thought it would be so difficult to have a simple online dynasty with some IE members. Very disapointed in some of you.

We're like 3 games ahead of where it died last season. COME ONE PEOPLE.