Questions for EA devs on NCAA '13? Post them in here.

[spiker]

What changes were made to how the CPU executes the option offense this year? In the past, playing a CPU option team was an automatic win because the team can never run the offense successfully.

Will numerous Tuners be available this year? These were all but forgotten about in NCAA 12.

Haha yeah. GT or Navy is on my schedule? Engage eight the entire game. :yep:

 

[BigBucs]

I don't believe that at all. PastaPadre tells EA where he sees issues with their games all of the time and they include him on everything. You can maintain your journalistic integrity and still have a relationship with a developer. You just have to be respectful in how you discuss areas of concern. That means moving away from the past MM/VSN modus operandi where idiots would blast the dev's mothers lineage or ask for their wife's n00dz while posting in all caps that EA sux0r. Those days are gone :yep:

So we can insult and disrespect each other all day every day but gone are the days of us cussing EA from the heavens? Sounds ok.

 

[ZoneBlitz]

If you want to be taken seriously by EA developers just word your complaints into constructive criticism, its not hard.

 

[SHOGUN]

Will pass-rushing be addressed, so that DE's get more pressure than DT's??

THIS. THIS. THIS.

Are there any intentions of bringing the expanded QB ratings from Madden into NCAA in the future?

Has the no-huddle intelligence of CPU teams been tweaked to take into account their current on-field personnel? Last year, a lot of the aggressive no-huddle teams would start out in 4 or 5 wide receivers and then pick plays from Singleback or I-Form sets.

Have the Game Plan settings been tweaked to make the Aggressive setting more risky defensively? Under default settings in NCAA 12 there seemed to be too little drawbacks about leaving the Aggressive setting on for extended periods, so players would turn it on for their defense all game.

Will the new Read and React Defense AI generate more variance in terms of how defenders play the triple option, specifically the flexbone offense, or does it only apply to the passing game? In the CPU defense always knew what play I was picking and would react perfectly regardless of awareness or play recognition ratings.

Is there ANY way to change the default length of socks to medium from ankle socks?

 

[ram29jackson]

will ps3's horrible washed out color/graphics be improved on ?

 

[spiker]

The graphics are pretty much identical between systems.

 

[Virix]

The graphics are pretty much identical between systems.

They never have been before... you see something that makes you feel that this changed this year?

 

[ryne candy]

How hard is it to really implement Medical Shirts into the game 5(?) years into the recent generations?

 

[St. Francisco]

BCS commissioners are coming close to an agreement on a playoff model...is this something you will actively try to add to next year's game? Or will you continue to shit on my head?

 

[spiker]

They never have been before... you see something that makes you feel that this changed this year?

I've seen the comparison shots and videos and the differences are not discernible in real time to the naked eye. The two versions play and look substantially the same. It's not even worth fretting over. If we want to bring the question to the EA reps, they probably won't even cop to the versions being different at all since they use the same graphics sets to build each version. I wish I could find an answer from a prior interview with an EA rep because I feel this has been addressed already.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

When will the game be playable? Last year, it took like an extra three months before the game was playable and needed, what...two patches? When should I expect NCAA to actually be playable?

 

[spiker]

Four patches and the OD transfer fails were never completely fixed.

 

[SHOGUN]

I'm pretty sure they said that wasn't going to be an issue this year in one of the webcasts, but you never know. :shifty:

 

[spiker]

I'm pretty sure they said that wasn't going to be an issue this year in one of the webcasts, but you never know. :shifty:

Yeah, well what EA says and what EA does are two different things. I will wait a month for this game to get vetted before I throw my hat in the ring again. OD is all I play and if I have to constantly reboot, reinvite, or replay games then I guess I'm waiting for NCAA 14.

 

[Virix]

After playing both demos, I can say with 100% certainty that the PS3 version (for the first time ever) doesnt have washed out colors like it every EA sports game so far. That give me hope for Madden, but it still isnt as good looking as the 360 version. I think it comes down to the fact that the Ps3 doesnt upscale, because its just not as crisp looking.

That said, its still much closer to the 360 look than games have been to this point, so at least its progress.

 

[spiker]

What changes were made to how the CPU executes the option offense this year? In the past, playing a CPU option team was an automatic win because the team can never run the offense successfully.

I have an answer for you and you are not going to like it...

 

[1ke]

So were any questions answered?

 

[Nevermind]

So were any questions answered?

Yes this question was answered

When does EA's licensing agreement with the NCAA expire?

They said "Fuck VSN"

 

[MrBill]

So were any questions answered?

The questions will be answered on a special edition of the podcast coming in the next couple of weeks.

 

[spiker]

:homieslol:

They very well could hate me from my post history at Utopia. Still, it's not like I ever got "personal" in here. For as much hate as they get from all over the internet, they can be pretty sensitive.