Five Reasons to Be Excited for NCAA 13: #5 Dynamic Conference Prestige

[CT Pitbull]

if they cant keep sock length from resetting every year in dynasty it is worthless to me...i could care less about these features if after one year the play "on field" looks shoddy ...

in one player offline dynasty this feature will cause "big boy" conferences to have an even bigger edge..good for those who like it though

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Colt45

This sounds great and all, but I'm super worried that in 5 years the SEC's prestige is gonna be D. They should have had the average of the Top 6's finish in the BCS standings for the previous 5 years or so. Conference Prestige is dynamic, but it isn't THAT dynamic.

If 12 Users in an online dynasty took over the ACC and recruited on JV, then that might happen, but otherwise it seems unlikely that this will occur.

Alabama, LSU, Florida, Georgia, Auburn, South Carolina, with the grades and ranking that those teams start with when the game ships, it's my opinion that the conference will never even fall below a "B" without serious User intervention.

[soulless pupil]

Give me dynamic gameplay and CPU playcalling and i'll get excited. Until then, I'd rather not buy any football games...

[Mike Lowe]

Guarantee that this will break something. Guarantee.

[sactown_13]

im worried that after a few years some of the bigger teams/conferences and gonna turn into duke....

[tested29]

Quote: Originally Posted by jfsolo

Quote: This sounds great and all, but I'm super worried that in 5 years the SEC's prestige is gonna be D. They should have had the average of the Top 6's finish in the BCS standings for the previous 5 years or so. Conference Prestige is dynamic, but it isn't THAT dynamic. If 12 Users in an online dynasty took over the ACC and recruited on JV, then that might happen, but otherwise it seems unlikely that this will occur. Alabama, LSU, Florida, Georgia, Auburn, South Carolina, with the grades and ranking that those teams start with when the game ships, it's my opinion that the conference will never even fall below a "B" without serious User intervention.

I have to say I disagree a bit. Even in '12 after the first 5-6 or so years in most of my dynasties the SEC turns into a so-so conference. The prestige stays the same, but no team ever does well. The teams recruit highly every year, but most finish outside the top 15(after starting in the top 15) because their confrence schedules are so tough. None of them ever finish undefeated or with one loss. They beat themselves up. Every year the National Championship is won by a Big East or ACC team. I'm currently in year 2037 and I don't think I've seen a Big12, Big 10, Pac 12 or SEC team take it home in the past 15 seasons. Its not uncommon for me to see teams with B+ and B- ratings go to the dance and take it home simply because they went 12-0 and played nobodies the whole season. Strength of schedule needs to play more of a factor if you ask me.

Also, for those curious, I've specifically tried to stay out of the big conferences by being a coordinator in the lower level conferences and never renewing my contracts more than 1 time. That way the game stays fresh and a challenge. During my current dynasty I've only been to the national championship twice and won it once with BYU.

[MachoMyers]

Football Manager added this feature this past year as well and it was a welcome addition for multiple seasons. Glad to see it in there.

[TIMB0B]

As long as there are BCS and nonBCS conferences there needs to be a ceiling for the nonBCS conferences. Maybe B+.