Has anyone seen the CPU fair catch (other than touchbacks)?

[Starfleeter]

Just like the title says: Has anyone ever seen the CPU fair catch? The blocking on punt returns is horrible and yet the CPU will sit there and take a hit from someone barreling at them every time and about 1/3 of the time, it's a fumble which completely changes the game. Only time I see fair catches are when it's gonna be a touchback and the returner runs away from the endzone after calling a fair catch.

This rarely happens in real college football. In fact, in reality returners don't return that much at all if they think they're gonna take a big hit so what gives? Why didn't EA give returners any sort of fair catch logic?

[Tovarich]

They fair catch punts against me all the time.

[Kobalt]

I always see a touchback on punts.

[mcpheje]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tovarich

They fair catch punts against me all the time.

Same here. The key for me is to angle the punt away from the returner and then get my gunner around the blocker. With higher punts and a good move around the blocker, it'll often result in a fair catch. The only thing is I have a hard time seeing the guy make the fair catch signal. So I've been called for interference a couple of times.

[phant030]

Quote: Originally Posted by mcpheje

Same here. The key for me is to angle the punt away from the returner and then get my gunner around the blocker. With higher punts and a good move around the blocker, it'll often result in a fair catch. The only thing is I have a hard time seeing the guy make the fair catch signal. So I've been called for interference a couple of times.

Sometimes it's not visible b/c it's called late. The returner catches the ball before the fair catch signal can be made.

[Starfleeter]

Okay, well, I watch a lot of CPU vs CPU games and with regular punts and I've never seen the CPU fair catch unless it's a touchback or a shanked punt.

It's ridiculous and it's pissing me off since they always take a hit and it makes too many fumbles happen where the other team can easily pick up the ball and take it in for a score.

[dalecooper]

I don't watch any CPU vs CPU games, but in my offline dynasty the computer fair catches pretty regularly. Less so now that I have a punter with a nuclear-powered leg, but still. I've also not seen that many fumbles off of punts - if anything it's the opposite: the computer is really good at breaking the first tackle (even though I have a really good tackler at gunner - pisses me off!) and getting 5+ cheap yards.

[deadlyCane]

I see the cpu fair catch against me a great amount of time. Maybe it's only an issue for cpu vs cpu games. I don't really know because I never watch cpu vs cpu games. I only play the games and I have not issue seeing the cpu fair catch.