OMG ,WHAT A JOKE!!!

[bigal093]

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Video Gamers are very interesting people. They complain that doing certain things in the game are too hard (hitting straight shots in 08) they correct this issue and now it is a lot easier to hit straight shots now in 10. And guess what....People now complain about it's too easy hitting straight shots.

And now I see people are complaining that it's too hard to win tournaments. Just play the game and realize it is a video game. EVERY game has it's issues, so it is to be expected. Just get better at the game and try to have some fun.

i agree, but the problem is EA didnt fix anything, they never do.....they take something a little off and make it wrong completely the other way.

[OpusX910]

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To this point Precision Putting has been 'the great equalizer' for me: I have no such thing as 'an easy putt'. In fact, if I miss one more 2-3 footer I'm going to go crazier than I already am!

You think the putting is harder?, i think it is FAR easier than last year, because you have immaculate distance control with the new putting system

[baa7]

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You think the putting is harder?, i think it is FAR easier than last year, because you have immaculate distance control with the new putting system

Turn the putting meter off then get back to us about that one.

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Turn the putting meter off then get back to us about that one.

QFT! What in devil is the putting meter doing on in the Pro Tour difficulty level anyway!? It has a place in Pro, it takes too much intuition and skill out of the game! I believe EA Sports will ultimately regret even having the meter available for use in Tour Pro. baa7 is right, the game play is much more intruguing with that blasted meter off!

[kehlis]

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QFT! What in devil is the putting meter doing on in the Pro Tour difficulty level anyway!? It has a place in Pro, it takes too much intuition and skill out of the game! I believe EA Sports will ultimately regret even having the meter available for use in Tour Pro. baa7 is right, the game play is much more intruguing with that blasted meter off!

I don't see the problem with having it as an option.

I play with neither the meter or the grid lines, but can see why some would.

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

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Just finished a tournament at Hazeltine National and the winner was Paul Casey at -13 he shot 63 on Sunday. Two players were at -11 and the rest didn't get to -10. I shot +1

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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What's with you guys. This is a complete game killer for season mode. I have the Wii version and it's doing the exact same crap, there's nothing about it being challenging. It's complete AI ******ation. I'll shoot anywhere from 65 to 75 on advanced mode but if I'm close to the lead the leaders will shoot 10 under on the last day and it's virtually impossible for me to win because I can't shoot 59 the way I have the attributes for my golfer. I wanted to keep it realistic but the AI doesn't allow that. I

It's like EA is saying is if you want to win you have to get max stats and hit 400 yard drives and be as arcadey as possible. If you're on the highest level they should have the leader shoot a -12 regardless if you shoot -22 or +22. They do this for every golf game since the 1st PC games a dozen years ago and EA can't figure this out. How ******** can they be with this.

EA shouldn't allow to build your golfer to be superman and therefore have reasonable leaderboards. How hard can that be, it's not rocket science. If no one complains about it and gamers use the ridiculous "challenge" excuse, EA wil never change it.

[OpusX910]

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Turn the putting meter off then get back to us about that one.

touche, i didnt even know you could turn the meter off and just tried it, putting is much harder now

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I don't see the problem with having it as an option.

I'm going back to my experience with Links 2004. It didn't have a putting strength meter in its most advanced mode of difficulty and it felt right. A lot of the players who are carving up the Tour Pro mode Dailies to the tune of 18 and 19 under par say that they actually find precision putting easier than classic putting because the meter allows them to dial in the exact distance they've calcutated.

I say this because I think removing the meter in the game's hardest difficulty level would help bring the scores a little closer to reality. The same elite players would dominate, but it would probably increase their scoring average 5%, or so.

The meter has a place in Pro mode for sure, but even there, I think EA Sports is wise to allow the Pro mode player to turn it off. What I'm seeing already taking shape is a division of the Tour Pro players between meterless and metered putting. This group is probably only 10 to 15% of the user base and I hate seeing it get factionalized further.

I play with neither the meter or the grid lines, but can see why some would.

You ought to be in good shape for the Weekly that's taking place right now! It's at Bethpage Black with the grids off! I didn't realize how bad I was at reading slope without a grid. There were times were not only did I misjudge the break, I misjudged that actual direction of the break. This is where local knowledge would really be of value. I can see some time playing a practice round would pay dividends.

[fantasysportsguy]

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I'm seeing the crazy scores in season mode as well. At Torrey Pines, Mickelson won with a total of -30 for the 4 day total. Then, next tourney at Pebble Beach, Tiger won with a -26 score. That's nuts and those of you that are bashing this guy for giving good and well deserved criticism are full of it. How can EA expect human players to compete with that stuff, even on the high difficulty levels that I am sure we're all playing on. That is completely bogus.

[RealmK]

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Its a justified rant. Through 2 tourneys playing on Tour Pro, I'm seeing the same thing. I struggle to stay a good say 5 or 6 under par and the AI has no issues scoring 20 or more under par. I'm sorry its a game breaker and its not realistic. Why bother if you know you have no chance of ever winning a tournement in season mode? Seriously debating trading this back in which sucks because I love the gameplay this year.

[kehlis]

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I'm going back to my experience with Links 2004. It didn't have a putting strength meter in its most advanced mode of difficulty and it felt right. A lot of the players who are carving up the Tour Pro mode Dailies to the tune of 18 and 19 under par say that they actually find precision putting easier than classic putting because the meter allows them to dial in the exact distance they've calcutated.

I say this because I think removing the meter in the game's hardest difficulty level would help bring the scores a little closer to reality. The same elite players would dominate, but it would probably increase their scoring average 5%, or so.

The meter has a place in Pro mode for sure, but even there, I think EA Sports is wise to allow the Pro mode player to turn it off. What I'm seeing already taking shape is a division of the Tour Pro players between meterless and metered putting. This group is probably only 10 to 15% of the user base and I hate seeing it get factionalized further.

I think you and I are looking at it from different perspectives.

I play offline only (not that I am against online, and would like to try it with this game, it just isn't a priority of mine.

You ought to be in good shape for the Weekly that's taking place right now! It's at Bethpage Black with the grids off! I didn't realize how bad I was at reading slope without a grid. There were times were not only did I misjudge the break, I misjudged that actual direction of the break. This is where local knowledge would really be of value. I can see some time playing a practice round would pay dividends.

I never said I was good at putting with the grid and meter off:wink:

[OpusX910]

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Its a justified rant. Through 2 tourneys playing on Tour Pro, I'm seeing the same thing. I struggle to stay a good say 5 or 6 under par and the AI has no issues scoring 20 or more under par. I'm sorry its a game breaker and its not realistic. Why bother if you know you have no chance of ever winning a tournement in season mode? Seriously debating trading this back in which sucks because I love the gameplay this year.

Because you think the game is hard you wanna trade it in? I traded 09 in after two weeks because i won every tournament...what is the fun in winning everything on your first try?

[DXZeke]

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As for the Wii Version:

Head to the options menu.
Difficulty Options.

There's an option for the CPU Opponents.
Custom, Easy, Normal, Hard, and Expert.

Have any of you guys tried messing with that yet?

[baa7]

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What's with you guys. This is a complete game killer for season mode.

I'm reading the final scores are varied: -13 to -40. Sounds more or less realistic to me and hardly a game killer.