So what's the Difficulty Level verdict?

[bh446066]

Went to Varsity level using PM's sliders and I have found a whole new game! Loving it so far, and the CPU can actually run the ball. Imagine that...

[dalecooper]

'nother question, have any of you Heisman guys tried Varsity with sliders? I've heard good things but I'm really curious how it could possibly work without being way, way too easy.

[pdiehm]

Quote: Originally Posted by dalecooper

'nother question, have any of you Heisman guys tried Varsity with sliders? I've heard good things but I'm really curious how it could possibly work without being way, way too easy.

I have my dynasty going with Pm's varsity sliders. Love it.

[bh446066]

Quote: Originally Posted by dalecooper

'nother question, have any of you Heisman guys tried Varsity with sliders? I've heard good things but I'm really curious how it could possibly work without being way, way too easy.

Dude...PM's Varsity sliders are NOT easy. Trust me. I'm having a harder time using them than I ever had on AA with my own tweaks (pre OR post patch)

[dalecooper]

Quote: Originally Posted by bh446066

Dude...PM's Varsity sliders are NOT easy. Trust me. I'm having a harder time using them than I ever had on AA with my own tweaks (pre OR post patch)

Can you explain why? I'm open to anything, just trying to find a difficulty level and slider combination that challenges me without feeling cheap. To me it just seems weird that Varsity would be harder than AA, regardless of sliders.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by dalecooper

For you Heisman guys, what would you say makes it harder than AA exactly, in the post-patch 2 world?

I think one of the biggest things is the line play. Your OL does not run or pass block as well. The cpu lines play a lot better as well.

Overall, playing offense is a lot harder on Heisman. Defense is still playable as I wouldn't say the cpu offense if overpowered other than pass blocking.

[pdiehm]

Quote: Originally Posted by dalecooper

Can you explain why? I'm open to anything, just trying to find a difficulty level and slider combination that challenges me without feeling cheap. To me it just seems weird that Varsity would be harder than AA, regardless of sliders.

I think the players play more to their ratings on Varsity than they do on AA or Heisman. If you're playing against a QB who's got poor passing ratings, he's going to be pretty bad...on heisman, that same player maybe goes 25/30 for 350 yards, whereas on Varsity he may go 12/27 125 yards.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by pdiehm

I think the players play more to their ratings on Varsity than they do on AA or Heisman. If you're playing against a QB who's got poor passing ratings, he's going to be pretty bad...on heisman, that same player maybe goes 25/30 for 350 yards, whereas on Varsity he may go 12/27 125 yards.

I hear that argument a lot but I don't think it's true at all. Players play to their ratings quite a bit on Heisman. Quite frankly I think that argument just gets repeated by guys who don't play on Heisman.

AA is the most balanced imo as the slider tweaks for the average gamer are more reserved or balanced. To play on Varsity (and quite a few here do) those guys have to tweak sliders like crazy to give the cpu a chance. What is balanced about that? How do massive slider changes indicate players play to their ratings more? You can do the same thing on Heisman to give the user an advantage (instead of the cpu on Varsity) and have the game play very similar.

I've tried all three levels in the past. In NCAA '09 I gave Varsity, AA and Heisman all a fair shake and the truth is you can make all three levels play very similar with slider tweaks. Each level might have a few distinct differences but they really aren't that big. Whatever level people want to play on is fine. It's all user preference.