Short Dreads and Long Hair before its too late

[Kid FSU]

I think they will look better during gameplay

[Card-me]

Dreads? Hair? This is what we're arguing about?

We've got DBs sliding around on ice, linemen running right past their assignments, psychic defenders, and would-be tacklers going catatonic at the point of attack, and we're complaining about colored lines coming out the back of helmets?

The additions they've made this year look great and well worth the purchase (to say nothing of being long overdue), but I think there are much bigger fish to fry and much better areas at which to throw money than freaking short dreads and long hair. Some of you guys are worrying about the icing before you bake the cake.

[TDenverFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Zasnow

I'd rather not have dreads at all compared to the crap they put in.

Same. I'm going to make it so only a few of my players have dreads...

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by Card-me

Dreads? Hair? This is what we're arguing about? We've got DBs sliding around on ice, linemen running right past their assignments, psychic defenders, and would-be tacklers going catatonic at the point of attack, and we're complaining about colored lines coming out the back of helmets? The additions they've made this year look great and well worth the purchase (to say nothing of being long overdue), but I think there are much bigger fish to fry and much better areas at which to throw money than freaking short dreads and long hair. Some of you guys are worrying about the icing before you bake the cake.

Yes people are arguing for hair. There are separate teams that work on gameplay, presentation, accessories, etc. When we asked for dreads, we wanted them to be put in realistically which is not what we got. EA pretty much slapped everyone in the face who was asking for dreads.

Yes, we have coach carousels, new zone defenses, dreads, and much more, but they all have obvious flaws. Dreads have no variety in length, coaching carousel looks to have no ratings which is the most important part to a carousel, and the new zone defenses have shown major gliding problems.

I think we are all happy the direction EA is taking the franchise, but we're all disappointed that they are improving the game, but just in EA fashion. If you're going to put something in the game, then do it right the first time. Right now dreads are ridiculous to look at and it seems adding a few lengths wouldn't have been an unrealistic expectation.

[The Adjustment Burea]

Like I said earlier I could care less about dreads but this there's no need to argue at all. The OP has a right to start a thread about dreads. Let the OS staff decide if this thread is necessary or not. For example, I don't see the logic in multiple year dynasty. I can't see myself playing with fictional players, but you sure won't see me in those threads discouraging people who do.

[Pared]

Settle down. You guys can respectfully disagree but the back and forth stops.

TAB - Use the report feature if you want to help. There's no need for you to be moderating the forums via posts. Thanks.

[FightinSnydersKSU]

The dreads in this game are realistic. Only for a few college athletes though. A very small % have hair that long which is why we want shorter dreads because the higher percentage of players have them. I do think that most everybody here would of rather had the stupid ponytail dreads that are in madden than the ones that are in NCAA 12 this year.

[cts]

I've always been pretty finicky about visual details in these games, but rarely is anything visual a game-breaker.

That being said, I agree with the OP about the implementation of the dreads. Is this vital to NCAA12? No. But at the same time, the dev's will address some of the "major" gameplay flaws from '11, and people will complain about how those things were implemented. So what's the difference?


At the end of the day:

Difficulty to code in different hair styles <<<<< Difficulty to code in how players react to specific events in the game.