NCAA Football 11 Video: First Look at the New Dynasty Recruit Call

[jolson88]

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Interesting. They took alot of control away from the user with this system. Topics are now chosen at random which seems weird. I liked the idea that i could dictate the conversation. I'm warming up to the points system. Gives you a better idea about how hard other schools are recruiting that same kid, just not sure how realistic that is.

The "recruiting cheeser" in me (okay, I admit it) is sad that I can't have direct control on the flow of the conversation like I did last year. However, I'm also incredibly excited because of how much more of a challenge this is going to make building up a 1* school.

Though I admit I used it last year in my offline dynasty (yes, I regret it ), it does suck that you could spam two-three good recruit patches for 3 hrs (or more sometimes) to land recruits in the matter of a couple of weeks. With a 60 minute limit and not having choice over every single pitch, this should be lots of fun .

[The GIGGAS]

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He took points from VT! Anger.

Seriously, though, that system looks great.

[auburntigersfan]

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I dont know if USC belongs on that list. The other Cali universities you mentioned are FAR better, esp Cal and Stanford.

Cal isn't really far superior to USC. Of course Stanford is superior, and the argument could be made that Cal is better. The only school that clearly doesn't belong on that list is Baylor. I would also include Duke, Boston College, Rice, and Wake Forest.

It astonishes me sometimes how people underestimate the academics at USC, you'd think half of the people from around where I live think it's just some state university about like Oklahoma.

[osubeavs721]

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I love the new recruiting. In past years it was waaay to easy now there are other elements that are going into it. I love how the convo is random and in season promises. Thats going to help build the 1* programs

[Deegeezy]

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Yeah I like the conversation being random too...It's like the recruit is leading the call/asking the questions instead of the other way around and it puts more difficulty on the user.

[Roggie]

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The "recruiting cheeser" in me (okay, I admit it) is sad that I can't have direct control on the flow of the conversation like I did last year. However, I'm also incredibly excited because of how much more of a challenge this is going to make building up a 1* school.

Though I admit I used it last year in my offline dynasty (yes, I regret it ), it does suck that you could spam two-three good recruit patches for 3 hrs (or more sometimes) to land recruits in the matter of a couple of weeks. With a 60 minute limit and not having choice over every single pitch, this should be lots of fun .

Totally with you on this one. It was FAR too easy getting the top recruiting class every year. Even did it in ODs spamming hard sells to their very high my A/A+. So many points doing that. So easy.

I'm liking everything but the visible points. You shouldn't know exactly how many points you got. I didn't know recruits said "Hey coach, you just gained 93 interest points from me, bring you up to 1248. You're 57 behind some other school!" I find that just stupid.

[arobbi3]

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"Hey coach, you just gained 93 interest points from me, bring you up to 1248. You're 57 behind some other school!" I find that just stupid.

This. Only issue I have with this new system. I love the random topics, but the points just seem stupid to me. I hope theres an option to hide them. If there's not I'll eventually get used to it. It's just frustrating that they brought a little realism away from recruiting.

[Deegeezy]

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We'll just have to learn to subconsciously ignore the points somehow. I really hate the mathematics of the game's recruiting system being revealed to the user.

What's next, are they going to show the percentage of likelihood that a WR is going to catch or drop a pass in the play select screen?

[o Mass Murda o]

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i guess im in the minority of not minding the mathematics being there for recruiting. for me at least, gone are the days of being "full bar'd" and in 2nd/3rd place and recruiting a guy very hard with my best pitches and not ever moving up a notch, but not knowing why or being able to tell just how hard the cpu is going at him as well. all i see it as is an extension of the interest bar....to give u a more detailed reference point and take out the guesswork or head scratching when something happens

[Deegeezy]

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i guess im in the minority of not minding the mathematics being there for recruiting. for me at least, gone are the days of being "full bar'd" and in 2nd/3rd place and recruiting a guy very hard with my best pitches and not ever moving up a notch, but not knowing why or being able to tell just how hard the cpu is going at him as well. all i see it as is an extension of the interest bar....to give u a more detailed reference point and take out the guesswork or head scratching when something happens

I actually always thought that was great to not know why you're not making progress. It made it feel more like the recruit just doesn't want to play for my school where are now, it will be revealed to me that I am losing due to mathematics.

[jhawkmike]

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This looks great. Big improvement. And a pretty important improvement too considering how much time recruiting takes in a dynasty.

[Roggie]

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I actually always thought that was great to not know why you're not making progress. It made it feel more like the recruit just doesn't want to play for my school where are now, it will be revealed to me that I am losing due to mathematics.

That was my thought on it. I loved the frustration. It's realistic. Now I know exactly how far I am behind, which you shouldn't ever know. I'd also like to see guys trim their list (it says interested in top 3 or 5 right now) and actually only show that many teams on their list, instead of ten when they've trimmed their list to 5 or 8 or so.

[UHCougarfan]

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Rice should definitely be on the top academics list before USC. Baylor definitely doesnt belong on that list either.

Rice
Duke
UCLA
Boston College

[davep]

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If the player ratings matter, this will be fun. If a punter can still block a DL, then it will be rendered worthless.

[Dame]

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Rice should definitely be on the top academics list before USC. Baylor definitely doesnt belong on that list either.

Rice
Duke
UCLA
Boston College

The entire big ten should be on the list since every school is in the top 100 *I think