NCAA Football 11 Patch #2 Available with Details, Post Your Impressions Here

[ChicagoChris]

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First kudos to EA on the quick release! Very cool of them to do this!

Stunned at how great the uniform deterioration looks and the patch and tuner file have certainly cleaned things up. (NCAA is making it hard for me to play what I think is a good version of Madden 11)

[KG]

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Holy smokes I just saw an encroachment penalty

Same. I came to the line on 4th & 1, did a hard-count and the CPU jumped. As soon as the ref blew the whistle I got mad thinking someone on my line moved, nope. 1st down Sun Devils.

[georgiafan]

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I definitely saw a few more penalties than before. You certainly can pull the cpu offsides now. I could never do it prior to the patch. I could catch them cheating but they always got back in time. In two games I got three encroachment penalties and a delayed offsides. Unfortunately, the cpu never drew me offsides and I had my DL on aggressive the entire time.

I got called for offsides about 3 or 4 times in a game last night with my DL set to aggresive. I even had to turn it back to balance in crunch time to avoid being called for it agian.

[PAPERNUT]

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I was able to play two more games last night with both the patch and tuner. I had read about people saying that a lot of slider tweaks are necessary but I don't think so. Some areas have definitely changed so tweaks may be necessary but I don't think any huge changes will be required. Prior to the patch I probably had both human and cpu running games a little too strong while the passing games weren't quite open enough. The patch fixed both problems for me.

The outside running game is certainly a lot tougher now. I usually run between the tackles and don't use many speed backs so this won't affect me much. But when I called outside runs the results were usually 1-2 yard gains. I did get a couple decent runs but no long runs and my share of negative ones as well. I actually found there were an increase overall in the number of negative runs in the two games I played. I think it's good and helps tone down the ypc. To run outside now I think people are going to have to use it to punish teams cheating inside or use players that have the speed to get outside quicker. I think this is a good change and the overall rushing numbers for both human and cpu will be down a bit post patch.

The passing game has been loosened up for both human and cpu and this was needed imo. Man coverage isn't as tight and I found myself completing a lot more slants. The psychic DBs you would see at times definitely seem toned down. Both myself and the cpu seemed to have more success passing and this is something I was looking forward to. If you liked your sliders pre-patch you might want to boost cpu and human pass coverage a notch or two to keep it the same post-patch. I found the overall offensive numbers in my game to be similar to pre-patch. Its just that the running games took a slight hit and the passing game got a bit of a boost. I don't see a difference in the pass rush. In two games I was able to get about the same amount of pressure as pre-patch so this is one concern that I read about that I didn't see.

I was thinking I hadn't seen many drops until my impact WR dropped a wide open TD pass in the endzone. SOB!! I don't think the Catch or INT sliders need to be adjusted post patch but it's only two games. I had read that quarterbacks were more accurate but I think the jury is still out on that. I still saw misfires by both my QB and the cpu QB. Quarterbacks will have more success now with man coverage toned down but I don't know if the QB accuracies have really increased post patch. With just two games I'm far more likely to keep all my sliders intact at the moment.

I agree. The pursuit was the big difference I noticed as the CPU will take a straight shot for the ball carriers now. I went to practice mode to test as well and noticed the same for outside runs. Passing is easier for both me and the CPU as well as that will need some tightening up, but is not off by much.

[rudyjuly2]

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I got called for offsides about 3 or 4 times in a game last night with my DL set to aggresive. I even had to turn it back to balance in crunch time to avoid being called for it agian.

That's good to know. I'm glad it was a subtle change though and not overdone.

[White Out]

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• CPU defense is a lot tougher when blitzing, a minor tweak on sliders is needed
• CPU running seems a bit stronger, they follow blocks better. I say dont tweak it; the CPU needs a good run game
• Kicking game for the CPU is far better now... kudos EA

Overall I'd say the patch and new tuner set made the CPU a lot better at the little things. I'm having to re ajdust some sliders ... when I tried to play last night on my crazy sliders I was getting dominated by a team only a half letter grade better. and when I say dominated I mean 22 first downs to 7, twice the offence, and I scored a field goal all game. lol.

[White Out]

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I got called for offsides about 3 or 4 times in a game last night with my DL set to aggresive. I even had to turn it back to balance in crunch time to avoid being called for it agian.

i saw this too when i played my buddy last night human vs human offline

[kirkdawg]

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OMG at the pump fake glitch, EA is just a bunch of amatuers

Ask yourself if you would think to test what would happen in a QB pump fakes backwards. Have you ever seen that in an actual game? No.

[Pezell04x]

I love the uniform degradation, looks so natural.

Overall, I played a game last night and everything seemed to feel a lot better. My only issue is that linebackers still seem to be able to jump 10 feet to tip a pass in coverage.

[BigBoi23]

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The uniform degredation is great, however, not many teams in major conferences have natural grass anymore. And from what I understand, teams playing on FieldTurf will experience neither jersey wear and tear nor helmet scuffs.

[Whoman]

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there´s way too many fumbles now imo. It´s great that the cpu runs the ball better, but if the cost is getting 5 fumbles per game i say meh ...

[dalecooper]

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Pump fake bug =

Luckily I only play offline, but I'm still going to have to stop myself from busting this out on the CPU when I need a play. In the back of my head will be a little voice saying, "Go on, do it! No one's watching! Auto-touchdown!"

[Shauk25]

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I discovered pump fake bug by accident, i like to move the ball down to my 1, and try plays and i sorta got pusheed backwards and everyone broke towards me.

Then i messed with it, when the balls is caught almost EVERYOEN is in my Endzone, lol its kinda funny.

[msuwx]

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Does the uniform degradation happen when you super sim....I simmed to the second half a couple of times to check it out and have seen nothing....

[foxdawg2000]

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i think ea did a decent job in getting this out and made some decent fixes but i still see some of the same glitches..

1) Computer still covering up the ball in the open field while running
2) Linebackers still jump up way too high to deflect passes
3) Mirroring coverage
4) Kick Coverage way too hard to get return yards
5) Blitzes are rarely disguised and are very predictable