OS - Press Row Podcast: Episode 26 - One on One with Ben Haumiller (Dynasty)

[Robcards]

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So wait that's seriously all that's added to dynasty this year? Simplified recruiting and coach xp? They really didnt need to do much to get my money this year but I guess they really don't want it. I wouldn't even buy if amazon had it for 45 now, at least give me the illusion of playing a new game. Yikes.

[sportscholar305]

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Idk why their is excitement the "matchup stick", to me it seem whack because it's a bit childish to need that extra handicap. If you want to know matchups, they should have a scout feature before game where you must go to the film room and study the opponent for your next game, tedious or not that's football.

[rockytop52]

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I have not heard the podcast yet, but does Ben mention anything at all about Presentation in Dynasty?

That is what I'm waiting for. Hopefully its included in the blog...
We need storylines, bowl game hype, heisman hype, etc.

[theharbinater]

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Idk why their is excitement the "matchup stick", to me it seem whack because it's a bit childish to need that extra handicap. If you want to know matchups, they should have a scout feature before game where you must go to the film room and study the opponent for your next game, tedious or not that's football.

i somewhat agree, but not entirely. for skill level, i agree. which cb should we target or which side of the line is weaker?

but i liked the matchup stick for stamina/minor injuries though. similar to if you see a cb limping, you go after him. or a linebacker bent over catching their breath after a play, we're coming right at you. make them pay for leaving tired/injured players in the game.

[ACardAttack]

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-In year 2 of dynasty, Notre Dame will start playing 5 ACC games per year.

So we can get THIS in year 2 of dynasty, but we CAN'T get a playoff in year 2????!!!!!!!

[pj_28]

Re: OS - Press Row Podcast: Episode 26 - One on One with Ben Haumiller (Dynasty)

So we can get THIS in year 2 of dynasty, but we CAN'T get a playoff in year 2????!!!!!!!

Did you listen to the podcast? He said that since the NCAA doesn't even know how they are going to implement it yet they couldn't put it in the game. Personally I would rather they give us an "unofficial" option but I understand why they didn't.

[ACardAttack]

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Did you listen to the podcast? He said that since the NCAA doesn't even know how they are going to implement it yet they couldn't put it in the game. Personally I would rather they give us an "unofficial" option but I understand why they didn't.

Haven't had a chance to listen to it, but they could have gotten it close enough to make us happy

We only know 3 or so seasons for ND's ACC matchups, so after that, it is going to be speculative as well

Also we don't know the exact dates or times for ND's matchups either

[ActLikeYouCrow]

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so basically they went to work immediately on getting notre dame's 5 acc teams into their nonconference schedule before they knew what 5 teams were going to be.
"unfortunately we're not going to be factually accurate" - in regards to notre dame's schedule

he starts talking playoff at 23:45. he explained himself about the playoff. basically we're not going to put the time and effort into coding a playoff that we wont be able to port over to next year's game. its understandable from a doing nothing doesnt cost us anything business model, but its just as understandable to view it as lazy. im certain there wont be any bugs with the playoff on ncaa 15 because they always get everything right the first time.

that said there were some good things in the first 20 minutes in regards to planning recruiting visits.

[pj_28]

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so basically they went to work immediately on getting notre dame's 5 acc teams into their nonconference schedule before they knew what 5 teams were going to be.
"unfortunately we're not going to be factually accurate" - in regards to notre dame's schedule


that said there were some good things in the first 20 minutes in regards to planning recruiting visits.

Ok I miss heard him then, I take by my defense of the playoff not being in since they didn't know the details. I thought he had said that they had ND's stuff and that is why it got put in. I was fighting a screaming toddler while listening so I blame the kid.

[Aggies7]

I have not heard the podcast yet, but does Ben mention anything at all about Presentation in Dynasty?

Ha I asked same thing on here and folks just said it was released weeks ago during Presentation blog.

At least a few of us were expecting more dynasty specific presentation news. But looks like there will be nothing new which is disappointing.

[huskerwr38]

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Did he say anything about recruits de-commiting?

[ActLikeYouCrow]

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nope didnt mention that. basically recruiting is a lot more streamlined with the points system. bigger schools have a tangible advantage though i cant remember if it was points or what, but there is a maximum amount of points you can spend on one recruit so that you dont have someone spending all their points on one player a week and then going onto the next guy.

theyre taking steps to make the recruiting more realistic, but hopefully things start going hand in hand when they jump to next generation. there needs to be 85 man rosters, there needs to be balanced injuries and gameplay across the board to make balanced recruiting matter, and the roster depth chart issues that has jsmitty tearing out his hair needs to be fixed.

[cbuhl79]

Cool. This will be sweet if people are planning to leave them as an IND. Hopefully moving them into a custom conference though doesn't cause the scheduling logic or dynasty itself to go haywire. Like I wouldn't want them to be locked into playing five ACC games year two and beyond if they are in a Custom Conf with 13 other teams.

If you put ND in a conference, it will schedule all the conference games FIRST, then it will schedule all of their annual rivals, and THEN it will try to schedule the games that are scheduled in real life (like the ACC games). Since the first two steps will probably fill most of the schedule, you won't get very many, if any, ACC games.

[mre]

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Ha I asked same thing on here and folks just said it was released weeks ago during Presentation blog.

At least a few of us were expecting more dynasty specific presentation news. But looks like there will be nothing new which is disappointing.

From the Presentation Playbook:

There are also special storylines in store for the most dedicated Dynasty gamers. Some won’t become available until at least your 2nd year as a coach, while others take much more time to unlock.

I would imagine that these 'storylines' would be something that are mentioned by Rece Davis at the beginning, middle, or end of a game.

[Bumble14]

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Hey All- we implemented pregame stories and in game stories about players/coaches/teams that are dynasty specific.

I think you all will enjoy them.