NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

[blkrptnt819]

Gameplay
· Infinity Engine
· Bring Back Breakaway Engine (Ability to Link Moves Together)
o Make Jukes a 1-Sided Action by Offense (Don’t Script Defensive Reaction)
· Bring Back Home Field Advantage Camera Shake and Crowd Noise
· Bring Back High/Low Hit Stick
· Different Running Styles for Big and Small Backs
· WR/DB Need to Fight for the Ball
· Improve Blocking Logic
· Improve Edge Pass Rush
· Better CPU Situational Playcalling
o Need to keep mixing up the plays on offense
· Player Tendencies, Confidence and Composure
Record Different Running Motions. The fact that the hips don't move while the players run is a bit off.

Playbooks/Strategy
· Allow Press Cover on 1 WR/TE
· SS Always on Strongside: Yes/No
· Weak side/Strong side LB: Yes/No
· Weak side/Strong side CB: Yes/No
· Weak side/Strong side DE: Yes/No
· Nose Tackle/Guard: Yes/No
· Stand Up End: No/LE/RE/SSE/WSE/Both
· Allow us to pick our 4 formation audibles
· Create-a-Play/Formation
· Ability to Adapt a Play From One Formation to Another
· Ability to offset a HB in any Gun/Pistol Formation
· Bring Back Ability to hot route Slants into Post and Corners
· Allow us to make our own Positions and Requirements for the Position
o Hybrid (Mix between S and LB) Requirements (SS, FS, OLB) for recruiting purposes
o Also Where they are Positioned for Each Formation
· Separate Depth Chart For Slot, Flanker and Split End Receivers
o Positioning Choices Also (e.g. Numbers, Hash, etc)


Dynasty
· Scouting Report
o Top Ten Plays Offensive/Defensive to Practice Against (With Hot Route if Ran That Way)
o Top 10 Pass Plays/Run Plays (With Hot Routes)
o Top Ten Plays in each Situation Offensive/Defensive (e.g. 1st, 1st and Short, 2nd and Long/ Medium/Short etc.)
o Run/Pass Ratio
o Completion Percentage Short/Medium/Long, Left/Right/Center
o Blitz Ratio (Down and Distance)
o Man/Zone Coverage Ratio (Down and Distance)
o Man/Zone Blitz Ratio (Down and Distance)
· Transferable Dynasty
· Coaches Having Ratings Which Affects the Play on the Field
· Duplicate Numbers Please
· Medical Redshirt
· Customizable Offseason Training Program Based on Position
o Give Exercises that Work only on Certain Groups of Attributes
o Put in Order of Importance and Only Allowed to Pick a Certain Amount
· Fix Ranking System
o Too Much Dependence on Conference Prestige and Not Enough on SoS
· Conference Prestige for Indy Need to be Tweak
· Ability to tell a recruit they are being recruited for a different position
o Helps with Playing Time Pitch
· Dynamic Player Progression
o = Potential + Playing Time + Production(Evokes Confidence) + Coaching + Playing Style + Training
· Program Builder
o Earn Points for 10 Win Seasons, Rivalry Wins, Bowl Wins, Bowl Invites, BCS Invites, BCS Bowl Wins
o NCs, Finishing the season Ranked, Beating Ranked Teams, Post Season Award Winners/All-Americans
o Points can be used to Purchased Uniforms, Stadium Upgrades, Campus Upgrades
· Ability to Watch Other Users OD Games
· Keep Historical Data for 10 Seasons
o Recruiting Ranking, Final Ranking, Schedule with W-L-T, Score and Stats of Each Game

Online
· Team Builder
o 4 Helmets, 8 Jerseys, 4 Pair of Pants
o Allow Us to Make Black Nike’s and White Adidas our Default
o Different Sponsored Team Jerseys (Riddell, Nike, Adidas, UA)
o Can be used in Conjuction With the Program Builder Tool
· Stadium Builder
o Can Build a Stadium From Scratch or Customize a Current Stadium
o Must Allow for the Team Markings to be Removed
o Allow Every Option in game to be Available (LSU 5yd Lines)

[NDAlum]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

Positional signature animations!

QB's
- Create different releases! (Quick/Normal/Slow for example)

Any person carrying the ball:
- Different running animations based on height/weight/attributes!!!
- Shifty 5-9 190 lb HB should have quick, shifty moves and not be able to run over LB's (unless he is a straight stud)
- Bulldozing 6-0, 230 lb HB should not be able to juke out many people. Should run through weak tackles (especially CB's) and fall forward.

Basically it applies to any person carrying the ball. Give different types of players different moves. Have a threshold that triggers players to have certain animations. Have a slow/normal/quick option for juke moves.

Also let's have different tackle animations for different types of players.

- Stud LB: should have animations that show off his power and strength.

- Deion Sanders CB: this guy should be throwing his body at legs praying for the ball carrier to go down. He should very rarely completely stuff a runner.


I would LOVE there to be underlying animation packages for each player. Why can't they create 5 or so categories for each position? Also the player ratings could DETERMINE what animations you get. With this they need to better assign ratings to the appropriate weight of guys.

QB: Very quick, quick, normal, slow, very slow (release)
HB: Elite quick, quick, elite balanced, balanced, power, elite power

Defender tackle package:
Elite hardhitter, hardhitter, sure tackler, average tackler, weak tackler

These different animation packages would 100% change the game for the better. Think about how much better recruiting would be? You could truly get the personnel you want to build a team of good tacklers

[GoBlue10]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

Some of this stuff is going to sound corny but I would liketo see added.

It would be nice to have the ability to change sock lengthon the uniform options screen. Insteadof just white, black and TC have high white, high black, high TC and med white,med black etc. (you get the point) As a die-hard Michigan fan it’s a pain inthe rear end to change every players sock length ½ way through the season onlyto have them all go to low at the beginning of the next season. <o></o>

Next, in any season mode, on your 1^st home gamein Oct all tape and wrist bands automatically change to pink for breast cancerawareness month. Almost every team doesthis for one home game and the NFL has been doing it for years. I know, petty, but would be a pretty cooltouch. <o></o>

Finally, for dynasty modes I’d like to have the ability todisable aggressiveness settings. Many online dynasties ban them b/c of their cheesy nature and it would be nice tojust shut it off altogether as a preseason setting.

I don’t know how much coding would go into this,but it would be nice to have.

[This Is Michigan]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

Get rid of LOLB, MLB and ROLB and replace with the more authentic WILL, MIKE and SAM.

Also replace LE & RE with SDE & WDE. Add the position on the depth chart for Slot Receivers (SR).

Be able to have MULTIPLE PLAYERS WITH THE SAME NUMBER. Make it so we can make it as authentic as possible! Make it so that if there are two of the same numbers on the field, it will be a penalty like in real life.

Be able to let us upload custom entrance videos to play before the team runs onto the field. Michigan plays a This Is MICHIGAN video before every game.

Oh btw to the OP, 40-34!

[warlordo12]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

I really wished they'd change the blocking in the game. It's unrealistic. They need to add in zone blocking schemes(where the whole line would shift and block right or left with whoever crosses their path) , better pull blocks, better man blocking, better lead blocking, linemen using cut blocks more, and seal blocks for run that are being ran outside of the tackle.

[swish23]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

ability to make and download custom recruiting classes for more authenticity

[zeldamaster]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

Not really a big deal, but kind of a 'why-not' deal due to the circumstances:

As many have heard, South Alabama was left off of this year's game due to an oversight. They're going to get the 'big school' treatment next year, meaning a stadium scan of Ladd-Peebles stadium in Mobile, AL.

Well, that just so happens to be the site of the Senior Bowl. So since the stadium is getting added anyway, might as well throw in the game at the end of the season. I assume there will be draft classes readded, so it could be something where if a guy who wasn't projected that well had a great Senior Bowl week, he gets a bump in the draft projections or something.

[blkrptnt819]

Get rid of LOLB, MLB and ROLB and replace with the more authentic WILL, MIKE and SAM.

Also replace LE & RE with SDE & WDE. Add the position on the depth chart for Slot Receivers (SR).

Be able to have MULTIPLE PLAYERS WITH THE SAME NUMBER. Make it so we can make it as authentic as possible! Make it so that if there are two of the same numbers on the field, it will be a penalty like in real life.

Be able to let us upload custom entrance videos to play before the team runs onto the field. Michigan plays a This Is MICHIGAN video before every game.

Oh btw to the OP, 40-34!

And don't forget 7 years

[bhbdawg]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

Neutral Site games during the regular season.

It would most likely be a VERY easy fix. And some of the biggest games in recent years can't be replicated in Dynasty mode because of this omission. What's strange is that some (like UGA/UF) are already built into the scheduling.

Just open it up for any game. Customization is the key.

[bhbdawg]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

And as much as the NCAA might hate it, violations, suspensions, and probation is a real part of the game these days. I remember them incorporating it once (players would skip class and you'd have to give them an appropriate punishment or find yourself with probation).

It could teach kids the repercussions of doing bad things. They did that last year with the concussion rule (which is a great rule). I'd like to see them do the same thing with suspensions/probation.

[Dirty Turtles]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

I put them in the other thread, but I'll put them here too.

Dynamic Rivalries
- Ability to self edit the rivalries to add games, ability over the course of the dynasty for rivalries to form through close games and/or constant scheduling of an opponent.

Reasoning: Some schools have little to no rivalries. (see the new UTSA/Texas State, etc) This feature would allow them to gain rivalries, and lose them perhaps too if they aren't played frequently enough, through the course of dynasty.

Ability to edit ALL schedules

Reasoning: We still have the 11 games per team bug in this year's version of the game. Custom schedule editing would allow us to come up with a schedule that works (or make a team play an FCS school, etc) instead of the CPU being okay with only scheduling 11 games. Also, it gets annoying with custom conferences when teams that are independents play 5 or 6 games against FCS schools.

A newer one:

Ability to choose an option to substitute a Team Builder team for the FCS generics to play your game against. Just schedule an FCS school, then download a Team Builder team and sub them in when you get to the loading screen.

[12]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

We still have the 11 games per team bug in this year's version of the game. Custom schedule editing would allow us to come up with a schedule that works (or make a team play an FCS school, etc) instead of the CPU being okay with only scheduling 11 games. Also, it gets annoying with custom conferences when teams that are independents play 5 or 6 games against FCS schools.

That is so damn ridiculous. That was a vocal complaint last year and it just fell on deaf ears.

[NDIrishJB]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

I'm not even going to get into the gameplay problems that need to be fixed... that's something that EA spends more time on than anything anyway. I'm going to focus on dynasty changes I'd like see...

Character/Discipline

Discipline/Punishments definitely need to be brought into the game (Used to be in the PS2 version). EA can add a discipline or character rating and perhaps let it be a little dependent on a recruit's ability level (blue chip prospects tend to have more character issues than the 2-3 stars players).

This would add a new wrinkle to recruiting so that users don't always go after the highest rated guy without having new baggage to perhaps take on. Eventually if a program had enough problems, the NCAA could take away bowl games/scholarships.

I think schools known for running shady programs should have things stacked against them in dynasty from the get go, as the NCAA has already dealt with them and is more aware of their behavior. Have NCAA investigations be more frequent for teams like USC, LSU, Ohio State, Miami, and Penn State.

Recruiting Realism

It'd be nice if the recruits interested in your school matched the play style the coach/school implements. For instance, a four-star blocking TE that's 6'2 235 isn't going to be interested in Notre Dame (known for their pro-ready receiving TE's that are in the 6'5-6'6 260 range). Neither would a pure pocket quarterback with no running game at all given them running the spread, or a 6'0 265 DT with them running a 3-4 defense.

Additionally, there's no need to have 6'4-6'6 guys who are safety prospects... I'm seeing way too many of them. When's the last time any of us has seen a safety that tall?

I like the scouting this year and the gem/bust feature. This is a nod in the right direction that no one knows for certain (especially at the beginning of a season) how a recruit will truly turn out in his abilities based on him being rated by stars. I would like to see something like Madden has with the potential factor, as many players hit their ceiling right out of high school, while others grow enormously while in college.

I do think that verbal commitments should never be taking off the board until NSD. Many commitments switch even after being a "hard verbal". At least give the option for other schools to recruit these prospects even if they're at the hard verbal level -- even if it is difficult to get them to switch, it'll make the original commitment team spend more time keeping that prospect committed.

Neutral sites

A lot of schools have been scheduling neutral site games for national exposure and others also do so for tradition's sake (Red River shootout in the Cotton Bowl for instance). Notre Dame is playing home games in Dublin and Chicago this year. They'll be playing ASU in Dallas next year. I understand not having some random stadium for the Dublin game, but EA does have models of pro stadiums already and should be able to add that in the custom schedule feature so we can make them neutral sites.

[blkrptnt819]

Safeties 6'4+, Ray Ray Armstrong, Taylor Mays, The one at USC now... It happens more than you think.

[touretteskid101]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Wishlist Outline

[QUOTE=NDIrishJB;2043943818]

I think schools known for running shady programs should have things stacked against them in dynasty from the get go, as the NCAA has already dealt with them and is more aware of their behavior. Have NCAA investigations be more frequent for teams like USC, LSU, Ohio State, Miami, and Penn State.


I think that this type of thing would be interesting but are you kidding me? Including Penn State is incorrect. Schools like Miami and Ohio State have been linked to shady programs such as paying players. Penn State had ONE instance and it DID NOT involve paying players or anything along those lines. The Sandusky thing was bad, very bad, but it doesn't warrant the inclusion of Penn State among the schools that run shady programs.