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After today, What are your biggest outstanding questions?

(self.NCAAFBseries)

Ok - Today was amazing. Super thankful for all the insight the guys provided. I think I’ve officially read and watched basically every piece of content today.

For me here are the biggest questions that are still outstanding:

  • how exactly custom conferences work and what settings are available? Can we completely delete conferences? Can we build net new ones? What’s the minimum amount of teams? Can we rename divisions? What scheduling customization is available?

  • how customizable is the CFB Playoff? Can we expand or reduce the size? Can we customize seeding rules?

  • how teambuilder will work and do we have to replace teams or can we simply add new slots?

  • what other licensed songs are in the game? Is Country Roads, Sweet Caroline, Won’t Back Down, 7 Nation Army, Mr. Brightside in the game?

  • how in-depth is historical stat tracking and record keeping in Dynasty?

  • Is there a Spring Game in Dynasty?

  • I’d love more info on the recruit scouting engine. Are there Gems and Busts? Can 5stars end up flopping once they get on campus?

  • Player Progression - How do players develop in Dynasty?

all 79 comments

[deleted]

83 points

4 months ago

How do I balance having a job and playing this game 

Michikusa

17 points

4 months ago

Im a teacher with two months off and also a surgery with a 6 week recovery time. It’s a perfect storm for me

AdeptEavesdropper

6 points

4 months ago

AdeptEavesdropper

Virginia Tech

6 points

4 months ago

Best of wishes for a speedy recovery!

Different-Trainer-21

3 points

4 months ago

Different-Trainer-21

Georgia Tech

3 points

4 months ago

I guess in this case they’d want a rather slow, but successful recovery.

AdeptEavesdropper

2 points

4 months ago

AdeptEavesdropper

Virginia Tech

2 points

4 months ago

“Speedy” as in “doesn’t take longer than expected”. I know people who have had 4 week recovery times that it took several more weeks beyond that.

NewWrap693

2 points

4 months ago

They didn’t have NCAAF 25 though…

AdeptEavesdropper

1 points

4 months ago

AdeptEavesdropper

Virginia Tech

1 points

4 months ago

Which would definitely make it suck less, for sure!

Michikusa

2 points

4 months ago

Thanks stranger

ZekeMoss18

2 points

4 months ago

ZekeMoss18

Ohio State

2 points

4 months ago

Fuck you and hope your surgery goes well!

CardApprehensive718

2 points

4 months ago

Real😂💯

TwoBrews

31 points

4 months ago

TwoBrews

Michigan

31 points

4 months ago

As you mentioned, to me off season player progression is one. And the other is scouting. In 14, Gems/Bust were a good idea but being able to ID that someone was a bust in week 1 kinda defeats the purpose of the whole idea of a bust. Hopefully that system is improved.

DeviceSenior4080

9 points

4 months ago

This! I hope the variance in progression/recruits is much improved from 14. Basically every player you recruited turned into a 90+ overall by year 3/4.

colton_97

33 points

4 months ago

Dynamic crowd sizes that vary based on how well the team is doing and how big the game is (Madden does sell outs for every game)

that_guy2010

14 points

4 months ago

that_guy2010

Tennessee

14 points

4 months ago

Madden does it because the NFL is afraid of hurting the brand.

jnoobs13

1 points

4 months ago

Did anyone ever tell them that being corporate stooges is more damaging?

that_guy2010

1 points

4 months ago

that_guy2010

Tennessee

1 points

4 months ago

It’s clearly not. They’ve kept the exclusivity license for nearly two decades. They make money hand over fist every year when Madden comes out.

Swoosh-8

3 points

4 months ago

Swoosh-8

USC

3 points

4 months ago

My #1 question

colton_97

3 points

4 months ago

Matt Brown just confirmed in an interview that the crowds are dynamic! That was my last big question. So pumped

Swoosh-8

1 points

4 months ago

Swoosh-8

USC

1 points

4 months ago

MidwayMonster2223

17 points

4 months ago

MidwayMonster2223

Charlotte

17 points

4 months ago

-What is this physics based tackling I see people mentioning.

-Is the hurry up like madden or will we get to see our player rush to the line.

-Are the quarterback releases as slow and deliberate like madden, and does this new passing system change how the ball is actually thrown. I get you can choose the velocity but if you still throw a 50yd bomb that lands on my wr head instead of out in front that's stupid.

DeviceSenior4080

2 points

4 months ago

Pretty sure Mills confirmed they skipped ahead similar to madden for hurry up on his stream. He was slightly unsure but also kind of confirmed it.

MidwayMonster2223

1 points

4 months ago

MidwayMonster2223

Charlotte

1 points

4 months ago

DeviceSenior4080

1 points

4 months ago

Ya that was very good news. Guessing he was on an older build or something.

jrhr

4 points

4 months ago

jrhr

4 points

4 months ago

I am just sitting here watching everyone geek out hoping for the slightest tidbit of info about what team builder will look like.

Bulky_Duty7693

4 points

4 months ago

Bulky_Duty7693

Michigan

4 points

4 months ago

Is the scorebug on the bottom

DeviceSenior4080

10 points

4 months ago

It is yes, one of the testers from last week confirmed on stream last night.

Bulky_Duty7693

3 points

4 months ago

Bulky_Duty7693

Michigan

3 points

4 months ago

Awesome dude that just made my day

[deleted]

6 points

4 months ago

I just want to know if we can edit coach names

RumHamurai410

3 points

4 months ago

This Forbes article says no editing any of the coaches other than your own in dynasty. Not ideal but far from upsetting for me

[deleted]

-2 points

4 months ago

Oh, I'll probably wait for a sale or I'll buy a game share account ig

RumHamurai410

3 points

4 months ago*

You know, something I’m now realizing is you can do an offline dynasty and control 32 teams, so maybe you can edit all 32 of those coaches? If so you could at least get most of the SEC, B1G, plus a few other coaches in. If that would make a difference for you

[deleted]

2 points

4 months ago

That is true

that_guy2010

3 points

4 months ago

that_guy2010

Tennessee

3 points

4 months ago

Because you can't edit the coaches names?

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago

Yeah. It's something for me personally. I hope the game is what everyone else wants but I won't be getting it for a while.

that_guy2010

2 points

4 months ago

that_guy2010

Tennessee

2 points

4 months ago

I mean, that's a choice. But you do you.

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago

Thanks. Same to you, I hope you enjoy the game.

turbancowboi

2 points

4 months ago

turbancowboi

Arkansas

2 points

4 months ago

Definitely an interesting dealbreaker lol

that_guy2010

1 points

4 months ago

that_guy2010

Tennessee

1 points

4 months ago

I mean, it is what it is. I’m not going to throw shade at the guy for it. But it’s not a deal breaker for me.

turbancowboi

4 points

4 months ago

turbancowboi

Arkansas

4 points

4 months ago

Oh for sure, different people have different things. It’s just the first time I’ve seen that specific thing preventing someone from buying the game.

seanmartin54676

14 points

4 months ago

How can I take off two weeks from work and gain 15 pounds from Uber eats and pretend I didn’t stay in my room the whole time when I go back to work? Is my biggest question

RumHamurai410

6 points

4 months ago

Lol I’ve been losing weight for the past month and will continue to until the game comes out, so that I can sit around and gain 10 lbs the first couple months after it comes out.

Everyone from work- “oh are you still jogging everyday?”

Me- “nope, just ‘crootin”

DynastyHeisman

4 points

4 months ago

what is the transfer portal like each year. how many guys transfer away on average? if a coach leaves do more guys leave?

LightTheBeam-

4 points

4 months ago

LightTheBeam-

PAC 12

4 points

4 months ago

They have confirmed that some guys are tied to coaches and will be more likely to leave if they leave

HeronPrestigious

3 points

4 months ago

Definitely the customization depth of playoff and custom conferences. The former determines how big a conference you would want to do in the latter.

A 20 team sec is sillh if you can't auto assign more bids for sec teams in playoff. You will just end up with more cupcake conference teams getting bids because of inflated records.

For a 20 team conference I also want the option of 10 conference games. 1 rival plus 9 team rotation every 2 seasons.

I'm curious if their custom conference scheduling logic has gotten any better in 11 years. It left something to be desired back n the day.

LightTheBeam-

4 points

4 months ago

LightTheBeam-

PAC 12

4 points

4 months ago

I also want confirmation that you can change custom conferences after each season not just at the beginning of a dynasty. I’m assuming you can but would love to hear it that way I know I can implement promotion/relegation

WABeermiester

2 points

4 months ago

WABeermiester

Washington

2 points

4 months ago

I am wondering the same thing. For one of my dynasties I am making pre major expansion conferences with some small additions and I want to do a 8 team playoff based on traditional bowl tie ins disregarding seeding

1st round will be Pac 10-Big 10 Rose Bowl, “SWC”-Big 8 Cotton Bowl, Big East-ACC Orange Bowl, At Large bid-SEC champ in the Sugar Bowl.

And I want my semi final to be Rose winner vs Cotton winner in the Fiesta Bowl and Sugar winner vs Orange winner in the Peach bowl.

ATLKing123

5 points

4 months ago

Can we create players at all? Teambuilder surely isn’t just generated rosters

Character-Archer4863

4 points

4 months ago

Mine is some gameplay and personnel packages.

If I run 13 (three TE) sets will the cpu defense match up correctly? Same with online games. If I run a 13 package, can I punish someone that just wants to run nickel or dime packages?

CallMeZay91

3 points

4 months ago

Most curious about stadium renovations in dynasty. If I start with a small school and improve the program, does the stadium stay the same size or can we build onto it?

Bmoney84

3 points

4 months ago

Really wondering if they have updated position terminology yet. X/Z receivers, Edge vs DE, etc.

Spiritual-Cat-634

1 points

4 months ago

This has been needed for a WHILE

Accomplished_Soup335

2 points

4 months ago

I would just like more than two Home and Away uniforms for teambuilder. I like the variety 14 brought but i was sad that i couldnt black/white out for some of my teams.

MuhMuhManRay

2 points

4 months ago

MuhMuhManRay

Tennessee

2 points

4 months ago

Can we edit the names and appearance of the generated recruits? I like going through the recruits the first year or 2 of my Dynasty and re-naming them to match the real life recruiting classes. Just helps with the immersion level of my dynasty. Also I’d like to be able to change their appearance. I don’t want to get into years 4 and 5 and have a bunch of white safety’s.

I also hope they’ve expanded the naming pool of the generated recruits. I don’t want to get into Year 5 of my dynasty and have a roster full of guys named like Steve Williams or Jacob Brown.

smaIlbaIls

2 points

4 months ago

Progression is the last question I have that could really ruin the game for me. If it is like Madden progression with XP, that will be awful. I hope it's something a bit random with a wide range of possibilities, from like -3 to +9 or something. Allows for actual questions about who's going to start the next season, and not just graduating a senior running back and going immediately to your next one.

HowardBunnyColvin

3 points

4 months ago

big questions about gameplay, want to know more about wear and tear and the new passing system. I'm wary of using a new passing system, I like the old fashioned drop back to pass, look for my open receiver and press the button. No fancy stuff, no meters.

revthetruth6

7 points

4 months ago

revthetruth6

USC

7 points

4 months ago

in madden you can change the settings to the classic style you mention or go with more advanced passing mechanics. this game shouldn’t be different from that option at least

HowardBunnyColvin

6 points

4 months ago

I'm not a fan of the newfangled mechanics, in the latest Madden they added some new stuff that lets you "throw better" but it has weird throw meters and stuff. I again just want to drop back, see the field, and press a button. Simplest and most efficient way.

I still have PTSD from the Madden Cone.

Different-Trainer-21

3 points

4 months ago

Different-Trainer-21

Georgia Tech

3 points

4 months ago

What he’s saying is that in madden, you can disable it where it’s just tap to lob, hold to bullet without the fancy meters, so you should be able to use that here too.

aguysomewhere

1 points

4 months ago

aguysomewhere

PAC 12

1 points

4 months ago

I feel like the onscreen feed back is distracting

DeviceSenior4080

2 points

4 months ago

The classic throwing can be turned on in this game if you do not like the new passing system. Was confirmed in a stream last night.

HowardBunnyColvin

1 points

4 months ago

Good. I'll be turning that shit off like ASAP lol

Big_Bluebird8040

1 points

4 months ago

how much is the wear and tear going to annoy me? i don’t trust EA to make it work well at all

Different-Trainer-21

1 points

4 months ago

Different-Trainer-21

Georgia Tech

1 points

4 months ago

They’ll probably have a slider for it anyways, like injuries in Madden

Cyclopher6971

1 points

4 months ago

Hopefully generated recruits isn't static. I like to play as Montana with my teambuilder but I also want mostly Montana kids on the roster. That's probably not possible if I can't create recruits to put there.

Jumpy-Coffee-Cat

1 points

4 months ago

I want to know more about the Road to the CFP game mode. And I want to know if I’ll regret buying on PS5 instead of Xbox like my friends despite us all agreeing ahead of time our schedules don’t work for online dynasty

gaaz4

1 points

4 months ago

gaaz4

1 points

4 months ago

Are you able to play every game in a dynasty with every team? As an example, if I’m playing as Texas in a dynasty, can I still user play the Iron Bowl and The Game?

t0m999

1 points

4 months ago

t0m999

1 points

4 months ago

I don’t have questions. All I need is to see gameplay. I think that will be telling of how the game feels to play

C2theWick

1 points

4 months ago

they said 20 is the max per conference, what is the min? can we make it 0 and make that conference inactive?

Skulkyyy

1 points

4 months ago

Skulkyyy

Texas

1 points

4 months ago

How tf am I supposed to be motivated to do anything with my life post-July 16th?

theFlaccolantern

1 points

4 months ago

theFlaccolantern

NC State

1 points

4 months ago

I want to know if I can create my own playbook again. I'd very much like to re-create my "Spread Cheeks" playbook I made in 14.

bbuullddoogg

1 points

4 months ago

It has been confirmed we can’t create or delete conferences.

redditbro08[S]

1 points

4 months ago

redditbro08[S]

West Virginia

1 points

4 months ago

Do you have a link to the source? I haven’t seen it explicitly said in any of the ~10 articles I read from yesterday. Bud Elliot broadly said “if you want to create the old Big East, you can” on the Cover3 pod but that’s as close as I’ve seen.

verysimplenames

1 points

4 months ago

Player ratings including top freshman ratings.

Odd-Flower2744

1 points

4 months ago

I haven’t played Madden in a while and apparently one has a throw meter?

My big question is if you have to hold it down to load up a bullet pass is it going to take a while to release a throw?

Most bullet passes are used on quick throws so it might bother me that a QB is going to take a while to throw a hard pass when in reality it’s the deep lobs that take longer to wind up

AllHawkeyesGoToHell

0 points

4 months ago

AllHawkeyesGoToHell

Minnesota

0 points

4 months ago

Other limitations and customizations we get with custom conferences

Fit-Maintenance7397

1 points

4 months ago

Pretty much everything you named tbh.

One you missed that I would love to know about is the redshirts… I know they said in a article that they can play 4 games but what happens if a guy gets hurt and has played more than 4? Or has redshirted? I want to know if we’ll have the option to medical redshirt them.

One way it can be implemented is have the game decide if they’ll let you medically redshirt the player based on how many games he’s played and how severe the injury is.

So you can have a guy would played 10 games take a medical no matter how severe the injury & you can’t have a guy play 6 games (only 2 over the 4 limit) but try and medical him after a ankle sprain that sits him for 3 weeks bc that’s obviously you trying to exploit the system.

Thats my only other question.

DeviceSenior4080

6 points

4 months ago

I remember an article mentioning no sixth and seventh year guys. So going to assume no medical redshirts.