Is this game ONE sided?

mmm...the more I play this game, the more I'm getting fed up with it.  While I enjoy the upgraded blocking, I have to say EA over did it.  They are back to making games slanted towards one side.  This game is really offensive minded.  I started a dynasty, and in 7 games, have given up two 200 yard rushing games to CPU.  My rush defense is 117th.  I don't know if it is because my team just isn't very good (Western Michigan with a C- defense), or the game is just so slanted towards the offense, it's impossible to keep a lead.  All I know is after 3 years, and getting some stronger recruits, things don't change, I'm reducing my playing time of this game to only leagues.
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Yeah, dont have an issue with Penn State, but not looking forward to the progression thing. I guess it boils down to once again NCAA just can't keep up with Madden in overall appeal.
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What level are you on? I play with Washington State, and it's very challenging, I'm only 6-3 on all-american, but I have the 4th best rush def and 18 best def overall....the offense is challenging.
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I'm Western Michigan..(don't ask, I like to build a 1 star team and see how good I can make them).  I ended up 6-7 in season 1 with an ass whoopin by Navy in a bowl game.  Not a bad outcome I guess.  What really drove me crazy was how just about every team no matter what offensive style, they ran no huddle.  In season 2, the no huddle has been non existent.  I don't know if it's because my defense is a little better or what.

Season 2 has been a total turn around for my team.  I'm 8-1 and atop the MAC East division with rival Central Michigan up next.  Recruiting has been tough, as I've targeted 2 and 3 star players mainly (some 4), and the it's tough recruiting vs the BCS schools (recruiting difficulty set to Varsity).  Injuries are abound in this game, as my top 3 RBs were injured, and my 3rd string QB was put in for a play @ RB....LOL.  Should finish season 2 by this weekend, so I'm eager to see what the progression is...or isn't.  I think broken promises are going to kill me after this season, but I've put in my 2nd string Off/Def about 3 games this season, hopefully that helps.

As far as progression goes, I wasn't expecting a big jump after season 1, as I had key starters lost, some of them were the top rated players on my team.  I have a young team with with a lot of sophmores and juniors starting.  I have only 3 or 4 senior starters on offense, and about 5 defensive senior starters, so hopefully the players will progress well for season 3.  I hate this damn game...lol.  Every year I say I'm not going to spend so much time in dynasty, and every year I end up doing about 10+ seasons, with 14 seasons in NCAA 10.  After I win a national championship with the team I build, I move on to another "project" team.  Getting sucked in again.

Originally posted by OBwanMike What level are you on? I play with Washington State, and it's very challenging, I'm only 6-3 on all-american, but I have the 4th best rush def and 18 best def overall....the offense is challenging.

All American, switched up sliders alot in season 1 to try and find a  good mix, but just wasn't working.  Play with SLOW speed and with speed threshold @ 15.

Run defense = #2
Pass defense = #45 (top CB out for season)
....but that's all relative to the difficulty of my conference, as I have a rather weak conference, 2 or 3 teams only have 1 win.   Central Michigan was ranked #23 in week 6 and #21 in wk 7, but were knocked out with a conference upset to Toledo.

Offense is challenging at times especially when a wide open receiver drops the ball (but realistic).  I'm thinking I need to drop RB abilities and Run Blocking sliders to about 45 or 40 as I've had about 3 or 4 200+ yard rushing games this season.  Still trying to get a grasp of loco-motion...maybe I'm expecting to see too much from it.  Possibly my team doesn't have enough high skill ratings to utilize it effectively.  I had raised CPU RB and Run Blocking sliders in season 1 to about 60 and 65 respectively, and was getting demolished stopping the run.  CPU RBs were spinning out of 2 tacklers hands and breaking away for TDs (not realistic with mid major talent, so I dropped them to default for season 2).  Keeping QB accuracy @ 45 for both sliders seems to work well.  Penalties are a mixed bag too.  I upped everything except Holding, Face Mask and Clipping to find a good mix, but still seeing those 3 as the primary penalties even @ default 50 setting.



Edited by CrackinBacks - Jul 29 2010 at 5:11pm
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yes, I always use that and sometimes aggressive zone coverage.  Only thing is, there's no negative impact for using aggressive D-line.  I've not gotten one offsides called on me for using it, so it's almost like a glitch in the game.  I see more often than not, that if a QB hard counts, his linemen false start pretty much all the time. 
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