Re: Rng in golf

I don’t know if I agree with completely tho golf is game of skill but no1 can hit the ball exactly where they want so I can live with rng as long as it’s not involved in the putting which I do t think it is in 

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@pokerace373 wrote:

I don’t know if I agree with completely tho golf is game of skill but no1 can hit the ball exactly where they want so I can live with rng as long as it’s not involved in the putting which I do t think it is in 

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And that's fine for Sim if they're happy with it, but with Arcade/Pro, we're here to live the life of a golf legend vicariously through the video game.

All they need to do is make the physics accurate and let our stick skills do the rest. If we can master the swing, we shouldn't be punished by the algorithm deciding we shouldn't be that good.

I’m sick of my shots no going where I’m aiming makes me feel like I’m just rolling dice on thats not golf. Also this game is dying online anyway 18hrs a day this game is completely dead and when this game goes on ea play it has once chance to recover but if you hit all those new players with this rank rotten unfair rng on new players so they can’t be competitive they gonna hang around. It’s so stupid and nobody wants it

I’m fine with my ball not going exactly where I want but when drives starts leaking opposite way of the wind that when I get really angry because the time I’m spending taking into acccount wind speed direction elevation then the balls leaks against the wind makes me so angry or ball goes dead straight in heavy crosswind I’m like this is bs. The information the game is giving is just plain lying and that’s what makes me think there is scripting involved for making the matches more dramatic but effect just pissing me off 

draw/fade how do you (EA) pull a draw and push a fade...?

I'm sorry, when I aim my shot, I EXPECT the ball the hit the ground within 3-5 feet of where I've aimed, not this 10's of yards away

Can really see it when doing challenges. Hitting 4 good drives and 1 what the hell. Finishing another challenge and getting to the last hole and another what the hell was that to have to start all over again.

@SpurS1964yeah it has happened to me a few times. The worst was 18 holes at TPC Boston where they want 2 eagles. Was doing great, got pretty close at 18th for that 2nd eagle and end up with no grid. Missed the putt and had to do it all over again.

@Katybee_1313yep with only 3 par5's 1 pretty much unreachable that's a tough challenge. if you don't get it on the 2nd or that short par4 it's a might as well start again.

some players it wouldn't matter because they get so many regular hole-in-1's or eagles from the fairways in every Tournament

The game has more problems than RNG, but tonight I've hit quite a few shots in stupid wins 15-20 at Harbour Town, and 18-25 at Wolfs Creek. I don't hit too many perfect shots where the swing starts and finishes at the top of the arc. I'm usually just over or just under with my swing. I'm going to blame not having the greatest touch on my swings and occasionally there will be an arc on the RNG meter.

quite a few shots made with the imperfect lines have landed in the middle of the fairway, and quite a few have also landed within 2ft of the pin, and a few have bounced off on the fringe, but I finished both rounds 33 under par over 4 rounds on career mode.

what I do find is the main issues with the game is the putting either rolling over a hole, or taking silly diversions, which makes playing a few courses an even harder challenge than what they should do. Chambers Bay, Evrion, Wolfs creek, and the greens at Tara Iti makes playing this gane so frustrating. Chambers Bay hole 8 being the most stupid of them all.

if there is a low wind 1-2mph the game on all other courses the game is so easy to play apart from the 3 mentioned, once the wind picks up then everything gets harder. which makes RNG more frustrating.

when it comes to the courses EA do need needs to sort out putting

OMG this is driving me crazy tonight. I'm going all over the place like I have no specs, missing large fairways left and right.

Can you show some vids?

RNG that goes opposite of wind direction is definitely a design fail. That being said, you can mitigate the overall RNG effects with golfer configuration and specs that emphasize control.i’ve experimented with many and have found a few that make a big difference in shot spread.