How was this game released with the shot mechanics so broken? You can line up a shot and hit it the same way and the ball lands 20 yards away from the same shot set up. Reading greens is near impossible the moving lines are wrong 50% of the time. Some greens are faster uphill then downhill. Wth EA do your devs have no shame?
@TriumphRider wrote:Couldn't agree more. I bought this when it first released. I was in these forums constantly. I love golf games and really wanted to enjoy this one but couldn't get down with the RNG. The game is highly inconsistent. Wind, level, rough, etc matter but when you hit a drive perfectly straight with no extra power and zero wind influence and it "somehow" goes 20 yards off track...makes absolutely zero sense. ESPECIALLY in the challenges, oh man that is infuriating.
I actually stopped coming to this forum cuz nothing was being fixed really. I only started playing the game again within the last 2-3 weeks...and here I am again complaining about inconsistencies that were never fixed. Unfortunately I don't think I'll be investing anymore money into these golf games.
Also, when it first released this forum was a tad ridiculous. If someone didn't agree with you it wasn't just, "I don't agree". It was YOU ARE WRONG and there were a certain group of folks that dang near bullied people, tell them to stop playing, that the other person was bad at the game, etc. Of course since I don't back down we would usually all get a warning or have posts deleted 😂
I’m certainly not bullying people, but I don’t understand the complaints about RNG as I don’t experience this in game. People (including myself) are shooting -18 to -25 consistently in 18 hole tournaments. This doesn’t happen if people aren’t putting the ball within 15 feet or less on every single hole.
@7AnimalMother wrote:I’m certainly not bullying people, but I don’t understand the complaints about RNG as I don’t experience this in game. People (including myself) are shooting -18 to -25 consistently in 18 hole tournaments. This doesn’t happen if people aren’t putting the ball within 15 feet or less on every single hole.
You certainly have strong opinions, but I wouldn't say you are bullying anyone.
Not that I play this game anymore but I always found there was significantly less RNG if you stayed out of the overswing area. Which makes total sense to me.
The game has a lot of issues, but being difficult to score low isn't one of them
From what I’ve experienced, the way you configure your skills has a definite impact on RNG. I have a player set up as follows:
driving power level 4
driving accuracy level 10 (max)
driving control level 10
approach accuracy. Level 10
approach control level 9
approach recovery level 9
short game accuracy level 10
short game accuracy level 10
short game recovery level 9
putting level 9
at this power level power drive and power approach are not available.
With these settings, by utilizing specs that aid control and accuracy, and by staying away from overswings, RNG is reduced substantially; not eliminated but close. Essentially i find it a non-issue.
I have another player with enough power to have power drive and power approach, but the RNG is a greater and border line problematic.i can’t drive quite as long as the big guns, but I’m not 30 yards behind.
Not sure, but increasing the control level on all shot types seems to make the most difference. Bottom line is that you CAN influence performance by adjusting skills and specs.
From what I’ve witnessed in online play, most people seem to want to max out power to hit 350(ish) yard drives. You can only get sufficient power to do that by sacrificing accuracy and control values. Initially I had a player with max power and the RNG was insane; I had the same experiences that I’ve seen others post on this forum.
it’s up to each player how much pain you can stand in exchange for power.
Notwithstanding, i don’t think there should be RNG at all for Arcade play. I don’t play that myself, but did on TW14 and when you are in that mode, you want no deviation; you’re trying to shoot birdies/eagles on every hole. Arcade players should not have to deal with randomness. probably this should go for pro also.
If you don't care about daily quests and challenges, you can get away with lots of RNG. But those quests and challenges forced you to overswing to make long drive. And they forced draw and fade advanced swings too, giving really weird result in high winds, with balls sometimes going against cross wind. I would prefer no RNG with punishing rough and bunker, rather than RNG with minimal to no punishing rough and bunker like right now.
There is nothing wrong with having RNG in a golf game. It just should have been done with a scalpel rather than a butcher knife.
@Katybee_1313 wrote:I would prefer no RNG with punishing rough and bunker, rather than RNG with minimal to no punishing rough and bunker like right now.
This was a feature in the Tiger Woods series. Just hope the next iteration can go back to this.
This could be a really good game,but the inconsistency of every shot you make,just adds to the frustration,I’ve played golf games for years and I have a good understanding of the mechanics of the game,but this just wrecks my head….sort it out ☹️
@pitstopPete wrote:This could be a really good game,but the inconsistency of every shot you make,just adds to the frustration,I’ve played golf games for years and I have a good understanding of the mechanics of the game,but this just wrecks my head….sort it out ☹️
I have 400 hours playtime it took me about 100 hours to sort it out. I switched to 3 click.
Many users have sort it out, for sure. At our weekly Sim tournament, there's a handful of players between -20 and -18. At the weekly Tour, there's a dozen between -22 and -20. It doesn't matter if it's 15mph wind, users are still shooting lights out.
