Please REMOVE Crooked Numbers
It’s got to go, it’s just not fun. 15mph, then a rainbow putt line from 4 feet away, terrible courses, terrible greens. It’s like I can only play 3 days a week online if I’m lucky with these not fun ...
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@Weyland4kI rarely make a mistake on a hole on pro, regardless of the conditions. I shot -21 on the weekly sim tournament this week and that round was in 8-12 mph winds at Whistling Straits from the Black Tees. That round included 15 birdies and 3 eagles with 0 pars on the hardest difficulty setting in the game. I stopped playing online pro/arcade because it was way too easy. I think my record was something like 500-5 on pro/arcade and those 5 losses were all because my opponents had 1 or multiple hole-outs. When I say 'easy', I just mean that Pro takes very little thought or skill most of the time because you can spin it to within 5 feet almost every single hole if you know what you are doing. You even said that you can birdie 97% of the holes, which sure as heck makes Pro sound very easy. Putting is almost a non-factor except on long driveable par 4s where you might have a long putt because you can't control those shots nearly as much. The game has gotten so easy on most settings that I usually just play private matches now on Sim in 18-25 mph wind, which is the highest setting in the game and I usually shoot -10 to -14 even in those settings. I wish they'd add 18-25 mph options to tournaments and playlists too. I agree that the course selection in Crooked Numbers isn't the best, but still think EA needs to find a better way to include all courses into the playlists. Most people hate the rotating playlists but the player base is so small that I don't know what the best solution is anymore.
@packattack04082 wrote:@Weyland4kI rarely make a mistake on a hole on pro, regardless of the conditions. I shot -21 on the weekly sim tournament this week and that round was in 8-12 mph winds at Whistling Straits from the Black Tees. That round included 15 birdies and 3 eagles with 0 pars on the hardest difficulty setting in the game. I stopped playing online pro/arcade because it was way too easy. I think my record was something like 500-5 on pro/arcade and those 5 losses were all because my opponents had 1 or multiple hole-outs. When I say 'easy', I just mean that Pro takes very little thought or skill most of the time because you can spin it to within 5 feet almost every single hole if you know what you are doing. You even said that you can birdie 97% of the holes, which sure as heck makes Pro sound very easy. Putting is almost a non-factor except on long driveable par 4s where you might have a long putt because you can't control those shots nearly as much. The game has gotten so easy on most settings that I usually just play private matches now on Sim in 18-25 mph wind, which is the highest setting in the game and I usually shoot -10 to -14 even in those settings. I wish they'd add 18-25 mph options to tournaments and playlists too. I agree that the course selection in Crooked Numbers isn't the best, but still think EA needs to find a better way to include all courses into the playlists. Most people hate the rotating playlists but the player base is so small that I don't know what the best solution is anymore.
What platform are you on?
@packattack04082 wrote:
@Weyland4kPS5Odd because I see an account with your exact name on XBL and you’re not on any leaderboard.
500-5 on Pro? There must be an exponential amount of low level players on PS still then. I wouldn’t mind seeing a screen though because that’s the best record in the world across any platform! I was just looking at the records on XBL and after doing the math, nobody comes close to 500-5 (pro-rated) on Pro setting.
I hit birds and eagles at such a high frequency because I’m a good player that’s paid my dues. It takes skill, it’s not easy. I played 4 career modes with 4 rounds per major (which I never did on any Tiger ever, maybe 1 run through until my stats got maxed then it was online), countless privates and lot of online.It’s not easy, it’s work and you just can’t spin the ball 5ft to every hole lol, you have to have a deep understanding of how the clubs work, tempo, and how every green hits.
And putting is far from a non-factor, that’s such a non-statement. Even some of these 5-10 foot rainbows on Evian, Torrey, etc are really hard. Right before this post, I literally just beat the #13 (12k wins) and #16 (8k wins) global on XBL, I only got like 500 wins because I just started online this season. I’m no slouch and I’m telling you, it’s not easy.
Let’s pretend you’re really 500-5 and whatever on Pro, you’ve just admitted to being the #1 pro-rated Pro player across all platforms so essentially, your opinion on what’s easy or not is ultimately null in void. What’s easy for you, isn’t easy for 90%+ of global players. You don’t speak for the people, you’re the most rare and endangered species alive. What you like doesn’t translate to the general player base. Going back to your original posts here in this thread, this absolute truth holds a lot of weight.
I can vouch for @packattack04082 , he's ranked 3rd for tournaments right now and was ranked 1st for a long time. For weekly at Whistling Straits, the top guys on PS5 are scoring very low, leader is -27 at Arcade, -25 Pro, -21 Tour and Pack is leading at -21 Sim.
