I start back
in 9/2008 started playing more in 12/2008 and have played spurracticaly
at best. The main things I notice. The speed of the greens seems really
slowed down. I dont know what hole I was on but it was a 23 foot put
and I hit it a lil before full blast and it came up 1.2 feet short. I
noticed that the chipping is alot different. It seems to have been also
degraded from a power perspective. That being from the fringe and also
the fairway in front of the green. It seems to be alot more precise in
numbers. I remember back when i first started playing and if a chip
needed 12 yards you would use scroll down to the club that took 8 and
adjust the swing to about 90% and it still might go past the hole. The
slice and hook doesnt seem to be calibrated all that well either. I
have noticed it has a mind of its own. Sometimes I can swing and be
next to the bold white line. It will still travel off to the slice or
hook a large amount. While other times i can be way away from the bold
white line and it flies almost straight. Yes I look at the wind and
also adjust accordingly.
My only suggestion that should be coded into the game. Well since it
is common knowledge people want to feel like they are accomplishing
things in a video game world or in this case the virtual world. That
you employ the common features known as easy, medium. hard, master,
and extreme levels. This controls the swing meter/shot
forgiveness/putting. That way even the most dedicated of player can
graduate up the ranks. Each tier has its own step up in hardness. So a
level extreme hack would still be easier than a amatuer easy. Where
each level you climb you can unlock new clubs to buy. You guys might
want to look into offerpal or super rewards for survey's. This makes it
so that people without spare cash or credit or deibt card can still get
the perks of pay items. It is a system used often in open social markets such as Facebook, Myspace and Bebo. They have a good track record. It would generate quite a bit more in revenue to the game as well as giving the players what they want.
I will add my tier system here. Make it a set amount. Once you place in the top 100(0) in a tourney X amount of times you are moved to the next tier or you shoot X as a score. There is no median average score bases. This can and will alwayz be cheated by people so they can have fun beating lesser ranked people. Then you are automatically moved to the medium hack tier. Its pretty basic. Its really simple. It takes the guess work out of it. If prevents someone from shooting a low round then covering it up by shooting 5 bad rounds. The system has its own checks and balances. If you want better things and to unlock new clubs in my system you are encouraged to move up the ranks. It is called progress..........unlocks rewards......When using my system people want to see what is on the next level. The more stuff you can compile the lower you can possibly shoot.