EightyOne's posts

elmango30 said:

honestly I think people learning how to play against those plays is the solution. An artificial limit on calling effective plays does not sound like something that should be in a competitive video game.

The question is why it is "effective". It works because the CB over the WR plays the run every time. He does not 'learn' from previous experience as he would in a real game. This allows people to manipulate a fault in the game to succeed. It's as cl…

There's only one thing we need to bring back - competition for the dog shit monopoly the NFL gave to EA.

I've no idea what people find enjoyable about this game now. Superbowl last night. William Perry on a stretch run the entire 1st series and, when I stopped that, it was an RPO out of the same formation. That was it. 2 plays. I thought, what is this …

There's very little skill in Madden now and anyone saying otherwise is deluded. AP has completely fucked it.

And if 'skill' for you is mashing buttons like crazy pre-snap in order to make the necessary adjustments to counter the same cheesy shit ti…

ruppstergolf said:

Sorry Bro, unless you in the lowest tier possible you arent making the playoffs with that team let alone a Super Bowl.

Hey man, and I say this with utmost respect but how the fuck do you know? You might not be able to but it wasn't a brag from me, its just what happens. I spend most of the time floating between Pro, Veteren and All-Star I think.  TBH I generally don…

gamers said:

They get all tt tho

Yeah, I know but my TT rules mean I have to play as many current players that play or played for us as possible.

Lildrift56 said:

interesting... you don't like onsides against you? I don't do RPOs, but I onside because, its a 25-75 I get the ball. I don't know what the META is for them, but I just high kick and toss it in the air and pray. I enjoy when people onside against me because I don't have a hard time recovering them so I get great field position.

Its an indicator to me is all. Anyone kicking an onside kick Q1 Kick-off just isn't taking the game seriously and I can't be bothered playing people who are either going to play like an idiot, run cheese all game or quit the minute they're losing. S…

I'd say I get about 30% of games go beyond the 2nd series and maybe 10 % go to the end. I try to play a straight game and will stick around if its fun and competitive. Thats pretty rare. 

Unfortunately, at least 5% of games start with the other idi…

Jacobs.

Raiders TT

Chiefsfan91 said:

firstly... raiders theme team is beyond juiced so not too hindered vs comp teams.

secondly... you have like 10 raiders.. tt would be legit 45-50 chem. not to be rude or anything. just saying.

The team has 34 Raiders players past and present although most are backups, I agree. No Legends (and zero Bo Jacksons!) though so that kind of evens out. Obviously I can't start 83 Kolton Miller or have 2 of my 3 starting CB's at 90OVR or 88OVR Epps…

Chiefsfan91 said:

i dont think you can play competitvely with actual theme teams... your at least at a huge disadvantage all game without knockouts and the top abilities everywhere

I play a Raiders TT.  Or at least one that is as close as possible without using Legends.

https://www.mut.gg/24/lineup-builder/92759be7-10c7-4f67-800d-88e238c3bcd3/

I win enough games to keep playing with it. 5 or 6 Superbowl wins I think?

yelaraka said:

Exactly! Why do we even have half the stats when people just throw abilities on them and it voids those. Stupid. If my reciever has 99 cth why is he dropping 5 balls a game.

EA has completely lost me from any future purchases of Madden until they remove abilities and xfsctors nonsense. This reminds me of COD Advanced Warfare. It didn't work, do as they did and reverse course. I'll be playing NCAA for dynasty mode thank God.

I mostly play CFM and we removed X-factors etc from the league completely. Alongside a few other rules to force players to play a straight up game, it makes for a much more enjoyable experience. MUT, particularly as we near end of year, is pretty un…

I'd like a game where the players played to the numbers on their cards. A Receiver with high CIT and CTH would catch the ball quite often but a defender with higher POW and/or Big Hitter trait would get a KO in the right circumstances. To watch my w…

Ducati0307 said:

^This guy gets it.  

DDA or the "Competitive Balancing Algorithm" or whatever you want to call it... is not a panacea for bad (let's be nice and call them less experienced) players.  It just tilts the playing field a bit to keep little Johnny in games longer and feel like he can compete.  This keeps him from quitting MUT and might even entice him to talk mom into letting him use her credit card to improve his team.  That's what the EA patents refer to as "maximizing player engagement".  It doesn't take much.  A few crazy blocksheds or fumbles or an overthrown balls or my personal favorites... those "throw out of sack" interceptions on some big downs. 

...and for those saying "...how do some players win 50 games in a row if DDA is in the game?".  They are either an elite level player or more likely, they're running some OP schemes (cheese as some might say) on offense and/or defense that overpowers any advantage that DDA might be giving their opponent.  DDA definitely has it's limits.

And its such an easy game to influence. Holding pens, bad blocking AI, an inability to run block at the LOS,  inaccurate throws with no pressure, you name it. My personal fave is the games where all my Receivers get chipped at the line and then knoc…