High-ball needs to be back....

@martyr1968

So, found a perfect example of an interception and the lower ball trajectory in Madden 24 compared to Madden 23.

This video...start it at the 3 minute mark. This wasn't a bad read and the WR is 10 yards behind the LB...the LB doesn't have to jump high at all (showing the low ball trajectory this year)....

Even with high-balling this pass its intercepted more times then not. Clearly the player was running a high-low concept on the LBers....made the right choice and even without jumping 10 feet in the air with superman  Lurk Artist animation...interception. 

3 minutes in...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_DH3TzUORHg

Surgical0ffense said:

Anyone agree high-ball needs to come back?

I've thrown quite a few INTs to 6'7 LBs because high-ball doesn't work.

Why did they take it out?

Oh, that's right....it was one of those "changes" they made to the game to make it seem like they updated it. The same way they made the spin awesome in Madden 22 then changed it to be terrible in Madden 23....ya know, just lazy and easy changes.

Hard to even layer passes over the 6'7 lurk artist LBers. Not realistic. And if you do manage to layer the pass....a Safety usually has a KO.

Why do I even try to play MUT? Its why I play  Madden maybe once a week. Total frustration amd rage and inconsistent game play.

Have to hold LB (idk what it is on PlayStation) to manually high pass

High ball is gone? News to me and I use it frequently….. maybe an issue with your game or controller?

peatrick said:

Such an incredibly accurate review. I truly wish you were wrong about any of the above. I want this game to be decent in the worst way, uff. Sadly, I'm just pissing into the wind, wasting my frustrations on this buggy ass shit.

Nothing fair or balanced, let only resembling simulation fatball. Wildly inconsistent, as you so aptly stated. Hell, couldn't imagine trying to compete in MCS... even the highest level was filled with RPO cheese, which actually surprised me. This is all so very unfortunate.

Maybe Elden Ring DLC in June will capture my interest, that was a really good game. Although nothing really hits liek the gridiron, especially fatball at the NFL level. I really dig the team building aspects of Ultimate Team, too bad it's pure pay to win.

Anyway, preach brother. 👊

You guys simply suck... sorry to break it to you.

Bismillah said:

You guys simply suck... sorry to break it to you.

That's just liek. . . your opinion man.  I think we're pretty awesome.  Liek, if i got any better, i might spontaneously combust.  🔥

ThirdRhombus978 said:

Have to hold LB (idk what it is on PlayStation) to manually high pass

It's essentially the same -- the button equivalent on PlayStation i believe is L1 (top left trigger).  In this image below, it's "B1" (top), from this source: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5-button-functions/

Bismillah said:

You guys simply suck... sorry to break it to you.

I mean...we can play and find out...

Anyways...did you watch the example? That shouldn't be an interception. I've high-balled that exact pass and it's picked by a Lurk Artist.

We can put some $$$$ on some games if you'd like....?

Do a best of series (best of 5?) cause anyone can beat anyone in this talent equalized game with random quick sheds and great coverage?

I'm not as good as I was in Madden 22 or 23, but far from bad.

Surgical0ffense said:

I very much disagree. Go play Madden 23 and the ball trajectory is naturally higher even without a high-ball.

Even with high-ball in 24, the ball isn't that high. 

Ill literally have a WR 7-10 yards behind a LB in the middle of the field and throw it....and yup....interception. Even with a high-ball. And as I mentioned....no one should lob a short to intermediate pass in MUT, especially at this point in the year. 

Its tough to "layer" passes. More difficult than last year. Much more difficult.

Ill also say I dont know what happened from 23 to 24, but throwing to a WR right when they're making their brea  results in inaccurate and incomplete passes. Like, how did that happen? I dont know. I dont care much, but just making  observations and I dont understand how you make that worse from one year to the next?

Leave the good stuff alone. Make the bad stuff better...

Seems logical.

It's crazy you can have someone open and you just inaccurate and then your throwing 10 yards off the target and its a pick. I could be tripping but the Y trail play has an abnormal amount of innacurates as if they want to nerf the play.

Surgical0ffense said:

I mean...we can play and find out...

Anyways...did you watch the example? That shouldn't be an interception. I've high-balled that exact pass and it's picked by a Lurk Artist.

We can put some $$$$ on some games if you'd like....?

Do a best of series (best of 5?) cause anyone can beat anyone in this talent equalized game with random quick sheds and great coverage?

I'm not as good as I was in Madden 22 or 23, but far from bad.

You’re complaining about high throws and you want to wager? Lmao I have the highest W streak in the world rn. You’re a bot.

SportsPerson94 said:

There is pretty much no way to get the ball ovet a 6'7 LB in this game. The ball trajectory system is awful and it needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Wide open passed are picked off because they put those players in the game. I've gotten picks that i had no business getting too but it's fucked up

dont use sfl

Bismillah said:

You’re complaining about high throws and you want to wager? Lmao I have the highest W streak in the world rn. You’re a bot.

You have like, nothing to contribute to anything do you? Lol

Ill never understand why a site THIS dead is where people waste their time trolling so obviously. Why not pick a site with some traffic so more than four people even see the troll attempts? To each their own I guess.

TheChamp22 said:

dont use sfl

Is it bad?

You community bums abuse everything on the game. It doesnt resemble a simulation because you scrubs dont play it like a simulation. With abuse comes regulation. If not then you all will be crying about how everyone throws highballs and your 6-7 LBs cant make a play on it.

They are still a thing