Is this the worst Madden has been since 19?

elmango30 said:

a) there’s no strategy or formation in the game that gives an unfair advantage because no one is forced not to run a certain scheme

b) what are you talking about then? Most people whine about gun bunch, 6-1 and dollar a gaps - all of which everyone can counter as well as run themselves. If you could let me know what gives an unfair advantage I’m happy to give you some pointers

Theres plenty of formations and plays that give an unfair advantage. Thats why they get ran on repeat they carry bad players because of the advantage. 

I dont need pointers homie,  maybe earlier in the year  but since ya'll run the same handful of schemes/abilities. The counter moves required get pretty easy to pick up on. 

Im not the OP i was just adding my two cents.

If i still need to add a play. Read Wheel Flat as its banned in MCS play

itscush2push said:

Theres plenty of formations and plays that give an unfair advantage. Thats why they get ran on repeat they carry bad players because of the advantage. 

I dont need pointers homie,  maybe earlier in the year  but since ya'll run the same handful of schemes/abilities. The counter moves required get pretty easy to pick up on. 

Im not the OP i was just adding my two cents.

If i still need to add a play. Read Wheel Flat as its banned in MCS play

So you don’t have an example

elmango30 said:

So you don’t have an example

I updated my post after i realized i left it off.

However read wheel flat is banned in MCS play.

Power Alert Glance was another banned play

itscush2push said:

I updated my post after i realized i left it off.

However read wheel flat is banned in MCS play.

Power Alert Glance was another banned play

banned in MCS ≠ unfair advantage imo 

its only banned because it essentially disallows certain defense - in their case man blitzes iirc. Lemme look up the power alert glance, I don’t remember it

i dont remember when it was banned, must have been before my time. It’s a good run and all but both of those plays are guardable

elmango30 said:

banned in MCS ≠ unfair advantage imo 

its only banned because it essentially disallows certain defense - in their case man blitzes iirc. Lemme look up the power alert glance, I don’t remember it

i dont remember when it was banned, must have been before my time. It’s a good run and all but both of those plays are guardable

How does  something that disallows an entire defensive scheme not give a player an unfair advantage?  Id love to hear that explination

Power Alert was banned in 22.

The skill gap is pretty much gone. Abilities have turned into bailouts. You burn a guy by 10 yards, catch the ball and get touched and drop the ball. Earlier i was in the rac animation and then the guys KO activated and puts me in a brand new animation. It's sick

itscush2push said:

How does  something that disallows an entire defensive scheme not give a player an unfair advantage?  Id love to hear that explination

Power Alert was banned in 22.

Because both players have the option to run it. So it isn’t unfair, it’s just a strategy choice. If everyone can run it, everyone is affected by it equally and therefor its fair

Also, it's sad to see what this game does to people. Were all fighting with each other and getting mad while EA is sitting there laughing at us. It's like that Twilight Zone episode "Monsters on Maple Street" where the aliens shut everything down on the block and watched the people go nuts.

Surgical0ffense said:

Id say this year it has the most DDA ive ever witnessed, especially in Super Bowls. Even playing House Rules and in your playoff or Super Bowl, your opponent gets things like this all game:

1. More alert defenders and more knockouts that shouldn't be.

2. Quick sheds on thier DL

3. Easier time running the ball. You can tell right away that EA has nerfed your players ability to stop the run as your players dont shed. Theyre basically locked onto blocker. When you're pursuing with your user they nerf your speed.

4. You're defenders dumb-out. I had a clip of one of my outside CB in hard flat at the 5 yard line literally just run straight to the middle of the field after the snap. His RB was on a table route. What do you think happened? Wide open TD. Loss in the Super Bowl.  I may have deleted the clip, but if not its hyst rical to watch. 

5. Opponent gets more benefit of the doubt on bad reads and should be interceptions. 

6. Your team can't run the ball. 

7. WR runs bad/slow routes

Anyways,  its always been this way, but this year they really kicked it up a notch. 

I think I'll play on a seldom basis after Easter. 

Other issues:

1. The season passes are bad.

 2. 

Rewards are bad. 

3. There is no Weekend League. 

4. Dollar defense stops the run against jumbo sets. 

5. WR stops their routes randomly 

6. WR running out of bounds while running their route

7. I personally dont care for the animations, especially the animations-basee pocket movement with your QB

8. Using the sprint button on offense attracks your opponents defenders to shed blocks. I dont understand EAs logic behind that. When a RB is carrying the ball its "see hole, explode (sprint) through hole"....but not in John Madden football. 

9. Speed gets nerfed, whenever the game says so. 

10. Animations are awful and need to go away.  Why? Because it takes away user movement. User movement is a big part separating skill. 

11. Hard to layer passes over linebackers. As I've mentioned before, the spacing and ball trajectory need to be revamped. Concepts like "stick" should be easier and spread out more to make them more effective, especially when EA has a limited pass rush block shed timer. Most say EA won't give you time to throw deep very often. Its true from my experience. Thats fine, because deep 1-play TDs rarely happen in real football. However,  i believe shorter passing concepts should be given more room. To me, the field seems really condensed for these concepts to be effective. Stick, slant-flat, etc...

Lots of things wrong and lots of incompetence running the show. Unfortunately, its all the NFL has given the masses to play.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices this.

I know when I make bad reads or don't wait on my blocks. I tell myself all the time when I mess up. But there are games where players feel slow, ball velocity is nerfed, my secure protects don't proc or my o-line can't block at all, and my defense becomes dumb. 

I'm talking, this guy throws into triple coverage and the ball flies in the air...none of my guys try to pick it  off. I throw into single coverage , the ball gets tipped and then 4 defenders fly in and pick it off. There's no denying this is intentional. I get it happening when a team is a 87 overall facing a 98. But I'm a 96 against a 97 and all of my guys play like bronze cards.

It's just some games. Not all of them by any means. But it's obvious when it happens.

elmango30 said:

That just hasn’t happened to me the way you think it has. Either I messed up to let them score, or i messed up to only be up two scores

Is this like 10 games h2h or something? I’m not saying I lose them. I am saying it is DDA. To ignore it is to ignore that Elvis made music people liked based on the evidence of all those people liking it. You make OK points about a lot of stuff but to deny DDA exists online makes you sound naive.

Idk if it's dda but something definitely happens to your team at certain points of the game depending on the situation

elmango30 said:

Because both players have the option to run it. So it isn’t unfair, it’s just a strategy choice. If everyone can run it, everyone is affected by it equally and therefor its fair

So you''re saying the morals of the user come into play rhen as both CAN run it but one can CHOOSE to run it.

itscush2push said:

So you''re saying the morals of the user come into play rhen as both CAN run it but one can CHOOSE to run it.

No, because it’s not morally wrong? Am I talking to a brick wall?

i can choose not to take the train to work, but my coworkers will beat me there. Both of us could but one of us chooses to. Guess that’s where morals come into play

we could all  threaten our opponents king in chess but only some choose to. Guess that’s where morals come into play

in a distance race I could choose to pass somebody earlier, but only some choose to. guess that’s where morals come into play

theprofyte said:

Is this like 10 games h2h or something? I’m not saying I lose them. I am saying it is DDA. To ignore it is to ignore that Elvis made music people liked based on the evidence of all those people liking it. You make OK points about a lot of stuff but to deny DDA exists online makes you sound naive.

Believing it for no reason because you fold in games is equally naive from my perspective