So Sick of the RNG

A pick should be a pick. If my user defender gets both hands on the ball, and the mode is Competitive, forget the ratings. It's bad enough that my fumbles are recovered by the opposing team, while theirs are recovered by their own. I outplayed my opponent, but I lose, because I'm wronged of possessions I earned until a coin-flip algorithm denied me the result I put myself in position to achieve.

Competitive gaming should not come down to Random.

There’s randomness in real football tho. Ref calls fumble bounces field conditions ect. I feel your pain but it will never be an exact science. the game would suck if the fumbling team recovered 98% of their own fumbles.

I guess if your user has like 45 catching I can understand dropped passes from time to time but generally that's not the case

Yea I feel like this year click on picks are worse. 

If you are already in the right position with your user or switch ahead of time it's ok. In other cases I'll have dudes who throw  3+ int worthy throws on a drive and get away with it.

rivalrysc said:

Yea I feel like this year click on picks are worse. 

If you are already in the right position with your user or switch ahead of time it's ok. In other cases I'll have dudes who throw  3+ int worthy throws on a drive and get away with it.

Yup. Were not actually playing a game. Were watching a show or particupating in a "choose your adventure" children's book. Incredibly bad.

Picks are so stupid, I switch on and it’s an easy pick but he either drops it or never even puts his hands up. I can’t wait until I can get pick artist on everyone and let the boys do their own thing

SquishySoldier21 said:

Yup. Were not actually playing a game. Were watching a show or particupating in a "choose your adventure" children's book. Incredibly bad.

I loved Choose Your Own Adventure books. The results of a choice weren’t always predictable, but I didn’t feel that I’d wasted thirty minutes when, rather than walking away, I touched a crystal pulsing with light, only to sense my life ebbing away as my body was simultaneously disintegrated and merged suddenly with a mystical moonstone.

With Madden, I can anticipate correctly, and still lose very, very badly.

phatalerror said:

A pick should be a pick. If my user defender gets both hands on the ball, and the mode is Competitive, forget the ratings. It's bad enough that my fumbles are recovered by the opposing team, while theirs are recovered by their own. I outplayed my opponent, but I lose, because I'm wronged of possessions I earned until a coin-flip algorithm denied me the result I put myself in position to achieve.

Competitive gaming should not come down to Random.

Uggh, don't get me started -- there is absolutely nothing that is fun, fair, balanced, let alone truly competitive about this buggy ass mess of a game.  I've barely played any H2H this year, as it's downright miserable.

Was bored late last evening, so i dropped into a College OT House Rules game, just for giggles -- first opponent went down without much effort.  Second guy was immediately spamming roll-out glitch and scurrying with his QB towards the sidelines.  Finally i had to revert to the trusty ole DB Fire 2 to keep this dude contained, before allowing him to beat himself by throwing directly at me.  Didn't even have time to choose a play before dude conceded.  Have a little heart, kids.

Back to your original point, OP -- i will regularly see streamers and Comp players stuck in hell games because some scrubby opponent is catching every break known to man.  I'm the asshole for still engaging with this nonsense, it's not liek EA is all of a sudden going to figure it out and release a patch that fixes all of the most glaring issues.  This entire M25 year is toast.  My expectations were extremely low and somehow EA still couldn't even meet the bare minimum.

And it's not enough to have two-handed picks dropped. Now late knockouts multiple times where there are no such abilities yet. Just really, really a big waste of time.

Solo Battles is stale. I should be able to enjoy this game, but I can't, because everyone on a mode where something can be earned by winning consecutive games resorts to cheese blitzes and cheap routes. Zero class.