The Biggest Madden Patch Ever Arrives Today, New Mode and Various Bug Fixes

[iBlievN5]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

I'm concerned about them tuning the deep zones. They weren't great and did need adjusting, but I'd hate to see the deep ball become too difficult to complete because you can never get behind the DBs, or the Safeties make up an enormous amount of ground.

I was able to get Desean Jackson behind Jeremy Lane on a streak, in C3. I've only played 3 times but I think it's pretty well tuned.

[The JareBear]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2_headedmonster

Just did some testing with hum vs cpu and yea, im dissapointed. The ends still fire off the line at a canned, slow speed and a bunch of patty cake grappling . smfh.

I am watching streams of my league and it looks almost the same as before.

Hoping maybe it takes an advance or two to kick in or something.

The weird thing is in practice mode, in CFM, I see the difference. Von and Ray are doing spin moves and great edge rushes on their own, but it hasn't shown up in games yet

Maybe the holding penalty slider, which I know JoshC is big on affecting gameplay, is a factor, since penalty sliders arent represented in practice

[CatMan72]

So... is there any reason to restart an online CFM after this patch?

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by CatMan72

So... is there any reason to restart an online CFM after this patch?

Do you like the amount XP given out? The answer to that is the answer to your question.

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sphinx

New sliders for xp available tomorrow. That's huge, finally give people some control of how much xp they get.

Is that only for online? Or is it for offline CFM to?

Quote: Originally Posted by eastcoast49ers

"Tuned Confidence so that it’s not as easy to earn for offline franchise." YES

That is good this patch over all looks good the only bad news is that means I am going to have to mess with sliders and maybe just start over again with CFM because this path did a lot.

[SpyPirates]

Here's a quick analysis of rookie speed from before and after the patch. WR speed is down (while still retaining the fastest of players), Safety speed is up, and CB speed is up slightly.

http://i66.tinypic.com/a9n6za.png

This is just one draft class, so would need to see a larger sample.

[Mike Lowe]

Seems scrambling QBs are still not going to scramble properly, but pocket QBs will? Not complaining (I actually sold my copy), was just asking for clarification.

Also, I wish they would finally patch in more interactivity with special teams with blocked kicks, punts, bad snaps/holds, etc. With them patching in a new game mode, I simply don't believe this is impossible. It's part of football, and has never been a part of any Madden game.

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

Seems scrambling QBs are still not going to scramble properly, but pocket QBs will? Not complaining (I actually sold my copy), was just asking for clarification. Also, I wish they would finally patch in more interactivity with special teams with blocked kicks, punts, bad snaps/holds, etc. With them patching in a new game mode, I simply don't believe this is impossible. It's part of football, and has never been a part of any Madden game.

While I never saw this pocket QB taking off all the time thing like some people have. If I would play some one like Brady they would mostly stay in the pocket like they should. How ever I did see the scrambling QB not taking off. Before the first patch Scrambling QB would take off. After the first patch no one would take off. Have not play yet with this patch but game play wise my 2 biggest questions are does the patch really fix the pass rush and was any thing done about scrambling QB because that was not in the patch notes?