Made a small change this week...

[Bubstarr]

Great move Ian. The weapon icons are juvenile and corny.Realism is key and you are definitely leading the way.

[LowerWolf]

I turned everything off in Madden 09, but one thing I miss is seeing my audibles. Is it possible to have everything off but if you press the audible button to have your plays pop up?

[mr_president]

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just "pure football"

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it's what your striving for, and if the result of you turning them off gives you a sense of moving closer to your goal, then by all means leave them off.

i think they should be left off.
you can always add an extra icon next to player pictures in the roster, so when you access your roster the icon(s) is there for you to see.

[babyface12188]

The pre-play menu for me is big. Hot routes, o-line shifts, sending the RB to block, WR/TE shifts. Audibles is HUGE....There were years where u only had cetain audibles to choose from. In the 09 version, I love the fact that u can audible, and stay in the same formation. For example I use a 2 WR, 2 TE, and 1 RB set. Its a stretch running play, and I dont like the way the D is playing it. So I audible to a short pass play.( WR slanting in, and TE on outside flats, RB is Blocking). And the opposing D has no idea. I love that. On defense the same thing. Line/ LB shifts. DB's playing tight....

Pre play menu is huge. Now im not sure if your taking it out the game completely, but i think its a big part of the game. Whether playing 1-1 with somebody, or during your franchise.

If i read correctly, I think it should stay on...

[94niners]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

I set weapon icons and any/all other graphical options all to off by default (like the weapons, icon hints, big pre-play controls menu, etc). [...]

As long as you have an option to bring em back in the options menu when the game is paused, I LOVE this move.

[oldskoolmaddenfanz27]

Everyone already did this anyway brah.

[Effington]

I'm shocked no one else rolled with a great idea mentioned earlier: show the icons in the play selection screen, but not when the actual players get on the field. It really does seem like the best of both worlds; we can see our weapons clearly, and it also doesn't clutter up the screen.

[Steeler99]

I have HATED to whole weapons thing from day one .... NEVER use it. The two items I do use are the pre-play menu (sometimes to alter coverages or blitzes), and I almost always use the coach view to look at my pass routes, etc before snapping the ball.