FBGRatings Seeks to Recalibrate Madden Ratings, Change Game

[DNMHIII]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCEBB2001

Good question. There have been some people around here who have worked on that. Playmakers comes to mind. Keep in mind the original intention of the project: offering a hypothetical space for which Madden SHOULD be rating players on the scale of 0-99. What we cannot control is how the code, if poorly written, is affected. In that sense, I guess we are merely polishing a turd. However, it has been documented by those who have tested rosters and game-play with these ratings, that the players feel more fluid and seem to play more "true to life" than the hyper-inflated EA ratings. Regardless, this is all opinion and conjecture, and the only real way to find out, is to try it out for yourself and add to the discussion with your findings.

I'm gonna wait until 15 is live and then test these out.

I'm pretty sure that lowering the acceleration will help with making the game look less jittery and from what you've done with lowering the physical attributes according to your scouting info I'm sure it plays smoother because I tested that out a few years back and it helped with that.

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by DNMHIII

I'm gonna wait until 15 is live and then test these out. I'm pretty sure that lowering the acceleration will help with making the game look less jittery and from what you've done with lowering the physical attributes according to your scouting info I'm sure it plays smoother because I tested that out a few years back and it helped with that.

Good deal man. Let us know what you find.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCEBB2001

Have we already forgotten that last year's "pre-release-ratings-release" spreadsheets were missing the ACC attribute? Those were still in the game.

Yes, actually. :-P

It does seem like a step backwards to me too to remove those ratings. That said, not much we can do about it if so.

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Per Ian Cummings in 2008, they definitely used to matter. Based on the ratings spreadsheets that have been released thus far for Madden 15, PBS/PBF/RBS/RBF may not even be in the game anymore, however. A change in design necessitated a change in implementation, I suppose.

This is getting real old quickly with EA...

The best seperation between Offensive Linemen was directly tied into those ratings....

You could actually edit a guy to be a top notch pass blocker yet struggle in run blocking by simply tweaking those ratings that EA is removing now...

It's one thing to keep taking away sliders from the game...it's another thing for them to keep reducing the ratings.

Now they are headed back the stone age where Blockers had just pass, run block and strength ratings but those 3 ratings really didn't seperate the players at all or give them any type of identity on the field.

If this is true that EA is removing those ratings that's a shame because I think if they only knew how to utilize their own ratings we would have seen terrific OL vs DL interaction over the years....

[SiNsinNatti]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

This is getting real old quickly with EA... The best seperation between Offensive Linemen was directly tied into those ratings.... You could actually edit a guy to be a top notch pass blocker yet struggle in run blocking by simply tweaking those ratings that EA is removing now... It's one thing to keep taking away sliders from the game...it's another thing for them to keep reducing the ratings. Now they are headed back the stone age where Blockers had just pass, run block and strength ratings but those 3 ratings really didn't seperate the players at all or give them any type of identity on the field. If this is true that EA is removing those ratings that's a shame because I think if they only knew how to utilize their own ratings we would have seen terrific OL vs DL interaction over the years....

I hope they don't go back to where you can subtitute your OL for QBs and kickers and have them protect to perfection.

[ggsimmonds]

I am pretty sure the OL footwork ratings are removed. If I recall correctly, the last couple of releases they were in they had no effect on gameplay and only impacted the simulation engine like THA does.

And it sucks that they did take it out as it allowed for greater differences between players. I loved the layer of strategic planning it allowed for as well. Matchups were much more important

[azdawgpound]

another glitch with another player pats RT Sebastian Vollmer rated a 66 on your site put ratings in his overall is a 39.


those 2 players are only ones so far that the overall are way off on.

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by azdawgpound

another glitch with another player pats RT Sebastian Vollmer rated a 66 on your site put ratings in his overall is a 39. those 2 players are only ones so far that the overall are way off on.

It must be a glitch in the game itself because all of the other RTs are adding up. They add up externally as well, so I know that it isn't the OVR calculation either.