Madden NFL 17 Title Update #2 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4 - Details Included

[jfsolo]

I've played 3 full games, 15 minute Quarters, runoff to 12 seconds, Adjusted All-Madden Sliders, so I've seen a fair amount of plays.

I was sacked 7 times, in those games, my QB, Goff, fumbled once. It was legit, he got cracked and coughed it up. CPU was sacked 11 times, had 7 in the last game, best performance by my dline in M17, and there was one fumble by the CPU QB.

I'm seeing more fumble in the field of play by other skill position players though, but it's good, you need to pay attention to covering up the ball and avoiding the big hit/strip a lot more now.

Some formation subs changes still don't stick.

Others may have a different perception, but these are other gameplay observations that I have:

Kicking does seem a little easier, but I need to kick some more FGs to be sure.

All players with the ball seem to fight for more yardage now. They don't necessary break the tackle but they will get fall forward or get an extra yard or two before going down. This really helps decrease the TFL numbers as RBs will get back to the LOS more instead of losing two yards. I felt like I won more Tackle battles too. There is less all or nothing in the run game now.

The WRs on my team catch better now, they're more like the CPU in that they can make some tough catches 1 on 1 now, but still will drop the ball if there are multiple defenders around.

My defenders play the ball in the air a lot better now. DB's for both teams seem to be to recover better on the deep ball if they lose the press battle.

Would still like to see all receivers run better routes near the sidelines still too many plays where their momentum just carries them out of bounds.

CPU still playing too much press coverage with cover 1 or 0 in the middle of the field.

The grounding plays seem less overt, the passes all seem to be near a WR now, but I'd like more movement by the QB and the passes to be a little less "uncatchable"

Scrambling is still not where it needs to be, Wilson had a couple of runs, but they weren't as decisive as they should have been.

For the User shading inside and out side still doesn't seem to work. I feel like it has always worked for the CPU though.

Overall I think the update improved the gameplay in a lot of ways, and I'm going to keep playing this game to death.

[Toupal]

Is this the patch that tunes the draft classes for offline cfm?

[SECElit3]

Quote: Originally Posted by booker21

Actually i was hoping to read your comments, Since you and I agreed that the tuner was a step backwards on the tackling and other aspect. For the moment i`m going offline.

No, those impressions won't be coming from me. The only thing I wanted, not included out of the box, was the color rush uniforms. Outside of that, I'm done downloading patches and tuners for madden 17. I'll watch the impressions and try to identify a consensus, but so far, the thing that stands out is the nerf to the kicking game. That in itself says a tremendous amount about this patch.

It is right around this time every year that I start getting really irritated with EA. This year I'm just going to alleviate that frustration by enjoying the game at the color rush patch.

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[KingV2k3]

Quote: Originally Posted by mpd3892

I just downloaded the update on xbox. After the download was complete I started up the game. It asked me if I wanted to download the latest tuner. I did. I then went to files and deleted the tuner and my profile. When I restarted the game it once again asked me if I wanted to download the latest tuner. Is there a new tuner as well as a new update? Or is the tuner the new update? The update was over 4gigs. The tuner downloaded very fast.

Quote: Originally Posted by ajra21

last week, when the new tuner dropped, i did not download/install it. just downloaded the patch and following that, it asked me to download the tuner. i declined. does this mean the last week's tuner was not included in today patch?

The previous tuners usually get folded into the patches, so I have no idea why I got a tuner prompt after DL-ing the patch...

Anybody?

[RogerDodger]

Lots of interceptions and about half going straight back for TD's post-patch, now I'll have to mess with sliders after playing and enjoying the default set so far.

[kaptainkev562]

In CFM the CPU is still cutting my players without my permission smh

[DeuceDouglas]

Just played my first game with the patch and won 35-23 vs. the Broncos. Was a weird game where I was up 35-14 at half and absolutely shredded their D for over 400 yards in the first half. Actually ran the ball really well and had a couple huge runs which was unusual. Got ultra conservative and made a couple bad decisions in the second half and it nearly cost me but my defense made a play late. Still would like to see the CPU be smarter especially when it comes to fourth quarter situations. Denver had the ball 4th & 4 at my 8 with just over eight minutes to go and opted for the 25-yard FG. Not a huge issue but in a game like that I'd have much rather seen them going for it there. Couple more things:

• The QB definitely seemed more active, kind of in an odd way but I was definitely noticing consitently more movement than I did in games before. Still though, I ended up with 6 sacks and all but one was of the stand for an eternity variety. Of the 10 incompletions Simian threw, five were throw aways but going to have to play more games. Also had a play where Simian went to throw as he got hit and the ball just popped straight up in the air for a fumble. Can't stand those.
• Am I missing something or does the Man Align adjustment not work at all? There's still issues with the Auto-Flip and 3 receivers to one side where you'll end up with a player in man coverage on a receiver on the other side of the field and when I do the man align adjustment, nobody moves at all.
• Slight frustration but I really wish I could pick the kick return of my choosing and that fourth downs didn't default to suggestions. Also don't understand why they keep making kicking easier. Has to be online play because offline for me feels absolutely automatic.
• Wind indicator was correct in the game I played. Don't know if that was fixed or not but it was working properly.

Might have to adjust some sliders but this game was a lot more fun than the game I played yesterday. Didn't have any "WTF" moments but I'm going to play another game against the Seahawks now and see how it goes.

[azdawgpound]

Did they tune the sacks??? Playing a play now game right now not out of 1st quarter and already sacked Brady 4 times causing him to fumble once.

I haven't played in couple days but in my franchise I've only got like 6 sacks in like 7 games because my defense can't break contain or the oline blocking.

Also I noticed when I started madden up today after waiting for patch to d/l my playbooks reverted back to the team playbook??? I haven't changed playbooks since I started using ones I used from 16.