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

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

The roughing the QB slider looks like a binary code. At 50, no penalties at 51 way too many.

To speak specifically to this (as well as the "I wonder how much attention sliders get" question): the penalty sliders were rebuilt in Madden NFL 16 along with penalties. In addition, the game artificially caps the frequency of penalty if its slider is set at 50 or lower. So once you see one or two roughing penalties on the default setting, the game stops calling roughing.

This artificial cap by default is purely a quality-of-life concession for online and competitive gamers who don't want to see their games decide by excessive flags (as opposed to user skill). Sim gamers may disable the caps entirely by increasing the sliders to 51 or greater, which is why you can potentially see flag frequency shoot way up if you are an aggressive player by increasing this slider by one point.

Penalties and sliders were something I had the opportunity to talk to Clint Oldenburg about extensively at E3 2015 in the Madden NFL 16 build-up, I'm sure my post about that is floating around here somewhere. EDIT: found that post upon request - http://www.operationsports.com/forum...&postcount=137

[Brightline]

Pre-title update outside runs had 3 problems in my opinion. (1) CB's were blocked way too effectively (2) no/weak attempt to set edge by DE/OLB (3) LBs in pursuit would kinda just knock into players and be slowed down.

[himynameisao]

Is there any updates, news, info about a Companion App? These updates are fine and dandy, but something I really enjoyed off of the game was the CFM Companion App. And PS, if you fumble all the time, it's you, it's not the game.

[maltliquor23]

Just out of curiosity, is the wind/punt issue mitigated with supersim? I have watched a few out door games in windy conditions and was ready to go back to 16 until its fixed

[Slim4824]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

I personally think the edge defender makes a stronger commitment to contain the outside edge. Before you seemed to be able to turn the corner way too easily but now they force you back inside more (where you can still get a nice gain). They do seem tougher after 2 games but I haven't run it a lot to know for sure. I do think QB fumbles are toned down but I'm using my fumble slider at 75 since I hated all of the fumbles pre-patch and I've left it there and still have seen fumbles amongst other positions too. I think penalties are a little more on default. I swear DBs hands are a lot better. Sticky fingers on INTs. As for kick meters: the accuracy window should not change regardless of the length of the kick imo. You miss on longer kicks simply because a miss to the right by a little on a 30 yarder doesn't hurt much. But carrying that miss over another 20+ yards hurts more. I haven't liked how EA has done kicking in forever and not having separate user/cpu sliders is simply ridiculous.

They did increase the chance of the defender getting the interception vs dropping the ball.

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[RobWVU22]

I noticed that CB's coverage of comeback routes is somewhat broken post patch. When in man coverage, the corner gets locked in an ugly sliding animation for several yards after the WR gets into his break. I'll try and link a tweet with a video clip of the animation. Hopefully it works. Anyone else notice this or can replicate it?

https://twitter.com/Rob_Wvu/status/783750816280621056

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by maltliquor23

Just out of curiosity, is the wind/punt issue mitigated with supersim? I have watched a few out door games in windy conditions and was ready to go back to 16 until its fixed

Yes, it is. It's my go-to for AI punts for now.

[Armor and Sword]

This is a seriously excellent patch.

AI play calling with team specific playbook was vastly improved. Vastly.

Very pleased and the game is even better. Really great work Rex, Clint and team.

Thanks for the continued support and making Madden better than ever.