Will EA Give Us Penalties This Year?

[tdogg097]

Or will that be a new feature in a future installment. The lack of penalties in this game is mind boggling. Of all the things in this game I feel like that should be one of the easiest to replicate to the real NFL. Penalties used to work and they have been slowly taken away. Why EA?

[ShaneTheMaster]

no not this year again - the real issue is that some of the most commonly called penalties in the NFL aren’t even possible in the game, like unnecessary roughness, defensive holding, illegal shift, illegal motion, illegal hands to the face, etc

[tdogg097]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShaneTheMaster

no not this year again - the real issue is that some of the most commonly called penalties in the NFL aren’t even possible in the game, like unnecessary roughness, defensive holding, illegal shift, illegal motion, illegal hands to the face, etc

I'd be happy with offensive holding at this point. I see it called once every 3 or 4 games. Sliders have no effect. How can a sim football game not even have penalties? I think it's obvious sim players are not EAs target audience. Hard to get MUT dollars from you if they make franchise awesome.

[ML]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShaneTheMaster

no not this year again - the real issue is that some of the most commonly called penalties in the NFL aren’t even possible in the game, like unnecessary roughness, defensive holding, illegal shift, illegal motion, illegal hands to the face, etc

For the record I’ve had 1-2 defensive holdings called this year as well as some unnecessary roughness penalties but they are seemingly tied to animation glitches / morphing i.e players getting stuck running into eachother on routes or a tackling animation triggers way out of bounds. Doesn’t appear to be any rhyme or reason besides screwy animations that trigger these - certainly a disappointment.


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[baconbits11]

Quote: Originally Posted by ML

For the record I’ve had 1-2 defensive holdings called this year as well as some unnecessary roughness penalties but they are seemingly tied to animation glitches / morphing i.e players getting stuck running into eachother on routes or a tackling animation triggers way out of bounds. Doesn’t appear to be any rhyme or reason besides screwy animations that trigger these - certainly a disappointment. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

I thought EA took defensive holding out of the game a while back. So you are saying it is back? There isn't a slider for it.

[GrayDawg]

When fatigue gets real bad, you will see penalties.

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[kennylc321]

As it has been pointed out on these forums, this is not a bug or glitch. This is intentional programming design. For whatever reason, EA decided they don't want penalties in the game... period. Never mind the fact that between sliders and "simulation mode" that penalties should be there for games who want/don't want them.

I've given up asking about this.

[gr18]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShaneTheMaster

no not this year again - the real issue is that some of the most commonly called penalties in the NFL aren’t even possible in the game, like unnecessary roughness, defensive holding, illegal shift, illegal motion, illegal hands to the face, etc

16 was the last to have defensive holding and I know, last gen anyway,unnecessary roughness was called occasionally and it may still be a very rare occurrence, but then again any penalty is a rare occurrence these days.

I wouldn't hold my breath because it's something they are very well aware of but won't do anything to fix it.It was a decision made a few years ago and they're sticking with it.