Putting the D back in MaDDen [Redsfan's Sliders]

[redsfan4life]

I've logged about 15-20 games of Madden the past few days when I haven't been working or doing homework. The game is beautiful, but at first I was very frustrated by the lack of defense and the ease of scoring..however I've put together a slider set that seems to remedy that problem, at least in the games that I've played.

Here's what I have for now:

Playcall Style: Gameflow (optional, but if you take the time to make a plan you are comfortable with it really is a nice feature...)
Play Clock: On
Coordinator Audio: Off (you can have it on I just find it annoying and it takes away from the atmosphere of the stadium)
Coordinator Subtitles: Off
Quarter Length: 12 minutes
Accelerated Clock: 25 seconds
Camera Settings: Standard
Auto Strafe/Sprint: On
Injuries: 39
Fatigue: 57
Game Speed: Normal
Player Min Speed Threshold: 65 (important, speedy players have too large an advantage otherwise)

Penalties: (my weakest area..if you have better penalty sliders feel free to share)

Base Sliders:

Offsides: 90
False Start: 95
Holding: 54
Facemask: 53
Defensive PI: 72
Offensive PI: 76
KR/PR Interference: 83
Clipping: 50
Int Grounding: 92
Roughing the Passer/Kicker: 92

Human Sliders

QB Accuracy: 29
Pass Blocking: 46
WR Catching: 38

Broken Tackles: 18
Run Blocking: 39
Fumbles: 57

Reaction Time: 67
INT: 10
Pass Rushing: 46

Reaction Time: 37
Block Shedding: 44
Tackling: 64

CPU Sliders

QB Accuracy: 56
Pass Blocking: 54
WR Catching: 53

Broken Tackles: 14
Run Blocking: 57
Fumbles: 57

Reaction Time: 85
INT: 15
Pass Rushing: 60

Reaction Time: 75
Block Shedding: 62
Tackling: 67

Still working on ST sliders...but those play OK out of the box from what I've seen. Nothing too terrible there, I will work on those more soon. I've mainly been focused on improving defense and lowering scoring/big plays. You really have to sustain drives to score with these sliders, which is what the NFL is all about.


New Version 1.2:

QB Accuracy: 29
Pass Blocking: 46
WR Catching: 38

Broken Tackles: 18
Run Blocking: 48
Fumbles: 40

Reaction Time: 65
INT: 10
Pass Rushing: 45

Reaction Time: 35
Block Shedding: 42
Tackling: 64

CPU Sliders

QB Accuracy: 56
Pass Blocking: 54
WR Catching: 53

Broken Tackles: 14
Run Blocking: 60
Fumbles: 60

Reaction Time: 85
INT: 15
Pass Rushing: 60

Reaction Time: 75
Block Shedding: 60
Tackling: 66

Here's what I have on Special Teams:

FG Power: 50
FG Accuracy: 45
Punt Power: 45
Punt Accuracy: 60
Kickoff Power: 45

[redsfan4life]

Last game I played:

Browns 10 (me)
Steelers 24 (cpu)

Roethlisberger: 17-24, 200 yds, 3 TD
Jake Delhomme: 16-28, 193 yds, TD, INT

Mendenhall: 21 car, 98 yds, fumble
Harrison: 22 car, 25 yds
Moore: 6 car, 11 yds
Hardesty: 2 car, 12 yds

Wallace: 3 rec, 91 yds, TD
Watson: 5 rec, 57 yds
Miller: 3 rec, 20 yds, TD
Harrison: 4 rec, 37 yds

Each team allowed one sack, James Farrior had the INT for Pitt.

[redsfan4life]

Just played another game...

Dolphins (me) 9
Jaguars (cpu) 7

It was a defensive battle, the play of the game was actually a FG. LOL. First time I've ever seen that.

Stats:

Henne: 17-29, 173 yds
Garrard: 14-33, 164 yds, TD

Brown: 17 car, 29 yds
Williams: 3 car, 31 yds
Jones-Drew: 20 car, 72 yds

Williamson: 7 rec, 93 yds
Fasano: 4 rec, 36 yds
Marshall: 4 rec, 83 yds
Sims-Walker: 3 rec, 31 yds, TD

5 sacks for me, 2 for Jacksonville

The human rush game could use a bit of a bump..but it's playing a better brand of football than out of the box. I think these sliders could be a nice base, they just need some tweaks.

[Randiesel75]

How well does Gameflow work with the Coordinator option set to off?

[redsfan4life]

To me it's fine, I don't need to hear the coordinator explain to me how a play is run.

[Randiesel75]

Does the pop-up on the screen still come up to explain the play coming in and strategy for execution, or is that lost when the option is turned off?

[redsfan4life]

You can turn subtitles on and have the audio off I believe. It's all in the options screen.

[dorismary]

Hi Redsfans ,
Do you still get big plays with your sliders or is it more a 10 yard fight ?
Thanks for sharing