Coach Skills & It's Direct Impact On AI

[Gotmadskillzson]

I have noticed for a year now that a few of these coach skills have a direct impact on how the CPU AI behaves. So I will list some of the important ones:

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Match Up - When a team is on level 3 for this and they have a good QB with high awareness, that QB will spread the ball around a lot more then normal. In particular they will look for the Linebacker covering a Tight End mismatch often and look to exploit it. Same thing with a short DB covering a tall WR.

Just not the fact that are simply throwing the ball either, the whole throw animation and arc of the throw is different as well. They will tend to hit the person in stride or just drop over the top of the shorter defender.

Set Up Artist - Greatly increases the effectiveness of misdirection plays, counters, and play action. I would call it the play action rating that Madden has.

Light a Fire - This makes time outs actually useful for once. If your team is messing up big time, this will calm them down.

Big Game - If a team isn't a level 2 or 3 in this, they will start the 1st half of the game VERY SLOW and be prone to a higher amount of missed throws, dropped passes, missed blocks, blown coverage assignments.

Air Traffic Control - Players get open quicker and tend to make more acrobatic catches.

Daylight - It makes who ever is carrying the ball have better field vision. You will see more cut backs when they run and more properly timed spin moves.

Bulldozer - Makes the offensive line less prone to missing blocks on running plays and it makes them hold on to blocks longer on running plays.

Road closed - Shuts the run down, early and often. You will see a good defensive push of them driving blockers backwards.

Charge - Essential for having a continuous effective pass rush by your defensive ends without blitzing.

No Fly Zone - A higher number of deflections and interceptions.

Keep in mind, the players that fall within the different categories of the Skill Tree have to have good ratings to go along with it. Because of how effective the skill tree is on CPU AI, I have become a 100% coach mode player, since now I can get teams and individual players to perform the way I want them to just simply calling the play.

[Playmakers]

Good information as always Skillz....

[jt2000]

What If you don't use it at all ? An just build up your recruiting tree? Does this mean you really have to build your players up? If say, I am going to use it when the new rosters come out.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Now I shall talk about the coach skill trees you should avoid at all costs:

Clean Laundry - You won't see a single penalty if a team is even a level 1 in this.

Coachstradamus - Might as well call this God of Cheese. Basically gives the entire linebacker and secondary core an instant jump and speed warp boost when a team tries to run the ball. So avoid this at all costs. If not you will see WAY TOO MANY tackles in the backfield by a SWARM of defenders.

Great Wall - Pass blocking is way too good as is, with this added to it, you will not see a consistent pass rush at all.

[Gotmadskillzson]

I am going to add: Up Tempo and Recharge to the list of skill trees to avoid. Both of them prevent the offense and defense from getting tired. And I for one personally like seeing players getting tired on a consistent basis.

In all honesty this skill tree thing hurt the game more then it helped NCAA 14 because it over rides the AI and ratings way too much. So you really have to trim the fat off and activate other areas of the skill tree just to see certain things happen on a consistent basis in the game.

[sodinishu]

I am going to use it when the new rosters come out.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gotmadskillzson

I am going to add: Up Tempo and Recharge to the list of skill trees to avoid. Both of them prevent the offense and defense from getting tired. And I for one personally like seeing players getting tired on a consistent basis. In all honesty this skill tree thing hurt the game more then it helped NCAA 14 because it over rides the AI and ratings way too much. So you really have to trim the fat off and activate other areas of the skill tree just to see certain things happen on a consistent basis in the game.

Yeah this definitely a game changer. Played a quick game of Michigan and Notre Dame late last night. Defensive linemen, linebackers, offensive linemen, etc. definitely got tired on long drives. And by the end of the 1st quarter you noticed they would lose a step or two.

It was also nice seeing players rotated in and out on a regular basis.

[shootseven]

Is it possible to just turn off coach skills completely in Dynasty?