Madden NFL 17 News Post

The Return of Formation Subs in Madden NFL 17

04:37 PM - August 9, 2016 by Steve_OS

Madden NFL 17 Associate Game Designer, Ryan "RG" Glick and the Madden team have sent us this exclusive blog covering the return of formation subs. Make sure to read it and post your thoughts.

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# 21 redsfan4life @ 08/09/16 05:46 PM

I'm just happy its back.

*shrugs*

# 22 Still2REal @ 08/09/16 05:56 PM

Am I missing something?!?!?

Nevermind I see the position restrictions. Still the WR at HB is so rare it's not that big of a deal. I am one of Madden's biggest critics but you guys are tripping on this issue

# 23 StayPlation82 @ 08/09/16 06:02 PM

yeah cause there's not a huge advantage for it. a HB guarded by a CB is cool. a WR guarded by a LB not so much. advantage WR. same at TE. Madden does a good job of telling you personnel on the field but a lot of that strategy went out with the lack of being able to counter in Gen2/3

# 24 Tatupu_64 @ 08/09/16 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Still2REal


	Am I missing something?!?!? Nevermind I see the position restrictions. Still the WR at HB is so rare it's not that big of a deal. I am one of Madden's biggest critics but you guys are tripping on this issue

And clearly an attempt to cheese imo. What teams actually do this? Cobb does it on occasion, who else?

# 25 Hooe @ 08/09/16 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by StayPlation82


	yeah cause there's not a huge advantage for it. a HB guarded by a CB is cool. a WR guarded by a LB not so much. advantage WR. same at TE. Madden does a good job of telling you personnel on the field but a lot of that strategy went out with the lack of being able to counter in Gen2/3

Another fair point. Without the ability to assign defensive match-ups, I could see this sort of flexibility being a point of frustration and creating exploits.

I still would rather have unlimited flexibility myself, but again, I understand the mindset.

# 26 ginix @ 08/09/16 06:06 PM

No WR at HB but thankfully I can put HB at WR and now with full player editing that should not be a problem at all. So happy this has finally returned to Madden.

# 27 Hooe @ 08/09/16 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tatupu_64


	And clearly an attempt to cheese imo. What teams actually do this? Cobb does it on occasion, who else?

Off the top of my head, WRs I've seen line up in the offensive backfield as a running back - Randall Cobb, Tavon Austin, Dexter McCluster, DeAnthony Thomas, Percy Harvin, Cordarrelle Patterson, Lucky Whitehead, Julio Jones, AJ Green.

It's not common, granted, but it's also not rare.

# 28 StayPlation82 @ 08/09/16 06:12 PM

yeah i'd much rather have the option available and let the rules committee of these online CFMs handle the rest. especially since this seems to be a CFM only feature.

# 29 Yukon46 @ 08/09/16 06:12 PM

I sure hope I can make my Punter the Holder on XP's and FG's !!!

# 30 Godgers12 @ 08/09/16 06:17 PM

So no DE to TE or FB? Meaning no Watt on O, bummer.

# 31 DeuceDouglas @ 08/09/16 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas


	Good to see that they will indeed save game-to-game. Like I said in the other thread, I really hope this can pave the way for more personnel features like custom packages. Also they definitely need to find a way to make customs be available in CFM and hopefully that will be the next logical step with this.

Just to add to this, hopefully this is something that is on the radar as well. It would be especially helpful in online CFM's but letting users be aware of exactly what personnel will be lining up should be essential with formation subs back.

# 32 StayPlation82 @ 08/09/16 06:24 PM

yeah i like that, they just showed the totals per position last year. this is much better.

# 33 LBzrule @ 08/09/16 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Godgers12


	So no DE to TE or FB? Meaning no Watt on O, bummer.

Isn't there a package for this in certain formations or it used to be in there I think?

# 34 Mauer4MVP @ 08/09/16 06:35 PM

Cheese isn't a big deal. This is limited to CFM so I don't see how that would be a big deal.

And people dismissing this is silly. This restrictions are really dumb.

# 35 ItsOrangeBaby @ 08/09/16 06:42 PM

Disappointed in the following

WR not be able to line up at HB
QB's not be able to line up at WR or HB
SS or FS not be able to line up as a OLB

# 36 jfsolo @ 08/09/16 06:45 PM

I would imagine that they are still not completely confident with the gameplay/A.I. of the game yet to lift all position restrictions from the depth chart and formation sub menu. Full positional freedom should be something that they aspire to ultimately.

# 37 oneamongthefence @ 08/09/16 06:51 PM

I could see why it would be restricted in online play now but a CFM league can manage cheesers and people who exploit the game. No reason to have restrictions there.

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# 38 redsfan4life @ 08/09/16 06:59 PM

We should just be thankful we're going to have this available day one guys! No wait at all. That's awesome to me, and shows that the devs are listening to us.

# 39 vc3616 @ 08/09/16 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Brooklynbks4


	Thought the same thing. Had plans to have some wrs in the backfield Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

Not sure what you guys are reading maybe im reading it wrong but it says HB in the WR section

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# 40 vc3616 @ 08/09/16 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mauer4MVP


	The problem is that means this is an incomplete formation subs feature and to be quite frank is kind of ridiculous. Putting a WR at HB should be a basic function in formation subs. The limitations severely hinder the resource that it can be. It essentially makes the feature pointless for me.

It say you can put WR at HB it list HB next to WR

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