Mike Lowe Madden 17 Sliders

[Mike Lowe]

Going to have to adjust my special teams sliders as I was suddenly getting those random STRAIGHT UP punts. Very weird!

Also, I'll double check the offensive holding slider.

[SexyJesusCooper]

Quote: Originally Posted by tbunz1324

Not sure if this was overlooked but you dont have a slider for offensive holding

It's called Holding.

[tbunz1324]

Typically I don't comment if I like or dislike sliders but I must say these sliders are the closest to realism that I've played this early on in Madden history. Although Mariotta completed his first 11 passes against me, they didnt feel cheesy. I was the Colts and I'm a fan so I'm very familiar of their weaknesses. If it wasnt for the game not responding when I paused it, it would've been a great finish! Awesome work!

[Mike Lowe]

Guys, thank you so much for the positive feedback. I just got beat up pretty bad by the Chiefs, but the score shows it being much closer at 30-22. I might actually replay that game as the special teams were a bit wonky with punts.

Here are some SP changes as I feel anything outside of "Normal" for punt can create issues. I'd recommend using arc on punts and KOs.

Special Teams
FG Power: 47
FG Accuracy: 43
Punt Power: 50 (use arc/sky kicks or you'll outkick your coverage. Will need to keep a close eye on your PR yardage too)
Punt Accuracy: 50
Kickoff Power: 50 (Arc your kicks so that no more than 25-50% of your KOs are touchbacks. Select returns with two guys deep or else your KR will lead the league by a mile)

[tyler28]

Quote: Originally Posted by tbunz1324

Typically I don't comment if I like or dislike sliders but I must say these sliders are the closest to realism that I've played this early on in Madden history. Although Mariotta completed his first 11 passes against me, they didnt feel cheesy. I was the Colts and I'm a fan so I'm very familiar of their weaknesses. If it wasnt for the game not responding when I paused it, it would've been a great finish! Awesome work!

I have to agree! Ive tried every set on here even charters for am. Im an am player but i feel that needs a little more tuning. Howerver, im really enjoying ap right now. This set makes the cpu a challenge. I think it has to do w penalty sliders..specifically offsides and false starts being high. It really gets the line play going.

Flakos set was a little to easy and i ended up coming back here there is a difference for sure.

I also tried the default thing w joshc set and i didnt like that at all i saw too many issues that bothered me. That set is what i call over thinking things even though its on all default. I dont think things are affected this yr like they were last yr. Last year the gameplay related to sliders were a wreck. Its a lot better this yr ( if that makes sense). Things seem to be fixed easier w sliders now. (Finally)

Good job on this early set. I can get a cfm going till i work out am sliders.

[tbunz1324]

Only nitpicking here......CPU run game could use some help. But like I said nitpicking.

[Nbanut23]

The Good:
Kaep struggled versus an elite defense
Cam was about as accurate as I'd expect versus our defense

The Bad:
We had way too many sacks for a mediocre pass rush
We should not have won at all, that 4th quarter TD for them came with 15 seconds left. No way we should be winning versus Carolina.
Despite having a 69 LT and 71 C I was still able to run with ease

Overall it's not too bad and hopefully I actually start losing like we should be.

San Francisco 49ers at Carolina Panthers
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
San Francisco 49ers (2-0)	3	7	14	10	34
Carolina Panthers (1-1)	7	3	3	7	20

Team Stats Comparison
	SFO	CAR
Total Offense	343	320
Rushing Yards	268	86
Passing Yards	75	234
First Downs	20	20
Punt Return Yards	31	20
Kick Return Yards	43	58
Total Yards	417	398
Turnovers	1	1
3rd Down Converstion	8	6
4th Down Conversion	0	1
2-Point Conversion	0	0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5	2
Penalties	35	33
Posession Time	32:08	27:52

San Francisco 49ers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Kaepernick 10/22 75 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. Hyde 31 213 6.9 1 S. Draughn 11 38 3.5 0 C. Kaepernick 5 17 3.4 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD N. Boyle 2 11 5.5 0 G. Celek 1 3 3.0 1 J. Nelson 1 26 26.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD TEAM 74 5 0 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG P. Dawson 2/2 4/4 10 36 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Pinion 3 186 48.7 0

Carolina Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Newton 26/37 276 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD B. Wegher 20 71 3.5 0 C. Newton 4 5 1.3 0 M. Tolber 2 10 5.0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD S. Simonson 7 75 10.7 0 K. Benjamin 7 87 12.4 1 G. Olsen 3 33 11.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD TEAM 86 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG G.Gano 2/2 2/2 8 51 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Scrifes 5 194 32.8 1

[newmich]

Alright Mike, just like last year I'm sticking with your sliders for my online CFM that has 6 users in it. With all those users we will be seeing results fly in rapidly and be able to try to pin down problem areas. I will let you in on the results as they come in.

A little FYI: I know one or two users in the league that like to cheese so I will take their box scores with a grain of salt. I know one user and I play strictly sim football so those will be the box scores I pay the most attention to throughout the season