Madden NFL 18 Blog: Coaching Adjustments

[Steve_OS]

EA Sports today unveiled the list of coaching adjustments you'll be able to employ in Madden...

Written By: Chris Sanner

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[huskerfan4life]

this is a great blog and really explains a lot and I think it will be awesome to use

[DeuceDouglas]

The Pass Rush Conservative adjustment makes me really hope the AI scramblers will be some kind of threat. I remember a game a few years ago where the Chiefs played the Raiders and Terrelle Pryor and this was their entire game plan. Their outside rushers basically played contain rush and forced him to stay in the pocket and ended up sacking him 9 times. But if AI QB's are like last year there's no reason to ever use this IMO. I really like the Aggressive side also causing fatigue increases as well.

Like that the AI uses them as well although they seem quite limited in what they can do which is understandable but it's better than nothing. The fact that certain situations trigger them is good and hopefully this is something they can continue to expand.

[Brightline]

This is really nice. One thing that should really not be happening is "I know my opponent is going to run this play in this way and i still cant stop it." Hopefully this is another tool against that.

Also, this is a good start on coaching adjustments. But this should be continued to be developed year over year and even integrated which coach attributes and tendancies. For example maybe by defaults certain coaches are set to certain setting which can be changed by user and cpu but maybe certain setting have ratings boosts/penalties depending on coach style.

[deu22ces]

Another nice sounding blog. Nice to have some situational football. Big thumbs up that the CPU AI will use some of the mechanics.

[patsfan1993]

Really happy with this making it over from NCAA. Given how long it was used over there I believe there should be little issue transitioning it to Madden and it should function well out of the gate.

My only question is why the AI seems to be limited to using only the certain situations that the blogs spelled out?

The Coaching Adjustments that the AI will use are:

Ball Carrier Conservative
When ahead, late in the game, and running the ball in an effort to keep the clock running
Cornerback Matchups
By Overall rating, when it has a cornerback on its team with at least a 90 OVR, and the offense has a receiver with at least a 90 OVR
Pass Rush Aggressive
In certain passing situations.
Strip Ball Aggressive
When trailing late in a close game, when the offense is trying to keep the clock running
Strip Ball Conservative
During late-game, two-minute situations, when ahead
Tackling Aggressive
In some short yardage situations, also late in games when trailing in a close game
Tackling Conservative
During late-game, two-minute situations, when ahead.

Maybe in the future they can tie these into different coach styles so each coach can influence the game and help lend a different feel to AI controlled teams

[ATLBrayden]

It would be nice if you could set these before the game starts.


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[greenegt]

I like it. The more strategical elements brought into the game, the better.