Any info. re whether the deep ball and drop issues...

[The GIGGAS]

I don't know what you're seeing, but when I turned off HFA, it increased catching a lot.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nivek

Nah, it was damn near perfect last year. They just need to work on the short-passing game. It was perrrrrrrfect in 2004.

That's my biggest complaint too - the short passing game. Hopefully the new playbooks may help with that.

Quote: Originally Posted by LPU

It's almost impossible to defend the deep ball against the CPU. Every intended receiver is Randy Moss and WILL make the catch, no matter when you time your jump.

Maximize your knockdown slider to 99 and its not that big of a problem. Still a bit too easy but a lot better.

[JSteph3061]

Isn't the 360 version supposed to include separate ratings for QBs for deep and short accuracy? Perhaps this will help to even out the balance to an appropriate percentage of short completions vs. long completions. I am playing the game on PS2, so hopefully there are additional solutions, but this may show that EA is aware of the problem.

It is one of my few complaints with '06 that I complete a greater percentage of my deep passes compared to my short, ball control passes.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by JSteph3061

Isn't the 360 version supposed to include separate ratings for QBs for deep and short accuracy? Perhaps this will help to even out the balance to an appropriate percentage of short completions vs. long completions. I am playing the game on PS2, so hopefully there are additional solutions, but this may show that EA is aware of the problem. It is one of my few complaints with '06 that I complete a greater percentage of my deep passes compared to my short, ball control passes.

Totally correct on that the deep accuracy seems better than short accuracy. Unfortunately while the 360 version will have more ratings, they still won't have all the ratings NFL Head Coach is using and that includes short and long QB accuracy. Maybe in another year they will bring in this long overdue rating.

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by njskillz

The deep ball has been overly effective in EA football games since day one. I highly doubt they will ever address it.

In NCAA maybe but in Madden 06 the deep ball is very very difficult on the PS2 unless you manually catch and/or the guy is simply open.