Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

[Packers4U]

Maybe it's late and I'm out of it, but in Madden 25 base align was pretty much the same thing as man align, right?

Looking at the above image, there seems to be a base align AND a man align command in Madden 15. What gives?

[DeuceDouglas]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

Maybe it's late and I'm out of it, but in Madden 25 base align was pretty much the same thing as man align, right?

Looking at the above image, there seems to be a base align AND a man align command in Madden 15. What gives?

These were both in last year. Man align lines up guys if they're out of position in man-to-man on the guy they're covering. So if you have a safety covering a guy in the slot and you go to man align and he'll drop down and cover him near the line of scrimmage.

Base align just reverts to your base lineup of the defense. So say you're playing Cover 2 and the offense comes out in a twins formation. Last year at least your corners would both lineup on the receivers as to disguise man coverage but if you went to base align the corner would go back to the other side as if the offense was in a base formation.

That's how I remember it at least.

[Official_Mole]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

These were both in last year. Man align lines up guys if they're out of position in man-to-man on the guy they're covering. So if you have a safety covering a guy in the slot and you go to man align and he'll drop down and cover him near the line of scrimmage.

Base align just reverts to your base lineup of the defense. So say you're playing Cover 2 and the offense comes out in a twins formation. Last year at least your corners would both lineup on the receivers as to disguise man coverage but if you went to base align the corner would go back to the other side as if the offense was in a base formation.

That's how I remember it at least.

Yes you are correct. Thank you for clarifying.

[splff3000]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

These were both in last year. Man align lines up guys if they're out of position in man-to-man on the guy they're covering. So if you have a safety covering a guy in the slot and you go to man align and he'll drop down and cover him near the line of scrimmage.

Base align just reverts to your base lineup of the defense. So say you're playing Cover 2 and the offense comes out in a twins formation. Last year at least your corners would both lineup on the receivers as to disguise man coverage but if you went to base align the corner would go back to the other side as if the offense was in a base formation.

That's how I remember it at least.

Yep, "BASE align" lines your guys up in the base formation and "MAN align" lines your guys up in a man to man look. I think the man to man look is the default look, but sometimes it's better to line up in base formation, like if a guy likes to come out in twin wr formations then run to the opposite side since there is no outside contain from the cb there. Base align would keep that CB over there for outside containment.

[Big FN Deal]

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But does "man align" work properly?

I don't recall using it on a new console but for last gen I seem to remember an issue with man align. I could have a Safety in man coverage in a Cover 1 I believe, he'd be back deep like in a Cove 2, use man align and nothing happens. Maybe I'm mistaken and remembering this wrong but I don't think so. I think it worked well in the PS2/Xbox era but not last gen, does it work correctly on PS4/Xbox1?

[carthagebaseball]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

These were both in last year. Man align lines up guys if they're out of position in man-to-man on the guy they're covering. So if you have a safety covering a guy in the slot and you go to man align and he'll drop down and cover him near the line of scrimmage.

Base align just reverts to your base lineup of the defense. So say you're playing Cover 2 and the offense comes out in a twins formation. Last year at least your corners would both lineup on the receivers as to disguise man coverage but if you went to base align the corner would go back to the other side as if the offense was in a base formation.

That's how I remember it at least.

I agree completely.

[splff3000]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

But does "man align" work properly?

I don't recall using it on a new console but for last gen I seem to remember an issue with man align. I could have a Safety in man coverage in a Cover 1 I believe, he'd be back deep like in a Cove 2, use man align and nothing happens. Maybe I'm mistaken and remembering this wrong but I don't think so. I think it worked well in the PS2/Xbox era but not last gen, does it work correctly on PS4/Xbox1?

Yes it does work on PS4. Don't get it confused tho. The safety doesn't come down when he's in man to man every time. It depends on WHAT coverage is called and WHO he is covering. For example, if it's cover 1 and he's covering the HB or FB, he will not come down, but if it's a cover 0 blitz and he's covering the FB or HB, he will come down. Also, if the offense comes out in a balanced look (think singleback big formation) the safety will not come down as well.

[Packers4U]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

Thanks for the clarification. Always nice to come here and get an intelligent response.

[friscob]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

Base align doesnt give a man look as some are stating. It gives a cover 2 zone look with lbs in their default positions. Man and base align work differently and both work fine in 25.

Pretty sure Rex described a new disguise in 15 where you give a cover 4 lookwhich will be nice to use. Also the protect the sticks ability for zone defenders

[hanzsomehanz]

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The align mechanic needs tweaking.

It holds potential to be a disguise scheme: pick a man defense, base align (immediately out of huddle) and make it appear you are in zone by not following the motion man and not lining up man to man.

The disguise is immediately blown however because base align creeps your corners inside the receivers about a fist deep and squares them towards the backfield which is a tip off to an alert gamer: they should line up as they normally would.

The man coverage assignments also go *haywire out of base align vs certain formations which virtually makes it futile in match w man coverage - an alert gamer will predict zone accordingly.

*The man assignments out of base align need to be more intuitve (man up the closest man on your side of the ball) and the assignments must appropriately adjust on the fly should the offense make any shifts.

You are also unable to manually assign man coverage once base align is initiated which is another bizzare anomoly within its list of shortcommings.

The base align should effect your safetys more than anything and allow you to keep a hook or flat safety in the two high look until the ball is snapped opposed to having him move down pre snap.

The two schemes should stay but need tweeking in these areas and will serve us well should they receive the attention these other defensive coach tools did.

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[hellblazer]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

What are the controls (PS4) for base align and man align? I thought they were the same thing.

[mlb61]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

But does "man align" work properly?

I don't recall using it on a new console but for last gen I seem to remember an issue with man align. I could have a Safety in man coverage in a Cover 1 I believe, he'd be back deep like in a Cove 2, use man align and nothing happens. Maybe I'm mistaken and remembering this wrong but I don't think so. I think it worked well in the PS2/Xbox era but not last gen, does it work correctly on PS4/Xbox1?

Works perfectly. You're confused.

[burnum]

Re: Madden 15 - Base Align and Man Align?

What are the controls (PS4) for base align and man align? I thought they were the same thing.

Base align is triangle & right
Man align is triangle & R1