Madden NFL 21 Patch Available - Includes Gameplay Tuning, New Superstar Abilities, New X-Factor Players & More - Patch Notes

[IlluminatusUIUC]

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Josh Allen with escape artist will be an unholy terror

[cch99]

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Not much here that gets me excited unless there is something hidden behind the scenes they aren't talking about with the gameplay tuning. The linebacker thing is good.

Beyond the bugs this game was much better OOB in my opinion. QB's were so varied and there was no dropback glitch. I wanted to play it constantly.

Way more scrambling and throwing away in the right situations.

As the patches have piled up I play and have some good games but just more and more that are not fun. The CPU play is way less varied. Less scrambling. Less shots downfield.

I'd go back but my freakin PS4 constantly updates the game even if though I have it marked as not to update. And I can't go offline either. I'm thinking of reinstalling and not updating to just play for a little bit and see if I am remembering wrong.

[edaddy]

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Can someone who has played with patch give a gameplay impression I'm hoping they balanced everything out again and restored runners moves...

[Hooe]

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Looking for some clarification on the new Film Study ability. Is the trigger condition:

A - the opposing offense calls one single unique play 5 times in a quarter, or

B - the opposing offense calls any previously-called play 5 times in a quarter (so it could be repeating Play A once, Play B once, and Play C three times)

Thanks!

[Hooe]

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Demarcus Lawrence, Cowboys

Ooof. So he went from X-factor to no abilities at all? Can't say it's not deserved though, with how far he fell off a cliff.

It's wildly undeserved according to Pro Football Focus. The site has Lawrence graded as the third-highest edge defender in the league in 2020, behind only Khalil Mack and T.J. Watt.

Ezekiel Elliott, however? Please take all of his abilities away.

[PhillyPhanatic14]

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It's wildly undeserved according to Pro Football Focus. The site has Lawrence graded as the third-highest edge defender in the league in 2020, behind only Khalil Mack and T.J. Watt.

Ezekiel Elliott, however? Please take all of his abilities away.

This team doesn't value PFF information at all. Their ratings and abilities are determined completely at their discretion and "tape study"

[niftyjets]

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Are we finally able to edit mouthpieces in online franchise?

[eslimm]

Ertz loses his ability because he’s been hurt, but Derwin James, Von Miller doesn’t? I don’t understand the logic. Especially Derwin James because he was hurt most of last year too

[SolidSquid]

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Ertz loses his ability because he’s been hurt, but Derwin James, Von Miller doesn’t? I don’t understand the logic. Especially Derwin James because he was hurt most of last year too

There’s no logic and it’s arbitrary. The ratings team does as they see fit regardless of empirical data

[tyberious4now]

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Small Impression after the patch... CPU plays defense a tad bit better. I can see LB's and CB closing in on my WR which is a good thing...QB throws the ball away under pressure which is decent. Now here comes the not so good. CPU logic is still brain dead right before the half they are driving down the field at my 40 and they have 2 timeouts you guess it they let the clock run out without calling 1 time out geez just dumb!

Please fix the CPU logic EA!!

[PVarck31]

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Small Impression after the patch... CPU plays defense a tad bit better. I can see LB's and CB closing in on my WR which is a good thing...QB throws the ball away under pressure which is decent. Now hear comes the not so good. CPU logic is still brain dead right before the half they are driving down the field at my 40 and they have 2 timeouts you guess it they let the clock run out without calling 1 time out geez just dumb!

Please fix the CPU logic EA!!

This is so hit or miss. Sometimes they realize what's going on and play like the end of a half or game, and others it seems like the hurry up offense dosen't trigger or something. It's annoying.

[khaliib]

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Ertz loses his ability because he’s been hurt, but Derwin James, Von Miller doesn’t? I don’t understand the logic. Especially Derwin James because he was hurt most of last year too

This probably got skipped over by most gamers, but with how high they are rated (positional rating wise), having/losing these abilities is not that big of a deal as those high ratings will still play out within the formulas etc...

[Cycloniac]

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This team doesn't value PFF information at all. Their ratings and abilities are determined completely at their discretion and "tape study"

The team does consider PFF's grades, but not consistently.

I went through and adusted x-factors league wide about a month ago in my CFM using the roster I released. Most are based on the last 3 seasons (like the ratings used), except for the rookies of course:

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AghAoHIeEMGM4G0EbGza3crk7alB?e=7kMPob

[Nza]

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Kevin Byard hasn't made a play all season - his Superstar should be given to Jeffery Simmons, who is the Titans best defender in 2020 by a good margin.

It's kind of weird the Titans elite offense is not recognized with something outside of Henry. Like, Saffold is probably deserving as a run blocker. AJ Brown is an absolute YAC monster. Tannehill is borderline and has been performing like a top 5 QB for a good amount of time now.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

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Ertz loses his ability because he’s been hurt, but Derwin James, Von Miller doesn’t? I don’t understand the logic. Especially Derwin James because he was hurt most of last year too

Derwin James has a recurring twitch series where he plays Madden against celebrities. They are not going to strip abilities from one of their current spokesmen.