What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

[rooney8]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

1. Offline franchise mode

2. O-line blocking

3. Imported draft classes

To be honest I didn't think much of the catch tuning chat. Ian only took questions strictly about what was in his blog so every answer was just repeating what was in his blog. Seemed pointless.
I would like a chat with Josh. He don't bs which is why he probably won't be allowed do one.

[demstix]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

1. Coverage in Flats (Defensive AI)
2. Man align functionality
3. Protak broken tackle tweaks (too many long runs)

[FroznYogurt]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

-Player awareness (Players tend to lose track of common sense and who there supposed to block to consistently especially when blocking up field)

-Player interaction (Please tell me the running back can reach out and put a hand on the O-lineman now and not just get stuck running in place)

-OL/DL interaction (When someone can stick a kicker in at right tackle and have him dominate Hanyesworth or any DL for that matter It looks really bad)

-Physics (It doesn't have to be Euphoria, I just want respected physics)

-Skill Attributes/Physical Attributes (Make them actually MATTER and that means more than just speed and acceleration)

These are just some of the key things I would love to hear about and I'm hoping you guys over there at EA are working on.

Exactly this, with some improved presentation sprinkled in.

[kjcheezhead]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

OL/DL interaction. Specifically, why kickers,qb's hold their own? Was there a ratings floor in place? Is it the difficulty level?

Pro-tak. The pro-tak moments look very glitchy in Madden 10 and you can watch players twitch/slide into place when they occur, imo. Has anything been done to smooth this out this year?

Has any old PS2 features made their return to the PS3/360 this year? Individual bump and run, wr shading, formation shifts, improvements to the man align, etc.

[lolfalconsbeatu]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

just tell me my OLine will be able to pick these up next year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTsatITiAOc

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqyjtNEoYEg

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYIHiW4_HPE

...I could obviously go on forever..

[The Man 451]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

1) Franchise mode: Off season/Preseason Roster limit increases, practice squad, restricted FA, a more realistic approach to FA, e.g. 3rd stringers wanting $5 million a year, CPU trades, being able to build a new stadium without having to relocate, change the team name, logo and uniforms etc...

2) Attributes: You know they're meaningless when you're ALL-PRO Defensive line full of 90+ rated players gets stifled by an O-line made up of punters, kickers, and wide receivers.

3) CPU: It's just dumb. They don't run enough. They blitz 90% of the time. They hardly ever match up with your personnel. The CPU QB will NEVER take a sack, EVER... particularly when you blitz.

[lgxjames]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

Ya know I also wouldn't mind a chat about some of their limitations, like whats the issue with the ESPN license, Do they implement things on consumer desire or ease of implementation

[CreatineKasey]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

- WR/DB interactions

- OL/DL interactions

- I'd like to talk about tackling overall = pro-tak improvements, hitstick adjustments

- I'd like to have a chat about special teams improvements - namely kicking difficulty.

- Also, another good one would be a chat about "little things" improvements that add to the realism of the game such as botched snaps, botched/slow holds, bad passes, penalties etc.

- Chatting about the meaning of ratings and what's being done to further individualize characters would be productive.

- Finally, a chat about the passing game, including what's being done to allow for concepts to mimic real life situations. Right now, we can't throw deep and we can throw short way too easily. A discussion on AI adjustments and balance to this would be ideal. This could include things about how the defense interacts with the pass play on many levels. And discuss ball trajectory!!

Hope some of this makes it in!

[splff3000]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

-Franchise Mode, offline and online ie will they be the same this year, are there any improvements, is the cpu draft, trade, and free agenc logic any better?

-Interactions, both WR/DB and OL/DL

-Defense, we keep hearing about offensive improvements, what about the defense?

-AI improvements ie do teams finally play like their real life counterparts and will the computer be smart enough to pick up on the slant pattern that I've ran 3 times in a row.

[Palo20]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

OL/DL
3-4 improvements. I'd like to discuss the difficulty in getting true defensive schemes prgrammed into Madden (gap responsibility, one gap vs. two gap, etc.)

Zone vs. Man blocking. Getting zone blocking lineman to properly double then move to the second level.

Also would like to discuss the programming difficulties in getting strong an weakside defensive players.

WR/DB

Playbooks/create a playbook (hopefully in this year)
I'd like to discuss how teams will play more like they do in real life with regards to scheme and personnel groupings


Franchise mode

[charles07live]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

GAME PLAY

Presentation

NFL HEAD COACH sort of franchise

SHUTTING up Apex, versuz2, and Ryanmoody21

make me and them believers

[Flamehead]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

Seems everything has been covered so the only thing I would like to add is to just be honest and provide actual information.

Many times we got some small hint at things to come and statements like " You guys are going to be impressed", " Cant wait till you see what we have in store for you" etc.

This is a GREAT point. If there isn't going to be any tangible information, then this is a marketing exercise, plain and simple. It negates the point of even having the chat (at least from the consumer perspective).

On a slightly different note, someone in EA is scratching their head wondering why in the world there is so much demand for offline franchise info, lol.

[Valdarez]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

- Finally, a chat about the passing game, including what's being done to allow for concepts to mimic real life situations. Right now, we can't throw deep and we can throw short way too easily. A discussion on AI adjustments and balance to this would be ideal. This could include things about how the defense interacts with the pass play on many levels. And discuss ball trajectory!!

Hope some of this makes it in!

I really hope we get a good blog followed up with a chat on passing (ball archs, route based, touch sensitivity, DB reads, DB Reaction) and a new implementation to address the issues. Passing in Madden feels so awkward, and nigh broken to me. I can't take another year of straight line passing in Madden. It just doesn't feel like football. M11 will be an utter fail for me without this addressed, especially since it was my top priority last year and was passed over.

[Only1LT]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

Gameplay
1. What do you have planned in general?
2. Any thought of updating the passing mechanics to something that is outside of Madden's norm and that is more realistic and immersive then the standard top down view and hit one button to pass?

Animations
1. What is being done to make them smoother and more realistic?
2. How do the new animations affect gameplay (ie are they long and drawn out without the ability for the user to input commands and cancel them, and if cancelled, is there sufficient transition animations to make it look legit and not twitchy?

Physics
1. Similar to animations. What is being done and how does it affect gameplay?

[Danimal]

Re: What areas of the game would you like to see us hold a live chat on?

Please keep this thread on a list of items you would like to see covered in a chat. This will make it easier for him to scan the thread.

Thanks