1987 Roster Madden 18

[Prilosec]

Quote: Originally Posted by Iteachpercussion

I don't know that I would say M18 is a waste, I think most of the time the gameplay is solid. The pancakes blocks kill me though. I did take a look at the 2005 roster, the original one anyway. I still need to download your version. However, I am not a fan of some parts of the roster. The ages of some of the players, because he used the current player, kills it for me. I also noticed a few player issues, but I have not looked too close yet. I might dive into a bit more and make some adjustments to my liking. I did play some M17 today. I used my 1989 roster in Play Now, continuing the actual season. It was a good game between the Chiefs and Broncos. It was good, but weird. Lots of penalties and lots of turnovers. One of the strangest games of M17 I have ever played. However, it all felt "organic."

are you playing disc version, with no patches ?
yes, there are things off with his roster that need to be edited in CFM.

ratings are great, for the most part.
I uploaded the updated version today.

[Armor and Sword]

So I played two games yesterday.

Steelers at Browns and Raiders at Oilers.

Ratings are spot on. I am using my slider set which is basically All-Pro default with just tweaks to QB Accuracy and Interceptions for both user and CPU and penalty tweaks (very slight except DPI at 60).

The QB Inaccuracy is so well done, I will tone down my base settings for modern day madden rosters. I will test QB inaccuracy at 45 vs 40 after I play some more games and see if it is a trend.

Warren Moon was scrambling and moving on me a lot last night. I was really impressed. But his accuracy was really bad. Bo Jackson had 3 TD’s and took over the game. Marcus Allen also played well. Marc Wilson is blech (as he should be).

I love the soul of this roster. The equipment looks amazing. It has refreshed the game for already.

I will be playing a simple one season replay but not using any particular team. I am playing juicy matches every week. Going to take my time and take in this incredible roster.

I used your playbook suggestions and scheme set up to a tee. Did some key formation subs on teams I could (to mix up the RB’s and get some FB’s carries on teams they ran a lot). Also upped fatigue to 55 and it works nice too for the run heavy playbooks and getting some RB rotations here and there.

Again......amazing work.

[JoshC1977]

Do you have a listing of what the QB traits SHOULD be for each QB (primarily pocket awareness)? I've got the QB play where I want it without doing trait edits and I don't want nearly every QB to be a 'trigger happy' guy.

I'd be fine doing the work on my own, but late-80s era isn't quite my forte...just wondering if you had a spreadsheet somewhere that listed them out that you could upload or copy/paste in here.

[Prilosec]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshC1977

Do you have a listing of what the QB traits SHOULD be for each QB (primarily pocket awareness)? I've got the QB play where I want it without doing trait edits and I don't want nearly every QB to be a 'trigger happy' guy. I'd be fine doing the work on my own, but late-80s era isn't quite my forte...just wondering if you had a spreadsheet somewhere that listed them out that you could upload or copy/paste in here.

The Awareness rating, I have found for sim engine should be on a 80 - 70 - 60 scale for sim stats. I recently edited ratings and have all ratings 98% exact in the sim engine. This roster may be the best ever created, imo. With no patches and auto-sub settings, you can get incredible HB Carry Distribution. I even got the punting and kicking stats almost exact. LOL. ITP does a great thing by sharing these rosters with us. Kudos to him.

[JoshC1977]

Quote: Originally Posted by Prilosec

The Awareness rating, I have found for sim engine should be on a 80 - 70 - 60 scale for sim stats. I recently edited ratings and have all ratings 98% exact in the sim engine. This roster may be the best ever created, imo. With no patches and auto-sub settings, you can get incredible HB Carry Distribution. I even got the punting and kicking stats almost exact. LOL. ITP does a great thing by sharing these rosters with us. Kudos to him.

I agree, this is a terrific roster that plays great games...

I'm talking STRICTLY about in-game gameplay and the QB traits (not the awareness ratings), specifically the pocket awareness TRAIT (which has been set to 'trigger happy' for most QBs in an effort to minimize the statue QB issues - awareness ratings are irrelevant for this purpose). With my slider/game setup, I don't need QB edits to make that happen, so I was asking how he would set the traits if not trying to do a workaround for the statue QB issue. Sim stats have nothing to do with this inquiry.

[Iteachpercussion]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshC1977

Do you have a listing of what the QB traits SHOULD be for each QB (primarily pocket awareness)? I've got the QB play where I want it without doing trait edits and I don't want nearly every QB to be a 'trigger happy' guy. I'd be fine doing the work on my own, but late-80s era isn't quite my forte...just wondering if you had a spreadsheet somewhere that listed them out that you could upload or copy/paste in here.

Really sorry about the delay. I have attached a PDF file with traits. Not every QB is on there, but all of the starters and many of the backups are listed. Hope that helps!

[JoshC1977]

Quote: Originally Posted by Iteachpercussion

Really sorry about the delay. I have attached a PDF file with traits. Not every QB is on there, but all of the starters and many of the backups are listed. Hope that helps!

I love you man!! Thank you so much!!!

[nancybrown]

Old version.
Roster File Name: 1987
System: PS4
PSN: Iteachhistory78

Current roster version: Complete! All teams finished. Free Agents adjusted with many renamed to 1987 strike players.