RIP Sliders (CPU vs CPU only) for Madden 25

[marillion9]

Goals of my sliders:
1. Used for CPU vs CPU only
2. Produce good, quality stats
3. Fun to watch

The penalty sliders have long been discussed. We have complained about how penalties aren't called often enough. We have also talked about how they can drastically affect gameplay if certain penalties are tweaked this way or that. And penalties have always seemed totally random with no clear sign of which types of players accrue more of them. SO, my solution is to shut penalties OFF! Since they were always random anyway and seemed to negatively affect facets of gameplay, I have now set all penalties to zero or turned them to off....YES, every single one of them. This has definitely improved my gameplay viewing and stats during games.

I'm not an expert at this but I know what I want out of Madden, and I feel this slider set is darn close to achieving that. Please try them out but definitely watch AT LEAST 8 games before deciding if they are trash or treasure. Watching 1 or 2 games doesn't always give the clearest picture of the slider quality.

Here we go:

All-Pro

12 minutes with 20 second Accelerated Clock
OR
15 minutes with 11 second Accelerated Clock (both give accurate number of plays but a few Delay of Game penalties are called with this clock setup)

Injuries 25
Fatigue 50 (I have not done much with fatigue or changed Auto Subs at this time)
Player Speed Threshold 50
Ballhawk = OFF
Heat Seeker = OFF
Home Field Advantage = OFF
Superstar Abilities = OFF
Progressive Fatigue = OFF

CPU sliders (no need to change Human sliders):

QB Accuracy: 0 (Still get really good Completion percentage, plus bad throws, plus drops)
Pass Blocking: 50
Wide Receiver Catching: 50
Run Block: 50
Ball Security: 50
Pass Defense Reaction Time: 50
INT: 16
Pass Coverage: 50
Tackling: 50

Special Teams (not sure if these affect much yet)
FG Power: 50
FG Accuracy: 50
Punt Power: 50
Punt Accuracy: 50
Kickoff Power: 50

Penalties
Offside: 0
False Start 0
Holding 0
Face Mask 0
Defensive Pass Interference 0
Offensive Pass Interference: OFF
Kick Catch Interference: OFF
Illegal Block in the Back: 0
Intentional Grounding: OFF
Roughing the Passer 0
Roughing the Kicker: OFF
Running into the Kicker: OFF
Illegal Contact OFF

Observations:
1. Excellent, fun games to watch
2. Sacks are up and down from game to game as expected
3. Quarterbacks will throw the ball away instead of taking sacks all the time (rarely ever a screen sack!)
4. Saw a beautiful one handed catch by Justin Jefferson that was pure awesomeness
5. Quarterbacks will scramble AND throw deep from time to time
6. There are definitely missed tackles
7. Most stats are very good over the course of a season as compared with the real NFL

I know we're all looking for that perfect slider set....it doesn't exist! So, you may find these as to be fantastic or maybe not your cup of tea. But I hope at least a few of you enjoy these! I'll make changes/updates to these sliders if I see anything to make them better (i.e. Special Teams, Fatigue). But I plan on leaving the Penalties off! Who needs 'em! Ha!

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[Zorrohere]

Hi, What matters most for me is for the stats in the game to equal the sim stats in the game.I don’t care about matching real life . I just want my stats to be in line with the stat engine so the league leaders on my team mean something. Thank you in advance for any info you can give me on this. 😀

[marillion9]

Quote: Originally Posted by Zorrohere

Hi, What matters most for me is for the stats in the game to equal the sim stats in the game.I don’t care about matching real life . I just want my stats to be in line with the stat engine so the league leaders on my team mean something. Thank you in advance for any info you can give me on this. 😀

Hey...I haven't done any official testing to match the sim stats at this point. My best guesstimate would be to go with 9 minute quarters and a 20 second runoff? I think that would get you close to sim stats.....but as I said, I don't have any official data backing that up.

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[Zorrohere]

Quote: Originally Posted by marillion9

Hey...I haven't done any official testing to match the sim stats at this point. My best guesstimate would be to go with 9 minute quarters and a 20 second runoff? I think that would get you close to sim stats.....but as I said, I don't have any official data backing that up. ---- RIP

Thank you very much for the info my friend. I will go with your suggestions. Thank you again.��

[Zorrohere]

I am planning on playing with these all day tomorrow. I will let you know how it went. I am going to go with your suggestion of 9 minute quarters because I like to look at league leaders and hope my guy is one of them.😀 I like the idea of 9 minute quarters. I hope they work. If not I will try 10 after a few games if it don’t align with the stat engine in the game. Thanks again.

[Zorrohere]

Do you keep home field advantage? Or have it turned off?

[marillion9]

Quote: Originally Posted by Zorrohere

Do you keep home field advantage? Or have it turned off?

Home Field Advantage is OFF. Superstar abilities are OFF as well.

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[Zorrohere]

Quote: Originally Posted by marillion9

Home Field Advantage is OFF. Superstar abilities are OFF as well. --- RIP

Thank you for the info my friend.