I've played ~40 hours of Madden 17: AMAlmost Anything (Answers in first post)

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by mrprice33

Unfortunately I am not sure if I can, so I won't. I'm sorry. Like I've said, I was given pretty explicit instructions and I don't want to risk betraying that trust. I'll offer this nugget instead. When you hear what it is, you may worry about how it'll work with online lag, and they have a solution in place already. It was the first question I asked.

No worries. Thanks for the info!

[SolidSquid]

Can you comment on zone defenders defending zones with no threats. For a while calling cover 2 would cause the middle LB to
Immediately drop 10-15 giving up easy quick crosses and slants. Is this still a problem?

[mrprice33]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

Can you comment on zone defenders defending zones with no threats. For a while calling cover 2 would cause the middle LB to Immediately drop 10-15 giving up easy quick crosses and slants. Is this still a problem?

The new zone types have different reads and checks, which should, in theory, help this problem. Honestly though I didn't have time to really get in and test this the way I wanted. I was focused on pattern matching and ran out of time.

[mrprice33]

Some other tidbits: they have not talked at all about my 2 favorite additions to the in-game experience :x

Also, it's amazing how fast the time goes at these events. We had 2 8-hour days and 1 14-hour day and I feel like I didn't get to look at half the stuff that was on my list to test.


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[Nakazo]

Quote: Originally Posted by mrprice33

They've added new zone types, some of which replace zones that existed in previous defensive play calls. So, for example, there's still "Cover 3 Sky," but some of the zone types in that play have been changed. Does that make sense? In addition, they've added pattern matching to cover 3 (they've made changes to other zones as well but the blog isn't specific so I can't be). I tested it with coach's film in front of me (I'm obsessed with pattern-matching) and I watched how different offensive concepts caused the pattern match to change and shift in real life. I then ran the same concepts in the game and the coverages in the game seemed to follow the same rule sets as the ones on the coach's film. If you guys want to post links to this thread on Twitter or whatever I'm going to be in airports for a bit today so I have some time to answer questions.

Can you name/describe the zones that are in the game? Buzz,flat, hook.....etc

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[mrprice33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nakazo

Can you name/describe the zones that are in the game? Buzz,flat, hook.....etc Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk

If you read up on pattern matching you'll see most of what I saw in there. They haven't gone in-depth yet so I'm not sure if I can talk about the specifics. Also, I answered in depth about zones earlier, so you might want to check that out for more detail.

[mrprice33]

My flight is boarding so I'll be back in a bit to check in. Later!


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[roadman]

Plus, the game blog is coming out this upcoming week.