Is safety coverage just busted?

[4thQtrStre5S]

Quote: Originally Posted by Electric Boogaloo

I'm not a particularly good Madden player, but with a decent slider set I prefer playing on All-Madden than any other difficulty level. With that in mind, the AI is dominating me in the air in this year's game because my safety coverage is consistently terrible. This has happened with multiple teams and multiple slider sets, and basically amounts to the safeties dropping back as far as 10 yards in coverage, leaving receivers wide open in front of them. Here's an example from a few minutes ago. I usually only ever play with the defensive line on defence, but because of my struggles against the pass I've started using cornerbacks and safeties in an attempt to stop this deluge of easy, wide open completions. In that screenshot I'm playing a cover 2 and am in control of the opposite safety. I'm tight to their deepest receiver and everything's fine, but my teammate is more than 10 yards back and STILL backing up, leading to a wide open completion and a 1st down. I've tried making them play underneath coverage but that doesn't seem to do anything. Is there anything I can actually do to try and stop this happening all the time, or is this an issue that needs to be patched?

Are you run committing?

[mr_dukes]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2_headedmonster

i have seen some sketchy safety play.....one thing is that they dont seem to shadow deep crossing routes as well as i'd like.

Your not the only one who's noticed that

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[BOS617]

Quote: Originally Posted by Electric Boogaloo

Is there anything I can actually do to try and stop this happening all the time, or is this an issue that needs to be patched?

Unfortunately, no. Safety play is broken this year. Post routes are consistently open vs. MOFC coverages. Cover 4, the safeties don't pick up seam verticals. The list goes on....

The only explanation I have is that it's due to the "one play TD's" from Madden 16, where the safeties would bite down on intermediate routes. As a result, the safeties are programmed to drop back very deep.

[CujoMatty]

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Elton John

safeties: penalty = undiscipllined play ball in air = aggressive on all-madden and custom defensive pb's sliders as well hope that helps

I never even thought of this. Im going to try for sure. Gawd I hope this helps

[CujoMatty]

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Elton John

safeties: penalty = undiscipllined play ball in air = aggressive on all-madden and custom defensive pb's sliders as well hope that helps

So before my last game I edited the traits on the opposite teams fs and ss and what a difference. Thanks man.

[Gosens6]

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Elton John

safeties: penalty = undiscipllined play ball in air = aggressive on all-madden and custom defensive pb's sliders as well hope that helps

Absolute nonsense that we have to do this.

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[NDAlum]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gosens6

Absolute nonsense we have to do this. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

100% agree

I'm really sick of having to handcuff myself to have the game play be challenging and the CPU AI be decent.

At least the tools are there? Idk man hard to be positive about it.


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[howboutdat]

Quote: Originally Posted by Grandview2015

Use your covarage adjustments. I have having no issue with my S play. I study who I am playing and make adjustments

Yeah sorry , this dont work well either. I have had numerous cases of cover 4 , and telling them to cover over the top, and yet still get beat by 5-10 yards on a deep passes. Its total non-sense.