Madden NFL 21 Patch 1.10 Available, Featuring Plenty of Gameplay Updates, Fixes & Much More - Patch Notes Here

[tg88forHOF]

Quote: Originally Posted by tyler28

I dont user catch. Its still an issue. I will tell you that the cpu doesnt drop anything. Its only impacting user side. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

The ones I saw were also not user catches (I usually don't), but I also saw the CPU drop plenty of wide-open passes (no defender within 4 yards) with higher-tier recievers. It seemed to happen most frequently (again, with caveats for anecdotalism and a small sample size) on underneath curls or spot passes.

The CPU was dropping 3-4 "made me notice" passes per game across 3 games last night.

[carnalnirvana]

Post patch I see flashes of brilliance sprinkled in my growing frustration. On one play i sack Ryan after he backed up 12 yds holding the ball waiting to be sacked. Next play he delivers an absolute beauty to the back of the endzone to Julio 58 yds TD. I doubt i could have made that pass it was that perfect. But that's madden, its like a criteria had to be met then the game functioned properly, this game seems like on most plays the cpu Oline, the QB and receivers are not aligned/aware of each other so the game yields a broken result.

the running game seems smoother, i saw less cuts into traffic by backs. They'll be tougher on AM but by next week well adjust to the animations we get and stop them for losses, cpu RBs are not truly aware, they still use jukes when a stiff arm would work better, still never get the inches on 3rd and 1 by falling forward.

i like the drops, ive always felt everyone had too much hands in this game, i dont like the execution of it though. Seeing wide open Hopkins drop a simple catch 3 times can be infuriating to some. But it finally gives some unpredictability to this game.

[CujoMatty]

Quote: Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Thanks, what are his speed and acceleration ratings? I've noticed my RB Ekler has 92sp/92accel and since I typically have a good hole to hit, he racks up a ton of yardage. It's like the CPU AI doesn't adjust its playcalling to stop the run. (pre patch)

I think 90-91 if I remember correctly. Not at home. Lol

[oneamongthefence]

CPU Defenses seems to be coming out in prevent style formations in situations that normally wouldn't call for it. If I come out in 3 or 4 WR sets this seems to happen. They're not hail Mary situations either.

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[PhillyPhanatic14]

Quote: Originally Posted by oneamongthefence

CPU Defenses seems to be coming out in prevent style formations in situations that normally wouldn't call for it. If I come out in 3 or 4 WR sets this seems to happen. They're not hail Mary situations either. Sent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk

Saw this pre-patch since launch. It reminded me of Practice Mode where you put defense on Random Play and they end up in prevent. I've seen it happen in games when I only have 2 WRs and sometimes at the end of games when I'm ahead and clearly trying to drain clock late in the 4th Q. The AI situational football IQ this year is astoundingly low.

[MizzouRah]

Quote: Originally Posted by PhillyPhanatic14

Saw this pre-patch since launch. It reminded me of Practice Mode where you put defense on Random Play and they end up in prevent. I've seen it happen in games when I only have 2 WRs and sometimes at the end of games when I'm ahead and clearly trying to drain clock late in the 4th Q. The AI situational football IQ this year is astoundingly low.

I've seen this, in fact CPU playcalling in general leaves a lot to be desired.

[OhMrHanky]

Quote: Originally Posted by oneamongthefence

CPU Defenses seems to be coming out in prevent style formations in situations that normally wouldn't call for it. If I come out in 3 or 4 WR sets this seems to happen. They're not hail Mary situations either. Sent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk

I also saw this and forgot to mention. I think I was losing to cpu with less than 2 mins, but it was not a last play type Hail Mary situ. I called a 3 wide shotgun formation, and they lined up in a prevent. I got a 30 yard pass reception to TE running a flag type route. He wasn’t wide open, but the prevent D helped him get open space to catch and go out of bounds. The rest of the game, the cpu played nickel or dime. But, that specific play should not have seen a prevent D, imo. So, it was instantly jarring to me to see it. It was on a first down, also, to be clear. It wasn’t a 4th and 20 or something, it was first down.


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[tg88forHOF]

Quote: Originally Posted by OhMrHanky

I also saw this and forgot to mention. I think I was losing to cpu with less than 2 mins, but it was not a last play type Hail Mary situ. I called a 3 wide shotgun formation, and they lined up in a prevent. I got a 30 yard pass reception to TE running a flag type route. He wasn’t wide open, but the prevent D helped him get open space to catch and go out of bounds. The rest of the game, the cpu played nickel or dime. But, that specific play should not have seen a prevent D, imo. So, it was instantly jarring to me to see it. It was on a first down, also, to be clear. It wasn’t a 4th and 20 or something, it was first down.

Hey, if it's good enough for Matt Patricia...