Def Pass Interference?

[rp71284]

When I heard that the penalties were going to be revamped, I was initially very excited. It was very frustrating last year when Roughing the Passer, Holding, Face Mask, Offsides, Clipping and False Start were the constant penalties called. Pass interference was almost non-existent.

Flash forward to this year, and I've actually seen both Off & Def Pass Interference being called (and Def Holding as well) not only in my own games but on videos as well. It does seem like some of it is very scripted, but at least it's there. But lately, it seems like it's been toned down. I was playing games H2H in person and we were getting those flags thrown, but through playing MUT and a bunch of Play Now vs the CPU, it seems like there is one constant where it's ignored...

Receivers vs defenders playing zone

If I'm running a mesh route across the middle, and the MLB is playing a flat zone, the receiver will run right into the MLB, letting the defender impede his progress. This is very frustrating in the red zone as well, since the safeties are also playing zone and taking up valuable real estate.

Am I loopy or just paranoid that these should be calls (since the ball is usually in the air BEFORE the receiver's progress is stopped)? Or are others having this issue?

I know the offense gets enough boosts already, but it still can be frustrating missing out on 3rd down conversions due to blatant Def PI.

[howboutdat]

Re: Def Pass Interference?

Here is what kills me about this.Yes you dont see it much in h2h if at all. In our online league , we did alot of testing, Found if DPI was set to 55, if you pressed the play wr or play ball button to soon and held it, it would trigger DPI every time. Now after mix of tuner and patch, not happening now... Im just about to return this game. Tired of having to work around all kinds of ish.

[The Real Ma$$ive]

Re: Def Pass Interference?

Before release we were seeing defenisve holding, and pass interference pretty frequently when it happened, now you really don't see anything but offensive holding again.

[Datninja619]

Re: Def Pass Interference?

I read somewhere from an EA rep, that penalties are drastically reduced in H2H games. Penalties that are really AI driven like block in the back and PI won't be called much.

But I've been noticing that if you press 'play ball' to early, you are more likely to trigger a defensive PI animation.

And with that MLB and drag route, that's been in Madden for a few years now lol. Sad to say I do that alot. Unless you tackle them, I don't think the system will call that though. Since it's a animation ya know. Same with offensive PI.

[howboutdat]

Re: Def Pass Interference?

I read somewhere from an EA rep, that penalties are drastically reduced in H2H games. Penalties that are really AI driven like block in the back and PI won't be called much.

But I've been noticing that if you press 'play ball' to early, you are more likely to trigger a defensive PI animation.

And with that MLB and drag route, that's been in Madden for a few years now lol. Sad to say I do that alot. Unless you tackle them, I don't think the system will call that though. Since it's a animation ya know. Same with offensive PI.

Actually my experience was in CFM. Not h2h. Before patch , with slider on 55 for DPI , if you press and held X or triangle too soon ( ps4) then it would trigger DPI animation and flag every time , now i cant hardly get it to happen. very sad

[Datninja619]

Re: Def Pass Interference?

Actually my experience was in CFM. Not h2h. Before patch , with slider on 55 for DPI , if you press and held X or triangle too soon ( ps4) then it would trigger DPI animation and flag every time , now i cant hardly get it to happen. very sad

I didn't even realize you said the same thing above me lol.

I hadn't compared pre and post patch, but it is a nice addition. During release week, I thought to prevent aggressive catch you had to push the button before the offense, found out that was wrong quickly lol

[eastcoast49ers]

Re: Def Pass Interference?

I'm not having this issue in CFM. still plenty of penalties including OPI and DPI. If you aren't happy with the frequency of penalties, the penalty sliders work really well this year, just increase it.

[howboutdat]

Re: Def Pass Interference?

I'm not having this issue in CFM. still plenty of penalties including OPI and DPI. If you aren't happy with the frequency of penalties, the penalty sliders work really well this year, just increase it.

My issue there is, we tested sliders for a week, found a good spot where DPI was being called anytime user pressed button too soon and didnt time it correctly. Now after patch, thats not happening like it was. And no ,its not a "perceived" thing either. Its noticeably different now.