Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)
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Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)
You clearly only see what you want to on Sundays. Blitz heavy teams use overloads and all kinds of tactics that create havoc on offenses and oftentimes defensive plays burst right thru the LOS untouched.
Every play? No, but it happens. Does L. Fitzgerald make rocket catches every down? NO, but he does make some catches like that.
Im not judging the strategy pad until i play at least 20 full games. I think that once you use it over and over it will become second nature like the old config.
If it does indeed wind up crippling the defense in any way, i am NOT going to be happy. I'm tired of offense dominating Madden. BALANCE is key.Comment
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Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)
2. Corners playing flat zones let quick drag and flat routes to the sidelines demolish them.
3. CPU quarterback gets rid of the ball before every attempted sack. Somehow grounding doesnt get called.
4. Break tackle animations turn defenders into onlookers.
5. Players either catching or swatting passes without ever attempting to look at the ball.
6. DB's getting beat way too easily in man coverage when drag routes over the middle are ran.
7. DB's that know the receivers route before they even make their cuts.
8. Too many broken tackles by subpar players.
9. KR running by the ball on squib kicks.
10. Defensive players clearly looking at the ball not even reacting/jumping/swatting/intercepting the pass.((cuff))*bankhead bounce*((cuff))Comment
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Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)
1. Blocker standing 2cm away from a defender watches him go by.
2. Corners playing flat zones let quick drag and flat routes to the sidelines demolish them.
3. CPU quarterback gets rid of the ball before every attempted sack. Somehow grounding doesnt get called.
4. Break tackle animations turn defenders into onlookers.
5. Players either catching or swatting passes without ever attempting to look at the ball.
6. DB's getting beat way too easily in man coverage when drag routes over the middle are ran.
7. DB's that know the receivers route before they even make their cuts.
8. Too many broken tackles by subpar players.
9. KR running by the ball on squib kicks.
10. Defensive players clearly looking at the ball not even reacting/jumping/swatting/intercepting the pass.Comment
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Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)
I thought the video was pretty great. That said, I messed with the strategy pad just a bit and I don't see what the problem is. Practicing a few times in quick games gets the muscle memory down and it goes pretty quick from there, at least for me. I don't usually try to do more than one or two things per play, if that, though. I'd imagine for those that like to re-route everyone it could be a problem.Comment
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Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)
I thought the video was pretty great. That said, I messed with the strategy pad just a bit and I don't see what the problem is. Practicing a few times in quick games gets the muscle memory down and it goes pretty quick from there, at least for me. I don't usually try to do more than one or two things per play, if that, though. I'd imagine for those that like to re-route everyone it could be a problem.
If your the type of player who only makes 1 or 2 maybe 3 adjustments, maybe you get by ok
But there are others out there like me....who have to do a lot of adjusting just to get our Teams D to even remotely move like their real life counter parts
Even with the adjustments like we had before, the playbooks needed a lot of work......now this SP amplifies that X1000
These things don't have any personality or soul in them much at allHere We Go Steelers!!! Here We Go!!!
My CFB Teams: Marshall..WVU-Go Herd/Eeers!!!
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Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)
bingo
If your the type of player who only makes 1 or 2 maybe 3 adjustments, maybe you get by ok
But there are others out there like me....who have to do a lot of adjusting just to get our Teams D to even remotely move like their real life counter parts
Even with the adjustments like we had before, the playbooks needed a lot of work......now this SP amplifies that X1000
These things don't have any personality or soul in them much at all
Which, as I said before, leads to the root of the problem. The play design and play selection method need improving. If that was ok the S-Pad would be fine to everyone.
If the S-Pad hurts the cheesers then I'm all for the change and EA now needs to address the plays and play calling system.Joshua:
"D.O.D. pension files indicate current mailing as: Dr. Robert Hume,
a.k.a. Stephen W. Falken, 5 Tall Cedar Road, Goose Island, Oregon"
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Which, as I said before, leads to the root of the problem. The play design and play selection method need improving. If that was ok the S-Pad would be fine to everyone.
If the S-Pad hurts the cheesers then I'm all for the change and EA now needs to address the plays and play calling system.Comment
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Which, as I said before, leads to the root of the problem. The play design and play selection method need improving. If that was ok the S-Pad would be fine to everyone.
If the S-Pad hurts the cheesers then I'm all for the change and EA now needs to address the plays and play calling system.
Hey Skyboxer.....do you really think EA could deliver on the type of sophistication that these Playbooks would need next year....heck given their track record, 3-4 years from now????
Keep in mind all of the threads LBzrule has had with Ian the past 1-2 years proclaiming how hard a change this would be...Last edited by SteelerSpartan; 07-29-2010, 08:21 PM.Here We Go Steelers!!! Here We Go!!!
My CFB Teams: Marshall..WVU-Go Herd/Eeers!!!
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Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)
I think GoMadden made a valid point. While it is not impossible to use, there are more effecient ways of making preplay adjustments.Comment
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Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)
Hey Skyboxer.....do you really think EA could deliver on the type of sophistication that these Playbooks would need next year....heck given their track record, 3-4 years from now????
Keep in mind all of the threads LBzrule has had with Ian the past 1-2 years proclaiming how hard a change this would be...
Then there's the other option of releasing a full fledged play creator. The argument then would be the same cheesers will create cheese type of AI busting plays.
My response to that would be, let them.
We all have the choice to play randoms or established sim players. Back in the FPSFB days I played in a created plays only league and we all kept it real. IT WAS A BLAST!! Mainly due to not just the players on the field mattering but My O and D mind vs another humans O and D mind.
A real in depth play design system with play share(Like roster share) = A huge step forward IMO.Joshua:
"D.O.D. pension files indicate current mailing as: Dr. Robert Hume,
a.k.a. Stephen W. Falken, 5 Tall Cedar Road, Goose Island, Oregon"
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