Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

Some notes.


1) I am playing with the tuner.

2) I have turned down fatigue to 53

3) I have turned down injuries to 60

4) I have turned fumbles down to 47


I am playing CFM now a ton and not worrying too much about the sliders. We have a great base set and if I like these tweaks (which so far I do) I will update the front page.

I am seeing far too many of the same questions page after page. Please just use a search or read through the thread. I am simply not going to answer the same question 40 times.

If your not getting the kind of game you want after playing at least 5-6 games, and your finding them too easy, or not enjoying it. Please...you don't need to let us all know that.

It's not helpful. Just move on. Dont clutter the thread with.....its too easy, I am blowing out the CPU every game.

Clearly I am not with these settings. Remember. These are my personal settings I am sharing with the community. They are not for everyone.

If you are enjoying them but feel your running game is weak then simply click up run blocking 2-3 points and play again.

If your not seeing enough interceptions for your taste simly click up then INT slider to 40 and go from there.

The sliders this year are very responsive work independently of each other unlike years past.

I am getting wild, unpredictable games every time I play. I could not be happier with Madden on the field this year.

If you are really curious how I truly play the game, visit my Twitch channel (Todem23) and watch some past broadcasts of my Dolphins CFM. I play and stream every Dolphins game as well as one "Game of the Week". You will see the sliders on display, and how I approach Madden.

[scooterperpetual]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

If I may ask, did you play the pre season? Or just skip straight to the regular season. I intend to run two CFM's this year and have started the Pre-Season on one but I am about to start the other and am still considering running pre-season.

[T5063]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

Armor, my apologies if this was asked before but did you notice in your testing if sliders have any secondary effects such as qb accuracy or wr catching influencing cpu playcalling. Ei lower setting making them call more runs? I've just noticed that cpu always tends to start run heavy against me.

[Yankees3133]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

Played 32 Team control (I'm Giants) with your sliders and Deleted the Tuner

Week 1 Dallas 40, Giants 17
-Manning 3 INT's
-Dallas Dline caused chaos and sacked me 5 times
-Dallas Team ran for 200 Yards!

Week 2 Giants 23, Falcons 20
-Jennings 140 yards on 23 ATT, 1 TD
-Odell 135 Yds, 1TD

Week 3 Giants 30, Redskins 13
- Jennings 130 yds, 25 ATT, 3 TD's
-Pressure on Griffin all day - 4 sacks

I know its only 3 games, but I've had some great variety and feel the sliders are playing very well for me, Thank You for putting in the work Armor and Swords

[kingcrf]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

saw a few plays the other day where the wr caught it but ss hit him and should have been ruled incomplete but they ruled it a fumble wonder if fumble change at 47 helps that ? weird bugs this year, really think the fatigue change will improve gameplay

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

Armor, my apologies if this was asked before but did you notice in your testing if sliders have any secondary effects such as qb accuracy or wr catching influencing cpu playcalling. Ei lower setting making them call more runs? I've just noticed that cpu always tends to start run heavy against me.

Read above. They are independent of each other IMO.

Don't get slideritis!!!!!

[kingcrf]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

deleted and redownloaded the tuner but brees is still running for no reason, 6 times in first half brees has taken off, do i redelete and redownload ? do i need to restart my franchises ?

[PMO]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

Read above. They are independent of each other IMO.

Don't get slideritis!!!!!

I GOT THE ITUS!!!!! LOL

I am sitting at work telling myself my sliders are done!!! Dont touch em when you get home!!! So hopefully my Itus is gone by end of day lol...........Only thing I wanna look into is just getting realistic number of penalties now.

[xxDHAINESxx]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

Is this without the tuner, because I deleted it and same thing is happening to me iam up by 30 at halftime, was having tight games before deleting the tuner???

Yep, I looked at Armor's recommendation to delete and redownload the tuner. The first game I played before I did that was very fun, close and competitive, and the only change I made between those 2 games was redownloading the tuner.

[T5063]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

Thanks for your answer, Armor.

A question to anyone reading. Have you guys been getting a defensive holding penalty bug at all? I was playing last night and in one of my games the CPU would get a def holding penalty called and it wouldn't be on any player, the window would just be blank. Then the next play the penalty would be called again, and again. Then it would go away, then later on in the game it would come back, defensive holding play after play after play. You can just decline the penalty but its really tempting especially when the penalty helps you in a close game.

[PMO]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

Thanks for your answer, Armor.

A question to anyone reading. Have you guys been getting a defensive holding penalty bug at all? I was playing last night and in one of my games the CPU would get a def holding penalty called and it wouldn't be on any player, the window would just be blank. Then the next play the penalty would be called again, and again. Then it would go away, then later on in the game it would come back, defensive holding play after play after play. You can just decline the penalty but its really tempting especially when the penalty helps you in a close game.

Wow I have yet to see this

[Mike Lowe]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation Style Sliders

Finished my first game last night and here are some notes. Hope they help as I'll be tweaking to better suit my playing style, like AS recommends.

1) Seems it's very difficult to limit the number of tackles for losses in played games versus simulated ones. I'm seeing a ton with different sliders I've tried. Has anyone had luck?

2) Too many touchbacks when compared to simulated games. I'd strongly recommend using 40 for kickoff power.

3) I had 205 rushing yards on 31 carries with Latavius Murray. Are these games rare for folks? He also had 8 broken tackles which seems high compared to sim stats around the league.

4) I know fumbles were recently lowered, but I'd recommend lowering even more.

5) Are folks who use a DL getting sacks at a far greater clip than AI DL on the same team? Perhaps I should play as another position? DE Tuck had 10 tackles for me and 3 sacks.

6) Small sample size, but my YAC was pretty bad. I'll keep an eye on this one.

Thanks! I hope this helps!

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation Style Sliders

Finished my first game last night and here are some notes. Hope they help as I'll be tweaking to better suit my playing style, like AS recommends.

1) Seems it's very difficult to limit the number of tackles for losses in played games versus simulated ones. I'm seeing a ton with different sliders I've tried. Has anyone had luck? - Not seeing an issue with this in my enjoyment of the game itself.

2) Too many touchbacks when compared to simulated games. I'd strongly recommend using 40 for kickoff power. - You will nerf FG's by doing this I do not recommend this

3) I had 205 rushing yards on 31 carries with Latavius Murray. Are these games rare for folks? He also had 8 broken tackles which seems high compared to sim stats around the league. - rare for me with Lamar Miller and other some elite backs better then him. If your seeing this all the time then lower your run blocking slider by clicks

4) I know fumbles were recently lowered, but I'd recommend lowering even more. - I do not recommend this or you will see the ball flying out like a watermelon seed at a highly unrealistic clip.

5) Are folks who use a DL getting sacks at a far greater clip than AI DL on the same team? Perhaps I should play as another position? DE Tuck had 10 tackles for me and 3 sacks. - Yes when you user pass rush with a DE/DT you will get more sacks than non user. It is how the game functions. Nothing to do with sliders. If you like to user rush a lot turn CPU pass block up to default and start from that point.

6) Small sample size, but my YAC was pretty bad. I'll keep an eye on this one. - I have good YAC from players that should.

Thanks! I hope this helps!

If your looking for ultra realism from Madden.....your playing the wrong game. There are only two sports titles I consider as close to sim as they can get and that is MLB The Show and NBA 2K15.

Madden has a lot of great sim elements in this years version. But ultimately it is a game that delivers a hybrid game experience. And it has always been this way. I actually love it. The game is a lot of fun. The sliders are designed to give you really fun, unpredictable games. You should see elite teams indeed perform at an elite level. You should be seeing great QB's be great. But there are also upsets, surprises and sometimes wacky plays.....that's part of the fun.

I encourage anyone looking at these sliders to check out my streams. You will see exactly what kinds of games I am getting and how I play. I would never claim I am a Madden master. But I know football, understand the strategy and have a great time with the game.

I choose all my own plays on both sides of the ball. No switch defense. And no user catching on offense. Other than that....I use all the controls at my disposal. I can cheese and spam with the best of them but I would never play that way. What is the fun in that?

The game is a blast!!!! Enjoy Madden for what it is. Get immersed in your franchise......don't analyze every game with settings and sliders.....use the base...play 4-5 games...then maybe tinker a thing here or there. It is not a game that need much tuning with sliders this year as you can see I don't deviate much higher or lower from default this year.

They did a great job on the field this year.

[vrtkolman]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation (15 Min Quarters) Style Sliders

Still loving these sliders. It seems like the CPU offense adjusts to you as the game goes on, they usually move the ball on me much better in the 2nd half than in the 1st. Might need to look at changing my defensive play calling up. Playing on the road is MUCH harder than playing at home, as it should be.

I'll try fumble at 47, I would like to see more during the game. The biggest issue I'm having is still QB injuries. I have injuries down to 55 but had Wilson go out for the game in the 2nd quarter the first time he was hit again. I might have to keep sliding injuries down which sucks because injuries aren't really occurring in general otherwise.

[Mike Lowe]

Re: Armor & Sword's All Pro Custom Simulation Style Sliders

Thanks!

As for kickoffs, they have an independent slider.