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Originally Posted by JoshC1977 |
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OK Aestis, I'll bite 
This is how I can most simply articulate it....the penalty sliders trigger animations...if you've ever seen a holding, a facemask, a DPI, etc. you've seen what they do with your own eyes.
Take that a step further...what is gameplay? It is a series of animations. If any slider changes the rate at which certain animations occur, what have you done? By definition: you've changed the gameplay. Change the animations, you change the gameplay.
When penalty animations trigger, they go through the player's penalty trait (which determines if it is called or not). This is realistic in the sense that uncalled penalties happen all the time (both in real life and in Madden). The problem is that raising the penalty sliders work in triggering more of those animations, but they don't necessarily result in more calls (likely due to the penalty traits).
If guys on the line are grabbing and holding more often (i.e. maybe you've raised the holding slider or maybe one of the block sliders)...that will have an affect on the manner in which the lineplay is shaped. Whether this has a dramatic influence on the overall manner in which your game plays out is very much dependent on the rest of your sliders.
Most people are more worried about the end-result rather than how they get there....penalty slider effects are typically more about the "how you get there" rather than the "end-result".
There are other thoughts out there about slider effects (gameplay and penalty) on CPU tendencies and so on. I have my own thoughts...but now we REALLY begin to get into the "just trust me"....I'm not going to do that here
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The problem I have with a lot of the, main menu settings affect cfm or penalties affecting gameplay, is that there are just too many variables to really do a fair test of those theories. Yes what you described is affecting gameplay of course but a penalty affects it too.
I can’t confirm or deny these theories because I don’t think they can really be properly tested. So that’s why there is not really “proof” or video evidence.
I’m not really sure how these things could really even be tested. I guess editing rosters would be a start. Give everyone the same ratings and traits then test. I just don’t know
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