Madden NFL 19 Hit Stick Has Been Tweaked, Details Here

[Steve_OS]

https://forums.ea.com/en/madden-nfl/...-madden-nfl-19

[Therebelyell626]

I get why they did it. But EA needs to stop trying to make things "simpler" and instead strive to make things right. There are guys in the NFL that are not very big or strong but can deliver big hits. This is going to take them out of the equation

[Matt10]

Nice, that will be a welcome change. I do like that they explained why it wasn't added at launch. It's not even the end of the month, and we've got what looks like a solid update.

[T4VERTS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Therebelyell626

I get why they did it. But EA needs to stop trying to make things "simpler" and instead strive to make things right. There are guys in the NFL that are not very big or strong but can deliver big hits. This is going to take them out of the equation

Then how do you quantify them? There has to be some way to quantify and identify those who can vs those who can't right? You don't want a QB able to lay a HS after a int right?

[Shosum13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Therebelyell626

I get why they did it. But EA needs to stop trying to make things "simpler" and instead strive to make things right. There are guys in the NFL that are not very big or strong but can deliver big hits. This is going to take them out of the equation

How is this going to take them out of the equation? It took the strength rating out of the equation, that should help the smaller guys that are big hitters because they should have a high hit power rating if they are a known big hitter. By simplifying the equation I think it will make big hits play out better because it literally now comes down to what their hit power rating is. I guess we'll have to see by playing the game and trying it out.

[DeuceDouglas]

These are good changes and hopefully it will result in less of those DL hit-sticking backs in a phonebooth type hits that are so overly common. Overall though I wish they would just do away with the Hit Stick entirely. Get rid of the hit power rating, make use of the big hitter trait and grant those guys contextual animations when the speed and momentum lines up during gameplay. The hit stick has never been a skill mechanic as it's always been so heavily geared towards success that there's never been a reason not to use it. I don't know how much this will change things but I've been routinely dropping TE's and RB's with my corners like it's nothing so hopefully it will cut down on some of that and be more risk/reward.

[Juve]

I like the change. Makes more sense this way

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[4thQtrStre5S]

I like the changes. Looking forward to testing out the hit stick and other changes.