GUARANTEED BULL

peatrick said:

I've had Enforcer on my USER card for a minute, but as you already stated, it's basically impossible to Hit Stick anyone, especially dudes who are darting around the field, speed boosting away from defenders left and right.  Abilities only seem to trigger about ~50% of the time this year, which is brutal.  Except QB abilities, Gunslinger works every snap.  Doesn't really make any darn sense, defense is already difficult enough this year.  What an absolute mess of a game.

Haven't tried Tackle Supreme yet this year, but Secure Tackler doesn't really seem to do much, especially not against K9 or other glowy backs.

Yeah I can't tell if TS/ST is as valuable this year either... its down the priority list for me for AP set-ups, but reinforcement on Sonny as user and some free Out-of-my-Ways along with IS/No Outsiders has created a great set-up to getting K9 and company down behind the line to turn that freight train off. Sonny has been so incredibly valuable these last weeks.

peatrick said:

I've had Enforcer on my USER card for a minute, but as you already stated, it's basically impossible to Hit Stick anyone, especially dudes who are darting around the field, speed boosting away from defenders left and right.  Abilities only seem to trigger about ~50% of the time this year, which is brutal.  Except QB abilities, Gunslinger works every snap.  Doesn't really make any darn sense, defense is already difficult enough this year.  What an absolute mess of a game.

Haven't tried Tackle Supreme yet this year, but Secure Tackler doesn't really seem to do much, especially not against K9 or other glowy backs.

"Absolute mess of a game" will go down as the most accurate quote of all time.

Of all the games I've played over my 30 years of age none have been so broken.

There isnt a SINGLE aspect of the game that hasnt glitched or broken this year. Menu interface, player models, physics, mechanics, false advertising with champions/superstars, glitches, poor and repetitive content. Every single thing.

Across all genres for e.g. Call of duty, League of legends, Rocket League, PUBG, Total War, Pokémon... nothing comes remotely close to the comprehensive shit.

But I love football so im stuck with it.

Khoale37 said:

Yeah I ain't gambling, nor do I rely on fumbles, so it's ST/TS, Stonewall and good run fits for me! It's enough trouble bringing those dudes down 1-on-1 and I ain't good enough to try to pop a hit stick on 'em. My MO is to get their ass behind the line to turn that FT off. Once that happens, the crutch is kicked out from them and its usually a quit.

Really well said haha. Great take.

Khoale37 said:

Yeah I can't tell if TS/ST is as valuable this year either... its down the priority list for me for AP set-ups, but reinforcement on Sonny as user and some free Out-of-my-Ways along with IS/No Outsiders has created a great set-up to getting K9 and company down behind the line to turn that freight train off. Sonny has been so incredibly valuable these last weeks.

I finally redid my abilities to prioritize the same, dual Inside Stuff (DTs x2) + No Outsiders (Edges x2). Would give my little left nut for Sonny. He's probably the best card in the entire game, eh?

Karmageddon said:

"Absolute mess of a game" will go down as the most accurate quote of all time.

Of all the games I've played over my 30 years of age none have been so broken.

There isnt a SINGLE aspect of the game that hasnt glitched or broken this year. Menu interface, player models, physics, mechanics, false advertising with champions/superstars, glitches, poor and repetitive content. Every single thing.

Across all genres for e.g. Call of duty, League of legends, Rocket League, PUBG, Total War, Pokémon... nothing comes remotely close to the comprehensive shit.

But I love football so im stuck with it.

EA knows exactly what they're doing. Textbook case on how monopoly power is bad for the consumer. Otherwise we'd just go play any other NFL simulation title, uggh. High volume, low effort... the EA way. You get to spend a thousand dollars or a thousand hours. Or both. 🤮

peatrick said:

I finally redid my abilities to prioritize the same, dual Inside Stuff (DTs x2) + No Outsiders (Edges x2). Would give my little left nut for Sonny. He's probably the best card in the entire game, eh?

lol. Dont do that!

Khoale37 said:

lol. Dont do that!

Sadly without AH access, I'll have to patiently wait and hope for my chances during Redux, oof.

peatrick said:

Sadly without AH access, I'll have to patiently wait and hope for my chances during Redux, oof.

Ah man i didnt realize they F’d you again ugh! Sorry to hear.

Karmageddon said:

"Guaranteed tackle after hit-sticking ballcarriers"

What a load of crap. Not even mentioning how hard it is to tackle with speed glitches and terrible cpu pursuit angles, when you do land a nice solid hit stick and the runner BREAKS what is "unbreakable" i lose my mind. 

I had always thought defensive abilities won the "tie breaker."

I dont have much trouble against run first opponents, I've always known the key to good run d is proactive user and run fit fundamentals. 

But ever since QUADFATHER  came out its been a personal vendetta of mine to fuck guys up that rely on shit like that, yet i routinely see 3 defenders with secure tackler on get shed in one play.

This year's code or whatever has been so shit its unimaginable.

Honestly a well time strip is better then hit stick in my opinion I get a decent amount of fumbles from it. 

Unless you have a head on hit stick there is a good chance they will break the tackle and If they have tank pretty sure that will win regardless of what you have on your defender if you hit stick