Would you completely get rid of abilities in madden 24?

QB283 said:

Yes. They need to program it like real football. A couple points I'd like to make:

1. QBs shouldn't need SFL/PLE in order to be usable. Just program the card so it plays like an NFL QB. They should play as if they have these abilities anyway. As for something like Gunslinger, it shouldn't be necessary.

2. Organic pass rush. No abilities. Shouldn't need ET and DON in order to generate pressure. Pressure should be determined by 1 on 1 matchups and personnel. If I'm blitzing 8 players then I should get pressure but WRs should be wide open. If I rush only 3 or 4 the amount of pressure should be lower, except in the case where an edge rusher is not double teamed and is vastly superior in ratings to the lineman.

W comment i completely agree it should be more natural football instead of insane abilities that are inhuman and stupid oop players like Perry QB who’s fun but is kinda ridiculous that he’s so OP

If KOs weren't in this game, it'd be unplayable. Like totally unplayable. QBs would have 90% completion rates. One WR per side would have 500 yards a game. Scores would probably be in the 60s every time. Say what you want, but they (KOs) are ESSENTIAL to this year's game. They allow a modicum of pass defense. 

PPL bitching about Freight Train will always be funny to me. Sure it can be cheap here and there, but shit's  taking on boogeyman status at this point. If you can't stop the run, then that's your fault. Notice how no other aka Xs are shitted on? Just Freight Train. Sure someone brings up the DLine one every now and then, but whew boy that Freight Train? Created in Satan's Lab lol. If you're consistently in situations where there's literally only one man trying to tackle a running back, then that's a you problem. Learn how to play defense.

they should nerf them a ton at the very least

Do it like 20 and give a nerf

Yes 100%. And every QB has the same release so you can actually use your favorite team in regs.

QB283 said:

Yes. They need to program it like real football. A couple points I'd like to make:

1. QBs shouldn't need SFL/PLE in order to be usable. Just program the card so it plays like an NFL QB. They should play as if they have these abilities anyway. As for something like Gunslinger, it shouldn't be necessary.

2. Organic pass rush. No abilities. Shouldn't need ET and DON in order to generate pressure. Pressure should be determined by 1 on 1 matchups and personnel. If I'm blitzing 8 players then I should get pressure but WRs should be wide open. If I rush only 3 or 4 the amount of pressure should be lower, except in the case where an edge rusher is not double teamed and is vastly superior in ratings to the lineman.

yeah I completely agree with that, they make It so that you need abilities to do anything like just get any separation as a receiver or get the ball off as a qb.

I would not because it would make everyone the same yes I don't think everyone on the field should have an ability but I don't necessarily hate it but it could be better

bigmeow said:

OOP cards are fun and the have always used them but they shouldn't have so many like mel blount should never have a right tackle card but safety/corner calvin is a staple in madden as well as wr dieon players like that should get them no matter what but these random oop are stupid

You think they're fun, I think they're stupid.  If a player has never played a position in the NFL, they shouldn't get a card for that position, and especially not one that's OP.  I can deal with having a few of them, but the proliferation of them in this game is ridiculous.

I want realism in my sports video games but EA keeps moving further and further away from that.

Saph said:

Yes 100%. And every QB has the same release so you can actually use your favorite team in regs.

I feel like it shouldn't be the exact same, and players should get different releases based on how they throw but they should have a small difference in terms of how fast the release is.

*Well yeah 100%. I feel like they need to get rid of the AKA- x factors tho. It pretty much the game more difficut. Sometimes abilities can be useless :\\*

HookedOnAThielen19 said:

No I don’t think they should be taken out but they should be reworked completely. Eliminate X-Factors that start on, fix discounts, cap the number of players that can have Abilities, and so on. Although don’t know if we should even get 24 anyways and the franchise change hands away from EA

This is the right answer

Rework the whole ability selection or remove them

I wouldn’t get rid of them, but definitely remove all the aka X factors, and get rid of all the zone and man KOs. Then limit to 8 AP, no 0 AP abilities and max 5 players with abilities on each side.

I think they should only be on 3 people on each side of the ball and a max of 3 abilities that aren’t game changing.