Re: [List] Players With Theme Team Surge Motivators
Re: DB & SubLb X-Factor Testing
<p>You make a great point, human controlled players could be getting better blocking animations.</p>peatrick said:I'm using Snoop, Flacco & DK Metcalf as our primary three LBs for Squads play. I may be noticing a ton of offensive controlled human beings pushing us into the dirt. Could be skewing my perception of things, players get away with a lot more than CPU bots.
All three have Reinforcement + Out My Way and the OLB tend to also get No Outsiders, to help ensure quick sheds on outside run plays.
Re: [List] Players With Theme Team Surge Motivators
<p>For sure, it’s almost expected at this point. They also have Hurts QB with more motivators and +1 SPD. Eagles getting so much love from EA this year.</p>CharlieWilsonUNC said:the Eagles getting 6 TT players with x2 boosts with 2 of them getting also getting x1 is kinda wildin'... 😂😂
Re: DB & SubLb X-Factor Testing
<p>Hey <span class="js-user-profile-link-app" data-user-id="108952" data-username="peatrick"><a href="/u/id/108952/">@peatrick</a></span>, as always thanks for the kind words.</p> <p>Zig routes, Corner routes, and wheel routes consistently beat Man no matter which ability I tested. There was an obvious difference in separation when Zone Hawk was activated as opposed to Univers…</p>peatrick said:My goodness, this is pure gold.  Thank you for the in-depth reporting on your testing scenarios, what a truly well-written and informative post.  Wish we could upvote these things and push the best forum threads to the top, versus always having just the latest and greatest (sorted by date).  There are so many repeated topics over and over.  Anyhoo, grumpy old man screaming at clouds, don't mind me.
Which specific routes did you find in your testing would completely torch things liek Universal Coverage, etc? Â I have some suspicions, but no actual data or testing scenarios to back that up.
And final question for now, hopefully this one is simple or straight-forward... when running Reinforcement, we do not need Out My Way, is that a correct assumption? Â I was kind of reviewing my ability setup last evening and discovered i had Out My Way stacked with Reinforcement, basically anywhere possible, but especially across all of my linebackers and other primary run defenders.
EDIT: Â Even with both (Reinforcement + Out My Way) i'm finding that my dudes will regularly get pancaked and wind up flat on their respective backs... but at least it gives us a fighting chance to defend the run!
Re: DB & SubLb X-Factor Testing
<p>The ideal stack for would include:</p> <p>Universal Coverage</p> <p>Avalanche</p> <p>Enforcer Supreme</p> <p>Out My Way or Reinforcement</p> <p>Tackle Supreme or Secure Tackler</p> <p>Pick Artist or Lurk Artist</p> <p>If you can also get Form Tackler and Extra Pop then those would be the ne…</p>LilsGotSkillz said:so what is your ideal stack for CBs?
Re: [List] Players With Theme Team Surge Motivators
<p>Yeah I haven’t had time to add the Rising Stars part 2 yet. I will get them on here soon though.</p>peatrick said:This still so extremely useful, I'm still trying to chase more of these (mostly) meaningless stats boosts, oof. Stupid OCD.
Thanks for great info, as always.
Please add my guy Mustafa, he gets x2 49ers for all four TT Surge motivator types  thanks, dude!
Re: Abilities
Re: Abilities
<p>Shutdown will only light up in man coverage assignments. If you run straight up zone and set zone drops (disabling match coverage) it will not light up. Also when I tested Shutdown I didn’t see it light up at all on INT’s, I’m not convinced that it …</p>Lildrift56 said:ill edit some of my things and make a repost, I know by description that dots is all of the passing accuracy abilities, but I've had it on several QBs and all of them seem to miss cross body throws without blue, and before you ask, yes I am on the right passing setting. Do you know if strips only work with strip specialist or what? I haven't had an issue with that this year, but did notice that last year. as for shutdown, I used to beileve it was in Man specifically, but I've dropped PA and primarly run zone coverage, and notice a difference in coverage skills in both man and zone. By description shit down does not indicate it being a man coverage only ability either.
Re: [List] Players With Theme Team Surge Motivators
<p>Thank you, got it added. Not sure how I forgot to put him on there for 2x Eagles.</p>donaldkoch said:Cooper Dejean BND also gets x2 any Eagles surge.
Re: Rising Stars Part 2
<p>Yes, just did it twice. You can’t sell them in game though, it boots you if you click on the card. You can sell them on the companion app.</p>GameAce92 said:Like right now?
Re: DB & SubLb X-Factor Testing
<p>Yeah I really don’t know if stacking Universal and Shutdown would give even tighter coverage. The two abilities seemed to cover routes almost identically in Man when I tested. I can do some more testing with the stacked abilities when I have some ti…</p>Dawk20 said:This was really great work. Thank you for spending the time doing it.
I also wonder if any of them stack, especially using shutdown with universal. I always thought the players did better when including both, but that could easily be my imagination.
It has been mentioned by several people that pick artist was included in universal. You mentioned it was not part of shutdown but was wondering if the same is for Universal?
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<p>I don’t think having two of the same ability equipped would stack. I believe they made it so you can’t equip two of the same ability. I’m not sure if it works that way with baked on abilities as well since I haven’t tried it.</p> <p>I don’t have Drake Lon…</p>GreenHoneyPack said:You my good sir are a saint can you by chance see if these badge up X factors stack?? I’ve always found it odd that London gets double me twice everyone clowned EA but what if London was the smoking gun telling players hey you can stack these factors ??? Just a thought yk regardless of that many in the community will appreciate this heavily brotha
Re: So When Will You Cheaters...
<p>While everyone you listed deserves some of the blame, you could also blame the company that makes the game and has not fixed the issue.</p>Uncommittedgamer said:I mean this has been an issue for ultimate team fifa since 17, madden probably around the same time. What do you expect?Â
I blame social media, influencers and the community for this elitist no losing mentality.
Re: So When Will You Cheaters...
<p>When you are losing a H2H matchup and you intentionally make the game Desync so you don’t get the Loss that is 100% cheating.</p> <p>I have seen it multiple times and done in different ways.</p>Uncommittedgamer said:It’s not possible to cheat on this game.Â
Exploits, glitches and meta plays. But not directly cheat in a game. So please define it
Re: So When Will You Cheaters...
<p>Yes you are absolutely correct. For most people by that time there is nothing to play for. There are practically no rewards and no new content.</p> <p>I am one of few people who just enjoy playing H2H even if there are no rewards. I also enjoy building di…</p>phatalerror said:But at that time, there's nothing to play for, right? I mean, I want to play against decent people, but I also want there to be a stake of some sort, a trophy to play for.
I totally get what you're saying, and it is a solution. It's just one of those solutions where the bad guys still win, because they'll "enjoy" (?) almost twelve full months on Madden. Guys like you lose months of gaming, and having to work your way up  after starting out way behind.
There were some solid times in months past where there wasn't so much cheese, because the cheese wasn't nearly as effective. I have to conclude that EA encourages this because it drives people to the next Madden, which they'll support for about six months until MCS is through. Repeat.