First time in online play

So, just wanna know for sure... Does everyone play like a dick head in this game? Constant hurry up offense, randomly going for 2, randomly kicking onside kicks, going for it on 4th and 15+, calling one play the entire game and when you finally figure out how to stop it they have an exact counter so they are literally impossible to stop, chucking it up into double coverage or more because their receiver is Carmichael and the corners never react to anything so he just snags it even though there's guys all around him, being obnoxious with celebrations dances after their stupid playcall that shouldn't have worked does anyway? I've just been trying to play the competitive draft mode to get some free cards, and this game is infuriating to play. Is this just the 14 year olds that only care about winning and maxxing everything, or is this just how this game is online? Cuz if it is just like this, how do any of y'all enjoy playing?

Yes most play meta tactics, which are cheese. Your best bet is to learn it as well if looking to compete, otherwise it's more fun running solo battles.

Honorable gameplay yields no coins.

theperkness said:

Yes most play meta tactics, which are cheese. Your best bet is to learn it as well if looking to compete, otherwise it's more fun running solo battles.

Honorable gameplay yields no coins.

I play so much solo battles and it's gotten so boring + the online modes give you 20x better rewards.

kezquo said:

So, just wanna know for sure... Does everyone play like a dick head in this game? Constant hurry up offense, randomly going for 2, randomly kicking onside kicks, going for it on 4th and 15+, calling one play the entire game and when you finally figure out how to stop it they have an exact counter so they are literally impossible to stop, chucking it up into double coverage or more because their receiver is Carmichael and the corners never react to anything so he just snags it even though there's guys all around him, being obnoxious with celebrations dances after their stupid playcall that shouldn't have worked does anyway? I've just been trying to play the competitive draft mode to get some free cards, and this game is infuriating to play. Is this just the 14 year olds that only care about winning and maxxing everything, or is this just how this game is online? Cuz if it is just like this, how do any of y'all enjoy playing?

First, while my opinion differs from others here, I think the promo draft mode is hot garbage; as implemented, this has to be your career for you to quickly adjust to a new roster unlike anything you construct in other modes.

But your key question about the users: Yes, a lot of them are toxic. Play during the day, and you'll get a more varied crowd. But I just finished an infuriating game against a run spammer a few minutes ago. I was making the right line calls, but he kept getting lanes anyways, and busting the first tackle over and over again.

If you get in late in the year, you're going to be hopelessly behind in competitive play unless you spend hundreds of dollars on items. These guys have been playing early and winning early, making their teams better early. Rinse and repeat. Very few of them actually play a football game, but some are worse than others when it comes to how far they can push the Negative Play Experience.

Sorry.

phatalerror said:

First, while my opinion differs from others here, I think the promo draft mode is hot garbage; as implemented, this has to be your career for you to quickly adjust to a new roster unlike anything you construct in other modes.

But your key question about the users: Yes, a lot of them are toxic. Play during the day, and you'll get a more varied crowd. But I just finished an infuriating game against a run spammer a few minutes ago. I was making the right line calls, but he kept getting lanes anyways, and busting the first tackle over and over again.

If you get in late in the year, you're going to be hopelessly behind in competitive play unless you spend hundreds of dollars on items. These guys have been playing early and winning early, making their teams better early. Rinse and repeat. Very few of them actually play a football game, but some are worse than others when it comes to how far they can push the Negative Play Experience.

Sorry.

I personally think that the draft mode would end up being more fun in comparison to regular online play. In regular online play, everyone has there setups and abilities that are annoying to work around, but the draft mode takes that all out and it's just a game of football. Take what you have and try to win. That's just my opinion though and I can understand where you're coming from. No need to apologize, when this mode ends in a few days, I won't be playing online anymore anyway.

Thanks everyone for being so nice and not just saying "git gud". Have a good evening!

kezquo said:

I play so much solo battles and it's gotten so boring + the online modes give you 20x better rewards.

Lower your Team Overall.  All I play is Solos with TTs only.  Each of my TTs have a mix of Silver, Gold and Elite cards…playing on All Madden with lower ovr Team, it makes Solos more enjoyable and competitive instead of dominating with a 95 team ovr.  Online play is bonkers!

That's honestly 65% of people playing head to head after 6pm.

As long as you kinda Know how to play the game you should be able to have relatively decent H2H runs. I say maybe I’m a 6/10 at best, and I still won like 5 super bowls.

SosaChamberlain said:

That's honestly 65% of people playing head to head after 6pm.

65% is generous. id say more 85-90%

kezquo said:

I personally think that the draft mode would end up being more fun in comparison to regular online play. In regular online play, everyone has there setups and abilities that are annoying to work around, but the draft mode takes that all out and it's just a game of football. Take what you have and try to win. That's just my opinion though and I can understand where you're coming from. No need to apologize, when this mode ends in a few days, I won't be playing online anymore anyway.

I hadn’t thought that that mode is actually helpful to newer players, since lineup-wise they’re starting on more even ground than they would playing in other modes against those that have been around since August.

Doesn’t change the fact that toxic players will always migrate to the most profitable mode available at the time, taking their obnoxious non-football tactics with them.