Game is so scripted and un user related its terrible.

I have to believe that one of the few things we would all agree on is this, and HAS been it for several years. Yet they not only ignore it, they double and triple down and make it more so. Why?

Wed be here all day if we listed all the examples, and some are more egregious than others. But ill give you one very egregious, very recent (like five mins ago) example. I should have either won this game by like three posessions or more likely, my opponent quit in the first half down multiple tds. 

Instead after all my perfectly executed drives the "elo" or poor prescripted animation crap just negated everything. Lol he had a kick return td after a long drive, then after another long drive, first play handoff and running back just makes one cut and goes, while all the defenders right there to stop him VISIBLY slow down and or take a step away from him to let him get in the open, as a final kick in the beanbag, the safety i switch to to chase him down is close enough to reach out but no matter how much I push the stick into him, he just keeps running next to him (cpu CLEARLY keeping a force field around him) until JUST as he crosses the goalline then meaningless tackle animation into endzone. 

Are you kidding me EA? Lol

SquishySoldier21 said:

I have to believe that one of the few things we would all agree on is this, and HAS been it for several years. Yet they not only ignore it, they double and triple down and make it more so. Why?

Wed be here all day if we listed all the examples, and some are more egregious than others. But ill give you one very egregious, very recent (like five mins ago) example. I should have either won this game by like three posessions or more likely, my opponent quit in the first half down multiple tds. 

Instead after all my perfectly executed drives the "elo" or poor prescripted animation crap just negated everything. Lol he had a kick return td after a long drive, then after another long drive, first play handoff and running back just makes one cut and goes, while all the defenders right there to stop him VISIBLY slow down and or take a step away from him to let him get in the open, as a final kick in the beanbag, the safety i switch to to chase him down is close enough to reach out but no matter how much I push the stick into him, he just keeps running next to him (cpu CLEARLY keeping a force field around him) until JUST as he crosses the goalline then meaningless tackle animation into endzone. 

Are you kidding me EA? Lol

Sounds like you experienced the clutch trait if he was losing and he had key position players with the clutch trait, it's going to do some crazy s*** in his favor

I had a similar experience where I'm up 3 Tds before half and absolutely destroying him. 2 seconds left in half and he throws a terrible pass 10 yards short of his target and somehow he jumps over Brian Dawkins with deep in zone and PA as well has 3 other defenders with PA and several other players with no abilities to turn around instantly and score. The player was gronk, not 96 over gronk, 86 ovr gronk with matchup nightmare that somehow makes him win a 7 DB matchup. I was fine with this and carryed on but then when I kickoff to start the next half he has several terrible runs that he manages to gain solid yards on then throws a deep ball to Tyler lockett with no abilities to help him against champ bailey with PA and 5 yards leading of space and somehow lockett grabs it, breaks the strangest tackle with a spin move and scores. I still won cause the opponent was terrible but I just couldn't believe what I had witnessed.

I do believe there are sliders or DDA when there’s a giant discrepancy in ELO or overall. I played on my second account during zero chill and my silver dline was getting insta sheds and pressure vs a high overall team.

DjNysus said:

Sounds like you experienced the clutch trait if he was losing and he had key position players with the clutch trait, it's going to do some crazy s*** in his favor

You actually believe EA is smart enough to program traits into a virtual card? They can't even release their own content on time

I thinks it's just a garbage recycled game year after year, EA isn't good enough to be able to implement stuff people think are in the game. Just a patchwork fest since 16ish. Only way to fix it is to take a year off and rebuild from the ground up, but until people stop making it a cash cow for EA it will continue to be a dogshit game. I try my best to enjoy it for what it is and have low expectations

ELO only determines who you match up with based on Win/loss ratio, DDA (dynamic difficulty adjustment) is what usually gives the lower overall team some sort of advantage to keep things more competitive. Although some would argue they use this on people with outdated cards or with higher winning % to force their hand in spending money. RNG is probably what is actually doing you dirty, and what causes the game to be so inconsistent.

MaddenIsTerrible said:

You actually believe EA is smart enough to program traits into a virtual card? They can't even release their own content on time

Yes, I actually believe that the trait clutch does what it's supposed to because I have lapped it multiple years and it definitely boosts almost all your ratings in the last 2 minutes of a half and if you're losing by more than two touchdowns..

It will up your RNG across the board, thus creating big plays in your favor..

You want to Lab it yourself? Start starting only players with clutch and watch the difference.

DjNysus said:

Yes, I actually believe that the trait clutch does what it's supposed to because I have lapped it multiple years and it definitely boosts almost all your ratings in the last 2 minutes of a half and if you're losing by more than two touchdowns..

It will up your RNG across the board, thus creating big plays in your favor..

You want to Lab it yourself? Start starting only players with clutch and watch the difference.

I doubt it. EA isn't smart enough to put things like that in the game. They can't even spell certain plays correctly. There is a running play in the 49ers playbook call Coutnter Weak, been that way since launch and you think they are putting traits on cards?

SquishySoldier21 said:

I have to believe that one of the few things we would all agree on is this, and HAS been it for several years. Yet they not only ignore it, they double and triple down and make it more so. Why?

Wed be here all day if we listed all the examples, and some are more egregious than others. But ill give you one very egregious, very recent (like five mins ago) example. I should have either won this game by like three posessions or more likely, my opponent quit in the first half down multiple tds. 

Instead after all my perfectly executed drives the "elo" or poor prescripted animation crap just negated everything. Lol he had a kick return td after a long drive, then after another long drive, first play handoff and running back just makes one cut and goes, while all the defenders right there to stop him VISIBLY slow down and or take a step away from him to let him get in the open, as a final kick in the beanbag, the safety i switch to to chase him down is close enough to reach out but no matter how much I push the stick into him, he just keeps running next to him (cpu CLEARLY keeping a force field around him) until JUST as he crosses the goalline then meaningless tackle animation into endzone. 

Are you kidding me EA? Lol

If you believe this then you have been on the other side then , so at the end of the day it will balance out , again if you believe this ( which I do not )  .

MaddenIsTerrible said:

I doubt it. EA isn't smart enough to put things like that in the game. They can't even spell certain plays correctly. There is a running play in the 49ers playbook call Coutnter Weak, been that way since launch and you think they are putting traits on cards?

You can doubt it all you want but it definitely is in the game and has been for years...😂

Traits matter more than overalls in most categories

DjNysus said:

You can doubt it all you want but it definitely is in the game and has been for years...😂

Traits matter more than overalls in most categories

Prove it