H2H had turned into a real crap show!

qwandadon said:

I broke the cycle for Madden 23 . I was burned out and tired of of chasing cards every two to three days between Madden 20-Madden 22.  Between that, the bad game play, and pack odds I think it might be time to sit the next year out. I do not see EA making the acquisition of cards more palatable next year for the community.  5-10 million coins for various LTDs is freaking ridiculous. 

I went balls deep into CFB and Madden 25.  I regret it because I played CFB sparingly once we got to the Most Feared stage of Madden. And all the money spent on packs and random offers just isn't worth it.  To hit a 99 overall team and uninstall this shit every year.  I love the competitive nature of online gaming. But, I think really is time to give my mind and my wallet a break from the cycle of grinding to 99 and keeping up with the competition.

Agreed, i'm right there with you, my good man.  Pay to win game mechanics have absolutely zero business being part of any title that claims to be an online, head to head, competitive type game, at least not if anyone cares about fair and balanced (and hopefully FUN) gameplay.  I have been a PC gamer most of my adult life, but after having a child and wr0king remotely, it came to the point where i needed to differentiate between good screen (being plopped on the couch, in front of the playstation) and bad screen (tethered to my desk for wr0k)... so now we're PS5 gamers and I found my way back to Madden `22, before discovering Ultimate Team partway through the M23 game year.  Now i'm spending 1000-1500+ hours annually on a bad, broken, buggy ass, inconsistent mess of a game and keep hoping that the experience will be fun.

I'm having a blast with Squads gameplay, but it's so much effort to try and align schedules and even more difficult to find a decent group of guys to game with.  If you enjoyed College Football, M26 might be okay.  I just keep repeating myself, but player movement is vastly improved.  The rest just seems liek a lot of wasted effort on presentation and things that don't actually change or improve the overall gameplay experience.  Lipstick on a pig.

This exact reason why I slowly started to fade away from mut its just too copy and paste i have more fun playing regs than ulimate team which I thought I'd never say but here I am saying it 😵‍💫

qwandadon said:

I'm this close to selling my team , buying as many RPs as I can(if I play M26), and uninstalling this shit. 

I'm tired of loading into Champs, H2H reg, and House Rules to go against RPO spammers, HB pass spammers, and dudes just running with Falele (sp) 30 times , or seeing the teams full of the same linemen at WR, RB, and TE.  I get its June. But, the gameplay is just not enjoyable at all.  It was fun until mfers just copy and pasted the same type of linemen at every position for GTs. 

Don't you guys get bored of running the same damn plays all game, everyone has the same two cards that they run or pass to every game.  I haven't played the M26 beta yet. But, I'm not gonna lie. I might take a break next year and save money. This year has burned me out with Madden.

This happened to me years ago. I only play during NFL offseason now. And don’t have as much hate for the game and don’t drop nearly as much money as I used to.

@qwandadon
No need to uninstall.  No need to stop playing.  

Just wait until mid-August, at that time 60-80% of the sweatiest players will have moved to Madden '26 and games become less aggrevating.  Just keep playing Madden '25 until February and with EA Play Madden '26 will be free...or catch a $20-35 sale in Nov-Jan if you don't want to be tied to EA Play/XBOX subscription.  More enjoyable playing experience, less or no money given to EA.  Win-win!

This is my second MUT season (first was M23) and I am not playing M26 until January or so when the game is super discounted or free on game pass.

None of you are quitting  , stop lying .

Massadolphin said:

None of you are quitting  , stop lying .

Exactly

Least you can play. I quit due to the constant desyncs for no reason. Can't enjoy game anymore. I say we boycott Madden next year, make there earnings tank so they can lose their NFL rights so other companies can start to compete like 2K. Madden is getting so stale and arcadeish because they can due to lack of competition. Old school players know how good 2K ESPN football was.

Addict said:

It’s bad on old gen as well. Every game is vanguard and double me spammers with everyone having truzz on offense. Fumbles are hard to come by and RPO spammers run crazy in h2h seasons. I’m on a 39 game winning streak but I will say I don’t have as much fun playing now that everyone is getting 3 passive XFactors.

Let's see your team. You must have a hell of a good team

qwandadon said:

I'm this close to selling my team , buying as many RPs as I can(if I play M26), and uninstalling this shit. 

I'm tired of loading into Champs, H2H reg, and House Rules to go against RPO spammers, HB pass spammers, and dudes just running with Falele (sp) 30 times , or seeing the teams full of the same linemen at WR, RB, and TE.  I get its June. But, the gameplay is just not enjoyable at all.  It was fun until mfers just copy and pasted the same type of linemen at every position for GTs. 

Don't you guys get bored of running the same damn plays all game, everyone has the same two cards that they run or pass to every game.  I haven't played the M26 beta yet. But, I'm not gonna lie. I might take a break next year and save money. This year has burned me out with Madden.

Maybe it’s when you play but I went 9-0 and won a Super Bowl in H2H today easily. Nobody spammed anything and I won some 200,000k coin card for winning. 
House Rules I went flawless like 15 times this past week 

So idk

Edit - I don’t spam any plays use Omaha double pass or put 27 defenders up on the line of scrimmage on defense

If you can’t stop rpo’s and double passes at this point in the game that’s kinda on you. Double passes are only in certain formations and you can see it happen before they snap the ball. Rpo’s are ridiculously easy to stop. Let me know if you want help stopping those plays. I can also help stopping the run out of under center formations as well.

qwandadon said:

I'm this close to selling my team , buying as many RPs as I can(if I play M26), and uninstalling this shit. 

I'm tired of loading into Champs, H2H reg, and House Rules to go against RPO spammers, HB pass spammers, and dudes just running with Falele (sp) 30 times , or seeing the teams full of the same linemen at WR, RB, and TE.  I get its June. But, the gameplay is just not enjoyable at all.  It was fun until mfers just copy and pasted the same type of linemen at every position for GTs. 

Don't you guys get bored of running the same damn plays all game, everyone has the same two cards that they run or pass to every game.  I haven't played the M26 beta yet. But, I'm not gonna lie. I might take a break next year and save money. This year has burned me out with Madden.

I feel your pain. I haven’t played in a week.. made an ALL STAR NFC South Team. I hate the state of the game.. I’m out here slinging the rock, while facing the 330-400LBS Half backs.. Also, I’ve noticed that KOs have been tweaked and my opponent seems to feel confident throwing in triple to quadruple coverage and somehow holding onto passes (when my opponent does pass). I’ve faced last 20 games (16x games of Singleback Wingtight Z - 80% of the plays; 4x Duece Close audible into Trips TE Flex or I-form). I got bored and started making tallies 😂. My ELO is definitely on some BS!

crazy that you guys still play this game

qwandadon said:

I'm this close to selling my team , buying as many RPs as I can(if I play M26), and uninstalling this shit. 

I'm tired of loading into Champs, H2H reg, and House Rules to go against RPO spammers, HB pass spammers, and dudes just running with Falele (sp) 30 times , or seeing the teams full of the same linemen at WR, RB, and TE.  I get its June. But, the gameplay is just not enjoyable at all.  It was fun until mfers just copy and pasted the same type of linemen at every position for GTs. 

Don't you guys get bored of running the same damn plays all game, everyone has the same two cards that they run or pass to every game.  I haven't played the M26 beta yet. But, I'm not gonna lie. I might take a break next year and save money. This year has burned me out with Madden.

This is my 1st year back on Madden after about 12 years so yeah im old. This was my first go at MUT and I liked the beginning of the year. It was the Derrick Henry release followed by all of the OOP players that made every other Madden H2H feel the same. They should limit cards, which would encourage individuality. Im amazed at how many people are content just to run out the same squad as the next guy