re: OLD CFB25 Thread - THREAD IS OFFICIALLY ANCHORED

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Defense is hard and Zone seems to be the way to go.

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I don't know. I've played a ton of zone and just get picked a part. Then again, i'm getting picked apart no matter what, so who knows

Oklahoma's QB went 24/27 against me as Auburn for 438 yards and 5 TD's. Most wasn't dink and dunk stuff. Would just be three step drops or so, quick enough that it is impossible to bring pressure, and then a laser over all my defenders to someone streaking on the outside that is somehow already behind my coverage when i'm playing over the top coverage.

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Unpopular opinion, I am truly over this game. It's fricking hard af to do anything. Passing meters are stupid and don't work correctly, defense is non existent. Everything feels clunky about it.

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Gamers are the biggest group of pussies ever


So there’s a little learning curve?? So what. You guys expected to come out and immediately dominate a brand new game that you haven’t played in over a decade?

I haven’t had any issues adjusting to the passing meter. It’s simple as hell. Are you leading your receivers with the left stick? Maybe it’s YOU and not the game. You say the defense is nonexistent?? My last three games, on all American difficulty I’ve given up 17, 28, and 21 points. I got my arse kicked at first but I adjusted…

Is the game perfect? No it’s not. Clearly it still needs some polishing. But you front running cry babies bitched and complained for the better part of a decade, and now that you can’t perform how you expected to perform, you think the game is trash. I honestly don’t get the mindset of some of you people

I'm getting the game tonight and can't wait to compare my experience to some of these

I think I should be a bit better off though because I've been playing madden 24.

Yeah, the game is what the game is. People need to go ahead and accept that they are gonna have to adapt to the game, because there isn't a whole lot EA can do at this point. They can fix bugs and issues but the gameplay largely is what it will be for the rest of the year.

Im hoping I can figure something out on defense because right now it feels impossible at times. I'm sure a lot of teams feel that way in real life as well though.

My players are randomly changing jersey numbers. Kaleb jackson changed to #12 mid season and its bugging the shite out of me

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Would just be three step drops or so, quick enough that it is impossible to bring pressure, and then a laser over all my defenders to someone streaking on the outside that is somehow already behind my coverage when i'm playing over the top coverage.

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Seems we have the same D Coordinator

I've watched some replays on some of my most WTF happened plays. Watched one where i'm playing cover 3, my outside CB has the deep 1/3. I played off coverage with over the top positioning. I made no other adjustments. When the ball is snapped, he takes a few steps up, basically covering the curl flat, and doesn't move from there as the WR just runs straight by him.

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Gamers are the biggest group of pussies ever

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Easy there tough guy. And secondly, i'm not a gamer, i'm a casual video game player.

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I haven’t had any issues adjusting to the passing meter.

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I haven't either, but i haven't done the new passing controls.

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You say the defense is nonexistent??

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Yes, along with every message board that discusses this game.

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My last three games, on all American difficulty I’ve given up 17, 28, and 21 points. I got my arse kicked at first but I adjusted…

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OH, i'm sure, eventually, i'll adjust. But, as a parent, i don't have a lot of time to spend playing hours on end getting used to the game. I'm not expecting it to be easy and simple, but the CPU controlled defense in the game is garbage and that's pretty much universal. I'm happy for you, however, that you are good at this video game.

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But you front running cry babies bitched and complained for the better part of a decade, and now that you can’t perform how you expected to perform, you think the game is trash. I honestly don’t get the mindset of some of you people

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1) So because they made a game that we all purchased, we aren't allowed to criticize the obvious flaws?
2) I don't think the game is necessarily trash. I do think it needs some patches though.

Anecdotally, i tried bumping up the difficulty back to AA again, playing UCLA. Drove it down the field, then of course, interception on the 6. They drove down the field methodically, only getting 2 or 3 3rd downs, but converting all of them. So, i exited the game, dropped it back down to varsity and beat UCLA 42-10. I think i need to reduce my 7 minute periods to 6 minute, and also i'm hoping a better team makes it close. I don't want to win every game, but i also don't want to struggle against the FCS panthers. There should be a happy medium between the 2.

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This seems to be the glitch. Zone coverages leave gigantic gaps and it's mostly due to the CPU player not continuing his coverage. This is the same for varsity too, the difference, is it's a little easier to rush the qb.

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My assumption as well. I'm going to try boosting up the player pass coverage awareness slider and see if that helps at all. If i'm playing single high safety and press man on the outside and just get burned, so be it. that shouldn't be the case if i'm calling the right defense to prevent that while also not being given enough time to realistically pressure the QB.