Gaming Madden NFL 2025

[Chewy316]

I'm at my work Xmas show, will play my game this evening once I get home.

 

[Chewy316]

Hoping to find the time, not easy though

Yeah look we are pretty patient when it comes to allowing the necessary time for people to get their games in. Always good to add another person to the mix!

 

[rumply]

what quarter length & runoff are you guys using?

 

[Exe Gesis]

what quarter length & runoff are you guys using?

6 mins, no run off, 20 secs

 

[Exe Gesis]

what quarter length & runoff are you guys using?

Plus if or when you join, we'll have 3 AFC and 3 NFC teams.

Can envision getting to 8-10 people eventually

 

[rumply]

Roughing the pass is wild, 3 penalties in a half & all were just brushing the qb

 

[Exe Gesis]

Roughing the pass is wild, 3 penalties in a half & all were just brushing the qb

Yeah penalties sliders will be tweaked. But let me know what you think of actual gameplay with the gameplay sliders

 

[rumply]

Yeah penalties sliders will be tweaked. But let me know what you think of actual gameplay with the gameplay sliders

Liked the gameplay, could sling it a bit & run ok, nothing too outrageous, close game & I won late 25-24. A few holding penalties which is ok but the RTP totalled 6 or 7 & all were very minor brushes with the QB but at least they were paid both ways.

 

[Chewy316]

Exe Gesis please change the penalties for the next game week. It's absolutely absurd - way too many are happening on my side in particular - penalty count was 9-1 in this last game.

Final score 42-10. Dolphins were up 3-0 after their first drive and forced me into a 4th and 5 in my own half, but once I converted that, went on to score a TD and never looked back.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Im back home late Sunday night, but ill do some offline testing of penalties for the next week of playoffs.

I know the feeling, it was something like 9-1 against me too vs Bengals.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Reading up on what sliders actually do and its still a mystery. People saying theyve tested pass block and run block for humans on 0, and such, and nothing seemed different to default.

Meanwhile....penalties is more how players behave rather than frequency of penalties called...but thats the same thing really. Eg....increasing Holding just means players will feel try to hold more (which still means refs will notice it more and increase the likelihood of flags thrown for it).

Reading more....till i find something more definitive

 

[Exe Gesis]

The lower the injury slider the more loose the gameplay will be overall. And that’s slightly noticeable. And of course you will see less injuries. The higher the injury slider the more the game becomes a game of inches and of course you will see more injuries that is my analysis as a slider maker.

 

[Exe Gesis]

not only this, but penalty sliders as well. in madden, raising the defensive pass interference sliders will actually make the defense play more conservative, like they are afraid of a flag being thrown. lowering it would make them come after the ball when it's thrown like madden. there's a sweet spot. youll probably just never get many offensive PI calls, but if you lower that slider enough and raise the defensive PI, you could actually make offensive players go after the ball aggressively, how the defense does.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Something else being suggested to push people to play more realistically....might think about this for next season....

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FRANCHISE SETTINGS
Offensive PlayCall Cooldown: 10
Offensive PlayCall Limit: 2
Make yourself call more than just your trusty go-to plays. I used the coach suggested plays anyway, but… Your playbook has hundreds of plays in it. Use them. You’re only going to get about 50-60 plays with this 10-minute/20 second runoff setup. Don’t run the same 5 non-stop.

 

[Exe Gesis]

There is one slider that is backwards to what one would think, that is the injury slider. Set it higher for fewer and lower for more injuries.

 

[WAbulldog]

Is there an option where I change playbooks that I can use in franchise?

 

[Exe Gesis]

QB ACC: Really doesn't seem to show much differentiation until you go below 10. That's about the threshold for seeing errant throws

Pass Reaction Time: This slider is likely backwards. Turning the slider lower appears to improve the reaction time of defenders when a WR makes a cut. The easiest way to see this is to pick man coverage versus a comeback route. With the slider is set lower, the defender will stop and turn a split second after the WR makes his break on the route. When set higher, the defender takes longer to react to the cut and the WR has greater separation. This test can work with outs and hitches as well. Ins are odd in that much of the time, defenders will break on these routes very quickly as opposed to outs or comebacks. Not sure if this slider affects zone coverage, and if it does, not sure what to look for.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Is there an option where I change playbooks that I can use in franchise?

Yes, in main screen profile settings, might also be in your franchise settings, but definitely in main franchise settings. Also, when you are about to play a game, matchup screen, where you choose which uniform you want, you can choose which playbook too.

You can also create your own custom playbooks, save them by a name, and then in main menu profile settings elect to use custom playbooks

 

[WAbulldog]

Yes, in main screen profile settings, might also be in your franchise settings, but definitely in main franchise settings. Also, when you are about to play a game, matchup screen, where you choose which uniform you want, you can choose which playbook too.

You can also create your own custom playbooks, save them by a name, and then in main menu profile settings elect to use custom playbooks

Will have look into it tomorrow.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Lot of slider changes for next week incoming. But plan to test some things I learned before deciding if its true or not.

Also learned that importing sliders from your main menu into franchise is much different (better) than inside franchise adjusting sliders (worse) as far as gameplay and effectiveness.

 

[Chewy316]

Lot of slider changes for next week incoming. But plan to test some things I learned before deciding if its true or not.

Also learned that importing sliders from your main menu into franchise is much different (better) than inside franchise adjusting sliders (worse) as far as gameplay and effectiveness.

Why change so many? The game is playing well, only thing that truly needs tinkering is the penalties.

 

[00Stinger]

Why change so many? The game is playing well, only thing that truly needs tinkering is the penalties.

My last game was the lowest amount of penalties I have had in about 5 games

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[rumply]

Lot of slider changes for next week incoming. But plan to test some things I learned before deciding if its true or not.

Also learned that importing sliders from your main menu into franchise is much different (better) than inside franchise adjusting sliders (worse) as far as gameplay and effectiveness.

Yeah importing sliders into your franchise is a must and it doesn't hurt to reset them every now and then as well if things are looking glitchy

 

[rumply]

Why change so many? The game is playing well, only thing that truly needs tinkering is the penalties.

Yeah I'm liking the game play

 

[rumply]

I'm running with matt10s penalties and not too bad so far, small sample tho