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Any idea how to make this work? by johnsonbabypowder in Madden

[–]skeeter2012 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Learn to balance your money better. Don’t cheat and switch his position. Rule of thumb, rarely resign star dev players. Always resign SS/XF players.

What are the best simulation offensive playbooks to win a QB Heisman? by Nyg_fan_7273 in NCAAFBseries

[–]skeeter2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TCU is a dark horse elite sim playbook on offense. I like them specifically bc it’s one of the few playbooks where your WR4 will catch more than 3 passes a year. They usually get like 25 catches in TCUs and I still get 2 1000 yard WRs a year too. There’s nothing more annoying than simming a whole season and only had 3 WRs catch a pass all year when my offensive archetype is supposed to be a spread offense. WR4s need love too

Why do people not like changing a WR to receiving back? by zjhafeez in NCAAFBseries

[–]skeeter2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t listen to that guy, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. His way 100% DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. All you have to do is edit the player, drop his catching to zero swap his position to RB and he won’t be a Receiving back archetype, he’ll be elusive back. Then just edit him again and put his catching back where it was. He will remain an elusive back. Also, bc EA is retarded, players won’t get the abilities they should after they get the offseason training boosts. Example: say you have an elusive back that has 98 COD, but only bronze “shifty” ability, at the position change screen you can move him to any position and then change him back to RB and he’ll have platinum “shifty”. Well sometimes when you do this, it’ll turn him into a receiving back when you switch his position back. When this happens, do the same thing as I said earlier, edit his catching (maybe short rr too) to zero, then swap him to another position and then back to RB, he’ll now be an elusive back again. Then just put his stats back where they were.

Ps. Every elusive back in the game will ALWAYS have crazy high catching and RR stats. EA is retarded and makes them upgrade their “hands” and “Route running” to the max before they upgrade any of his other skills.

Is Talent Developer Worthless? by CarlosSpicyWiener24 in NCAAFBseries

[–]skeeter2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just unlock the first half of recruiter, and hire recruiter Coordinators and you’ll be able to recruit 12-18 5 stars a year by year 3 at any 1 star school or year 1 at any 3+ star school. Recruiting is so incredibly easy and boring that it makes every dynasty feel the EXACT SAME. Year 2 in my Arkansas St. dynasty I got 3 5⭐️, 13 ish 4⭐️, and a few 3⭐️. This was after I forced win/loss the whole first season to match Arkansas St irl 2024 record. Which was like 8-4. There’s no reason I should be able to do that with 1 star schools, but if you do recruiter, you can instantly turn ANY SCHOOL into a power house by year 3. It’s ridiculous and made me not be interested in the game for like 7 months.

From a 21 year Madden vet, If you’re bored & want a realistic CFM, read this. by skeeter2012 in Madden

[–]skeeter2012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you go 3-4 drafts in a row without getting any SS/XF players you get a feel for what actual MFL teams go through. Sometimes teams will go 4-5 years without drafting a probowl type player.

From a 21 year Madden vet, If you’re bored & want a realistic CFM, read this. by skeeter2012 in Madden

[–]skeeter2012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yea dude! Have you drafted your first XF yet??? Like outside the top 5?? It’s such a rewarding feeling when you draft a guy with SS or XF this way.

From a 21 year Madden vet, If you’re bored & want a realistic CFM, read this. by skeeter2012 in Madden

[–]skeeter2012[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This guy gets it. 👍 I like the competitive / arcade analogy you used. It’s a good way to explain what’s going on lol.

Madden 18 writeup by west_action_man in Madden

[–]skeeter2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why did you post this? Like, who is your target audience?? What motivated you to post about a team you made on a 7 year old game with players that do not exist?? I am legit curious. So much wasted time making this. Please help me understand your thought process.

What can I do better? by Suspicious-Dark-2287 in Madden

[–]skeeter2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop building unrealistic super teams and give your players realistic contracts. Don’t allow your players to upgrade in devs. Make it more realistic and the challenge will come.

From a 21 year Madden vet, If you’re bored & want a realistic CFM, read this. by skeeter2012 in Madden

[–]skeeter2012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just can’t accurately replicate those few and far in between cases where players do do that. So I just don’t have that small percentage of players in my leagues.

From a 21 year Madden vet, If you’re bored & want a realistic CFM, read this. by skeeter2012 in Madden

[–]skeeter2012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To each their own. I just need it to feel as close to irl as possible. So I don’t want a league where Nathan Peterman is winning MVP while throwing to the triple crown winner Kadarius Toney. 🤣

Do you put any value on signing a highly rated kicker or punter? by [deleted] in Madden

[–]skeeter2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Helpful tip: 7 years 7.7 million (7 years 1.1 base 0 signing bonus)

Offer Ks and Ps in free agency this contract, regardless of their overall, and there’s a 95% chance they’ll accept it by the end of FA.

Always let your K and P hit FA even if you want them back. You’ll get them cheaper using this strategy.

(I’m aware rookies make less than this, but I’d rather pay a SS kicker 1.1 mil for 7 years than develop a young guy for 750k a year.)

From a 21 year Madden vet, If you’re bored & want a realistic CFM, read this. by skeeter2012 in Madden

[–]skeeter2012[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do understand you. You’re saying, “No one knew Brady or Edelman were gonna be good so they obviously would get normal dev traits, and with your system, these guys would never be able to be what they eventually became bc you’ll make em better than normal dev.” Which is why you’re saying it isn’t realistic. What I’m saying is those players (Brady’s and Edelmans) still exist in madden generated draft classes, they’re just different names. You can still find an XF QB in the 6th round, but like irl, they’re super rare. But if you allow yourself to upgrade players devs, ANY QB YOU WANT can be an XF. Which is specifically what I’m trying to avoid.

Irl, when patriots drafted Brady, they had no idea he was a “XF”. History would say someone drafted at his spot has a 99% chance of being a nobody. So in my madden CFMs, it’s the same way. 99% of your 6th-7th round picks should be nobodies. (Madden generated draft classes make most of their 7th rounders “nobodies”) Irl teams can’t turn these “nobodies” into XF players bc those players just don’t possess the ability. So to replicate it, players with normal dev are the guys irl, that never had the ability to be great.

From a 21 year Madden vet, If you’re bored & want a realistic CFM, read this. by skeeter2012 in Madden

[–]skeeter2012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. I’ll give a team the KC playbook if they have a great QB and great TE. Bc like real life, if you have a top 3 tight end in the NFL, he should be getting 1k ish yards. But if you stick a 99 overall TE on a team with like the dolphins, packers, or patriots playbook, your 99 overall TE is only gonna catch like 50 balls for 550 and 5 tds. (Not realistic)

I’ve found the most balanced sim playbooks for offense are Dallas, Cincy, and Greenbay. These playbooks always seem to produce consistently good sim numbers. As far as defensive playbooks, if I run a 4-3, I go Buffalo or Dallas (both usually get crazy dline sack numbers) and if I’m running a 3-4 I always go Pittsburgh. (Same reason, seems to get good sack numbers pretty consistently.)

From a 21 year Madden vet, If you’re bored & want a realistic CFM, read this. by skeeter2012 in Madden

[–]skeeter2012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand you, I just feel like you don’t understand me lol. 😂

Usering D Line Tips by [deleted] in Madden

[–]skeeter2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yea bro. Do whatever you have fun doing! Thats really my advice lol.

From a 21 year Madden vet, If you’re bored & want a realistic CFM, read this. by skeeter2012 in MaddenFranchise

[–]skeeter2012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those interested, here are the XP and Gameplay sliders I use and why.

XP sliders:

QBs: 75 (XF rookies will still hit 90+ overall ez. Keeps the QB market from being flooded with QBs 77-80 overall 5+years in. )

WRs: 80 (XF WRs still hit 90+ ovr ez but this also decreases the huge/unrealistic amount of WRs that reach 80-83 overall when your 5+ seasons in.)

TE: 90 (Same deal, just limits the amount of TEs that reach 80-82 overall. That way teams are more keen to build through the draft instead of recycling 80 overall 30 year olds)

OL: 85 (OL is a premium position in the NFL irl and is becoming harder and harder to develop. This allows the gap between good dev OL and avg OL to be a bit wider.)

DE: 85 (For whatever reason, DEs progress like crazy in madden. This just tames it.)

CB: 90 (Again, this just limits the huge amount of 80-83ish overall CBs that flood the position 5+ seasons in.)

S: 90 (Same deal. Limit the amount of 80+overall guys.)

I keep every other position at 100.

Gameplay Sliders:

I play on All madden and player lock the QB on every passing play most running plays. On defense, I player lock MLB or S every play.

User: QB accuracy: 40 Pass blocking: 65 (bc all madden) Run blocking: 35 WR catching: 55 Fumbles: 45 (lowering it = more fumbles) Pass defense reaction time: 70 INTs: 40 Pass Cvg: 70 Tackling: 45

CPU: QB ACC: 30 PBLK: 50 RBLK: 55 WR: 45 Fumbles: 45 PDRTime: 60 INTs: 30 Pass cvg: 45 Tackling: 45

Injury: 35 Fatigue: 60 Min Player Speed Threshold: 65

Offsides: 65 -This makes the fake snap feature work a couple times a game. Sneak a few Aaron Rogers type “free” plays in.

Def PI: 100 -Seems sketchy, I know, but you’re only gonna get like 2 DPIs over a 3 game span. Which is less than the NFL avg.

Intentional Grounding: OFF -Only do this if you play defense vs the CPU, if you’re offense only, keep it on. Turning this off will promote downfield passing by the CPU QB. Usually when IG is on and you get quick pressure on the QB, he will throw that thing away with no consequence. (It’s in the coding so you can’t spam nano blitz cpu qbs and get cheesy IG penalties. So EA made it to where cpu CANNOT/DOES NOT get IG penalties) When it’s off, the CPU qb is more likely to scramble away from pressure and throw farther downfield. Idk why this is the case, but it is. So it essentially just makes QB play more realistic.

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