More fun offline?

[Rush]

Is anybody having more fun with this Madden offline then online? Usually it's the other way around for me but im having fun offline for the first time in years.

 

[killgod]

havin a blast.

got some tough sliders making things fun.

 

[Derrville]

Ill say yes, OSUs sliders give me challenge, you can play at your own speed, and if you have a bad connection online will suck.

 

[Chadman]

fuck no..i need sliders...asap

 

[.RoCkEtS1]

Yes. Too many cheesers online and it is fun to play some competitive games against the computer or even against a friend without worrying about the connection.

 

[SHOGUN]

Yes. Too many cheesers online and it is fun to play some competitive games against the computer or even against a friend without worrying about the connection.

This.

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

No, online is where its at. I understand if you are on the 360 though.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

I've never been a fan of playing online, it's always CPU or real life friends for me.

 

[Wildcard]

I'm having way for fun in Head to Head offline.

Online is just too slow.

 

[krulmichael]

Just waiting till next week arrives so I can make my final roster cuts for my roster before starting my Chise.

 

[mgoblue2290]

I've always been a big offline guy and its nice to see franchise mode having some actual logic to it. The CPU isn't to bad with its logic, it still makes dumb choices but overall it actually plays like it should.

Its also a lot harder to negotiate contracts. I'm trying to get Kevin Smith to sign an extension before he's a free agent, but he wants quite a bit of money since he did good for me in my first season. In 09, I'd just give him whatever it said on the screen and things were fine.

 

[killgod]

Care to share?

i'll post the actual sliders tonight...but they are like this.

i jacked down human passing. it's like 20/22/35. I'm using the 49ers and Alex Smith. Dude's accuracy is so fucking awful and I love it.

I know if I had a legit star QB I'd be playing much better, so it feels right.

I get mad pressure in my face and get hit a ton, and SF's line isn't that solid to begin with, so that feels good.

The drops are a bit high compared to other teams, I don't mind it tho since my WR's are all garbage anyways.

My run sliders are in the 40's, I'm not that good with rushing the ball tho. Gore is 3rd in the NFC with 890yds after 10 games. I've had games with 15-18 carries for 50 yards and as many as 220 yards.


I have a few 'house rules' which is no diff than 'keeping it sim online'.

-Don't abuse money plays. (screens, RB's in the flats, etc)
-Punt when neccessary
-Kickoff returns are kneeled if 2 or more yards deep in the endzone, same goes for fair catches, FC if the gunners are close.
-On Defence simply user the MLB (Willis) and do his assignment. If they run, don't switch off till I'm completely out of the play and if they pass I can click off to the DB once the ball is in the air. Strafeing around as a Safety against the CPU is a waste of your time if you plan to play offline.


This is all on 15min/25AC so I get the full 20 plays.

Through ten games i'm 4-6. Scored as little as 10 points and as many as 34.

Pass Offence is in the middle of the league and Rush Offence is 10th. Pass D is 31st and Rush D is middle of the league. It's tough cause the CPU passes more than it should and blitzes more than it should. You'll end up having your WR's having high YAC numbers cause you'll have to dump it off quickly due to excessive blitzing.

Don't think there's much you can change about those CPU things though, hopefully in a patch.


The whole concept behind how I set my sliders revolves around this idea. To set sliders so that if I bring my A game (in a sim style) that I'll only play to the best of the players ability. So if I play my best and not fuck up at all I expect to hit about 55% of my passes for 200-250yds and maybe 2 scores. Wouldn't expect anything more out of Smith, but putting up a perfect game with Passing Accuracy at 20 is fucking tough as nails cause unless your spot on with your placement when throwing, you're probably gonna miss.

 

[Blade]

^ Good philosophy. I have been loving the offline, the only weird thing is that on All-Pro there are some crazy d-line interceptions by the CPU. I turned the game off cuz of it. I am tinkering around in Pro, seems wussy I know, but I turned down the sliders for human on that, especially for Defense.

What level are you playing on? All-Madden?

 

[killgod]

^ Good philosophy. I have been loving the offline, the only weird thing is that on All-Pro there are some crazy d-line interceptions by the CPU. I turned the game off cuz of it. I am tinkering around in Pro, seems wussy I know, but I turned down the sliders for human on that, especially for Defense.

What level are you playing on? All-Madden?

Well with custom sliders you don't really play on one specific difficulty (as far as I'm aware)

I think I have

Passing - 14
Rushing - 11
Pass D - 15
Rush D - 16

I've also made tweaks to CPU sliders too. So I have All Madden on D and All Pro on offence, although not the standards. (10 being All Pro and 15 being All Madden)


I'll post a whole thread on everything I've done so far later on. Still a work in progress but I fucking love what I'm doing so far.

 

[Houston]

lol none of my friends have this game.

I've been an online person since 08.

 

[mfbmike]

Personally for me, offline at the moment but then again, I'm a huge franchise guy at heart.

With the right sliders, games have been extremely challenging for me.

I'm currently 8-4 in my Bills chise in season with 5 of those games being determined in overtime. rofl.

Online is getting more fun as I'm getting used to the gameplay differences online. First online game I threw 9 picks. Only threw 2 last game. lul.

 

[Blade]

Lookin forward to the thread Killgod. Enlighten me as soon as you can

 

[Archer]

Offline right now . Still enjoying GGML but it seems like everybody plays the same way online

It's also funny how many people class themselves as "good" when there runningback averages 9-10 catches per game

 

[Archer]

No, online is where its at. I understand if you are on the 360 though.

Yeah I would hate to play the same game but on 360 (apart from LT) :confused2:

 

[Houston]

Yeah I would hate to play the same game but on 360 (apart from LT) :confused2:

More cheesers online on the 360 fool.