Speed or Height

[Point Blank]

I like height...

Waddup man. Long time no see.

I hope you don't mind me borrowing your thread idea..lol

 

[Champ]

height

 

[Fox1994]

Speed for all the aforementioned reasons.

 

[Champ]

No not at all. I'll be around more...my Madden burnout has worn off and I'm trying to get ready for the new game. I see you on my friends list playing Madden, we're going to have to get a game soon....I'm a little rusty.

Whats good JJ. This is Champ.

 

[Point Blank]

Good to see you back around bro.

 

[G-men]

speed kills, thats all there is to say

 

[Herm]

This year things might change, but I'm going to stick with tradition till proven otherwise.

Speed is the way to go...

Also isn't Fitz more of a possession guy with like 85-90 spd?

Fitz and Boldin are back to their Madden 07 ratings of 89 speed each.

 

[FlawLeSs]

Fitz and Boldin are back to their Madden 07 ratings of 89 speed each.

that superbowl YAC should have got larry extra points, but then again i guess not since the steeler secondary is slow as dirt

 

[G-men]

he looked pretty damn fast in that td catch down the middle in the superbowl

what most people dont realize is that 89 speed is still incredibly fast. im not sure if my own speed rating would even crack 40.

 

[MF Prime]

he looked pretty damn fast in that slant td catch down the middle in the superbowl

Oh I agree, but off a Slant its hard to say. I mean Fitz is one of my favorite receivers but I still wouldn't call him a burner ala Steve Smith.

what most people dont realize is that 89 speed is still incredibly fast. im not sure if my own speed rating would even crack 40.

Yeah its still fast but if his acceleration is jack, which I'm guessing is around the 83-88 range, he's still not fast in Madden terms. Or atleast in comparison to years past.

 

[Saluki]

Regardless o what they do with the game speed is always > than height just because your limited in what you can use to implement height, and there are so many ways to use speed. Height is pretty much jump ball and thats it, speed can streach the fi'd , go deep, turn a short play into a big gain, I think height will be much better represented and utilized in this years game, but speed at skill positions is always paramount.

 

[adembroski]

Some seem to be under the unfortunate impression that speed is still the be all-end all of this version.

It can be. There's a slider that will allow you to emphasize or deemphasize (like, completely) the speed rating. You can make it the entire game, or you can make it totally meaningless.

I think having that slider on 50 is perfect. Guys with a ton of speed will make a difference, but it's not enough to make up for defficiencies elsewhere.

 

[Helicopter]

Some seem to be under the unfortunate impression that speed is still the be all-end all of this version.

It can be. There's a slider that will allow you to emphasize or deemphasize (like, completely) the speed rating. You can make it the entire game, or you can make it totally meaningless.

I think having that slider on 50 is perfect. Guys with a ton of speed will make a difference, but it's not enough to make up for defficiencies elsewhere.

Being an online only player, thats what I was hoping to hear.

 

[adembroski]

Being an online only player, thats what I was hoping to hear.

Online default is Normal speed (which is about halfway between what most of the videos we've seen portray and '09 speed) and 50 speed difference. This is what I consider the most realistic feel.

 

[Herm]

Being an online only player, thats what I was hoping to hear.

I saw a blog yesterday that two Devs were playing a game they said that one guy had the Bucs and broke an 50 yarder up the gut with 85 speed Earnest Graham. I guess they were trying to show that you could break big runs with slow players, but that makes me think speed is even more overpowered. I guess we'll see.

 

[LopaKa]

speed kills...

 

[staylor0wnzu]

a combination of both, game seems very strong this year.

 

[Archer]

I always found Height better to be honest

This year I will say Height again but its all about how the User uses the guy anyways

 

[ChemTheThriller]

Probably speed, for the fact of a well timed "swat" seems to always prevail on passes... Thus a mid to short route well... can't really get position to swat those... get the ball in a 97 speed WRs hands watch him gun it by 70's and low 80's...