Madden NFL 2011 *OFFICIAL THREAD*
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Quick update for Madden fans : Madden NFL 11 Blog : EA SPORTS
Quick update for Madden fans
by Ian Cummings 08/21/10 10:41 AM
First off, you may or may not have noticed some news that was recently propped to your consoles regarding online quitters. The number one issue that we heard loud and clear out of the community was that rampant quitting had become a major problem in the online experience, both in ranked games and Madden Ultimate Team games. Well we were able to work on this over the last week and then deploy some quick fixes to the server to help deter this practice. The fixes were as follows:
1. Any quitter / disconnecter in a ranked game will automatically be given a loss. The victim will automatically be given a win.
2. We are currently monitoring the leaderboards and planning on zero’ing out the stats of any accounts found to be using quitting tactics (via high DNF / win percentages and game logs). This monitoring will be standard practice moving forward as well, as we have built in notifications to our server team that will automatically zero out any folks caught “boosting”, or using one account to quit immediately and award a win.
3. In a Madden Ultimate Team game, a person quitting will have a game burned off of his contracts for the players in the game to discourage this practice. The victim will always receive coins, prorated based on the percentage complete of the game (i.e. if it’s the 1st quarter, he’ll only get ¼ of the coins he would have gotten if he were to finish, if it’s at the end of the game, he’ll get ~90%, etc). The same note applies as above on anyone caught “boosting” after this fix is rolled out – they will be punished with bans, contract removals, or any other tactics we see fit.
4. We also found an issue where PDLC OTP boosts were being subtracted incorrectly. Anyone that had this happen has had their boost coin purchase refunded.
One thing I should note is that there is a bit of a trade-off with stats with the auto-loss / auto-win implementation. Since we wanted to roll this out as quickly as possible, there is one thing to be aware of in that average stats will take a hit when a quit occurs. What I mean by this is that if you have played 3 games and are averaging 100 rush yards per game, if a quit occurs, your rush average will drop down to 75 since you have a 4th game with zero stats. We will look into addressing this down the line but we wanted to get the fix out for the quitters as soon as possible.
Moving forward, we are working on addressing some of the most common feedback in upcoming title updates. You all already know that we are planning on releasing an update to enable old-school pre-play controls right around the start of the NFL season, which also will include the brand new Madden Moments LIVE feature where you can replay the top games from each week. In that update we will also have numerous art, gameplay, and stability fixes included as well. Along with that, we have also planned a second update to come towards the end of September. Below is a list of the top priority issues we seem to be hearing the most about that we are looking at:
- Fixing a bug to allow friend invites to ranked games
- Generally making pass defense more effective
- Reducing number of broken tackles
- Fixing user blitz exploit(s)
- Tuning injuries
- Tuning CPU & GameFlow play-calling logic
- Improving play action blocking
- Improving kick return blocking
- Improving online connectivity issues with kick meter lag, media streaming, etc.
- Random stability improvements
Hopefully this should give you a glimpse of our current priorities and our continued commitment to keeping Madden NFL 11 relevant and giving you an enjoyable experience over the entire year. We continue to listen for any and all top issues, and the list above is by no means all inclusive or locked so feel free to drop by the EA Forums to provide any feedback on things you want fixed.
Lastly, thanks to all of you for buying and playing Madden NFL 11…see you on the gridiron!
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Quick update for Madden fans : Madden NFL 11 Blog : EA SPORTS
Quick update for Madden fans
by Ian Cummings 08/21/10 10:41 AM
First off, you may or may not have noticed some news that was recently propped to your consoles regarding online quitters. The number one issue that we heard loud and clear out of the community was that rampant quitting had become a major problem in the online experience, both in ranked games and Madden Ultimate Team games. Well we were able to work on this over the last week and then deploy some quick fixes to the server to help deter this practice. The fixes were as follows:
1. Any quitter / disconnecter in a ranked game will automatically be given a loss. The victim will automatically be given a win.
2. We are currently monitoring the leaderboards and planning on zero’ing out the stats of any accounts found to be using quitting tactics (via high DNF / win percentages and game logs). This monitoring will be standard practice moving forward as well, as we have built in notifications to our server team that will automatically zero out any folks caught “boosting”, or using one account to quit immediately and award a win.
3. In a Madden Ultimate Team game, a person quitting will have a game burned off of his contracts for the players in the game to discourage this practice. The victim will always receive coins, prorated based on the percentage complete of the game (i.e. if it’s the 1st quarter, he’ll only get ¼ of the coins he would have gotten if he were to finish, if it’s at the end of the game, he’ll get ~90%, etc). The same note applies as above on anyone caught “boosting” after this fix is rolled out – they will be punished with bans, contract removals, or any other tactics we see fit.
4. We also found an issue where PDLC OTP boosts were being subtracted incorrectly. Anyone that had this happen has had their boost coin purchase refunded.
One thing I should note is that there is a bit of a trade-off with stats with the auto-loss / auto-win implementation. Since we wanted to roll this out as quickly as possible, there is one thing to be aware of in that average stats will take a hit when a quit occurs. What I mean by this is that if you have played 3 games and are averaging 100 rush yards per game, if a quit occurs, your rush average will drop down to 75 since you have a 4th game with zero stats. We will look into addressing this down the line but we wanted to get the fix out for the quitters as soon as possible.
Moving forward, we are working on addressing some of the most common feedback in upcoming title updates. You all already know that we are planning on releasing an update to enable old-school pre-play controls right around the start of the NFL season, which also will include the brand new Madden Moments LIVE feature where you can replay the top games from each week. In that update we will also have numerous art, gameplay, and stability fixes included as well. Along with that, we have also planned a second update to come towards the end of September. Below is a list of the top priority issues we seem to be hearing the most about that we are looking at:
- Fixing a bug to allow friend invites to ranked games
- Generally making pass defense more effective
- Reducing number of broken tackles
- Fixing user blitz exploit(s)
- Tuning injuries
- Tuning CPU & GameFlow play-calling logic
- Improving play action blocking
- Improving kick return blocking
- Improving online connectivity issues with kick meter lag, media streaming, etc.
- Random stability improvements
Hopefully this should give you a glimpse of our current priorities and our continued commitment to keeping Madden NFL 11 relevant and giving you an enjoyable experience over the entire year. We continue to listen for any and all top issues, and the list above is by no means all inclusive or locked so feel free to drop by the EA Forums to provide any feedback on things you want fixed.
Lastly, thanks to all of you for buying and playing Madden NFL 11…see you on the gridiron!
btw incase anyone didn't know, if you hot route the LB to a qb spy and blitz with him he get's through untouched and the O lineman ignore him. This is a glitch being abused alot online so stay offline till they fix it in a week or so.
btw if you want a challenge, go to creation zone, make a team under team type put 'cupcake', do the uniform, stadium ect then start a franchise and load the team. Go through the whole season without signing any free agents or trades and only rely on draft picks.
Have fun lol.
btw if you want a challenge, go to creation zone, make a team under team type put 'cupcake', do the uniform, stadium ect then start a franchise and load the team. Go through the whole season without signing any free agents or trades and only rely on draft picks.
Have fun lol.
did anyone finish a season and start a second one?
I did, I won the superbowl with da bears going 10-4 in the regular season (two losses were simmed games), then at the start of season two the CPU is fucking me up! I don't know if the settings automatically adjust to make it harder but I'm getting fucked up by like the raiders and shit like it's on all madden cheating shit going on.
I did, I won the superbowl with da bears going 10-4 in the regular season (two losses were simmed games), then at the start of season two the CPU is fucking me up! I don't know if the settings automatically adjust to make it harder but I'm getting fucked up by like the raiders and shit like it's on all madden cheating shit going on.
of course after i wrote that I played a game of madden and went 106 on a KO return with CJ Spiller so nevermind that shit....
I started a second season and it seems to be exactly the same....but I adjusted the level to 12 instead of playing on All Pro...its just enough where it doesnt get you on some fucc shit and It's still playable
I started a second season and it seems to be exactly the same....but I adjusted the level to 12 instead of playing on All Pro...its just enough where it doesnt get you on some fucc shit and It's still playable
yeah its annoying, I can't even enjoy an unranked game because people will still cheat, in unranked..lol
Also there is another glitch where when you control the DT keep encroaching straight to the center and it doesn't disconnect you, just gives the opponent penalites. So a person would do this if they are losing to make you quit when you get bored after 10 minutes.
Hopefully EA get their shit together and patch it all up soon.
Also the D is being tweaked because LB's don't cover hook zones correctly unless you manually control it.
And man align is fucked up and doesn't work either.
Also there is another glitch where when you control the DT keep encroaching straight to the center and it doesn't disconnect you, just gives the opponent penalites. So a person would do this if they are losing to make you quit when you get bored after 10 minutes.
Hopefully EA get their shit together and patch it all up soon.
Also the D is being tweaked because LB's don't cover hook zones correctly unless you manually control it.
And man align is fucked up and doesn't work either.
I've played a few more exhibition games, and I still don't like the new kicking meter. I don't mind the audible that much, but I don't like that strategy pad. I don't like that they took the sprint button away either. There were a few times where that sprint button would have been useful. Justin Forsett was wide open for the screen, he got the ball and I juked the hell out of a few defenders, and he was going at the speed of a DT once he broke out into the secondary, and his speed attribute shows he's suppose to be fast, I was pissed, because I got like 10+ yards before I got tackled.