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gazr7ttpxdts
New Novice
4 months ago

Please remove stadium pulse from Road To College Football Playoffs

In College Football 25, online head-to-head matches Road To College Football Playoffs did not have the Stadium Pulse feature, and gameplay felt much fairer and more balanced. Without this mechanic, both players competed on a truly level playing field where skill and strategy determined the outcome rather than artificial pressure effects or distractions. The competitive integrity of online matches was much stronger, making the experience more enjoyable and rewarding.

Adding Stadium Pulse to online H2H matches in College Football 26 creates an unfair advantage that disrupts this balance. It’s similar to giving one player a better car in a racing game or better weapons in a shooter. For the sake of fair and competitive online play, I strongly urge you to remove or disable Stadium Pulse in head-to-head matches, just as it was in CFB 25. This change would improve player satisfaction and keep the focus on skill-based competition. Giving one side a clear advantage is silly. That’s why CFB 25 did not have it for online H2H competitive matches.

This feature does not belong in Road to College Football Playoffs since that’s a competitive online H2H match and should be a skill-based match, not an artificial tilt towards one side.

Stadium Pulse is fine for FG attempts only.

Here’s a Reddit discussion mentioning the same thing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/comments/1lw3m9h/am_i_the_only_one_that_hates_stadium_pulse_in/

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3 Replies

  • xMase412x's avatar
    xMase412x
    Rising Scout
    4 months ago

    Stadium Pulse is severely OP for the home team. I get the push to make the game feel real, but this "feature" needs a nerf. 

    • ? mark icon on receivers is possibly the dumbest idea in gaming history. No QB in football history has not be able to see and throw to their receiver bases on crowd noise. 
    • Difficulties with audibles. I get this one but teams have hand signals to combat crowd noise. Visiting team have no choice but to run the play called with zero adjustments. 
    • The fact that EA seems to have EVERYONE playing a SEC schedule against teams with high Stadium Pulse effects(bama, LSU, Georgia,) throw in Penn State and Ohio State its almost impossible to make the CFP.
    • Matchmaking seems to be forcing us into game with difficult Stadium Pulse. Anyone noticed that there seem to be NO ONE using tier 4 or 5 teams compared to last year??? The longer they keep Stadium Pulse as is the more players will keep going back to 25. 
  • ImStr8Balln's avatar
    ImStr8Balln
    Rising Novice
    4 months ago

    They don't seem care bro. Things that are Standard in Madden are left out of College.  You can't change uniforms, can't save roster adjustments, Stadium Pulse is ridiculous... I  truly believe their intention this year was to push everyone toward Ultimate Team and Madden.  Unfortunately, this is what happens when there is no competition 

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