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xX_Jaktoe_Xx
Seasoned Newcomer
1 month ago

Varsity Difficulty (Un)realism

I haven't played a football video game since madden 21, I've always been decent but this game makes me think otherwise. Freshman difficulty is easy to the point where I can win 50-0 with one hand. But as soon as a face a team with an equal overall on VARSITY in dynasty... I will lose. But the thing is it doesn't feel like my fault. Even after some slider adjustments I find that CPU run & pass blocking is ridiculously insane. Also CPU wide receivers all turn into prime Randy Moss on me. Maybe I just don't know what defense to run, but again I am a decent player with a decent understanding of football. Do overall really matter that much? But again if its equal overalls my AI players should be just as good as the CPU, but that is definitely not the case. Not to mention the fact that it feels like there is rubberbanding/DDA in an offline game mode. I think there should be a difficulty level between Freshman and Varsity because that jump is obviously too extreme for a new player. Call me bad, but if you have any tips or sliders to try please let me know.

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  • CdrSimmons86's avatar
    CdrSimmons86
    Rising Novice
    29 days ago

    Welcome to CFB 27, where the devs hate their players because the players didn't like all the micro-transactions they introduced this year and forced EA to change it early. Every update gets worse and worse. I haven't won an Online Dynasty game since 2 updates and a post here talking about how bad rubber-banding is in this game. Sorry you're having to go through this too. It takes the fun out of a game we all paid money to *enjoy. Guess EA forgot that *enjoy part. 

  • 1andOnlyBDC's avatar
    1andOnlyBDC
    Rising Novice
    25 days ago

    I understand exactly how you feel. On Varsity, I can't make a catch on 3rd down even if my receiver has no one around him. Varsity is beyond over powered. Another prime example is I had a one-on-one press coverage against my receiver, threw a perfect deep ball streaking down the sideline, and the strong safety came from clean across the formation like a bolt of lightning and intercepted my pass. Even with slider adjustments, these things keep happening. 

  • jdebose's avatar
    jdebose
    New Adventurer
    10 days ago

    I turned down my sliders on Varsity. I was THRASHING schools like Ohio State etc with UCLA as OC. I was beating teams like that on All American too but towards the end of the season(and in certain games), the scripting happens where we drop passes, miss 5 yard throws with no rush, etc. The game is so inconsistent that some of us can play the exact same way on different difficulties and get the same results because the "fixed" scripting occurs randomly it seems and makes user players turn to garbage.

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