Road to CFP is truly a grind lacking fun
Whelp... You would think that playing your first Road to CFP National Championship Game EA would at least make that matchup fair.....🤣 Who am I kidding....they don't want people winning and having ...
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My primary mode is Road to the CFP, and based on my experience (including last year), the matchmaking behaves a certain way during the regular season versus the playoffs.
During the regular season, if you pick a lower tier team (like a Tier 4) and set your search parameters to match that tier, it will prioritize finding a similar tier match initially. However, once the search queue extends past a certain point, it broadens the search and just tries to find you a game regardless of the tier restrictions.
Then once you hit the playoffs, the tier system completely drops off. My guess is that this is intentional to make the postseason run a lot more difficult and test your skills against whatever is thrown at you, but it definitely changes up the dynamic once you get past the regular season.
I have definitely had that experience in the regular season, but prior to the update, I actually always played same tier when I was in playoffs.
I have played a ton of playoff games including the previous versions of the game (25' 26') and for me, I always got same tier in playoffs. I did get mirrored teams in playoffs though, especially championship game, but same tier.
So if playoffs have never been tier locked, my experience has been much different prior to the update.
An individual gets punished by playing lower tiered teams, with constant barrage of tier 1 cheesers, that are bailed out by team rating and not player skill/knowledge of football.
Seeing the same tier 1 teams gets tiresome and no incentive to use lower tier teams.
ubiquitousnobody you are right it's definitely a huge disadvantage for a tier 4 to face a tier 1 team. The search system I feel definitely needs adjustment, I have matched up with Tennessee (which is who I use) in the playoffs (I have a screenshot) we should never match up with the team we are using.
Oh, I definitely had mirrored teams in playoffs as well and especially the championship game.
Last year's version (26') I had to go through same team multiple rounds, including title game.
I personally feel playoffs should be tier locked to promote and encourage people to use teams other than tier 1. Level the playing field. A lot of people just spam and cheese higher rated teams and lower tier teams are at a severe disadvantage.
