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Dshow27's avatar
Dshow27
3 years ago

Defensive player switching is a problem

Switching between players in pursuit to the ball makes no sense at all. It used to make so much sense. The player closest to the ball was who you were switched to when trying to make a play. Now a Qb can be running down field, your player can be standing right in front of him, you press the button to switch on, and instead of switching you to that player the game chooses a random guy chasing that’s no where near able to make the play needed to be made. It switched you to the wrong player when the ball is in the air in pass coverage. The switch logic just doesn’t make sense. Closest to the play is who we should be switched to. i really hope this gets fixed. This was one of my biggest problems with the game last year. Anyone else feel this?

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  • wiseguy22's avatar
    wiseguy22
    2 years ago

    Yes, I have had this issue as well. It usually switched to a cornerback. When I switch lets say from a DT to a DE while chasing the quarterback for the sack, it will switch to the CB instead. This results in the CB pulling off of his coverage leaving him wide open for a big gain. Very annoying. I hope they can change this somehow. The code from Madden 24 would be a lot better. 

  • MaddenUniversity's avatar
    MaddenUniversity
    New Veteran
    2 years ago
    @Dshow27 It's been a long time since the defensive switch ended up on the player closest to the ball... it's the "best located" defender now... that doesn't necessarily mean the closest defender, but in a few cases it does.That said, the as the swtich algorithm changes, you'll find this tip indispensible on defense.

    I used to expect the cursor to give me control of a particular player and would be ready to move the sticks with that player in mind. That's a disaster when the AI switches to a different guy.

    When you need to switch...

    - Switch earlier
    - Get your bearing before performing an action
    - Adjust your pursuit and switch to another defender

    Later
  • beliving's avatar
    beliving
    2 years ago

    The end of this is just admitting the game is worse and you have to play slower and just accept it’s worse in the moment everytime, I’d rather just play a good game lol

  • Zero2Cool80's avatar
    Zero2Cool80
    New Scout
    11 months ago
    @MaddenUniversity So, we have to switch and wait then react? That doesn't seem efficient. Especially when you have one or more guys barreling down on the QB and you want to switch to one of them only to be on the defensive back. DB's are going down field, DL/LB are going up field. You're wanting to tackle QB, but instead you're now the CB and instead of the CB going down field, he's now going up field. Thus, WR wide open.

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