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KsiZzler00
Rising Adventurer
9 months ago

Major step back for Online H2H

I am a top 300 online h2h player, and by this point I have come to expect few or no improvements when Madden comes out each year. 

Madden 25 however has made this mode, which already offered pretty much nothing excluding an actual ranking, Actually worse.

The ranking system is now nonexistent. Instead of actually seeing your record and stats, you now see the same generic tier base ranking structure That you see in almost every other online game. The colors are actually identical to WZ ranked play mode. 

Despite not being able to see my record there are so many new plays to keep me entertained I couldn’t wait to make a custom playbook which is standard for me and start learning the new mechanics… Well those don’t work either. I have made both offensive and defensive custom playbooks But when I start a game I noticed about 85% of the formations and plays that I selected are not there. 

This is even more frustrating when you get paired up with somebody playing with the same team as you. The one positive thing in Madden 24 Was the pregame lobby strategy selection so that you could see the team of your opponent. The strategy aspect itself was Pointless and you would think there could be a simple fix to this without using the strategies any longer but of course That would actually require people at EA actually listening to us the players. A simple Google Search of Madden would show anyone at EA endless complaints highlighting the same issues dating back to madden post ps2/xbox era. 

Custom Jerseys are also not working in 25. 

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  • @KsiZzler00 The custom playbook won't work in h2h online - only in franchise. It's super disappointing and someone out to be fired for that decision to delay upgrading it.
  • @KsiZzler00 Preach! 100% co-sign everything you said. What I don't understand is why did someone think this was a good idea at EA? Is there some technical reason why custom playbooks are not allowed in H2H AND some plays are not available while creating custom playbooks? It's taken the fun out of playing Madden. I doubt I'll buy any future edition without knowing if custom playbooks are working for H2H.
  • KsiZzler00's avatar
    KsiZzler00
    Rising Adventurer
    9 months ago

    @A-St1cky-W1cket There has been 0 incentive for EA to clean up the game’s fundamental errors that literally are the same every year because they have own the football video game space. Until there is any competition these things won’t be addressed. This whole website is literally a written record of how the same errors never get fixed going back years lol 

  • @KsiZzler00This year online h2h lost custom playbooks, the ability to see your online record, changing uniforms, and saving depth chart changes. How did the mode that gets the least attention lose all these features? I've had the game for a week now and still haven't played a single game. What a waste. I wish they'd atleast tell us if they're working on any of these for the next patch update. If not, the game may be months in before they add them in. I guess when it's a mode that doesn't have micro transactions this is what we can expect.

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    KsiZzler00
    Rising Adventurer
    9 months ago

    @Pankratz02 It’s the only mode I play, I’ve never opened UT even just out of curiosity. The rank tier thing is honestly laughable if you ever check it out. It is an exact copy of Warzone’s ranked play scheme down to the colors for each tier.

    I would have to assume there will be a fix on custom playbooks because right after the game was launched and I created a playbook it was at least a selection when I went to online play however yesterday I noticed that I couldn’t even select it anymore. I was reading somewhere that there was a particular number to the formations and plays allowed so I edited the one I made previously to see if it would work when I noticed this. Although If I can’t see my record in my ranking I honestly don’t even care that much about the playbooks. I was within top 100 in madden 23 and 400ish in madden 24 so this is kind of a dealbreaker for me.

  • Let’s talk about dynamic difficulty adjustment in online H2H gameplay on Madden 25. EA Sports denies that it exist, but there is overwhelming evidence that this corporation is lying to consumers on this and several other topics. I have decided that I will no longer purchase Madden going forward. I’ll holdout for the end of their exclusivity contract with the NFL to expire and perhaps we will have NFL 2K again. Otherwise after this year I will never play an NFL video game.  That’s how bad Madden 25 is. 

  • kicking is horrible and is a major step back and resetting records every 30 days is the most awful idea ever. some of the changes and tweeks that got done this yr made the game go back 10 yrs. graphics are great and the only highlight to this. the running and some setting are crazy. went 5 mins qtrs on line to 4. just need a major overhaul so many glitches and problems with this. everytime they change coverages and passing 10 more things go wrong. still have problems of lbs and de being as fast as wrs and rbs. i have bought madden every year i have own a ps. never seen one this outta whack

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