Defensive Back Superstar Mode has major problems.
I’m baffled at how something can continue to regress year after year. For starters, why are we no longer allowed to adjust cornerback matchups? Your defensive back could be a 99 overall, just to find yourself guarding WR3 on every single coverage snap. It’s asinine and it’s unrealistic. The best defensive back should guard the best reciever. It’s crazy that we don’t even get the opportunity to do that anymore.
This issue leads into a butterfly effect that needs to be talked about too. When you can’t place yourself on the highest rated reciever; more likely than not the WR1 on the opposing team will have a field day. Guess what this does to your influence? It completely tanks it. Giving up first downs tanks your QB influence EVERY TIME it happens. It doesent even have to be YOUR man, but if it’s a first down then boom your QB loses influence. Touchdown scored? loss of influence, man not covered for one second? Loss of influence, catch made on the other side of the field that had nothing to do with you because you can’t guard the best reviver? Loss of influence.
Over time this starts to stack, and it tanks your quarterbacks stats like crazy to the point where it makes the offense completely unreliable. It’s a horrible system that just leaves you bound for failure and will all honesty it negates the fun of the mode.
Let’s talk about some more issues. Why were some of the older abilities removed from superstar mode? Acrobat? Lurker? Pick artist? There’s just not enough variety with these abilities and it makes the game a lot harder to play due to these less affective superstar abilities.
EA, I say this as someone who used to once love superstar mode. I think it’s time yall take a deep look at what you want your game to be a representation of because at the moment, this is utterly embarrassing. Stop focusing so much on MUT and start showing love to the other areas of the game that need it. When you don’t, it makes the game unplayable for those who love these other modes. I just ask that yall try your best to fix the little things, it’ll make the community so much happier.
sincerely, dame
