Please don’t patch the difficulty, it’s so good this year! (Franchise solo)

There are a ton of immersion breaking things about this game still and the scouting still sucks, but I think they nailed it with the difficulty and how cpu adjusts to you mid-game.

I hear a lot of players in different places complaining about how quickly the rush gets home or how good the cpu defense is in general, but this is the first Madden that I’ve ever had to establish the run and change up my passing concepts mid-game to win. I love having to keep my running backs and TE in pass-pro when the blitz is too good. I love having to really focus on pre-snap reads. If I want to think less I will lower the difficulty.

Right now though, it’s tuned so well for a SIM player like me who wants to try their best and still have their stats be in line with the rest of the league. They also fixed the cpu running game so the teams I play against keep running and have more success throughout the game. Last year every team I played would run the ball 5-6 times TOPS even if they had Gibbs or Henry. I also noticed that teams with elite RBs will keep trying to run late even if they aren’t having a good game on the ground.

Of all the things they need to address, difficulty is NOT one of them.

• All-Madden Difficulty / 9-minute quarters
• Default sliders besides penalties. I have all penalties cranked to 99 besides face mask(65). I find this setup has me called for penalties at the same rate as the rest of the league based on the league stats.