[INFO/How to:] Madden 21 MUT Solo Battles
>>> In this post, I want to provide information about the MUT Solo Battle mode in Madden 21. Everything following is based on my experience and perspectives as a player (and top 10 contender in weekl...
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General information about this mode
The MUT Solo Battle mode is a weekly event. It starts on Mondays 10.30 AM ET and ends on Monday 9.00 AM ET [sidenote: I’m not exactly sure about the end of the event since the official information provided in-game says 8.30 AM; please confirm!] the following week. The weekly event consists of up to 13 games against AI-controlled teams. 12 of the 13 opponents are chosen from lineups of human players (i.e. the MUT community). The 13th opponent (“featured opponent”) most often is based on a specific MUT promo (e.g. in the first week of April 2021, the featured opponent was containing players from the NFL Honors promo filled up with other players).
Opponents vary from week to week and differ in their OVR strength. Most often there are 6 opponents with a lower OVR average and 6 with a higher OVR average. In addition, the featured opponent most often is above average regarding the lineup’s OVR.
On Monday, when the Solo Battle event kicks off, the featured opponent and the first 4 opponents from the community are released. 4 more opponents will be released every Wednesday and Friday (at 10:30 AM ET) respectively. The featured opponent is available all week long. Both the Wednesday and Friday updates need a manual input (i.e. “update opponents”). As soon as you updated the opponents, all previous games are no longer available (if they have not been played yet).
The first 4 games (i.e the Monday release) are available all week long too if you at least open the Solo Battles menu before the Wednesday release. Otherwise, when opening the Solo Battle menu later than Wednesday 10.30 AM ET (or Friday 10.30 AM ET), the Monday (and Wednesday) games are skipped and you can only choose from the last released 4 games.
In other words, if you want to play all 13 games of the week’s event, you have to 1) open the Solo Battle menu before Wednesday 10.30 AM ET for the first time, 2) complete the 4 Monday games and execute one opponent update before Friday 10.30 AM ET, and 3) complete the remaining 9 games (incl. the featured opponent) before Monday 9.00 AM ET.
Sidenote: Solo Battle games are not available during server maintenance. Maintenance windows are usually displayed when the game is opened and announced in advance via the Twitter account @MaddenNFLDirect. If the servers are down due to maintenance, the Solo Battle menu only shows your current weekly score and the weekly rewards scheme. Make sure that you finish your Solo Battle games before server maintenance starts in order to avoid losing Solo Battle score points due to a lost connection! Unfortunately, in this case your game might be rated as DNF (“Did not finish”) not allowing you to replay the game.
I can’t play solo battles because it says the servers can’t process it I need advice
- @THELICHKING99 did you already try to create a new lineup (e.g. by using the "generate best OVR" option)? sometimes there is something corrupted stored in the background of a lineup causing issues like yours. creating a new lineup solved this issue by a lot of players (incl. not being allowed to play Solo Challenges).
hope that helps. good luck!"Added >>>The PAT attempt is skipped at the very end of the game...<<< to the Known bugs and workarounds section [April 15th 2021]"
btw its only for us players that we can not play the last pat/tpc. if the ai score a td at the last play then the game goes on. perfect cheating by @ea.
- @satfreaktom264 Yes,that is true. I added this info to the bugs section but did not write it in the changelog ( to keep it short).
Thanks for your comment, @satfreaktom264! 🙂 Please let me know if you find any other missing or incorrect information.
