(07-13-2018, 09:36 AM)Kane Wrote:

(07-12-2018, 03:27 PM)Bullseye Wrote: I have been guilty of lowering a difficulty level, but that's rare.  I typically play games at the normal difficulty setting.  I tend to suck mightily at shooters like COD MW3, so the last time I played that I dummied it down so I could make some semblance of progress.  For Madden, while I have beaten the All Madden setting, I typically play at All Pro.

But I am not an extremist about the difficulty setting like some.  I know a guy who plays every game at the highest difficulty setting.  I wouldn't do that to myself.

I start at "normal" or some middle ground for most new games and then adjust accordingly.
For me... FPS is the majority of my play so I've gotten to where those are an automatic hard, veteran, hardened type setting.

Madden on All-Madden is the best challenge, but really pisses me off too much (i.e. CPU is losing and all of a sudden their D starts INTing everything) so like you I play on All Pro mostly.

I honestly don't remember the last time I played a game at an "easy" or beginner setting though.... Civilization maybe?

(07-13-2018, 10:22 AM)imtheblkranger Wrote:

(07-13-2018, 09:36 AM)Kane Wrote: I start at "normal" or some middle ground for most new games and then adjust accordingly.
For me... FPS is the majority of my play so I've gotten to where those are an automatic hard, veteran, hardened type setting.

Madden on All-Madden is the best challenge, but really pisses me off too much (i.e. CPU is losing and all of a sudden their D starts INTing everything) so like you I play on All Pro mostly.

I honestly don't remember the last time I played a game at an "easy" or beginner setting though.... Civilization maybe?

Man I suck at Madden. All Pro at the highest, I get my [BLEEP] handed to me on All Madden. 

....but that's bc the game cheats.

One thing I realized about playing Madden is that when in Franchise mode, you have to switch playbooks every 3 or 4 games, otherwise the computer will adjust to your play calling, and you will end up with those games where they stop all of your runs and jump all of your routes.

I try to approach the schedule like NFL teams do. In the preseason, I use just Balanced offense and 4-3 defense for weeks 1, 2 and 4. In week 3, I use the main playbook to "reacquaint" myself with it.

Then in the regular season, I play mostly with the Jaguars playbooks on offense and defense. When I switch up, I try to use playbooks of teams that are similar in approach to the Jaguars, but have minor differences that will impact playcalling. Like the Chargers, Falcons and Seahawks run similar defensive schemes to us in real life. I will switch and use one of their defensive playbooks. Offensively, since Marrone was under Payton in New Orleans, sometimes I will use their offense.

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