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08-07-2016, 11:28 AM
Overview (https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/ultimate-team/news/2016/madden-ultimate-team-17-overview)
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Madden Ultimate Team, or “MUT” as it’s known to its players, puts together some of the most fun and addictive features of video gaming and football. If you have ever dreamed of throwing a Hail Mary from today's best quarterbacks to the NFL's greatest receivers of the past, or fantasized of having NFL Legends like Deion Sanders or Ronnie Lott line up in your secondary, Madden Ultimate Team is the Madden experience you're looking for.
Do you like Fantasy Football and the idea of building a winning team? Do you like opening packs of items to accelerate your line up, use a live auction house to buy and sell your items for in game currency, or even collect your items in sets for more players, packs, or in-game currency? MUT has all of these things and more!
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Madden Ultimate Team is packed with sets, solo challenges, and a complete multiplayer H2H Events mode which lets players challenge their friends’ Ultimate Team for ultimate bragging rights! Ultimate Team also provides live content to keep things fresh. With Madden Ultimate Team, the football season never ends.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8250/28722610992_f20209d335.jpg
Solo Challenges, the most played game type in Madden, have been improved. Last year we added dynamic start conditions where you could start in the middle of a game or late in a game. This year we are adding dynamic end conditions as well as bonus goals that can grant rewards. So if a challenge has an end condition of scoring a rushing touchdown, as soon as you do that as a player, the challenge ends make solo challenges a quicker more exciting experience!
https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8673/28827516575_e8a3d07336.jpg
Chemistry is back and has been completely remade. It's much more flexible and dynamic than in the past or in comparison with last season’s Style. Chemistry rating boosts appears in blue on the lineup screen and in detail on the back of each item. The requirements to activate each Chemistry and Chemistry rating bonuses are also much more flexible than past iterations. So for instance, a simple run block Chemistry might require 2 linemen with that Chemistry to activate and give a bonus to their strength; but a deeper “Legion of Boom” Chemistry will require specific player from the Seattle Seahawks defense to activate even MORE dynamic rating boosts. Visit for more on Chemistry in Madden Ultimate Team.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8129/28722609412_989e638bf3.jpg
H2H Unlimited Events has replaced H2H Seasons in Madden Ultimate Team. This will be the place to go when you want to play against another human opponent with anyone in your lineup with no restrictions. Playing in H2H Unlimited Events does put you in MUT’s Event structure but does not cost a ticket to play. The Event structure for H2H Unlimited Events does vary from Draft Champions Ranked and Salary Cap Ranked as you will have the opportunity to earn 10 wins before reaching 2 losses.
H2H Unlimited Events also comes with a new leaderboard that takes a more competitive rank approach instead of how many coins you have earned in the mode. Additionally, the leaderboard displays what tier (Rookie 1st String, Pro 2nd String, etc.) you are in based on your performance. Lastly, by utilizing our Event structure we get vastly improved matchmaking. For all of these reasons, we’re excited with the changes coming in Madden NFL 17!
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8563/28827515635_550119440d.jpg
Alternate Uniforms return to MUT better than ever, including rarely seen CFM relocation uniforms. This changes MUT from having only the base NFL uniforms to choose from, and vastly expands options available for players to customize their teams.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8115/28722608012_a3ec1d2da7.jpg
https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8585/28827514375_d3c97bb916.jpg
Trade Block has returned fully intact to trade items with your friends. A community favorite is back!
A new Message of the Day will keep you up to date in game on all the happenings in Madden Ultimate Team but tune to @easports_mut for even more Madden Ultimate Team News!
Chemistry (https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/ultimate-team/news/2016/madden-ultimate-team-17-chemistry)
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Hey Madden Fans!
The time is finally here. After hearing about some of the other exciting features coming in Madden NFL 17, it's time to talk a little about MUT. So let's dive in and discuss one of the major features coming to Madden Ultimate Team on Xbox One and Playstation 4 - Chemistry.
Chemistry Again?
The term “Chemistry” is not a new one to Madden Ultimate Team but everything you once knew about it can be thrown out the window. So what is Chemistry now? Chemistry will replace Style in Madden NFL 17 and serve as a powerful way to build your MUT lineups. Player items have the opportunity to have a Chemistry (and possibly more than one) and when combined with other Player Items with the same Chemistry, will turn on attribute boosts.
But wait, how is this any better than what Style does now?
That question can be answered in multiple ways but let’s start with my favorite aspect – you will see EXACTLY what these boosts do to your Player's attributes.
https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8753/28750863431_cc012d195f.jpg
Caption: The blue bars for Man and Zone coverage indicate that these ratings are being affected by a Chemistry
If you activate a Chemistry that boosts your team by +2 Block Shedding, each Item will update the players Block Shedding rating to reflect the new value. And if the boost from the Chemistry is enough to increment that player’s OVR rating, that will update as well (not to mention your Team Rating could be incremented as well!).
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8581/28209687874_07dd8d8dc8.jpg
Caption: The blue-colored OVR rating on Von Miller, T.J. Ward, Aqib Talib, and Chris Harris Jr. indicate that the Chemistry boosts were powerful enough to increase their OVR
No more guessing. No more assuming that a boost is affecting attributes. No more amazingly fantastical online theories to reverse-engineer how much boost is being received. It’s all right there in front of you.
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8684/28750859851_05a0436056.jpg
Caption: The back of a player's item will clearly display what ratings are being impacted by Chemistry
Another reason why we’re so excited about Chemistry that really separates it from anything we’ve ever done before is the flexibility this new system carries with it. Last year we were handcuffed to 8 Styles and each one of those Styles only affected two ratings. In Madden NFL 17, Chemistry quite literally has infinite possibilities. We will launch the game with a set amount of Chemistries but will continue to add new ones as the year progresses.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8548/28209686314_35309c63a5.jpg
Caption: You can easily insert players into your starting lineup who are contributing to a completed Chemistry by using the Lineup Tools
As for the Chemistries themselves, they too have more flexibility than ever before. Not only are we able to specify what ratings we want to affect but we can now define who receives the boosts. So for example if we wanted to create a Chemistry that only targeted and gave a ratings boost to wide receivers and running backs, we can. If we wanted to do one for the entire defensive line, we can. Even something as cool as targeting only players who play for the Buffalo Bills is in bounds. There’s a huge opportunity to make these Chemistries feel unique, exciting, and something that you’re really going to want in MUT ’17 and we can’t wait to explore those possibilities as we get closer to Madden NFL 17’s launch.
Chemistry 101
Since we kind of dove right in and immediately feasted on desert, let’s take a step back and talk about some of the nuts and bolts that go into creating a lineup with Chemistry. This might and should feel somewhat familiar to veteran MUT players but there are some differences in Madden NFL 17.
Let’s start with a hypothetical example. Madden Ultimate Team has a Chemistry called “The Route Tree”. This Chemistry will add +3 Route Running to your wide receivers and tight ends. To activate it, this Chemistry requires you to collect at least 5 Player Items with “The Route Tree” Chemistry icon. Once you have the players and want to turn this Chemistry on you need to do two things in the lineup screen – make these players your starters and play them in their designated position. Players who are playing out of position (I.E. a right tackle playing left tackle) will not count towards your Chemistry.
Here is the list of positions considered as “starters” towards Chemistry. Again backups, will not count:
Offensive
QB1
HB1
FB1
WR1
WR2
WR3
TE1
LT1
LG1
C1
RG1
RT1
Defensive
RE1
LE1
DT1
DT2
LOLB1
ROLB1
MLB1
MLB2
CB1
CB2
CB3
FS1
SS1
FAQ
We know that with a big feature and change to Madden Ultimate Team such as Chemistry there are going to be plenty of questions. Some of them will be answered in the time leading up to Madden NFL 17’s launch but here are some answers now to some likely questions you’ll have…
Q. Can I activate more than one Chemistry at once?
A. Yes, in fact we are advocating that you experiment with multiple combinations of Chemistry. If one Chemistry requires 7 offensive players to activate and another requires 5, you can construct a lineup to turn on both of those Chemistries. Furthermore, if both Chemistries boost the same rating/attribute, the boosts stack on top of each other. So if one Chemistry adds +2 Agility and the other adds +3 Agility, the players affected by this Chemistry will have a +5 Agility boost.
Q. So do I pick what two Chemistries I want active just like I do with Style?
A. No, the concept of “choosing your Style/Chemistry” is removed. As soon as your active lineup meets the requirements to turn on a Chemistry, that Chemistry is automatically activated. So this means you can optimize a lineup around multiple Chemistries but since all Chemistries are not created equally, and will target different ratings and positional groups, the amount of players it takes to activate each Chemistry will vary. And remember, there will be many more than 8 Chemistries in Madden NFL 17 so you will always be incentivized to explore different lineup combinations. It’s very conceivable to envision a lineup with at least 4 Chemistries activated.
Q. How do I know what boosts a Chemistry has?
A. Player and Coach Items will have two new back pages that describe each Chemistry, what ratings are impacted, the requirements to activate, and which teammates are affected by the Chemistry. Additionally, there will also be a tab on the back of the Player Item that shows if that player is currently being boosted by another active Chemistry.
That’s all for now! We’ll be back soon with more information on Madden NFL 17. Stay tuned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXs1fR1OAYg
https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8668/28722612652_713fe86f12.jpg
Madden Ultimate Team, or “MUT” as it’s known to its players, puts together some of the most fun and addictive features of video gaming and football. If you have ever dreamed of throwing a Hail Mary from today's best quarterbacks to the NFL's greatest receivers of the past, or fantasized of having NFL Legends like Deion Sanders or Ronnie Lott line up in your secondary, Madden Ultimate Team is the Madden experience you're looking for.
Do you like Fantasy Football and the idea of building a winning team? Do you like opening packs of items to accelerate your line up, use a live auction house to buy and sell your items for in game currency, or even collect your items in sets for more players, packs, or in-game currency? MUT has all of these things and more!
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8639/28827517395_724fa724af.jpg
Madden Ultimate Team is packed with sets, solo challenges, and a complete multiplayer H2H Events mode which lets players challenge their friends’ Ultimate Team for ultimate bragging rights! Ultimate Team also provides live content to keep things fresh. With Madden Ultimate Team, the football season never ends.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8250/28722610992_f20209d335.jpg
Solo Challenges, the most played game type in Madden, have been improved. Last year we added dynamic start conditions where you could start in the middle of a game or late in a game. This year we are adding dynamic end conditions as well as bonus goals that can grant rewards. So if a challenge has an end condition of scoring a rushing touchdown, as soon as you do that as a player, the challenge ends make solo challenges a quicker more exciting experience!
https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8673/28827516575_e8a3d07336.jpg
Chemistry is back and has been completely remade. It's much more flexible and dynamic than in the past or in comparison with last season’s Style. Chemistry rating boosts appears in blue on the lineup screen and in detail on the back of each item. The requirements to activate each Chemistry and Chemistry rating bonuses are also much more flexible than past iterations. So for instance, a simple run block Chemistry might require 2 linemen with that Chemistry to activate and give a bonus to their strength; but a deeper “Legion of Boom” Chemistry will require specific player from the Seattle Seahawks defense to activate even MORE dynamic rating boosts. Visit for more on Chemistry in Madden Ultimate Team.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8129/28722609412_989e638bf3.jpg
H2H Unlimited Events has replaced H2H Seasons in Madden Ultimate Team. This will be the place to go when you want to play against another human opponent with anyone in your lineup with no restrictions. Playing in H2H Unlimited Events does put you in MUT’s Event structure but does not cost a ticket to play. The Event structure for H2H Unlimited Events does vary from Draft Champions Ranked and Salary Cap Ranked as you will have the opportunity to earn 10 wins before reaching 2 losses.
H2H Unlimited Events also comes with a new leaderboard that takes a more competitive rank approach instead of how many coins you have earned in the mode. Additionally, the leaderboard displays what tier (Rookie 1st String, Pro 2nd String, etc.) you are in based on your performance. Lastly, by utilizing our Event structure we get vastly improved matchmaking. For all of these reasons, we’re excited with the changes coming in Madden NFL 17!
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8563/28827515635_550119440d.jpg
Alternate Uniforms return to MUT better than ever, including rarely seen CFM relocation uniforms. This changes MUT from having only the base NFL uniforms to choose from, and vastly expands options available for players to customize their teams.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8115/28722608012_a3ec1d2da7.jpg
https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8585/28827514375_d3c97bb916.jpg
Trade Block has returned fully intact to trade items with your friends. A community favorite is back!
A new Message of the Day will keep you up to date in game on all the happenings in Madden Ultimate Team but tune to @easports_mut for even more Madden Ultimate Team News!
Chemistry (https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/ultimate-team/news/2016/madden-ultimate-team-17-chemistry)
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7479/28209690214_6771fdf2c7.jpg
Hey Madden Fans!
The time is finally here. After hearing about some of the other exciting features coming in Madden NFL 17, it's time to talk a little about MUT. So let's dive in and discuss one of the major features coming to Madden Ultimate Team on Xbox One and Playstation 4 - Chemistry.
Chemistry Again?
The term “Chemistry” is not a new one to Madden Ultimate Team but everything you once knew about it can be thrown out the window. So what is Chemistry now? Chemistry will replace Style in Madden NFL 17 and serve as a powerful way to build your MUT lineups. Player items have the opportunity to have a Chemistry (and possibly more than one) and when combined with other Player Items with the same Chemistry, will turn on attribute boosts.
But wait, how is this any better than what Style does now?
That question can be answered in multiple ways but let’s start with my favorite aspect – you will see EXACTLY what these boosts do to your Player's attributes.
https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8753/28750863431_cc012d195f.jpg
Caption: The blue bars for Man and Zone coverage indicate that these ratings are being affected by a Chemistry
If you activate a Chemistry that boosts your team by +2 Block Shedding, each Item will update the players Block Shedding rating to reflect the new value. And if the boost from the Chemistry is enough to increment that player’s OVR rating, that will update as well (not to mention your Team Rating could be incremented as well!).
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8581/28209687874_07dd8d8dc8.jpg
Caption: The blue-colored OVR rating on Von Miller, T.J. Ward, Aqib Talib, and Chris Harris Jr. indicate that the Chemistry boosts were powerful enough to increase their OVR
No more guessing. No more assuming that a boost is affecting attributes. No more amazingly fantastical online theories to reverse-engineer how much boost is being received. It’s all right there in front of you.
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8684/28750859851_05a0436056.jpg
Caption: The back of a player's item will clearly display what ratings are being impacted by Chemistry
Another reason why we’re so excited about Chemistry that really separates it from anything we’ve ever done before is the flexibility this new system carries with it. Last year we were handcuffed to 8 Styles and each one of those Styles only affected two ratings. In Madden NFL 17, Chemistry quite literally has infinite possibilities. We will launch the game with a set amount of Chemistries but will continue to add new ones as the year progresses.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8548/28209686314_35309c63a5.jpg
Caption: You can easily insert players into your starting lineup who are contributing to a completed Chemistry by using the Lineup Tools
As for the Chemistries themselves, they too have more flexibility than ever before. Not only are we able to specify what ratings we want to affect but we can now define who receives the boosts. So for example if we wanted to create a Chemistry that only targeted and gave a ratings boost to wide receivers and running backs, we can. If we wanted to do one for the entire defensive line, we can. Even something as cool as targeting only players who play for the Buffalo Bills is in bounds. There’s a huge opportunity to make these Chemistries feel unique, exciting, and something that you’re really going to want in MUT ’17 and we can’t wait to explore those possibilities as we get closer to Madden NFL 17’s launch.
Chemistry 101
Since we kind of dove right in and immediately feasted on desert, let’s take a step back and talk about some of the nuts and bolts that go into creating a lineup with Chemistry. This might and should feel somewhat familiar to veteran MUT players but there are some differences in Madden NFL 17.
Let’s start with a hypothetical example. Madden Ultimate Team has a Chemistry called “The Route Tree”. This Chemistry will add +3 Route Running to your wide receivers and tight ends. To activate it, this Chemistry requires you to collect at least 5 Player Items with “The Route Tree” Chemistry icon. Once you have the players and want to turn this Chemistry on you need to do two things in the lineup screen – make these players your starters and play them in their designated position. Players who are playing out of position (I.E. a right tackle playing left tackle) will not count towards your Chemistry.
Here is the list of positions considered as “starters” towards Chemistry. Again backups, will not count:
Offensive
QB1
HB1
FB1
WR1
WR2
WR3
TE1
LT1
LG1
C1
RG1
RT1
Defensive
RE1
LE1
DT1
DT2
LOLB1
ROLB1
MLB1
MLB2
CB1
CB2
CB3
FS1
SS1
FAQ
We know that with a big feature and change to Madden Ultimate Team such as Chemistry there are going to be plenty of questions. Some of them will be answered in the time leading up to Madden NFL 17’s launch but here are some answers now to some likely questions you’ll have…
Q. Can I activate more than one Chemistry at once?
A. Yes, in fact we are advocating that you experiment with multiple combinations of Chemistry. If one Chemistry requires 7 offensive players to activate and another requires 5, you can construct a lineup to turn on both of those Chemistries. Furthermore, if both Chemistries boost the same rating/attribute, the boosts stack on top of each other. So if one Chemistry adds +2 Agility and the other adds +3 Agility, the players affected by this Chemistry will have a +5 Agility boost.
Q. So do I pick what two Chemistries I want active just like I do with Style?
A. No, the concept of “choosing your Style/Chemistry” is removed. As soon as your active lineup meets the requirements to turn on a Chemistry, that Chemistry is automatically activated. So this means you can optimize a lineup around multiple Chemistries but since all Chemistries are not created equally, and will target different ratings and positional groups, the amount of players it takes to activate each Chemistry will vary. And remember, there will be many more than 8 Chemistries in Madden NFL 17 so you will always be incentivized to explore different lineup combinations. It’s very conceivable to envision a lineup with at least 4 Chemistries activated.
Q. How do I know what boosts a Chemistry has?
A. Player and Coach Items will have two new back pages that describe each Chemistry, what ratings are impacted, the requirements to activate, and which teammates are affected by the Chemistry. Additionally, there will also be a tab on the back of the Player Item that shows if that player is currently being boosted by another active Chemistry.
That’s all for now! We’ll be back soon with more information on Madden NFL 17. Stay tuned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXs1fR1OAYg