Hopefully we can start the OD around July 26 once settings/sliders are agreed upon.
In the meantime, use this thread to discuss/recommend starting point, rules, sliders, & settings for the league.
This thread will be opened once the league has numerous members and EA has announced customizable Online Dynasty settings.
With lots of creator videos out there, I think we can start having settings & slider discussions.
Do we want to start as HC or as OC/DC?
Im open for whatever.
I like the aspect of OC/DC but what keeps the longevity of the dynasty?
I lean towards OC/DC as well, especially since (if I heard correctly) even as a coordinator you have full control in games.
I've bumped Tackling to 55 for both the user and CPU to try and help with the broken tackles. Any thoughts on doing the same here?
Planning to play on AA or Heisman?
I am currently using a set of AA from Operation sports.
Dont seem bad but I think can use some work. Went 6-1 with Arkon after implementing and lost to Buffalo in OT in the regular season.
ser Settings
Game Options
Coin Toss 1st Choice - Kick
Coin Toss 2nd Choice - Against Wind
Kicking - Tap and Tap
Passing Type - Revamped (Classic also works perfectly with this set)
Passing Slowdown - None
Pass Lead Increase - Medium
Recticle Speed - 1
Reticle Visibility - Hidden
Meter Visibility - Hidden
Gameplay Helpers:
Auto Flip Defensive Play Call - On
Defensive Ball Hawk - On
Defensive Heat Seeker - Off
Defensive Heat Seeker Window Size - NA
Defensive Switch Assist - On
Controlled Player art - Off
Visual Feedback:
Dynamic Play Call - Off
Play Call Button Layout - Square, Cross, Triangle
Previous Play Information - On
On Field:
On Field Visual feedback - Off
On Field Trainer - Off
Defensive Pass Coverage Visual Assist - Off
Receiver Visual Assist - Off
Drive Goals Feedback - Off
Dynasty Bottom Line Ticker - Scores Only
Coaching Tips - Off
Pre-snap Menu - On
Players Names - Pre-Snap Only
Cameras:
Camera Toggle - On
Passing Cam - On
Offensive Camera Settings - Standard, Zoom, All 22
Defense Camera Settings - Defensive, Broadcast
Volume Control:
Audio Mix - Broadcast
Dynasty Settings:
Skill Level - All American
Coach Firing - On
Coach XP Speed Setting - Slowest
Player Edit Permission - Any Player
Injury - On
Wear and Tear - On
Clock Management:
Quarter Length - 13 Minutes
Accelerated Clock - On
Minimum Play Clock Time - 20
User Team Help:
Season Experience - Full Control
League Advancement - Manual
Team Settings:
Auto Recruiting - Off
User Coach Auto Progression - Off
XP Sliders - Coming Soon
Gameplay Sliders:
Player Skill (+/-) indicates change from previous version values
QB Accuracy - 40
Pass Blocking - 65 (+13)
WR Catching - 50
Run Blocking - 45 (-5)
Fumbles - 48
Pass Defense Reaction Time - 50 (-2)
Interceptions - 15 (-10)
Pass Coverage - 50
Tackling - 49
CPU Skill
QB Accuracy - 40
Pass Blocking - 65 (+13)
WR Catching - 50
Run Blocking - 75
Fumbles - 48
Pass Defense Reaction Time - 45 (-7)
Interceptions - 10 (-15)
Pass Coverage - 45 (-5)
Tackling - 49
Special Teams
FG Power - 50
FG Accuracy - 32
Punt Power - 50
Punt Accuracy - 45
Kickoff Power - 45
Game Options
Injuries - 50
Fatigue - 59 (+2)
Min Player Speed Threshold - 75
Penalties
Offside - 80 (+5)
False Start - 80 (+5)
Holding - 58 (-12)
Face Mask - 80
Defensive Pass Interference - 95
Illegal Block In The Back - 75
Roughing Passer - 50
All Other Penalties Turned "On"
Credit to Armor and Sword from OS
I would say AA, but I haven't played Heisman to know how it is beyond what I've seen online about it. (Letting FCS teams beat user teams.)
I rock with AA. I’ve had a lot of close games and the games feel it’s pretty solid overall.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
I have read of a lot of people having issues in online dynasty where it crashes and they can no longer enter the online dynasty. You guys heard that?
Yes. The CFB DIrect twitter account posted tonight that there is an issue with people unable to sign in to their OD and they are working on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by beartide06
Yea we had issues with it in the 32 man league I'm in. I had one dynast I couldn't get into start working last night. I think they all work now after this morning.
I have been playing on Heisman using canes21 sliders at first but just recently switched to the sliders we are using in the P5 dynasty (CF25 version of Madden 10YF league). They are easier than canes. I will post the two games I played with them today, post patch.
Quarter Length - 12 Minutes
Accelerated Clock - 12 Seconds
Auto Flip Defensive Play Call - User Preference
Outside of Dynasty, in the main menu please go to:
**GAME OPTIONS**
__**PASSING MECHANICS:**__
Passing Type: Placement and Accuracy (some of us use Revamped)
Passing Slowdown: Off
Pass Lead Increase: User Preference
Reticle Speed: User Preference
Reticle Visibility: Hidden
Meter Visibility: Hidden
__**GAMEPLAY HELPERS**__
Auto Flip Defensive Playcall: User Preference
Defensive Ball Hawk: Off
Defensive Heat Seeker Assist: Off
Defensive Switch Assist: User Preference
Controlled Player Art: Off
Coach Mode: Off
**__VISUAL FEEDBACK__**
Previous Play Information: Off
Defensive Pass Coverage Visual Assist: Off
Receiver Visual Assist: Off
Coaching Tips: Off
**__DYNASTY SPECIFIC__**
Skill Level - Heisman
Coach Firing - Off (I use On in my Dynsasty)
Coach XP Speed: Slowest
Injury - On
Wear and Tear - On
Playcall Limit - None
__**Human Sliders**__
QB Accuracy - 7
Pass Blocking - 67
WR Catching - 47
Run Blocking - 51
Fumbles - 52
Reaction Time - 73
Interceptions - 24
Pass Coverage - 84
Tackling - 54
**__CPU Sliders__**
QB Accuracy - 18
Pass Blocking - 31
WR Catching - 39
Run Blocking - 28
Fumbles - 59
Reaction Time - 63
Interceptions - 21
Pass Coverage - 74
Tackling - 55
__**Special Teams**__
FG Power - 47
FG Accuracy - 46
Punt Power - 58
Punt Accuracy - 44
Kickoff Power - 51
__**Game Options**__
Injuries - 33
Fatigue - 66
Player Speed Parity Scale - 50
__**Penalties**__
Offside - 53
False Start - 19
Offensive Holding - 54
Facemask - 76
Defensive Pass Interference - 61
Illegal Block In The Back - 51
Roughing The Passer - 49
All other penalties set to on
* *Updated post patch as of 9 AM 7/23*
Three CPU games played with the P5 Heisman sliders. Then the last video is a user vs user game with the P5 sliders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpkAp3c72Ng&t=279s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-8tl_Vuqf0&t=238s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNUcFl2dBE&t=175s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-EVBvofeZU
There's a set of downloadable sliders called "Realistic" that do a pretty good job on AA. I haven't given any others a shot but I went from having to match score for score against much lower schools to having good competition against even opponents.
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Updated sliders
Quarter Length - 12 Minutes
Accelerated Clock - 12 Seconds
Auto Flip Defensive Play Call - User Preference
Outside of Dynasty, in the main menu please go to:
**GAME OPTIONS**
__**PASSING MECHANICS:**__
Passing Type: Placement and Accuracy
Passing Slowdown: Off
Pass Lead Increase: User Preference
Reticle Speed: User Preference
Reticle Visibility: Hidden
Meter Visibility: Hidden
__**GAMEPLAY HELPERS**__
Auto Flip Defensive Playcall: User Preference
Defensive Ball Hawk: Off
Defensive Heat Seeker Assist: Off
Defensive Switch Assist: User Preference
Controlled Player Art: Off
Coach Mode: Off
**__VISUAL FEEDBACK__**
Previous Play Information: Off
Defensive Pass Coverage Visual Assist: Off
Receiver Visual Assist: Off
Coaching Tips: Off
**__DYNASTY SPECIFIC__**
Skill Level - Heisman
Coach Firing - Off (On)
Coach XP Speed: Slowest
Injury - On
Wear and Tear - On
Playcall Limit - None
__**Human Sliders**__
QB Accuracy - 14
Pass Blocking - 79
WR Catching - 47
Run Blocking - 51
Fumbles - 52
Reaction Time - 73
Interceptions - 24
Pass Coverage - 79
Tackling - 53
**__CPU Sliders__**
QB Accuracy - 19
Pass Blocking - 46
WR Catching - 39
Run Blocking - 42
Fumbles - 59
Reaction Time - 63
Interceptions - 21
Pass Coverage - 69
Tackling - 54
__**Special Teams**__
FG Power - 47
FG Accuracy - 66
Punt Power - 58
Punt Accuracy - 44
Kickoff Power - 51
__**Game Options**__
Injuries - 33
Fatigue - 64
Player Speed Parity Scale - 54
__**Penalties**__
Offside - 53
False Start - 19
Offensive Holding - 54
Facemask - 76
Defensive Pass Interference - 66
Illegal Block In The Back - 51
Roughing The Passer - 49
All other penalties set to on
* *Updated as of 11 am 7/26*
Quarter Length - 12 Minutes
Accelerated Clock - 12 Seconds
Auto Flip Defensive Play Call - User Preference
Outside of Dynasty, in the main menu please go to:
**GAME OPTIONS**
**__KICK METER__**
Tap and hold
__**PASSING MECHANICS:**__
Passing Type: Placement and Accuracy
Passing Slowdown: Off
Pass Lead Increase: User Preference
Reticle Speed: User Preference
Reticle Visibility: Hidden
Meter Visibility: Hidden
__**GAMEPLAY HELPERS**__
Auto Flip Defensive Playcall: User Preference
Defensive Ball Hawk: Off
Defensive Heat Seeker Assist: Off
Defensive Switch Assist: User Preference
Controlled Player Art: Off
Coach Mode: Off
**__VISUAL FEEDBACK__**
Previous Play Information: Off
Defensive Pass Coverage Visual Assist: Off
Receiver Visual Assist: Off
Coaching Tips: Off
**__DYNASTY SPECIFIC__**
Skill Level - Heisman
Coach Firing - Off (On)
Coach XP Speed: Slowest
Injury - On
Wear and Tear - On
Playcall Limit - None
__**Human Sliders**__
QB Accuracy - 14
Pass Blocking - 79
WR Catching - 47
Run Blocking - 51
Fumbles - 52
Reaction Time - 73
Interceptions - 26
Pass Coverage - 79
Tackling - 53
**__CPU Sliders__**
QB Accuracy - 19
Pass Blocking - 48
WR Catching - 39
Run Blocking - 44
Fumbles - 59
Reaction Time - 63
Interceptions - 23
Pass Coverage - 69
Tackling - 54
__**Special Teams**__
FG Power - 47
FG Accuracy - 66
Punt Power - 58
Punt Accuracy - 44
Kickoff Power - 51
__**Game Options**__
Injuries - 33
Fatigue - 64
Player Speed Parity Scale - 54
__**Penalties**__
Offside - 53
False Start - 19
Offensive Holding - 54
Facemask - 76
Defensive Pass Interference - 66
Illegal Block In The Back - 51
Roughing The Passer - 49
All other penalties set to on
* *Updated as of 6 am 7/27*
What are your guys' thought on starting point?
- HC only or OC/DC only?
- What maximum team prestige for starting point?
I’m open to starting as either a HC or coordinator. Playing coordinator makes sense if you’re just playing that side of the ball, in my opinion. Otherwise, HC makes the most sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
I’m thinking 2 star prestige and below? There’s still some pretty decent teams at that 2 star level!
**__DYNASTY SLIDERS__**
__**Human Sliders**__
QB Accuracy - 16
Pass Blocking - 79
WR Catching - 47
Run Blocking - 51
Fumbles - 52
Reaction Time - 73
Interceptions - 26
Pass Coverage - 79
Tackling - 53
**__CPU Sliders__**
QB Accuracy - 19
Pass Blocking - 48
WR Catching - 39
Run Blocking - 44
Fumbles - 59
Reaction Time - 63
Interceptions - 23
Pass Coverage - 69
Tackling - 54
__**Special Teams**__
FG Power - 47
FG Accuracy - 66
Punt Power - 58
Punt Accuracy - 44
Kickoff Power - 51
__**Game Options**__
Injuries - 33
Fatigue - 64
Player Speed Parity Scale - 54
__**Penalties**__
Offside - 53
False Start - 19
Offensive Holding - 54
Facemask - 77
Defensive Pass Interference - 66
Illegal Block In The Back - 51
Roughing The Passer - 49
All other penalties set to on
* *Updated as of 3 am 7/28*
Escobar, I played some test games against the CPU and I will say I was surprised... they aren't really more difficult from what I saw. Rather they make passing downfield easier in general but seem to make running more difficult.
In my first game against Liberty, I had way too many fumbles & holding penalties but in my second game against Texas State, I didn't really see that.
I would say they're certainly worth everyone giving them some test games with them.
I've created downloadable sliders, for both Player & CPU, called Escobar Heisman. Search for either my username or the name of the sliders.
You'll also want to make sure all other settings are the same because other sliders (ex. penalties), also have a big impact on gameplay. For example, if you crank up Defensive Pass Interference, in order to get more calls, the defense plays more aggressive against the pass.
Quick thought/discussion...
How many seasons do we realistically think we'll be able to complete before the next game launches? The reason I ask is I'm wondering: do we want to set the coach progression rate to "Faster" (not "Fastest")? Checking back to older dynasties, I think the most we typically did in a year was around 6-7 seasons. Keeping it on "Normal" or lower, our coaches will have very little progression.
Anyone else have any strong opinions?
We use slowest in the P5 Dynasty that created those sliders. I also use slowest in my Dynasties. With the faster progression almost everyone's coach will be the same with little differentiation.
Going to try and post some box scores soon! I’ve played 6 total games with these sliders with some variety!Quote:
Originally Posted by Escobar
How do you load them?Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
I downloaded both files. When to I go into the management/load screen, it doesn't show in the Settings/Sliders tab (or whatever it is called) to slect them. I double checked and both show in my download history in the Create & Share area.
There's a Player sliders and CPU sliders. There's should be a tab in the load section for each.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
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I thought I tabbed through all, but maybe/apparently not. I'll look here in a bit. The system isn't the cleanest to figure out IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
Something I need to work on... how to embed imgur mp4 videos. In the meantime, here's the direct link.
https://i.imgur.com/ycs6t2v.mp4
How about YouTube? Looks like it works... something for me to test more with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTwAkPq1QZo
It's not showing there. Neither is the offensive playbook I downloaded. :dunno: I'll have to re-DL and see what's going on. Maybe a :crickets: (read: bug).Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
I played only one game last night with these, so this is very anecdotal:Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
- It seemed a bit tough to run the ball.
- Quarter/game length seemed a bit much, but I didn't track the snap count at the end to see how it compared.
- CPU D seemed excessively quick to break blocks and also break on the ball.
Would some aspects be better on AA? For comparison's sake, here are some sliders from @MattL10 for Heisman and AA:
My #CFB25 Heisman Sliders have been updated to Version 3, and also released Version 2 of the All-American sliders set as the threshold/parity and penalty changes do affect gameplay. Most notable is holding raised to help better OL/DL interactions, then QBA lowered in the Heisman… pic.twitter.com/3pQkENG1t7
— Matt10 (@Matt10L) August 10, 2024
I used Matt10L’s AA sliders in the previous post and thought it played really well. Biggest issue happened to be too many holding calls, but both teams got hit by it.
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I’ve had various results. All as Alabama.
Against USF: I won 62-45. They had 4 turnovers I had 0. They had 619 total offense I had 630. 150 rushing for me.
Against WKU: I won 34-26. I had 1 turnover they had 0. They had 377 offense I had 500. I had 172 rushing.
Against Wisconsin: I lost in OT 27-24. I had 3 turnovers they had 0. They had 300 offense I had 390. I had 113 rushing.
Each game took less than an hour to play for me, so I personally found the time to be pretty solid.
Edit: that said…I was Alabama. So this could all be VERY misleading. But the Wisconsin game was pretty tight. I’ll see how UGA and some other games go.
I played UGA as Bama and it was rough. A couple of broken play TD’s. I’ve noticed cover 4 sometimes leaves guys on the outside wide open.
Nonetheless, I lost 43-28
I had 2 turnovers. They had 0. I had 83 rushing yards.
They had 514 total offense. I had 359.
It was 13-7 at half, so the second half was a shootout.
After more testing, I feel AA could be good as well. Maybe scaled up? Heisman does present quite the challenge and the stats aren’t outrageous. Curious if others have tested these more?
Have you tested these a good bit? I was thinking of trying to test them some. I’ve been testing Escobar sliders.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
I have. Barring some tweaks needed to penalties (namely holding) I think they are pretty good. Every game has been close and not a lot of weird stuff. It plays true to the game-style out of the box but some of the nonsense has been cut down.Quote:
Originally Posted by beartide06
I've been playing with my Dynasty team (Texas State) against teams similar in talent and I've won and lost games with these sliders. Each game pretty close in score.
My vote right now would probably be the AA sliders.
Good info! I noticed with the Heisman sliders, the super LB was showing up. It seems players morph and glide more with Heisman in favor of the CPU. AA doesn’t tend to do this from my experience and it’s much more realistic.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
I tested the AA sliders by Matt10. I started a test dynasty with Toledo. In my first game against UMASS. Here are some quick stats:
Score: Toledo 52 - Umass 38
UMASS:
Total offense: 472
Rushing: 17 rushes for 22 yards
Passing: 34/44 for 450
Turnovers: 2 interceptions
Penalties: 2 for 20 yards
Toledo:
Total offense: 515
Rushing: 24 carries 108 yards 2 TD’s
Passing: 23/38 407 passing
Turnovers: 2 interceptions 1 fumble
Penalties: 5 for 35 yards
Matt put out an update this morning:
He upped CPU pass blocking, which is good. There were a few too many sacks, killing CPU rushing numbers.My #CFB25 Heisman and All-American Sliders have been updated. This has been a re-work of the previous sliders with an emphasis to increase speed parity/threshold to 55. This allows players to be more in-sync and bring out better animations/flow. Holding will still be called, but… pic.twitter.com/bUh56nBoH0
— Matt10 (@Matt10L) August 13, 2024
Sam Houston falls to Rice 31-17
These were the sliders I used yesterday for the game above. I found the updated slider set!