Madden 11 Online Issues Remain Unaddressed

by pastapadre
Posted August 18th, 2010 at 4:45 pm

Eight days have passed since the release of Madden 11 and there has still been no official statements regarding the online play related troubles gamers have encountered. As covered in my online impressions the big ones include first half quits in ranked games not penalizing quitters with a loss or those quit on with a win/ability to play CPU out, quits at any point in Madden Ultimate Team ending as though they never happened with no coins being awarded, the ability to play friends or those challenged from lobby rooms to ranked games, and lag that makes its presence known by affecting the consistency with the kick meter.

Though various tweets from EA Sports reps have acknowledged the issues at hand with the situation currently being evaluated as to how to proceed, every day that goes by results in more and more gamers getting frustrated. Last year EA cited data on how many gamers played a single online game and never returned. The numbers this year will show an astonishing rise in quitting and users giving up on ranked games already…and possibly for good. There is no guarantee that they will return even after the fixes are implemented which is why the lack of foresight that went into the changes regarding quitting especially will have lasting repercussions.

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philly

to you and buckeyeboi, raczilla gave me a tip that has worked since I did it. Reset your system clocks/date (if you have a 360; ps3 idk if this works) to 11/22/05 and 12:00 am, then re-do it back to the actual time. I’ve been able to get on the ea servers every time since
philly

yea I have to agree with tunes here. I want to play a ranked match, and would love to pick my opponent (or at least see what connection strength they have), but they have it where ranked matches are totally random (probably because friends could help each other get their ranked records up; another example of EA covering up the real problem is with the auto-strafe and auto-turbo. Say what you will, but it’s really just their way of trying to prevent rocket catches and other money plays/glitches)
philly

Or 09, 08, 07…
philly

I’ll just put it like this… for me, fix the lag and I’ll stop complaining.
Anonymous

Hahahahah your just realizing this NOW!!!! haha wow people are really dumb and EA is taking advantage of this NFL license so well. God people look on the internet about what game your going to buy, dont just buy it for the name do some research. Websites practically tell you what improvements the game made, if any. Learn to read and you wont be getting shitty products. Madden and EA have gone too far with this one and after seeing all of this I’m very pleased i didnt buy this shit they call a game. Fuck Madden, and I hope all you people learned your lesson for buying this.
Typhonx

My main beef with online isnt that quitting.
Its the Crap PASS D
http://twitter.com/realGTRUTH Gjasi Leite

yeah I had a game where my secondary dropped 2 picks. Only to get picked off by a dt and he ran it back for a td costing me the game.
Nytwriter

People…HERE IS THE ISSUE. EA loves money….buying coins= money for EA. Winning games and achievements gets you FREE coins, which= lose money for EA. If they made the game so you could play your buddy…you could each play 50 games..you let your buddy rack up 10 TD, a game, and all the achievements…he could get a mess load of coins. So they make it if someone quits no one gets anything…and you cant play your buddies. Now the Whole concept of coins to buy scouting reports and what not is stupid to me. Just another way to get money out of us…cant believe people fall for this. But we buy the same game every year..so I suppose we all are sheep in a sense. But REALLY the game isnt that bad…and it does play and look better than last year..-the kick meter, bad pass defense…so when they fix the friend ranked gms, and quitting, and the pass defesne…this game I think will be worth the money.
Ksganga

Thanks ,I thing the Kicking game took a step back this year!!! They have to come up with something that reflecks the kickers rating!!!! Your kicker and AI kicker!!! Also AI team when trailing in the 4th Q with alot of time left goes to hurry up O all the time,I hope a patch comes out for that also!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QEABD7KDB74DJAU26BKT7ONOTQ Anthony

I don’t play franchise so I don’t know if this is also a problem there but have you noticed how often guys get injured? I have only played 4 games online but I have had AT LEAST 2 injuris in each game. What the hell is the deal with that?
BigDaneAyMane

The things you mention bother me, Pasta, but it’s still not even close to as bad as the yearly people who come out in Shotgun 4 wide and run hurry up all game and can’t be stopped, or even worse the stupid NANO Glitchers who ruin the game every single year. And add insult to injury, YOU GIVE AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR A NANO??? Are you freakin kddin me? Basically they’ve conceded there’s nothing they can do about it and then proceed to slap all the folks who want to play the game the RIGHT way in the proverbial face.

So sickened by the cheese every year. No chance I play this game anymore when the basketball games drop. On the bright side, Online Team Play has some promise, would be nice if they could patch in some ranking or leveling up system but I doubt it.

Guess I’ll have to wait for Madden 12: Presented To You By Reeses, Presented To You By Old Spice, Presented To You By Verizon, Presented To You By Perdue Chicken, Presented to You By Eat.Pray.Love.

UGH!
Bokinghbk

WAKE UP! THE MADDEN STAFF DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU! THEY HAVE YOUR MONEY!!MINE TOO!This is unnacceptable. Madden has always been light years behind in online gaming. I used to love madden (Madden04-Madden07 Xbox/Ps2 Versions.) I loved the spawn games. You and your friends could play an online league with full features. I am no 2K fan boy but 2k had there online football on lock. instant replays, multiple challenge options, And a fantastic rating system for online ranked games. Where after you played someone you rated them. If they had great football knowledge or if they were average or if they cheated or quit. If you quit or dissconnected you didn’t have to play the CPU. It was a win or a loss. NOT TO MENTION THE ONLINE LEAGUES THAT ARE STILL GOING! Plus you got a scounting report for free and you could download their VIP and use their tendacies for the CPU. THIS WAS 6 YEARS AGO OR LONGER. I DON”T KNOW HOW but something has got to give. WE NEED TO RISE UP AND TRY TO TAKE BACK OUR FOOTBALL! ANY SUGGESTIONS! LETS WORK TOGETHER. MADDEN and 2K FANBOYS and BACKBREAKERS. EA needs an intervention! peace!
Mc979007

It took EA a month to get NCAA worked out so don’t look for any changes anytime soon on M11. What EA should have done, was just slap some NFL paint on NCAA11 and call it a day.
MIMDOT3220

WHEN THEY DO FIX IT THEY SHOULD RESET ALL RECORDS FOR THE SIMPLE FACT OF THE PPL THAT RECORDS COULD’VE BEEN BETTER AND MOST OF THE PPL THAT HAVE GREAT RECORDS HAVE HIGH DNFS SOO ITS LIKE PPL NEED TO BE PENALIZED !!
UBetcha

Whatever. All this does is give all the haters another outlet for their hate. These are such small SUBJECTIVE issues and its being written like the game is completely broken.

Quitting in the 1st half doesnt give a loss – Makes sense to me. In baseball its not a complete game til after the 4th inning…so there should be a win/loss in someone quits in the first quarter. Plus this takes care of Maddens much much MUCH larger issue: Cheesers. Nothing sucks more than starting a game and having it be instantly apparent you are playing against a cheap cheeser who runs the no huddle wildcat offense with Michael Vick, goes for it on every 4th, and always kicks onsides. No one will be be able to stop those guys, but at least this gives me a way to quit early without having a loss counted against me.

Friends in ranked games – Why on earth is this a big deal? Its not like you cant play vs. your friends at all. If EA wants to say “we have a system that ranks gamers”, then you shouldve be able to play 1v1 games vs. your friends. Do I care what your record is? No. But if EA wants to claim a legit ranking system, then this makes sense.

and lol for your use of “astonishing”
Jesse13

madden ultimate team is designed to take your money. Its honestly next to impossible to maintain a half decent roster and manage coins…1 way to earn them.. 50 ways to spend them….typical
LT

fuckin right ay? I TOTALLY AGREE that Fair Play should be implemented. period. it’s fuckin outrageous. Half of the players i play i kill in 3 downs but no they have to go for it on 4th down almost every single drive. fucking retarded.

that is all.
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/J6SD2KR4VWPT6U2SELUIUUWTZU Robert

Thanks, I tried something like that once and it didn’t seem to work (I have a PS3). I’ll try it when I get home.
Anonymous

Totally Agree that I think it’s time for Ian Cummings and the whole group to be fired and bring in a new development team. This is the 5th game on the next-gen systems and it should be MUCH more advanced than where the game currently is. Especially when you see what good development teams can do (Rocksteady with the Batman game, Infinity Ward with Wodern Warfare, etc).
scott

I don’t mean to be a dick, but “Wodern Warfare”? LOL
Taurus426

If the good folks of EA could make it possible to fix the kicking meter, let us change our online controls (remove the auto speed burst, auto strafing) and play ranked games against friends then I will be happy…otherwise it’s going to collect dust until I can trade it in like Fight Night 4
http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Stephens/1254353678 Justin Stephens

The quits are bad…I recently came across a guy who’s record was 19-4 with a DNF of 57%. he quit everytime he even suspected a loss and has a winning record to show for it.
Phillipcollins45

can we please change the game to have a lobby all madden and a lobby all pro and change the game to 5 mins please the games get boring on 7mins
Joeyland

This game rots from the core out, and on-line has never been worse, and yes I know 2 long term gamers who won’t return on-line, It just plays like crap on-line, and the community is a bunch of children.
Now that the game is marketed and designed for “children” its not gonna change soon.
Anonymous

lol fixed.
Tha_gamble

Madden 11 is actually a good game if u know how to call plays use falcons and my pass d game is good they just need to fix the disconnecting cheatters
JuggaNott

I don’t play ranked matches in Madden and I won’t ever play ranked matches in Madden..it’s totally garbage.
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/J6SD2KR4VWPT6U2SELUIUUWTZU Robert

yeah it didn’t work for me.
Redskinsfan2424

lol i was versing a guy with who play exatcly like u described with micheal vick. i shut him down to 10 points won 40 to 10 iw as using the 49ers use p willis as a spy. i gurantee i can shut any on down on here under 20 points that doesnt use vikings lol. but i agree they need to fix the quiting issue. but just narrow ur search to undr 15% dnf. nanos can easily be stopped int his gm i actually like when people use nanos cause they only know one play. record is 46 and 19 avopl 5
Me!

It might be weird, but I don’t mind the way the quitting works this year. I just don’t play anyone with over a 15% DNF. You can clearly see that someone is a sore loser when their record shows them as 20-6 with a 67% DNF. Why would anyone even play them?
Redskinsfan2424

i actually agree with you too just search for less than 15% dnf and u will be fine. but they do need to fix quit problem anyway. i play a guy with a record of 19 and 0 with 45 dnf i purposely let him havea 7 point lead at half and then won the gm gave him his first loss
justin

I have played 3 ranked online matches. My record is 1-0. I can’t believe you can quit before halftime and not get a loss, and then the only option for me is to also quit. So stupid. I played a few times against my friends, but its just the same knowing its not ranked. I hope they fix this soon, or I may not ever come back. I had played over 50 ranked matches by this time last year. I like it when games focus on their hardcore fans, not the mainstream. Boo on gameflow, and the stupid 90′s style kick meter.
philly

“EA Sports… you got some explanin to do!!!” (Ricky Ricardo voice)
bearzfa

I just saw today that they updated it where if someone quits they get a loss and something else about ultimate team it is a message that apears when loading a game so i didnt have time to read it but it says they fixed it
GMOLINA005

I started off a real lucky 15-0 with my Vikings on Madden 11 now I am 15-17. 17 Straight loss not believable. Also was blowing folks away like 34-0 and they would quit and i never got credit for teh when. Since day one I have just seen my Defense on the pass and the run disappear.The passing game online is like air on a screen door(pass all day). I have seen Farve over throws 4 out of 9 on Recivers that are open at least 20 yards every game. Pass blocking is almost non existent I once fumble with A.P 13 times in a game while holding down the RB button. I was a level 27 last year to very weak level 540 now. Lag is so horrible to the point I cant even get to the option in menu to forfeit. I think I am going to stick with ofline for the year and see who makes a football game next year . Madden got about 300.00 bucks out of me for the past 5 years and they still cant perfect a game. Come on E.A Sega did great at the 2k Series on the 1st Xbox System but they had there flaws too, But what is your excuse E.A “5 years on the 360 and PS3 system come on guys”.

CAR 54 on XBOX LIVE
GMOLINA005

I started off a real lucky 15-0 with my Vikings on Madden 11 now I am 15-17. 17 Straight losses not believable. Also was blowing folks away like 34-0 and they would quit and I would never get the credit for the win. Since day one I have just seen my Defense on the pass and the run disappear.The passing game online is like air on a screen door(pass all day). I have seen Farve over throws 4 out of 9 on Receivers that are open at least 20 yards every game. Pass blocking is almost non existent I once fumble with A.P 13 times in a game while holding down the RB button. I was a level 27 last year and dropped to very weak level 540 now. Lag is so horrible to the point I cant even get to the option in menu to forfeit. I think I am going to stick with off-line for the year and see who makes a football game next year . Madden got about 300.00 bucks out of me for the past 5 years and they still cant perfect a game. Come on E.A Sega did great at the 2k Series on the 1st XBox System but they had there flaws too, But what is your excuse E.A “5 years on the 360 and PS3 system come on guys”.

CAR 54 on XBOX LIVE
Amware75

My problem is that my connection drops almost everytime I play in Ultimate Team. I never quit regardless of the score. I have been quit on with seconds left in the fourth quarter and still do not get credit for playing. I get no coins or a win. I do get a lost contract for my players but not for my injured players. Right now I am having problemsplaying a game because I just started a game and the coverage just dropped. The score was 0-0 so they know I did not quit.
Reugene662

well for starters, i just bought my ps3 and madden. I been playing madden since 2000, but i stopped in 2006 cuz of life and my ps2 broke when right before college. So i decided not to buy a game system and focus on my school work. Well senior year is here and i though it is time for me to get back to my madden form of yester years. For me i like the new madden, probably cuz i havent had a system in my home for 4 years, but the inter gamer that i use to be is creeping back and i see the flows in the game more and more i play with it. 1st off i like the online game but it can use some work! I like how they made where people can not quite if they are lossing but the lage is bad only if you have a bad wi fi strenght or your opponent has a bad signal to. I would like to see EA take a page out of street fighter 4. for you all who have played sf4 you know what im talking about. Streetfighter online has it where you can see the wi fi signal strenght before u choose to play that person. that is a great feature thats ea really should look into. Another thing, im speaking from a player online now “people please make sure u have a router and good internet service”!!!!!! Dont be bitchin about lage and you have a messed up signal strenght..lol My signal is 100 so i believe everybody should be!! I must say, it is hell when you play a game that is lagging. those games i try to gone put that person away fast so it wouldnt come down to a extra point or field goal. I dont really like the francise mode which is a problem for me cuz thats all i used to play before online. I agree with people who say without online this game would suck! well speaking of madden and online play im about to get on now so if anybody want a good game and has 90% and up signal strenght hit me up and lets get it in gt: ruckerpark98 on Ps3!!!!!!! record 10-15 and three losses to a people who quite in the first quarter and 5 losses by 5 or less points the other losses i just outright got my ass whooped when i first started playing.
THE–TRIBE49

O hate wen that shit happen. they didnt even count my TD WTF!!!!!!!!!!! i caught it in the endzone and he pushed me game over i fukn lost.