Stay tuned for upcoming news on Superstar X-Factors in Madden NFL 21.By Matthew Liebl 2 years ago Follow TweetĮA has released Madden 20’s January Title Update, which primarily focuses on end of season Superstar X-Factors abilities. We have a TON of additional information to share with you regarding new abilities coming in Madden NFL 21, as well as more updates from the previous season that have been re-imagined. This new benefit greatly reduces the ability for defenders to make a play on the ball when making the correct read, and should prove to be a powerful perk for pocket passers. In Madden 21 we have removed the increased leading distance of these abilities, and instead boost the ball’s velocity when using the Precision Passing mechanic on the left stick in combination with bullet pass. They allowed you to make some impressive plays and throw receivers open in the best of circumstances, but more often than not, they could result in throwing uncatchable passes that were out of reach of your receivers. Pass Lead Ability Balancing - The Pass Lead abilities from Madden 20 were fairly polarizing. Additionally, ‘Universal Coverage’ has been converted into an X-Factor ability, so the idea of a powerhouse “play-the-whole-field” defender can still exist, you’ll just have to earn it via the X-Factors objectives. Now coverage defenders will need to specialize in defending an area of the field rather than being able to cover the whole gridiron. As a solution to this, we have split these abilities up into multiple versions that grant their bonuses across specific areas of the field, mirroring the new wide receiver abilities. It was too easy to pick up one of these abilities on a defender and just ‘set it and forget it.’ Ultimately we didn’t like how easy it was to make a defensive powerhouse with very little ability investment.
Abilities like ‘Man Up,’ ‘Zoned Out,’ and ‘Universal Coverage’ were essentially one stop shops. This allows them to accomplish the initial goal of creating receivers that excel at making plays on specific route types, while making them much easier to utilize.Ĭoverage Defender Ability Balancing - On the other side of the ball we had the opposite issue with coverage defender abilities in Madden 20. In Madden 21, we have reworked these abilities to grant their bonuses when the receiver catches the ball in specific areas of the field, regardless of the route they are on. These abilities, while strong, were difficult to use since they required detailed knowledge of your team’s playbook or very specific hot-routes that might not always be available.
Wide Receiver Route Ability Balancing - Wide Receivers had a number of abilities granting them catching bonuses on specific route types. Here’s some of the most critical changes we’ve made to existing Superstar X-Factor abilities: While these abilities brought a ton of excitement and different strategies to gameplay, we also recognize that in our first attempt at adding in this game context that some of our abilities were a bit unbalanced. In Madden 20, we introduced Superstar X-Factor abilities into the game. Here is what has been confirmed thus far: The team is planning to go into more detail on those changes later. Are improvements to X-Factor and Superstar abilities in Madden 21.
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