You need to show me your substitutions. I play with no changes made to the Titans except a few depth chart changes. I'm used to Madden 12 and I don't know how to:
use defensive assignments (would have helped with Austin alot)
sub WRs for RBs, OLs for TEs, WRs for TEs etc
challenge plays (where is this?)
Ok I'm going to give you a ton of tips to help you get a lot better. You have the hard part down already, and that's user skill. 90% of the people I play online have absolutely NO user skill.
All you have to do is know your audibles, play more balanced, and be able to read defenses and offenses.
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You passed literally 95% of the time so I just played in the Dollar and Quarter packages with Cover 4 and 2 Man Under and QB spied with Robert Quinn so you couldn't run with Locker. Then I ran off with one of my DL and covered the inside streaks. Occasionally I threw in a cover 2 because those short passes started to piss me off.
>>>>> Whenever you KNOW your opponent is going to pass, play in the
Dollar or
Quarter packages. Preferably the quarter packages. Quarter means everyone is a DB except your ILB and your 3 DL. When you use these packages, make sure you ALWAYS have a DL on spy. Depending on how fast the QB is, depends on which guy you spy. Jake Locker is pretty quick so I spied my fastest DL Robert Quinn.
>>>>> Whenever you KNOW your opponent is going to run, either use the 4-3 regular package or the nickel package and pick a blitz. If your opponent likes to run to the outside (like I do), pick a blitz that leans to one side of the field like the nickel blitz fire under.
I literally only use those 4 packages. 4-3 normal. Nickel. Dollar. Quarter. I don't like Dime because it's just a weaker version of the quarter package IMO, where one of your DB's is replaced with a DL. No point in that.
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Defensive assignments? You mean like telling one of your guys to cover a certain person or a certain zone?
To do that, press down on your crossbar and then the menu comes up. Then just do what you need to do. You should get used to this so you can audible fast.
Oh yeah, to QB spy with a player, just make sure you are on the player you want to QB spy with. Then press down on the crossbar and to the right with your right stick. I do this every passing play so I have it in memory.
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To sub wr's/ol's all that all you have to do is this:
1. Find the formation you want the sub to take place in. For me, when you saw that 6th lineman in the TE slot and the TE in the WR slot, I was doing that Sub SOLELY in the I-Formation. That means that sub only permanently takes place in the I-formation for the rest of that game until I change it back.
Anyway I have to actually be at the screen to remember what I press to substitute guys in. I THINK you press the RB button and then press right on your crossbar until you highlight the guy you want to sub out. Then you'll get a menu of guys that you can replace him with. Press A on the guy you want.
These changes will remain for the rest of the game ONLY in that formation or until you change the substitution.
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To challenge plays, just pause the game and press challenge play.