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Madden NFL 21 October Title Update #2 Tunes Bench Press Ability and More

B.T. Frye by B.T. Frye
Jan 25, 2021
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Today, EA Sports released a second October title update for Madden NFL 21. This patch includes fixes for general gameplay, Madden Ultimate Team (MUT), Franchise and much more. This is a full breakdown of everything included in today’s update.

MADDEN 21 OCTOBER TITLE UPDATE #2

Per EA, the patch notes are as follows:

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Here is a detailed breakdown of what’s included in today’s title update:

Key Highlights:

  • General Franchise bug fixes
  • Updated handling of wins/losses resulting from players losing their game connection
  • Tuned the Bench Press Ability for better balance in all game modes

Gameplay Updates:

  • Fixed an issue causing user-controlled QBs to sometimes automatically throw to a receiver directly following the snap.
    • DEV NOTE: While we fixed a version of this in a previous update, community feedback made us aware of an additional version. In this case, if a user had spammed a catch-mechanic on the previous play, in some cases that button-input data could carry over to the following play when holding the snap button for a longer period of time. We’re confident this specific bug was the culprit for those still impacted.
  • Resolved the issue with the ‘Ball-Stuck-In-Hand’ celebration triggering too frequently
  • Tuning to the Bench Press Ability so that it will no longer apply fatigue penalties on running plays; also reduced the overall amount of fatigue impact when a receiver gets pressed in man coverage
    • DEV NOTE: One thing we want to make our players aware of relative to this ability (as well as many other abilities), is that as ratings increase, the overall impact will naturally decrease. Specific to Bench Press, as players’ stamina ratings increase, so does their fatigue recovery rate. This will lead to the ability becoming less effective over time within modes like Franchise and Ultimate Team.
  • Addressed an issue causing a thrown pass to rarely warp back to a defender in a Strip Attempt
  • Fixed a rare issue causing the ball carrier to freeze during a fake-out vs. a defender
  • Fixed the receiver icons not appearing and the pitch sometimes falling short resulting in a fumble on the HB Toss Pass play
  • Removed the ‘Pass Rush On-Field Trainer’ overhead display in multiplayer practice to allow for easier multi-controller labbing
  • Fixed a blocking interaction issue resulting in a graphical error
  • General Stability fixes

Madden Ultimate Team Updates:

  • Fixed a rare crash when viewing “Search Trade Results”
  • When selecting the highest difficulty on a Solo Challenge, you will be defaulted to that difficulty when selecting “Play Next Challenge”
  • Several UI enhancements to help with text readability

Franchise Updates:

  •  Face of the Franchise Updates:
    • General stability improvements
  •  Franchise Updates:
    • General stability improvements
    • Significantly reduced the amount of ties that could result from Simulated games
    • The ‘Draft Bar’ interface will remain visible during the Draft when navigating between menus
    • Fixed an issue with the ‘Team’ tab disappearing for users when exiting a game

Presentation Updates:

  • Multiple Teams Oakley visor tab colors updated to the colors they are using this season

You can see today’s full patch notes by clicking here.

What do you think about this title update for Madden 21? What other things should EA change, improve or remove? Let us know in the comments section below.


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B.T. Frye

B.T. Frye

Frye is a multimedia journalist for SGO and several other news outlets. He also writes about both professional and fantasy sports. Frye earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Penn State University in 2016. Frye has been working in journalism for over 10 years, and is a lifelong, diehard fan of teams that you definitely don't like.

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