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Dandy

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What difficulty level are you all planning to play your dynasty on? I figured I’ll start on All American to make it more challenging but I heard there are several gameplay changes that may already do that. I’m not buying until the weekend so I’d appreciate any feedback this week.

My perception is probably way skewed after playing 14 for a decade.
Start with Heisman and if I can't throw the ball without it getting picked off I will move down a level.
 

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I don't know all the levels but I will play a single game on one of the lower levels just to get the mechanics down and then Heisman Dynasty with Iowa State and then usually a lower tier MAC school like Akron
 
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what do you play on?
Back in the day, it was start off on Junior Varsity for season 1 if playing with a low ranked startup. Go undefeated and bring in a decent class, the ramp up to Varsity for a couple years. Once you've really got it cooking, go up to AA, and so on.
 

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what do you play on?
I play fine on Pro in Madden, but can't hardly throw the ball above that. That's what, Varsity in CFB I think?
Start with Heisman and if I can't throw the ball without it getting picked off I will move down a level.
That's basically what I did in M24. I struggled terribly with the layered throwing mechs on higher difficulties.
 

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Start with Heisman and if I can't throw the ball without it getting picked off I will move down a level.
On 2014 I didn’t like Heisman because of the unrealistic “cheat mechanics” it would use to keep games close. I settled into AA with difficulty slider adjustments and recruiting restrictions. It will be interesting to see how 2025 plays.
 
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They allow you to download it ahead time to not cause a server crash on release day. Their is probably a small patch you can download at 3 or it will activate at 3.
Mine downloaded automatically Saturday evening after preorder a month ago. Now have a countdown until it's playable.
 

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Looks like for the Gamepass crowd, the preorder listings for the game on the Xbox store are showing 10% off digital version if you have EA Play (which is included in GP Ultimate). $63.
 

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I'm excited to see which 3-4 offensive plays are unstoppable leading to the losers in online mode to spam said plays into an oblivion.
 

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I'm excited to see which 3-4 offensive plays are unstoppable leading to the losers in online mode to spam said plays into an oblivion.
If the videos that I've watched are an indication, the jet sweeps and touch passes might be overpowered. But I've only seen it out of one streamer who makes no bones about cheesing
 

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If the videos that I've watched are an indication, the jet sweeps and touch passes might be overpowered. But I've only seen it out of one streamer who makes no bones about cheesing
Same with the double reverse flea flicker.
 

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I'll be interested to see how I've matured in this past decade. We will see if rage quitting any dynasty game I'm losing and then celebrating going undefeated is still my thing.
I used to be super anal about INT that I'd throw with my QB. If I threw more than 1 in any game, I'd usually re-start it.
 
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