A new CFB 26 update was pushed out today on the server side to address how ordinary position changes completely ruined high potential players.
Basically, any time you switched a player’s position, regardless of whether it was in the middle of a season or in the dedicated position changes window, that player would lose almost all of their future development potential.
While this might make sense for many position changes, for example switching a player from offensive lineman to defensive back, the logic was applied in an overly broad way.
For example, switching a left guard to right guard would ruin that player’s skill caps and development potential. A switch from Will linebacker to Sam linebacker would have a similarly brutal effect.
The update today tuned that logic to leave in place harsh penalties for nonsensical position changes while allowing position changes that make sense to go through with no penalty.
These updates have already taken effect for online dynasties. It comes as a big relief that they apply to both existing and new online dynasties so if you are already in a league, you don’t have to restart to see the changes.
A future title update will bring the same changes to offline dynasty.
Here are the changes:
Athlete (ATH) Recruits can now set their initial position without impact to their skill group caps.
You can also change a player’s position within their current position group without penalty to their skill caps. You’ll be free to swap positions within these groupings:
- Running Back (RB, FB)
- Offensive Line (LT, LG, C, RG, RT)
- Defensive Line (LEDG, REDG, DT)
- Linebacker (SAM, MIKE, WILL)
- Defensive Back (CB, FS, SS)
- Specialist (K, P)
A player’s new skill caps are now more strongly influenced by their Development Trait and school year. Younger players and those with higher Development Traits will have higher skill caps at their new position.
Along with the position change fix, EA Sports addressed a couple of exploits in today’s update:
- Addressed a Coach Point exploit when retiring and then creating a new coach character.Â
- Reduced the impact of the Reach Your Potential ability (Motivator Tier 1) for better coach ability and recruiting balance.
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