PLEASE NO OOP
I understand players like Sanders played both sides of the ball professionally but no way in the world would Tom Brady have a 99 spd and plays CB. It’s so stupid that a RT or a DL player becomes a better DB than HOF DB’s within the same game. I’m sure that $$$$$$$$$$$ is the biggest decision when creating all these OOP players. EA is going to keep putting these cards out there when people keep buying them. They promote newer versions of the same game with realism but 99% of OOP’s are nowhere near “realistic”. Which is funny to say after you play an UT game with players who played in the 60’s, 70’s 80’s, 90’s all on the same team……….
MADDEN 26-27 IMPROVEMENT IDEAS
This is a thread I wanted to start so everyone on here can have their ideas seen and heard by EA_Shepard and other EA Staff while also having a single, organized place to share them. This in turn makes it easier to read and organize these thoughts in order to pass on to dev teams. Please be respectful and feel free to put down anything you would want to see in a coming update or in newer games to come. I'll start by adding these ideas: Downloadable Rosters & Draft Classes from past years for nostalgic Franchises. Customizable Divisions and Schedules like what is found in CFB (Great for Fantasy). Reincluding the option of Coaching Legends for Coach Mode (Also Great for Fantasy). Possibly reinclude custom facial uploads for custom coaches in Coach Mode. Revamped and reincluded Player/Owner Modes. - Ultimately to summarize this: For Owner Mode, I'd like to see Team Builder tied more exclusively to a new version of this where customization of everything from the ground up is key for the most customizable experience ever. For Player Mode, I'd like what little works well within Superstar to be tied to a new, revamped Player Mode, where the storylines and cutscenes are more included here, and less in other modes. This would include being able to choose an existing player within a franchise, and focus exclusively on their career; OR, create a new player and start as you would within Superstar. I'd like to see Team Builder weaved into relocation for all online modes and somehow introduced into offline. Inclusion of holding the L2/LT to Switch Stick to minimize switching by accident, especially while trying to pass rush. Include more cities and teams for Relocation. Cities where franchises already exist like Miami, LA, or Detroit, as well as new ones like Boston, Phoenix, or Birmingham. More Stadium options for Relocation. Reinclude Build a Stadium within Team Builder. I'm talking from scratch...not just editing the field. Reinclude the ability to edit and create more custom uniform combinations. Within the Edit Rosters section of the Creation Center, more flexibility to edit a player's contract, abilities, etc, would be nice. Better Training Camp - Introduce some ability to gain physical STR, SPD, AGI, COD, by introducing some of the game found in Superstar like the 3Cone, Weightlifting, 40YD, etc. - This is where mini-games shine. Make games open for more players to train and have them more focused on gaining skill points and less on XP and Rookie Reps. This is a great way to help maintain the physical ability of Vets, or take your high-level Superstars to the next level. Revamp Weekly Training - Make this less focused on mini-games and tie it more to Practice Mode and gaining XP/Rookie Reps. The way the have Wear & Tear worked into this is nice; Now just optimize it. Optimize Coach Central and Coaching Abilities. - It's a bit to type but my thoughts on this can be found in my "M26 Franchise Feedback thread" thread. I feel that's a pretty good start for now. Hopefully this is helpful for anyone that reads and I look forward to seeing more thoughts and ideas shared here!
Madden improvements (please read)
As a longtime Madden player, I would like to see more development resources focused on realism, collision detection, and player awareness rather than additional cosmetic features. The biggest issue is that too many interactions are outcome-driven instead of contact-driven. Replays often reveal that tackles, fumbles, route disruptions, and pass breakups occur without realistic physical contact. Defenders can phase through receivers, helmets clip into each other, arms pass through bodies, and players are affected by contact that never actually happened. Some examples include: Receivers getting knocked off their routes by defenders who never physically touch them. Defenders breaking up passes despite their hands never reaching the ball. Fumbles occurring when replay shows little or no actual contact. Hit Stick tackles causing players to instantly collapse or launch unnaturally instead of reacting according to momentum and impact angle. Ball carriers maintaining impossible ball control during heavy contact, making the football appear glued to their hand. Player awareness and environmental interaction also need improvement. Players often continue running into objects instead of reacting naturally. Examples include: Receivers running directly into linebackers and getting stuck rather than adjusting their route. Players running into goal posts, sidelines, benches, or other players without bracing for impact or changing direction. Sideline personnel and crowd members failing to react to footballs thrown out of bounds, with the ball sometimes passing through people and stadium geometry. The overall goal should be to make every replay hold up under close inspection. If a tackle, fumble, pass breakup, or route disruption occurs, the replay should clearly show realistic contact that explains the outcome. Football should feel physical, reactive, and believable at every moment. Many players would gladly trade new celebrations, cosmetics, and presentation features for improvements in collision physics, ball physics, player awareness, route interaction, and realistic contact animations. These changes would do more to improve immersion than almost any new feature that could be added.
Madden 26 Twitch Drops in the Madden 27 Reveal
Does anyone know if EA is going to make it so that we can get the 99 OVR champion from the Twitch drops in the Madden 27 reveal tonight? I feel like it's kinda ridiculous that there was literally only THREE MINUTES worth of wiggle room, and if you didn't start watching basically instantly you couldn't get the champion. I'm pretty sure I personally missed out on it by three minutes.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TOO SEE FROM MADDEN '27
Take the problem solving out of EA hands and if an ERROR or a PROBLEM happens,, There would be a problem solving little HAND BOOK inside the MADDEN '27 CASE,, With all instructions on ERROR FIXING,,H2H, MUT,, FRANCHISE,, And SUPERSTAR MODE.. DO IT YOURSELF.. And not having to wait a WHOLE YEAR for EA to FIX something....
Weather forecasts of each city.
Years ago college football had the weather stem and connected to the weather.com where the city that had a game the stadium was effected by live weather changes. No need for on and off settings. If it was raining in Florida and you played with the Gators. You had to play that game in the rain until the weather channel showed the rain stopping. Or if you played with penn state on a cold sunny Saturday with a snow storm arriving in a few hours. You had to play in the snow. I need Madden to go to this and return it on college football 🏈 it was so much fun and interesting. Weather definitely effects the game and changes
Teambuilder new features. Good, but not enough
So with CFB27's teambuilder now having the option to build our own stadium, I'm assuming that's also coming over to madden as well. Now again, they didn't mention about anything else of teambuilder other than stadium builder. A bit worried because I know EA knows that we've been asking for teambuilder teams in play now and offline franchise. I think you guys could win over a lot of the community by doing this. Yes, what we're getting is nice, but it's time to take it a step further.
Winning Game Plans
How do you expect to win? Every Madden player needs an answer to this question. It doesn't matter how fast we run the 40, how many reps on the bench press, shuttle time, or vertical leap. What matters is how fast you can process football relevant information and how well you can translate what you process into finger movements that duplicate good situational football technique. Unfortunately, Game Planning is a technique that most players skip. What play are we calling on 3rd and 8? What about if we're down by 4? What if the ball is spotted on our 34 yard line? What if the we have 0:32 seconds left? What if the clock is running? What if it's the 4th Qtr? What if we have 1 timeout? What if we're on defense? If we answer each question individually, we might change answers several times. If we don't have an answer for each question, we're not going to have an answer in the game. So let's answer some questions. CLOCK MANAGEMENT - Using Tempo is crucial to sound situational game play. How will we use the 2 Minute Warning? How do we handle timeouts on offense vs defense? How do special teams impact our clock management strategy? When will we speed up vs slow down our opponent's execution? Note: If we're better at managing tempo than our opponent, our chances of winning increase. Got answers? Good. FIELD MANAGEMENT - Using Position is crucial to sound situational game play. How will we attack the field? How will we handle the line of scrimmage? How will we handle the backfield? How will we use the sideline? How will we manage our play calls to setup the next ball spot? What area of the field is exposed? Note: If we're better at managing the field, our chances of winning increase. Still good? Let's keep going... ROSTER MANAGEMENT - Using Personnel is crucial to sound game play. Who is on the field? What is their skill set? How will we use their skill set? How will we create a numbers advantage? Who are the best players? Is anyone fatigued? Note: If we're better at managing our roster, our chances of winning increase. That's all... Each of us needs answers to these questions. If we can answer these questions easily, we're half way there. The question then becomes: Can we execute our plan to get the right players (personnel) to the right places (position) at the right times (tempo)? It's not a yes/no question... It's a fun/misery question - a W/L question. So... How my question is - how do we win games?
SOMETHING MADDEN NEEDS TO IMPROVE INDEFINITELY
Ok Madden you need to do something about people quitting online H2H games just because they losing sometimes it might be just 1 or 2 scores and people quit it's so annoying there should be a penalty against that I know call of duty would penalize you for leaving an online game for losing you would get like a 15 min timeout where you cant join a game then it keep multiplying if you kept doing it Madden needs something like this because it's annoying not being able to finish a game I haven't gone past 1st half in a while. WHO AGREES WITH MEMadden 26 Teambuilder show us your build teams!
Hey all, I create this tread so that everyone can share there creation right here with their name so that we can download teams we like. I'll start my name is Jay-F and i like to create teams that are not in a nfl states marquet. I like to create flamboyant uniforms (I used to create team from players demands in here back in 2014 for NCAA 14). So i hope to see your work and talk about it and m'be share our techniques etc. And if you are interested you can find my teams either for Madden or College Football using my players name: JayF43. So here are my team Enjoy 😉😀Rushing Record Breaker and Passing Record Breaker not working.
EA_Kent i don't if anyone is gonna read this, but the reason these trophies/achievements are not working is because the Yardage tracker in franchise mode stops tracking yardage after reaching about 1,023 yards, effectively preventing the trophies/achievements from unlocking, can you guys maybe try to fix the yardage tracker before abandoning this game? [Multiple CM tags removed - CM]Rushing Record Breaker/Passing Record Breaker Trophies
Dear staff at EA: I am reaching out not just as a voice for myself, but as a voice for all the trophy hunters out here. We are desperately waiting for you to fix these glitched trophies. I have been a Madden supporter for many years. And I've enjoyed going back to college football and I also got back into Battlefield. You guys do make great games, and I've loved supporting your games. But this is getting to the point you are going to lose a chunk of your player base if you do not make these trophies attainable. Your attention to this game...these trophies, will affect not only my decision making on purchasing games in the future, but it will be the same for many others. If you are not willing to fix trophies for this game now, will it be like this in the future for a different game? There are two reasons I play games. 1) fun with my friends and 2) trophies. I strive for both, because I am proud of earning trophies and showing off my platinums. There are many others like me, and we love playing your games, but I am hoping you see our view on this and repair these broken trophies for us. I plead to you, as the voice for many other gamers, please fix these two trophies and make the platinum attainable. Please show us that you care for us trophy hunters and our reward to you for doing so will be continued support for more of your games.Rushing and Passing Records Trophies are still broken in Madden26
I see Madden27 is about to be announced and I promise EA and Madden NFL Games that I'm done giving you money. I purchased every Madden every year since the series has been around. I dealt with the bugs and nonsense from the past games but Madden26 has been a smack in the face. I have opened countless tickets and forum posts about these broken trophies. Many others have done the same and not a single peep about it. Yet anytime there is an issue with ultimate team you are quick to fix it because you have to get that micro transaction money, right? As of now there are more than likely about 2 months before the new game is out. If these trophies aren't fixed by then than I'm done I will never purchase another EA or Madden game. I can only hope that others follow in my footsteps and you see what happens when you ignore your fans.Please Put a more detailed description of edits in transactions tab in 27
Please Put a more detailed description of edits in transactions tab in 27 **bleep** is not that difficult to do. The leagues deserve to know every little thing these goofs are changing. Anything that edited needs to show up. We really need to expose these clown **bleep** commishs. That alone would improve franchise mode ten fold.Teambuilder bug
As we are days away from the official reveal of madden 27, I still can't believe the chrome bumper/chinstrap bug hasn't been fixed. This has been an issue since day 1 and it pretty obviously isn't going to be fixed at all. Teambuilder is one of my favorite additions and it's disappointing when you put time and effort into making a team and the look is completely ruined by something that should be an easy fix.
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