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Madden 26 needs better player builds & franchise retirement control
Dear EA Sports Madden Team, I want to thank you for continuing to develop the Madden franchise and for the improvements you’ve brought to the game year after year. As a long-time player and fan, I’d like to share some constructive feedback regarding Madden 26. First, regarding created players, the customization system feels very limited in terms of body diversity and realism. Almost every created player, regardless of position, ends up with the same quarterback-like body type. This makes it difficult to create players that reflect the true range of sizes and builds we see across different NFL positions. Some specific areas that could be improved include: Body Proportions: Currently, arm and leg sizes can’t be adjusted. Adding more detailed sliders for limb size and overall build would allow players to create more authentic athletes. Weight Representation: A created player listed at 400 pounds doesn’t visually resemble that weight. Larger builds should look proportionate and realistic, especially for linemen. Position-Specific Body Types: Different templates for positions (QB, WR, OL, DL, LB, etc.) would go a long way in making created players look unique and true to their role. Second, in Franchise Mode, player retirements happen far too quickly and often feel unrealistic. In many cases, players retire when they are still playing at a high level. A solution would be to give users more control — either by slowing down retirement rates or by adding an option to prevent or override retirements entirely. This would greatly improve immersion and allow players to build and maintain their franchises in a more natural way. Thank you for taking the time to consider this feedback. I’m excited to see how Madden 26 continues to evolve, and I believe enhancing both created player customization and Franchise Mode would make the game even stronger.Rookie lineman after year 1 in franchise mode are TOO SMALL. PLEASE HELP.
I decided to buy Madden again after two years without it, and after playing the first year of my franchise mode, I remembered why I had decided to go without it for the last two years. When you draft rookies in franchise mode, offensive and defensive linemen have the same body type as all of the other players. As google ai perfectly puts it below, this "breaks immersion"... I understand it's definitely a small thing, but for players like me, it makes it almost unplayable. I drafted a defensive tackle after year 1, and the dude looks like a middle linebacker trying to play nose tackle. Just completely takes me out of the game, and ruins the experience for me. Franchise mode is really the only mode that I play in the game, even since I was a little kid. I used to be able to go 10-15 years deep into a league...I'd adjust names and ratings and tendencies of ALL rookies throughout the league, while playing as my team, so I had complete creative control over the whole thing. Was perfect to let my imagination go and have fun with it...but now I don't see the point of even trying, because by year three, every team is gonna have a tiny guy on their offensive line...it looks ridiculous, and I just can't get myself to ignore it to take the game seriously. I remembered this being an issue in the past as soon as I saw it this year. And it's truly so disappointing. I feel like I can't be the only player of Madden who thinks this is an issue. Other people play franchise mode as religiously as I do, right? C'mon folks, can we put the pressure on? How hard could this be to fix? Or how hard would it be to just bring back the body customization from a few years ago?Day 3, 3rd attempt: Matthew Golden
Can someone at EA please share the logic behind Matthew Golden’s speed rating? Him & Maxwell Hairston ran the same 40time, yet Golden is a 91speed while Hairston is a 96speed..? Even if you take away that comparison, he should still be at least a 94, 95spd. A 4.29 does not equate 91!!?? He’s the fastest packer receiver yet has the lowest rating. The logic is confusing for multiple reasons. Surely someone at EA understands the frustration and can get back to us. Thanks. Please do not use “game speed” as a deterrent for Golden. I live in Lex KY- where Hairston went to school. If game speed was the logic, he wouldn’t be a 96.Madden 26 Companion App
Good evening EA, As I’m sure you’re well aware a lot of us have been waiting for the Madden 26 Companion App for awhile now. We don’t need to know all the details except when do you anticipate the app being released? If you have no update can you at least tell us what is the hold up and what leagues should do seeings how we all are waiting on the 53 man roster patch update for franchise as well as the companion app. We know the app has the capabilities as there has been several people have found ILLEGAL work around in getting what they want on an app that hasn’t been updated in 11 months. Most of us have common sense to know we don’t want our accounts being banned. However, all we’re asking for is a little bit of communication instead of disregarding what we are asking for. We all are getting Deja vu deleted franchise mode vibes and it’s not a great feeling at all. Any input from EA devs or higher ups would greatly be appreciated it. Thanks in advance.Few things (still unaddressed) that I'm politely asking for
Zone run blocking, needs to be more aware of 2nd level defenders when double team blocking. LB scrapes "under" backside lineman peels off to block them. LB scrapes "over" playside lineman peels off to block them. (This has been especially bad btw) TEs need to block...like TEs. No other way to put it. Give us "Adaptive AI" in online H2H games, as was advertised in the Gameplay deep dive a few months ago. Right now, coach suggestions are pretty much useless. I like the fact that hook/curls aren't as O.P. as they were last year, but once again...its been OVER-corrected in the other direction. Its one thing to not do well keeping leverage in "carrying/delivering" receivers but right now they look like they aren't even aware that's what they need to be doing. Granted if your zone coverage rating isn't great...you should be a step slow but standing still like a deer in headlights...nah, that's taking it too far. Subtle (non-turbo) QB avoidance moves, to manipulate the pocket. Scramble moves are too extreme. I'm talking about slight movements such as: Step up/Step back (flick right stick up/down) Shoulder roll step up (push and HOLD right stick up) Also, there should be a "back spin" to the QBs off hand added to scramble moves Expanded "Check with me" system for audibles. There are a number of offensive plays which are intended to look like one another (I.e. outside zone run/play-action pass). Often times there are even THREE plays which are inherently "married" to each other. My point is...instead of limiting us to the 4 audibles we set, we should have another page of play which are preset as "check with me" plays by hitting the "audible" button followed by (currently unused) pushing the L3 button. This would be where check with me plays can be found. Add Cover 4 and Cover 6 to pre-snap Coverage Shell adjustments. Lastly, and I can't stress this enough...The Light Box spam...HAS TO GO. There's a place for little guys in football, just NOT IN FRONT OF BIG GUYS. Not little guys should be able to run AROUND big guys, but once big guys put their hands on little guys...little guys get moved AGAINST THEIR WILL...CONSISTENTLY. If you throw out a 3 man line on defense and I line up in 21 or 22 personnel...that 3 man line should STILL be at a disadvantage if/when the offense decides to run the ball. Ratings or abilities be damned. Light Box cheese has long been a crutch for folks who have no interest in playing honest defense. Bottom line...if you can't get the trenches right...this might as well be an arcade game.Edit Uniforms Option Removed
Why did Madden remove the EDIT UNIFORM feature to customize before a match? It started last year, during online matches you couldn’t see which uniform you were selecting. Now this year, Madden 26, you cannot see edit uniforms during a superstar match, or online matches. WTF Madden. Why are you removing things?
Madden 26's online mode was banned by EA
This afternoon, while playing Madden 26, I bid on a Brock Bowers card with an 87 rating in the auction house. I clicked the price twice and then experienced a network issue and was logged out. I logged back in and tried to buy the card, but someone else outbid me. EA refunded me twice. I didn't use the gold, and later that evening, I discovered I was banned from playing Madden 26 online. I'd like to know why. This seems to be a bug in your game, not mine.
Madden 26 Companion App Release Date
Hello, When is the expected release date for the companion app for Madden 26? Last year, it was nearly a month after the Madden release. I am a third-party developer that relies on the companion app. Knowing the release ahead of time would help me schedule around the release date to work on my application. I appreciate any information you can provide. Best, JoshMatthew Golden Speed Rating
Can someone at EA please share the logic behind Matthew Golden’s speed rating? Him & Maxwell Hairston ran the same 40time, yet Golden is a 91speed while Hairston is a 96speed..? Even if you take away that comparison, he should still be at least a 94, 95spd. A 4.29 does not equate 91!!?? He’s the fastest packer receiver yet has the lowest rating. The logic is confusing for multiple reasons. Surely someone at EA understands the frustration and can get back to us. Thanks. Please do not use “game speed” as a deterrent for Golden. I live in Lex KY- where Hairston went to school. If game speed was the logic, he wouldn’t be a 96.Dont get to excited
I had so much hope for this game and was genuinely excited to play it. Dynamic lighting, dynamic weather....? There is no dynamic lighting im in November in my steelers franchise and my game look like its in august September still. 1st quarter to 4th quarter looks exactly the same there is literally no change at all. College football did an excellent job with the lighting. You can tell the game is getting later qtr by qtr. Madden always says its gonna do this and do that and then it releases and literally has none of the stuff. Dynamic weather to me is being able to change tempers to where you want it if I wanna play a cold game in 37 degrees and have it raining to where its raining and I could see my breath that'd be awesome. Dynamic weather would be seeing a game start out with dark clouds and then see it start raining midway through the 2nd or 3rd qtr. If there aint a shadow on the field to start out there should be one by 3rd qtr that dynamic. Nothing about this game and the weather or lighting is dynamic. Its just another failed sorry attempt for ea to tell us this game is gonna have cool stuff in it like that just to find out that there is no dynamic lighting. And dynamic precipitation just means adding heavy rain and snow with fog so thick it dont even look right. Especially in the heavy rain fog shouldn't be so bad that you cant see. Dynamic weather would be having a sideline reporter doing a pregame weather prediction along with a run down of noted injuries and such. Overall this game feels very stiff and stale the weather isnt dynamic and neither is the lighting. The field goal post are all kinda different colors the commentators are announcing my plays but saying the team im playing did what I just did. This game is terribly broken and at this point ea needs to not sign exclusive rights. They do not know how to be "dynamic"...?Refunds
I have found madden so badly made and unfair to the player that I want refunds for what I’ve spent on it. Can’t play it on anything less than all pro bc it’s too easy but all pro and all madden are so unfair it’s not even fun to play I see no reason to even spend anymore money on it. I’m playing with Josh Allen with 36 td passes and 45 interceptions and 90% of my interceptions come from me winning against the computer and all of a sudden my qb will throw the ball 40 yards away from the receiver I’m throwing to for a pick 6 or I’ll catch the ball run 10 yards get tackled and it’s called incomplete. But I think my favorite is when the computer always somehow falls over the first down mark after barreling thru ten of my guys but when I try and run I trip over someone’s feet that’s 3 feet away from me it’s become nothing but aggravation I regret ever spending any money with these people bc I’m not gonna keep buying unfair and rigged games. It would be different if it was every once in a while but this is a problem game after game. I played the eagles 15 times in a row cuz I would restart it every time some bs happened and of course every game had me fumbling and getting picked off around the same time and in the same spot almost every game. It’s always on PA Sail or when I’m in the red zone. I would like to say Screw EA and I swear if I could I would demand refunds on every single madden game I’ve ever bought.
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