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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, Josh
Why the Hell Did EA Screw Up Player Portraits?
Seriously all I want to do is play Franchise, but now you guys went and ruined that completely by adding portraits with the specific team jerseys in the pictures. Players switch teams, but in the game their Jerseys don't change. This was absolutely moronic. Signed, canceling my EA account.Madden 26 Training Camp
In franchise mode, the devs have made the training camp so much harder to the point it is basically unplayable in a lot of aspects. They have removed the other WR battle and made the qb throw worse balls, that isn't an issue but what is an issue is when they sail it 20 yards out of bounds when i called for a bullet pass, this makes you have to restart many times for gold bc of something that has nothing to do with your WR in a WR redzone attack. My second complaint is about the chase and tackle drill, it is completely unrealistic and quite frankly just stupid, yes I get running backs don't always hit the gap they are intended to, but when the gap opens up and I go to make a play then they just turn around and wrap around the complete other side is completely unrealistic and has nothing do with user skill, the runningbacks more often than not hit another hole on the complete other side of the line as soon as you go to make a play on the gap they are supposed to and it makes it physically impossible to get gold unless you have really good rng and its all outside tosses. My last complaint is the Trench Battle, while not nearly as bad as the other 2 the lineman now have a holding animation that you can not break and they will just push you out of bounds and there isn't anything to be done about it, the only time the animation breaks is when you are out of bounds or hit tires, it is incredibly frustrating when you basically need a sack every single attempt to get gold. While I agree the training camps should be harder it is at the point they are unplayable in higher difficultys, please do something about this EA.
MADDEN 26 FEEDBACK
Haven't gotten into franchise or anything yet, but have spent yesterday and today just toying with settings, sliders, and testing overall gameplay. I'll break it down into positives, negatives, and bugs/glitches I've run into so far. For the record, my User ID is BrandOG-182; Platform is PS5. POSITIVES: OVERALL GAMEPLAY: To my surprise feels pretty good actually considering the horrible experience CFB turned out to be. Movement is fluid and feels good; able to make good cuts on offense while running the ball, and good angle adjustments on defense while pursuing. Have only needed to make minimal adjustments to sliders, even being on All-Madden. Seems to be in a pretty solid place overall on both sides of the ball. Really plays like a pretty good game of football right now. Hopefully this remains fairly balanced at launch and after updates. SETTINGS: The amount of customization within the settings is excellent! From wear & tear, to weather; sliders & penalties, the ability to adjust everything to suit your style of gameplay has never been better. Haven't touched Franchise yet, but even last year, the XP sliders ability to adjust to age and position are great! This remains a strong positive and continues to improve. ANIMATIONS: New tackle and throw animations are really really nice additions, adding to the realism and overall emersion of the game. RUN BLOCKING: Even just blocking in general feels much better this year so far than previous years, and certainly a far cry from the dumpster fire experience it was within CFB. Running feels much much better compared to last year to the point the Run Blocking slider might even have to come down a bit. Will have to go through a season of franchise and see how the numbers look though. Pass blocking doesn't feel too overpowered for CPU, nor underpowered for the Player on 50 each, so that's pretty huge I feel. PLEASE, DO NOT screw this up with a future update! STUNTS: Were a great addition to CFB and are a great addition to Madden as well. RESTART GAME OPTION: A pretty nice touch as a Play Now option instead of just having the normal Quit option. Hopefully will see this in Franchise too. NEGATIVES: RATINGS: These are a matter of debate and discourse every year, but going through each team again this year, they still just feel out of touch with reality and leave me asking why a lot. I would really like to see more guys in the low to mid 70's, and far less in the 60's than I'm seeing. Some guys just really need some more respect on their name. Like, why is Matthew Stafford, a Super Bowl winner, still not at least a Superstar and yet Baker Mayfield (who I love as a QB so no hate toward him), is? Jared Goff with numbers he's put up is another. So many people either over or underrated. Make it make sense! These ratings affect how schemes work and play within game too, and too often I see them adjusted to make a guy fit a scheme while not emphasizing their individual skills within that position. This is especially relevant with linebackers, in which some can both rush the passer and play coverage really well at times. Good example of how it affects gameplay and scheme; Travis Hunter. Good at DB and WR. I'm afraid to even see the schemes in Franchise they were so jacked up last year. Idk who evaluates these each year, but DO BETTER PLEASE!!! KNOCKOUTS & 50/50 BALLS: My real problem with this is not just consistency, but how it pertains to overalls. This problem is exclusive to All-Madden to my knowledge because that's all I've played. Curious about other difficulties though. Whether it's knockouts or catches, they just seem to favor CPU way too consistently. I shouldn't need Superstar abilities to favor a catch or knockout when my CTH, CIT, SPC, or CVG calculates higher than the opponents player. I've had to turn CPU catching slider way down as they just do not drop the ball that often. Way too often have there been players with lower overalls coming down with, or knocking out balls against much higher overall players. This was a problem last year, and it was problem in CFB at launch with way too many 50/50 balls favoring the catch. This needs tuning. Overalls and ratings need to matter, even on All-Madden/Heisman. THAT BEHIND THE BACK KNOCKOUT ANIMATION: If you know, you know. It's in CFB as well...GET RID OF IT!!! Just terrible... QB RUNS/RUN OPTIONS: Seem very slow to launch; almost laggy. Not sure if this is just play design or buggy, but they feel as if they need a little tune up. CUSTOM UNIFORMS: The options are not great here. I liked it a few years ago when you could create multiple combinations from the whole selection of available uniforms, including the older 80s, 90s, etc versions. I hope at least the selection gets better after true launch, but we'll see. Also, the overall layout is a bit disorganized. DOWNLOADS: Specifically pertaining to older rosters/draft classes for nostalgic franchises. Been asking for this for some time now. Still no All-Time Teams either. Extremely disappointing for Franchise Mode, but I remain hopeful for possible future updates. BUGS/GLITCHES/MISLABELS SETTINGS --> GAME CONTROLS --> DEFENSE ENGAGED --> SPEED RUSH: On PS5, R2 is mislabeled here as R1 here. KICKOFF: Glitchy animation on kickoff where there appears to be a weird stutter and the kicker looks like he sort of glides across the turf instead of a fluid motion as with extra points and punts. ID MIKE: The ID Mike icon glitches out and disappears every so often. Hopefully this won't be an issue with routes as it was last year as well. So far haven't had the problem with routes in Play Now, but will have to see in Franchise. EXTRA POINT KICKS: I have the Kicking set to Multi-Meter; Tap and Tap. Every so often the extra tap doesn't register on the power gage, and the ball goes wide, even with the accuracy being good and aligned toward the middle for good accuracy on the first tap. So far this is all I've been able to discern and come up with after the first 24 hours. Going to dive into Franchise soon and leave a post in the Franchise section with what I find there. Hopefully this was helpful to those who read through it.franchise issue vs CPU
I posted yesterday on Reddit regarding the same issue about how when I play in my franchise while on defense the cpu only checks down and plays conservative. Basically, the issue is every game the CPU quarterback would finish throwing 95% to 100%, all check downs to the slot WR, Tight end, or running back and never to the WR1 or 2. As a result through 5 games I have 2.5 sacks as a team and 0 forced turnovers I did a little experiment since it’s an online franchise with my friend. In his games he kinda has the opposite where the offense will be spread out and it’s normal. He gets a good amount of turnovers and an average amount of sacks. And it’s not like the teams were using or drastically different, I’m the Saints and he’s the Dolphins and we both traded and signed players so basically everyone on our defense is an 80+. We have a very similar defense stat wise and player wise. At first, I thought it had something to do with me, but we were always very similar in skill. I did a little experiment and I went on his account and played a game only on defense and I got turnovers and sacks and the game was completely different than what I have on defense. I played a half and got two forced fumbles and a pick ( i have 0 forced turnovers as a team on my saints). There were still some check downs, but it was balanced. When I was playing on his account it was a team I had already played, which was the Lions. And when I played them, it was just running and check downs and I couldn’t stop it. On my friends account Jared Goff was just throwing it straight to my defenders giving me a lot of opportunities for turnovers. We are in the same exact franchise with the same settings and sliders. I just tried changing my defensive playbook and scheme, but I don’t think that will work as I already tried that before. and this happens in alot of franchises we do, we have probably done 50 franchises throughout the maddens and this issue comes up probably 30% of the time.
The game is **bleep**. EA, do your job lol.
DLine is irrelevant without glitching O-Line AI. Pass breaksups seem only to exist if there's an overall gap, whereas in real life, it's primarily based on positioning rather than ability. AI doesn't understand simple gaps and where to fill, probably due to programming, and defenders get an inhumanely burst of speed and recognition when the ball is in the air. They would bring realism with the bodies and motions if they wanted more offense. People would have to throw in windows and go through progressions, which is horrific for non-sapient individuals, but it would make the game so much more enjoyable, and I'd probably buy it. Also, please remove the online assistance for showing playcalls. Offense is way too easy in this game, but I still dont get why we show their playbook. If you can't stop the same play repeatedly, you're not meant to be playing a strategy game.EA Devs don't even defend this.
I want to say that Madden is not a good game. The AI is poor, and the gameplay isn't fun or rewarding. And it's centered around p2w still. Gameplay is boring and illogical, with many users doing things wrong and getting good results due to poor game engines. I can't say I'm surprised; I don't get the logic behind putting out slop. But I can say I won't even be gamesharing this for free anymore. Not everything should be dumbed down and simplified, as it ruins the game, nor should they have to add in features mid-year because they dont let educated people test the game. Madden is 4/10. Dont let anyone tell you differentlySNIPING IN THE AUCTION HOUSE ?
i will try and make this brief in hopes that one of the EA community mods can shed some light on this. About 2 weeks my main account was coin wiped and banned from the auction house. After 2 appeal denials i realized there was no fighting it cause you just cant beat City Hall right ? So i made a new account which is alsmost up to speed. I dont spend money on the game except at the beginning, i simply cant afford it. So i dont spend money on coins from a 3rd party or any where else for that matter. EA gave no explanation as to why i was banned only that i was cheating and i did something against the TOS. Ok thats fine but i STILL dont know what i did so every time i cut the game on im gun shy if i will be banned again. I snipe cards in the auction house. That is how i remain competitive without spending a ton of money. I think most if not all of us snipe cards, since the beginning really. For instance right now i am targeting 82s for 20K or under and then reselling them for 25K. Thats it. The only thing i can think of is i got to doin it so fast that the automated ban sustem EA has must have thought i was some sort of software. What i want to know from SOMEONE from EA is. Is there some rule against buying cards low and reselling them that at market value ? now i realize this sounda crazy because its the very definition of an auction house ya know. I just want to know what i did wrong so i dont do it again. I just about got this account up to speed and would like NOT to lose it. I cant imagine that work the auction house would be illegal now but it must. Can someone please illuminate this subject.Any update on the Madden 26 Companion App release?
Can we get an update on when the Madden 26 Companion App is being released? The game’s been out for a month and we’ve already had a title update, but still no word on the app. A quick response would at least let the community know when to look out for it. Right now it feels like we’re all just left in the dark.I’m trying to figure out my
I’m trying to figure out why when I’m on defense my online opponent I’m going up against is calling a audible and it’s makes my play art disappear and my player doesn’t play his zone he just run off into the defensive line can yall please fix this madden I have lost a lot of games because of this frI actually enjoyed playing this game too.
Gameplay is overwhelmingly unrealistic, and it doesn't make sense. No quarterback is dodging sacks, and they can't see them. Pass rushes are only possible when bugging the o-line AI or when the user moves within the pocket. Great job adding stuff where people don't have to spend money, but I, like many other people, don't care to spend large parts of our lives online. And most of it is designed so they can keep you on as long as possible instead of making a quality game where exponentially more people would buy it. EA should ask people who dont spend 1500 dollars a year on the game what they'd like and watch millions come back, cause the game gets more lowlights than highlights to the average consumer. And it is becoming more about who is up to date on exploits rather than who knows the most about football. Football is a game where players are punished for making mistakes, not given another chance, cause that's how reality works. And it just waters down the gameplay without it. You won't watch an NFL defensive lineman put his chest on someone's back and not even move them. Physically, it's nearly impossible, but in EA, it's a recurring thing in the game. Also, remove one arm tackles while engaged with blockers, as I'd love to watch anyone try to reach out and grab a fast-moving object while standing still. Now, if that object was Adrian Peterson, I don't even think that if Brian Shaw was being held in place, he could reach out and stop AP with one arm, yet it's an every-play thing. And it removes the need to match personnel. No two men in history are getting a sack in an NFL game on a two-person rush, even against the Raiders. It's funny too, cause they could still farm people off in app purchases and probably more in a system that allows people to use their minds rather than let the game play for them, but they'll drop 2/5 star quality games every year.Tackle traits don’t work
I beg everyone to give all defenders “punch it out trait” and “Cut stick” trait. Test both with all defenders. They don’t work at all. There are no cut sticks (only seen them happen when trying to tackle power backs and sometimes tight ends without the trait) and no one attempts to punch the ball out. Who are the people testing this game every year? There’s always things missed or completely not working but it doesn’t get fixed until months after release, if at all.
Madden 26 Doesn't Launch After Multiple Methods
Hi everyone, I’ve been stuck with an issue where Madden NFL 26 won’t launch at all. I first bought it on Steam (Sept 17), but every time I tried to run the game, the window opened briefly, then closed and sent me back to the EA App. After trying multiple fixes, I refunded it. Hoping it was a Steam-related issue, I repurchased the game through the EA App, but the same issues occurred. Here’s what I’ve already tried: verifying and repairing files, reinstalling Madden 26 multiple times, reinstalling EA AntiCheat (but Madden 26 doesn’t show up in the dropdown), clearing EA App cache, running as administrator, disabling overlays (Steam, Discord, NVIDIA), updating GPU drivers and Windows, adding firewall/antivirus exclusions/exceptions, and even clean boot with restarts. Nothing has worked so far. It looks like EA AntiCheat isn’t linking properly to Madden 26, but I'm not sure. Has anyone else experienced this or found a fix?Ban Appeal
Is there a way to see the status of an auction house/companion app ban appeal? I don't see any cases on my account nor do I see a ban status on my EA account here. I did get the email notifying me of the ban and the same on the game. It's a wrongful coin distribution ban. By the time this is resolved I feel like my team is going to be so far behind there's no point in playing ultimate team anymore..... It's just really messed up. Might have to be my last EA game I support with my $$.Last name on superstar
I keep trying to put my last name on my character on madden superstar but it keeps flagging it as profane. I’ve had this problem last year too and I assumed they’d figure out that every last name isn’t trying to be inappropriate lol. Just wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem or just me.
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