Madden 23 server issue: cannot access Face of the Franchise mode
I am experiencing a recurring connection issue when trying to access Face of the Franchise on Madden NFL 23. Every time I attempt to load the mode, I receive the following error message: “Our Servers are currently experiencing a high volume of traffic and cannot process your request to access this league at this time. Please try again later. We apologize for any inconvenience. You have been returned to the Main Menu.” This issue has persisted for several days, making the game mode completely unplayable. I have already opened support cases, but so far I have not received any response or solution. I would like to know if anyone in the community is facing the same problem and whether someone has found any workaround, solution, or official update about this issue. Since this is one of the main modes in the game, I believe many players may be affected, and any shared information would be helpful5KViews22likes86CommentsNot enough skill points to purchase this bucket
Product: Madden NFL 19 Platform:Microsoft XBOX One Which console generation do you have? XBOX One S What is your gamertag/PSN ID? Farrell Kat Date/time issue occurred 4/20/19 What type of issue do you have? Gameplay Which mode has this happened in? Franchise Mode Which part of the mode? Cloud Summarize your bug I go to upgrade my player but I am instead greeted with a message that says “not enough skill points to purchase this bucket” regardless of how many skill points I have. Ea help said it would fix itself eventually but two seasons later I have seen no change. I cleared my alternate MAC address and restarted my console and even uninstalled and reinstalled Madden 19 but still have seen no change. How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play franchise mode and play as player. This bug seems rare and the few people who I have seen who have also experienced this bug have also found no solution. What happens when the bug occurs? A message appears saying “not enough skill points to purchase this bucket” regardless of how many skill points I have. What do you expect to see? I expect my player to be upgraded and have fun playing this game. PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. What is the AMD or Nvidia Model Number of your graphics card? Enter RAM memory size in GB BoopSolved34KViews2likes30CommentsHidden Dev Trait Snap Counter Reset on Trade
Product: Madden NFL 20 Platform:Microsoft XBOX One Which console generation do you have? XBOX One What is your gamertag/PSN ID? Seventhebird Date/time issue occurred 05/09/2020 What type of issue do you have? Gameplay Which mode has this happened in? Franchise Mode Which part of the mode? Cloud What is your Franchise League Name? rjsuserfranchise Summarize your bug When I traded for Ed Oliver, he had 209 nine snaps played toward revealing his hidden dev, and unlocking a superstar ability. bur when i accepted the trade, his counter reset to zero snaps. can you please add the snaps back? this is very frustrating to play through. How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? trade a hidden dev player in franchise mode. What happens when the bug occurs? the counter toward revealing a hidden dev trait resets What do you expect to see? the same amount of snaps as before, in my case 209 more for ed oliver PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. x What is the AMD or Nvidia Model Number of your graphics card? x Enter RAM memory size in GB x xxx843Views0likes2CommentsNew Game mode on madden
Hello, I was thinking that in one of the next madden games they should add a career game mode. Nothing like the superstar, but something kinda like road to glory. You choose if you are either a first round prospect, second or third round prospect, later round prospect, or a Undrafted free agent. From there you create your character and you can insert an age 21-24. Depending on what you picked with your prospect rank, you can either do your colleges pro day or combine. The later round prospects and undrafted free agent prospect can only do a pro day. You use a he combine and/or the pro day to build up your draft stock. You start off with no traits. Once you are picked up, you have to climb up the depth chart based on your training camp performance and how you played in preseason games, this with ultimately lead to either you being cut, making the practice squad, or making the 53 man roster. Based on performance on practices and if you get snaps in the game, you can rise up the depth chart until you are a starter. Throughout the season you can be traded at random times during the offseason and before the trade deadline and you can be cut. You have to overachieve to stand out as a leader.TbNachoSupreme4 days agoRising Newcomer11Views0likes0CommentsPlayer stuck on IR?
Franchise mode: I have Austin Ekeler chilling on IR even though he’s been uninjured for 4 weeks. It says Yes player can return from IR on the injury page, but when I select him it doesn’t give me the option to do so. He doesn’t even show up on my depth chart, only on my roster. I’m 2 games away from the playoffs and want to bring him back. TIASolved4.3KViews0likes2CommentsNFL Head Coach 09 Compatible
I have been a long time customer of EA Games. My x box 360 is no longer functional. I have two copies of NFL HC 09 for X Box 360. I have an x box one and a PC. There must be some way for EA to make this game backwards compatible or available on PC. This game has a loyal fan base. Please do right by us and make it compatible on X Box One.1.9KViews3likes5CommentsMADDEN 22 PS5 Broken
I understand the servers shutdown for the game. however since that server shutdown NONE of the trophies will unlock for PS5 on the game. Even single player. surely this was not the intention is there anything you guys can do to review? No one has unlocked trophies on this games in almost a month for Madden 22 PS5 Xbox series version works fine and so does the PS4…566Views1like10CommentsMy last name is alerted as profane language.
To whom this may concern, I pre-ordered Madden as I do each year and I was excited to get started for the early release date. Upon loading the game it asks to enter your name and information to create a player (as it would in face of the franchise or any other mode where a player is created). When entering my last name i was prompted with an error saying it is unable to input my name due to profane language. My last name is BENDER. I have been able to use my name in every game up to Madden 21, and even have had in game announcers say my name during gameplay in past editions. Why does my last name not work in Madden 21? My last name is not profane language. Is there any way to get this patched so that I can use my last name for customization purposes? Thank you kindly, Erek BenderSolved31KViews14likes378CommentsCan y'all please see what's going on with these field goals?
When this new season came out it's like the field goals is glitching you can do everything right on meter and still miss can y'all correct this please??? And another thing is I have the 97 overall Jamal Lewis and his picture is some dude from Kansas City Chiefs. 🤦Loverboy61523 days agoNew Novice23Views0likes0CommentsNFL Head coach
I’m not really sure where the best place to start is, but I was hoping to see if there’s still a solid amount of interest in an NFL Head Coach–style game. Head Coach 09 still has a loyal fan base, and I think there’s real demand for a modern version with today’s rosters, analytics, and franchise depth. If enough people feel the same, I’d love to reach out to EA and make the case for bringing the series back.71Views0likes1CommentMadden 27 ideas
These are some things not only i but others want in madden 27 we want realistic ai calls i mean i was winning by 7 10 seconds left they have no timeouts they throw i chevkdown mid field fix this i want suoer bowl reactions fr i want my superstar player to have a life out of football more game modes like street i want my superstar to have more realistic things to happen and i want realistic ctach and throw animations amd interceltions beacause i threw a hail mary it got tipped rashee rice had it in his hands and dropped it!!!! Ea please add theseKing11sport24 days agoNewcomer37Views0likes0Comments- 19KViews0likes7Comments
Madden 26 Real Disscussion
The first Madden I played was Madden 98 or 99. I have been playing Madden games for a very long time. Over the past few years Madden is not as enjoyable as its use to be in my younger days. WHY? I feel like EA developers don’t care or put in any effort to game modes like Franchise mode, and focus more on a pay to win mode like Madden Ultimate team. At first I thought the mode was cool until every game I played in with my 79-81 overall team I was playing against a 90 plus rated team, and to me that was unfair. So in order to get a better squad you had to spend hours grinding or pay for packs. I chose to do neither. But that’s where all the effort is at when it comes to this video game and most sports games in general. Franchise mode is the only mode I really care about and it’s not the same as it was in the early 2000’s. The one thing that I hate is they took out Owners mode. Why would they do that? Why ?????? It makes no sense to do that. Before I go on about franchise mode, the gameplay needs a major overhaul. This animation based game needs to be over and done with. I say this because there is no control over your player. No. When you try to go for an interception.. you get this weird animation to where you knocking the pass down or some other weird bs. When you run the ball with your RB or ball carrier .. when you steer/move the defense reaction to it asap. On break away runs it’s more Noticeable to be. I zig and zag and the defense or person who is chasing me is doing the same thing I’m doing. It’s weird. When I throw a short pass, to an open receiver and he catches it and falls to the ground, what is he falling down for when no one is near him. Get rid of the engine it is terrible. Feels like the games be scripted . Ok back to franchise mode. I feel like more can be done to franchise mode but EA Sports does not want to put in the time and effort to improve the mode. The scouting has been the same for 4-5 years now and that needs an upgrade. Big one. Copy and paste ahh game. It’s sickening to keep seeing that. For one, in scouting it should be, I scout a player, who does it compare to… is he the Next Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Saquan Barkley, or NFL LEGENDS like Randy Moss, Tom Brady, Ray Lewis, etc. What’s his ceiling, is he a HOF type player or is he bench player or role player. Does the player compare to a Devin White, who’s career starts off good then falls off a cliff…player college stats. That use to be in the older Madden games but haven’t been in it since the PS2/Regular XBOX days. Player college awards, all-American should be displayed but like I said there’s no effort. Storylines. Madden 26, feels dead with the lack of storylines. When I say storylines, training camp battles, player contract issues, coaches on the hot seat, unhappy fan base, player morale, hold outs from training camp, players approaching certain mile stones, rookie of the year battles, mvp battles, players facing former team, when you win a superbowl, the quest for going back to back, the creating of a dynasty, when you drafting a top prospect, if he’s not doing well in 2-3 years is he a BUST? wasted draft pick. Players nearing retirement, etc. Those are real storylines that’s needed in the game. WHAT would be the point in playing the mode without any story lines. So if anybody from EA sees this please make this something to improve on. PRESENTATION for this year is decent. Like the pre games, intros, and presentation packages. But with that said there’s commentary is absolute trash. That KATE SCOTT OMG.. the most annoying announcer in the history of sports games. Commentary needs a major update and needs to discuss teams current record, players approaching milestones, MVP races, rookie of the year battles, whether your team should make a change at head coach, whether fans are unhappy, franchise success, etc. The commentary lacks excitement especially for long plays, TD’s etc. Keep the intros never remove that again, keep the different broadcast packages, and keep the outside views of NFL stadiums. SCOREBOARD in NFL stadiums. One this I wish to see, how like in MLB THE SHOW 25, and NBA 2k GAMES is the actual score and stats show on the titiantron instead of just seeing the logo. I been in plenty of NFL stadiums where that’s shown but it’s not shown on current MADDEN titles. But it did in past MADDENS. I’ll show pics below in a minute. Creation of players.. OMG why do we have the same generic faces for prospects for the past few years and its faces of someone’s granddaddy. Let’s be real. Most players coming out of college are 20-23 maybe 24 years of age. But these faces they have for your prospect are horrendous and that needs a major update. That reason alone is one reason why I don’t want to play the game. People be like well what you complaining about it’s not like you’re going to see their faces etc. They are missing the point. It’s been the same for years and it’s faces of 40 plus year old men. They need to allow more customization for one, then two remove the faces and add new one. Some of the faces on college football 26 are nice until you get to scouting on dynasty mode then you see players with full beards, brown hair and brown beard or yellow hair and yellow beard, and those incoming freshman look like 30 plus year old men. It shows the lack of detail and effort that EA put in these games. It’s terrible. In CFB 26 I avoid recruiting players with the brown hair brown beard, or yellow hair, yellow beard, heck some of the players be having grey hair. It’s terrible. So I would like to see updates faces or they can use the AI generated faces they use for the college players on CFB 26. I’ll show pics below. Overall team stats, achievements in franchise mode. Trophy case or something. So as a franchise overall wins and losses should be shown, overall win/loss vs division rivals, but overall every team as a whole. Again what’s the point of you can’t track your success. I would love to keep track of the number of times I’ve beaten the brakes off the Dallas Cowboys in my franchise mode but I can’t. Why because EA doesn’t care about anything like that. Yes the history tab keeps track of Super Bowl winners but overall I feel like as a franchise you should keep track of your overall success especially against your rivals and other NFL teams to see when you measure up at. In NBA 2K it shows overall record against rivals and other NBA TEAMS in franchise mode. Why can’t EA give us something like that ? Again I’ll show pics below. Jersey retirements, tracking of players making the Hall of fame. Again as a franchise jersey retirements, and tracking the number of players making the HALL of FAME for my team should be tracked . Power Rankings, I would love to see that added and the only sports game that has that is NBA 2k. It was in NFL 2k5. Would love to see that, to see where my team is each week in my franchise each year. But for some reason it’s not added .. locker rooms.. show players in the locker room interacting with coaches, trainers, other personnel on the roster. So locker room cutscenes like on NBA 2k25 The weekly recap show in Madden 26 is well, terrible. 3 highlights, and the commentary is very delayed. No talking about what’s going on around the league, playoff battles, trades, injury reports, nfl draft updates, nothing. I was very disappointed and it was one thing EA kept highlighting but the effort was bare minimum. EA if they are planning on keeping the NFL license needs to do better. The only way to go is up but yet EA takes a few steps forward and then 10 steps backwards. I really wish the NFL would allow other companies to make football games because EA just doesn’t care what the fans really want in the game. I just want a better football game and the ability to enjoy the mode I love and that’s franchise mode. I hope the rest of y’all feel the same way. Franchise mode once again is a big disappointment.keuntaethomas301 month agoSeasoned Rookie515Views4likes3Comments- Anonymous1 month ago75KViews6likes13Comments
Madden 27 Wish List
It wood be fun if madden 27 had a playoff mode with eaither 8,14,16 or even 32 team that wood be fun also bring back the reverse play for an example if I’m playing a friend and I get picked off I can reverse the play and try not to get picked off again.BARCA15861 month agoRising Newcomer31Views0likes0Comments
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