Dear EA Sports Team,Custom Playbooks: For years, players have struggled with the inability to organize custom playbooks effectively. Traditionally, we could select formations in the order we wanted them to appear. However, this method does not work in College Football 25. Formations are placed randomly within the playbook regardless of the order selected. This lack of organization makes it extremely difficult to operate cleanly, as it is challenging to memorize the locations of numerous plays and formations.I urge the development team to address this issue by implementing a feature that allows players to organize their custom playbooks. With the abundance of plays and new formations in the game, it is crucial to have an organized system to enhance the user experience and improve gameplay efficiency.Road to CFP Mode: Additionally, the inability to change playbooks, jerseys, and other customizable elements in the Road to CFP mode is frustrating. It is perplexing that not all plays are available in the playbooks, and teams are rated differently in Play Now and Dynasty mode. This inconsistency diminishes the overall enjoyment and strategic depth of the game.What is the purpose of these limitations? It feels like the game's potential is being deliberately restricted, which is disappointing. EA Sports has the opportunity to create the game of the year, but these restrictions are holding it back. Moreover, several other key features are missing, which were instrumental in making this franchise a leader in sales and viewership.Do something please,MAGNA

The already had this right in NCAA 14. Granted the overall sets took trial and erroring to get in a particular order, sets went in in the order you added them and plays were drag and drop once inside the formation so you could organize it by link plays or if you wanted all your inside runs on a page you could do that, all your screens, etc. No idea why we've regressed so far into whatever lunacy they have done now.

@CA3xMAGNA "Teams are rated differently in play now and dynasty mode" This is a BIGGEST issue with the game right now. Can't get invested into dynasty mode

For H2H players and Dynasty users, if I am the coach.. Why would I use a default playbook? I get there are certain plays/formations that are deemed "META" or whatever. But online H2H you could limit a custom playbook to 350 plays and Dynasty the regular 500 because you have play call limits. God forbid my defender have 95 awareness but can't read a formation called consistently over and over and a play ran 5-7 times.

What good are custom playbooks if you can't use them online? Why even bother to have them at all??There are so many things that used to be customizable that are not adjustable now. It's becoming clear to me now that these stifling restrictions are quite deliberate. They are not bugs or glitches. EA has no intention of doing a damn thing about them. Watch and see. Time will pass and the game will still have all these same issues. it's really so sad.

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15 Replies

Mareec3
Seasoned Veteran
12 months ago
@CA3xMAGNA "Teams are rated differently in play now and dynasty mode" This is a BIGGEST issue with the game right now. Can't get invested into dynasty mode
Mareec3
Seasoned Veteran
12 months ago
Please fix this bug
CA3xMAGNA
12 months ago
It's honestly ridiculous. There is no need to give the teams different ratings. When have they ever done that in past games? What made them think this is the way to go? On another note, why isn't there a competitive H2H that is on Heisman? I just wonder what goes on in there daily meetings
CA3xMAGNA
12 months ago
For H2H players and Dynasty users, if I am the coach.. Why would I use a default playbook? I get there are certain plays/formations that are deemed "META" or whatever. But online H2H you could limit a custom playbook to 350 plays and Dynasty the regular 500 because you have play call limits. God forbid my defender have 95 awareness but can't read a formation called consistently over and over and a play ran 5-7 times.
Haze453
12 months ago
The already had this right in NCAA 14. Granted the overall sets took trial and erroring to get in a particular order, sets went in in the order you added them and plays were drag and drop once inside the formation so you could organize it by link plays or if you wanted all your inside runs on a page you could do that, all your screens, etc. No idea why we've regressed so far into whatever lunacy they have done now.
Haze453
12 months ago
As to the dynasty bit I think that has to do with the coach skills adding onto the players which does not exist in play now mode
Mareec3
Seasoned Veteran
12 months ago
@CA3xMAGNA I think it's a glitch. I doubt it's something they did on purpose. But theres no reason to invest deep into a dynasty right now.
JackDaddy16
12 months ago
@Mareec3 I don't believe they want users playing deep into dynasty mode. That may be causing fear that purchases will be down for the release next July. They have no explanation for the lack of basic feature, features that clearly should be in this installment of the game.

Dynasty mode is a reconfiguration of Madden's franchise mode.
CA3xMAGNA
12 months ago
How are we continuously regressing in 2024?? Makes zero sense
CA3xMAGNA
12 months ago
Yeah I had my league schedule to start Aug 10th because I knew * was going to be broken but Idk if it'll be fixed by then