My 99 overall quarterback has 99 in west coast, strong arm, and field general. My scrambler (primary) only lets be go to a 98. It won’t let me upgrade that stat anymore. It says I don’t have enough skill points to purchase this bucket, I tried it with 5 skill points before I ended up spending them on the other stats. How many skill points do I need?
I have the same problem I am a cornerback with a 99 overall in slot and 96 in man to man and zone but cannot upgrade my player even though I have 18 skill points. 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.
Heres a link to a a YouTube video with a guy who has the same problem
Community ManagerAre you playing a Connected or Offline Franchise? We tried searching the Madden forums for reports of this error and came up short. This appears to be an extremely rare bug and feel that it could eventually resolve itself as you progress over time. It's likely we would have seen more reports around this when error like this lingers throughout a player's franchise. We'll get this tracked down for the team though.
Do you remember what you were doing just before you noticed this error so they can try to reproduce it? What year of the franchise are you in?
I’m on the cloud franchise and created a player so there’s no real way for me to change the position of my player. Also I’ve been told before that the problem would solve itself but I’ve played another two seasons after I got the bug and it still hasn’t fixed itself so I really don’t believe it will fix itself. I was just regularly playing the game and then after a game I reached 99 overall in slot it wouldn’t let me upgrade any other skills and just says not enough skill points to purchase this bucket. Why is this message even in the game?
I've begun having this same issue in my Offline Franchise. Created QB in his 3rd season. Started happening a few days ag. When I try to purchase a level in either West Coast (98) or Scrambler (93) I get the error message "Not enough skill points to purchase this bucket". As it is a player franchise, I cannot change his position. Is there any other fix available? I appreciate your help!
Does not work all the time. Many players this happens to over severalseasons. Why don't we have a fix yet?
Blueberry,
Now on Madden 20 this is still an issue, even in Face of the Franchise where you absolutely cannot change a player's position. What should I do in order to upgrade my player and get past this bug?
not extremely rare at all actually, happens quite often when u reach 99 in any archetype that it will lock one of the other archetypes where they are currently at, i have seen it happen multiple times over the course of a franchise, in my current franchise i can't get justin jefferson above 97 playmaker because i wanted to finish deep threat first
I have seen this error in both Madden 23 and now Madden 24 across multiple positions when a player reaches 99 overall. Restarts WILL NOT fix this issue. I have sent screenshots I get the message when upgrading both Strong Arm and Scrambler.
It’s been over five years since I had this problem. It looks like there was never going to be a fix for it and I haven’t played a new madden game since. The sad part is I feel like it won’t make a difference in how madden games are made. I feel like it’s not hard to make a game that isn’t broken when madden is successful. I’m waiting for the football games that don’t come from
EA. People only play madden because it’s the only real football game that exists. I hope there comes a time when a football game comes out that is better than madden so people can play a game that isn’t broken and demanding money every chance they get. If you respect yourself, your money, your time, and your experience with games then I encourage you to stop buying new madden games because it’s never going to get better.
Having the same issue in madden 25 now too.
Same issue here in madden 25
