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kognito17
Seasoned Rookie
14 hours ago

M26 Franchise Mode Needs TLC

Below are items that should be addressed immediately for Franchise mode.  Most of these would probably take little effort to resolve.  But the lack of effort and any focus on Franchise mode is very apparent and very sad.  EA has grown to be very lazy with this mode and many bugs are just copy and pasted each year into the next Madden. 

Online League: 26SIMPLYTHEBEST

  1. SuperSim does not automatically restart after Halftime.  This has worked up until Madden 26.
      
  2. Coach Abilities - Should not allow XP stacking in weekly loadouts.  Use of same abilities by different coaches (i.e. Using HC Camp Counselor, and OC Camp Counselor, etc).   
  3. QB's are regressing for no reason, even young high OVR players coming off of award winning seasons. 
  4. Franchise needs more options for game planning, especially for SlowSim leagues. 
    1. Pass/Run % slider would be nice in the weekly strategy. Since these cant be made in game fairly for both teams.  (i.e. Run Play 65% / Pass Play 35%) or set percentage ranges based on down and distance.  Custom playbooks not allowed in most leagues.
  5. Two Way Players -
    1. Travis Hunter type players, should be able to update attributes in training for both sides of the ball.  Not just the position they are currently assigned.     
  6.  Free Agency Issues -
    1. Active Negotiation Bug - Been around for YEARS.  If low ball offers are bid on players, and they do not accept it, when advancing to FA Recap, they are sticking with team for rest of franchise.  So subsequent Free Agencies show active bids when No actual bids are placed. (i.e. starting FA1 with 3/5 bids used, but there are NO bids on any players). 
    2.  Green Bar Interest Exploit - Been around for YEARS.  High overall players are accepting stupid long term contracts with no Signing Bonus, making ultra unrealistic salaries.  The Players are signing strictly because they are Interested in Long Contract Duration and some other team factor.  (i.e. Signing a 25yr old XF WR for a 5yr/25mil contract and no signing bonus, because he is interested in the contract duration, and location of the team) 
  7.  Draft Issues - 
    1. Draft orders are almost never accurate from top to bottom.  
    2. Picks are completely taken away from some teams, and teams getting Duplicate picks. This has occurred for up to 6 teams and is completely random (i.e.  Ravens have no 2031 picks, Falcons have 14 picks with 7 duplicates) 
    3. Draft Timer Expired during actual draft. Been around for YEARS. 
      1. Getting error intermittently when submitting draft pick that Draft Timer has expired (even when plenty of time is remaining).  Causes user to back out of Franchise and reenter in order to make the pick (if the clock doesnt actually expire on them during this process.   
    4. Draft Prospects - Extremely stale Player Notes which give away a players Hidden trait. Been around for YEARS.  

 

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  • kognito17's avatar
    kognito17
    Seasoned Rookie
    13 hours ago

    Also, Playoff Standings incorrectly show teams "Clinching Playoffs" and some of those teams do not make playoffs.  This appears to be connected to draft pick order issues as well. 

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