More Online Dynasty Slider Versatility
Not sure where to put this so I'm throwing it in here. After playing 100s of hours of online dynasty, I had some suggestions for the development team on what I believe to be very easy implementations that would enhance the online dynasty experience for all users. CFP Ranking Algorithm - The process for how the CFP Rankings is calculated seem to be hidden but clearly take into consideration Team Prestige, Conference Prestige, SOS, Team OVR, and other characteristics found in each team's standings. I think it would be great to not only share the algorithm with the community but also provide sliders in the dynasty menu where you can change the weights of how much these are impacted. For example, I have found that Team Prestige and Team OVR carry more weight than Head-to-Head in many instances (I currently sit at 13-0 and #3, the #1 team is 12-1 but lost to me earlier this season). In our dynasty, it is logical that my team would be the #1 seed. Recruiting Class - I know Madden franchise mode has had a slider in the past where the draft class can be set to be good or bad, one issue we've seen in CFP is the recruiting classes can sometimes eventually result in too many 97+ OVR teams. I think sliders for this would be great to help give the users more control on if they need a boost in OVR dynasty-wide or maybe a reset to help restrict some of these high-level recruits. I'm kind of extreme and would love to be able to dictate by state which recruits but I do understand that's probably much more of an ask but would help balance out some of the classes if teams in Texas and Florida are out recruiting some of the northern counterparts. Couch Carousal - This game has the opportunity to make a much smoother coaching carousal than the actual one that exists in real life. You should be able to apply to any job, and it shouldn't be so restrictive with these coach pipelines limiting where you can go. If you've won a National Title and are riding an undefeated season, every job opening should have you as their #1. I also believe that coach extensions should come quicker from your own team, especially when other teams are interested in you and like how they do the NIL deals you should be able to get skill points based on the contract offers you get. That's all I had, I do love playing this game and look forward to the updates that are always coming out. As someone who does love this game, I always am looking for ways that I believe the user experience can be better.Unknown penalty
This one is going to gripe me for a long time!!!! Dynasty mode in the playoffs and only playing defense opportunities. My offense has the ball so I’m letting it sim that part. All of a sudden an unknown penalty comes up for 15 yards AGAINST THE DEFENSE!!!! Which should give my offense better field position, but does it NOOOOOO!!!! It TURNS THE BALL OVER!!!!! HOW?????? That one burns me up. Especially in a tie ball game.
Has EA abandoned this game?
I thought the news of the sale of EA could be promising. I had hoped. I guess that was a wrong assumption... After seeing a title update to Madden set to drop tomorrow, I am starting to believe they are just abandoning this game. I cannot remember the last quality update. They added uniforms and equipment, but have done nothing to address any actual issues since the first title update, really. They have actually created more issues and glitches. It seems every time they add something, it messes up something existing, and then they choose to just leave those things broken. I have lost hope that any existing issues will be fixed, and I firmly believe we will not get any further updates for this game. I don't get why EA would add anything new at this point when they can't even get the things that were already in the game at launch to work again/correctly. They COULD fix most issues with a small patch, but choose not to. They chose to release the first roster update in October after the season was halfway finished. That is how little they seem to care. I truly just wish the things that were added to the game this year simply worked. EXAMPLE: I wish in Dynasty, I could go into recruits(once they are on my roster) and actually edit the styles tab. Throwing styles, running styles, stances, etc. Instead, this has been broken for months, and they choose not to put out an easy fix/patch(hasn't worked for the majority of the life of the game at this point). You edit the styles to what you want, and once the week advances, it just randomizes everything in that tab. HAHA. Each week, my Freshman QB has a different throwing style and stance. SUPER REALISTIC!!! If they can't fix something this small, that is a huge embarrassment for EA and the College Football 26 team. It was in the game at launch, and lots of these were newly added to the game this year. Why add something that doesn't work? Somewhere, they added something to the game that broke this feature in a patch or title update, chose not to fix it, and just decided to leave it. PLEASE EA, just stop adding new things until you can get your game to work with the features it currently has. No sense adding a feature that probably took a lot of time to build, and then just breaking it a couple of weeks later and leaving it broken for the life of the game. It is lazy and honestly just shows you and your team don't care. It is sad to see the Madden team still pumping out updates, and the College Football 26 team just giving up on the game already, with a little over 2 weeks left of the regular season. I expected more in year two. Just more effort. Instead, we got fewer title updates, fewer roster updates, and fewer fixes. At this point I guess we will see if they even put out a college game next year. Nothing surprises me at this point.
Why don’t some phys traits match archetypes?
As said above, there are some physical traits that make no sense. For example, “Zone” CBs. Why on earth do zone corners NOT have the best zone physical ability in the game (Robber)? But the “Field” archetype has both Robber and Blanket coverage traits. EA devs really have no idea what they are doing, year after year. This stuff is crazy bro…it’s really not hard to check your product. Do any of y’all actually play your game or do you just whip up some nonsense and say “oh well, these people will still buy it,” because you are the only company that makes these games? This is why there should be no such thing as creative licenses. Y’all really need a competitor so you can stop putting out this trash every year.Abilities Not Lighting Up
In dynasty, I have noticed that players abilities do not activate on your side of the ball. For example, I have caught picks with players who have house call but the ability isn't lighting up and I don't even think the ability is activating. However, I have seen the abilities light up on the other side of the ball especially against the CPU. I don't know if anyone has any fixes to this or if I just have to thug it out. Thanks!