EXPAND the rosters, Madden!!!

[mkharsh33]

"If it's in the game, it's in the game..."

Okay, we've been hearing this baloney for years. I find it VERY frustrating that I can't make some basic moves because of the roster limitations per position AND the fact they STILL haven't added the ability to have practice squads.

I realize I'm talking to a brick wall (to EA) or the choir (here at OS) but are they ever going to listen to us and allow for roster editing and expansion so we have make this game more our own?

I am proud to say that EA's NHL 11 will have heard the voices of its fans LOUD and CLEAR in that we're going to get UFA & RFA and it looks to be an awesome addition. So EA can pull this off, we just need the football branch of their gaming offices to finally wake up to the idea that rosters can be expanded and another cool feature would be to pick your active 45 man roster on gamedays.

Let's get it "in the game..."

[rgp913]

How many sales do they lose for Madden 13 if they implement that into Madden 12? I want expanded rosters as well, but it's never going to happen. A small faction that buy the new game every year for, essentially, a roster update would refrain from purchasing it each year if we had that much roster flexibility.

[Blazelore]

you know what's funny about this is they said that they have a memory limitation as to why they can't expand rosters. However you can have a 70 man roster in NCAA but not Madden??? How can there be the same memory limitations on 360/PS3 as it was on PS1 or Xbox? It just doesn't make sense but if the NFL does go through with this 18 game schedule they're going to expand the rosters. Lets see what type of limitations they'll be then.

[franch1se]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blazelore

you know what's funny about this is they said that they have a memory limitation as to why they can't expand rosters. However you can have a 70 man roster in NCAA but not Madden??? How can there be the same memory limitations on 360/PS3 as it was on PS1 or Xbox? It just doesn't make sense but if the NFL does go through with this 18 game schedule they're going to expand the rosters. Lets see what type of limitations they'll be then.

don't forget that there are 118 teams in NCAA game. 118 teams with 70 players, I don't buy the limitation excuse Madden gives.

[ChiTown Heros]

I would do more with the preseason than sim it if I actually got to cut players. I would love to see starting out with 75 players or so and having to get the roster down to 53 or 55 or whatever number before the season starts. I would be much more willing to play the preseason games, sit the starters, etc. I just don't see the point in preseason in the current roster format with Madden now. I use the exhibition mode to get my sliders set the way I want them anyway. So that is basically my preseason.

[Yukon46]

The main thing I think every year....

"What's the deal with the Madden rosters ? ? ?"

The Madden Dev Team have never come out an addressed anything on Rosters that I have ever seen..... why ?

How about these questions...

Why do you still use blank silhouettes ? Why cant the in-game pic go in that area when a real photo is not available ?

Why such a small pool of players faces ? Years into a Franchise, you have like all the same faces all over the place....it's like a League of Identical Twins !

Why do you still need to limit roster movement or adjustments ? Put the restrictions on trying to play a game...dont let us start a game if it is all out of wack. But not when editing rosters.

I/R is still not a real working I/R....why ?

Why no practice squad ? Every NFL has them...

Why is the Draft Classes so small ? How after 7 rounds of the draft are there only like 5-10 players not drafted... in reality, it's like Hundreds.

Why is the F/A pool so small ? When every team in the NFL cuts down to 53 man roster, and 8 practice squad players... there is about a minimum of a 1000 FA's out there, not a couple hundred !

Madden uses a 55 man roster limit....that's not NFL, so why that number ?

Since all these other things mentioned above cant be done apparently, why not just make the roster limit 60 ? It seems that would even help your roster maker.

It also does not seem right that when roster edits are made on EA's end, that players just disappear !

Why cant they go into the F/A pool, it just does not make sense, you have pictures of these guys in the game, they were in the last update, then poof they get cut and they are out of the game, period....not in the F/A's, just gone..... why ?

[mrod009]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yukon46

The main thing I think every year.... "What's the deal with the Madden rosters ? ? ?" The Madden Dev Team have never come out an addressed anything on Rosters that I have ever seen..... why ? How about these questions... Why do you still use blank silhouettes ? Why cant the in-game pic go in that area when a real photo is not available ? Why such a small pool of players faces ? Years into a Franchise, you have like all the same faces all over the place....it's like a League of Identical Twins ! Why do you still need to limit roster movement or adjustments ? Put the restrictions on trying to play a game...dont let us start a game if it is all out of wack. But not when editing rosters. I/R is still not a real working I/R....why ? Why no practice squad ? Every NFL has them... Why is the Draft Classes so small ? How after 7 rounds of the draft are there only like 5-10 players not drafted... in reality, it's like Hundreds. Why is the F/A pool so small ? When every team in the NFL cuts down to 53 man roster, and 8 practice squad players... there is about a minimum of a 1000 FA's out there, not a couple hundred ! Madden uses a 55 man roster limit....that's not NFL, so why that number ? Since all these other things mentioned above cant be done apparently, why not just make the roster limit 60 ? It seems that would even help your roster maker. It also does not seem right that when roster edits are made on EA's end, that players just disappear ! Why cant they go into the F/A pool, it just does not make sense, you have pictures of these guys in the game, they were in the last update, then poof they get cut and they are out of the game, period....not in the F/A's, just gone..... why ?

Completely agree...this would make franchise a lot better. This game doesn't have long snappers either.

[goravens2052]

Quote: Originally Posted by mrod009

Completely agree...this would make franchise a lot better. This game doesn't have long snappers either.

I agree as well and the thing I noticed is that looking at the details of the 2nd roster update they released all the injured players who are on IR are being removed from the team? Why remove injured players from the team that makes no sense and I guess they do that since the roster is so limited. I also see alot of removal because of too low on depth, well expanded rosters would help both where you can keep the IR people and the guys low on depth so we can cut them ourselves.