Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

[PocketRocket]

Quote: Originally Posted by Finsfan46

I think Madden has actually had a roster limit of 55 for awhile now, but if this is to compensate for a non-functional IR...then that is a long standing bad fix. At a minimum, Madden 11 has to have a working IR, the Dev's must know by now that this is a horrible error in the programming ! I would like a Full Functioning NFL style roster in Madden, but highly doubt they will get that technical anytime soon. That would in no way fall in the "simpler" format.

At minimum, they should have a working IR, 45 man active rosters and no position requirements. If we want to put 53 kickers on the roster, we should be able to do that.

[sois]

Quote: Originally Posted by PocketRocket

At minimum, they should have a working IR, 45 man active rosters and no position requirements. If we want to put 53 kickers on the roster, we should be able to do that.

Yeah, this is the absolute minimum that has to be in the game for me to consider purchase.

How long have we been calling for this?

[PocketRocket]

Quote: Originally Posted by sois

Yeah, this is the absolute minimum that has to be in the game for me to consider purchase. How long have we been calling for this?

I forgot about practice squads. This is the sixth version of Madden to be released on this generation of consoles. We should have practice squads by now. Essentially, all Tiburon would have to do is allow the user to select eight players in the free agent pool as practice squad players, have them progress a little bit, sometimes getting injured, to simulate the fact that they're practicing with a team and they're not on the street.

Even if they didn't put in 80 man rosters in preseason,this year, I would be happy with this: 53 man rosters, 45 man active game day rosters,a working IR, and practice squads.

Oh...I almost forgot, put the restricted FA period back in franchise mode.

[sois]

Quote: Originally Posted by PocketRocket

Even if they didn't put in 80 man rosters in preseason,this year, I would be happy with this: 53 man rosters, 45 man active game day rosters,a working IR, and practice squads. Oh...I almost forgot, put the restricted FA period back in franchise mode.

And a working IR. Do those things and I will buy.

[nuckles2k2]

Quote: Originally Posted by PocketRocket

I forgot about practice squads. This is the sixth version of Madden to be released on this generation of consoles. We should have practice squads by now. Essentially, all Tiburon would have to do is allow the user to select eight players in the free agent pool as practice squad players, have them progress a little bit, sometimes getting injured, to simulate the fact that they're practicing with a team and they're not on the street. Even if they didn't put in 80 man rosters in preseason,this year, I would be happy with this: 53 man rosters, 45 man active game day rosters,a working IR, and practice squads. Oh...I almost forgot, put the restricted FA period back in franchise mode.

Hell. Yes.

Plus I would like to see roster bonuses added to the game, but for that we would need a functioning calendar in franchise so we can actually see when the bonuses kick in. Makes decisions a little tougher when you know you have one week before a hefty bonus kicks in and you have to figure out whether or not to keep the guy on the roster.

[thudias]

If a working calendar was added it would be cool to have 2-3 roster cut down dates.

[PocketRocket]

Quote: Originally Posted by nuckles2k2

Hell. Yes. Plus I would like to see roster bonuses added to the game, but for that we would need a functioning calendar in franchise so we can actually see when the bonuses kick in.

We're still asking for a functional IR. Roster bonuses are a decade away.

[nuckles2k2]

Quote: Originally Posted by PocketRocket

We're still asking for a functional IR. Roster bonuses are a decade away.

Like I said before, I'll wait for Looman to disprove his resume before I criticize EA for the franchise mode from Madden 10 on. If I can't look at a man's past work and resume and base my opinion on that...what can you look at? Because like I said, Looman had a hand in last gen's franchise success, Head Coach 09's success, and the half dozen additions to Madden 10 that weren't there from 06 to 09. He knows what he's doing.

He himself said that we can't expect Head Coach 09 to appear in Madden right from the get-go but that Madden 10 would be a foundation...something they can build on (yes, it may have it's issues, but they're correctable issues that can be taken care of as they build.)Call me crazy....but before you build the house...you need to set the foundation.

Personally I'm putting a lot of the onus on Looman. He's proven himself in the past and I expect him to revive franchise mode in Madden. But what I'm not going to do is blame him for Madden's franchise mode when he had nothing to do with it. We're past all of that and all we can do is move on with the dudes we have in place now.

If a company is tanking and they fire the CEO and replace him with someone who's supposed to correct all of the mistakes while grow the company...are you going to blame the new CEO for the bonehead mistakes of his predecessor? Why would you? He wasn't the one calling the shots. You wait for him to make his own mistakes, if he does.

If Madden 10 was the foundation, lets see what sort of progress they make with Madden 11 before we get the torches and pitchforks.

And if you're too immature to realize that this is how things go and because you're frustrated that suddenly everything has to be the way you want it now, and right now dammit, that's you being unrealistic. (this isn't toward any one person in particular, it's just a mind set around here these days.)

Yes there are tons of things that should be in franchise mode, I've acknowledged that dozens of times in countless threads. But bringing up the past and what should have happened under the guidance of a totally different person isn't going to bring progress. It just looks petty:

"I don't think you're going to do a good job because I have all of these expectations (no matter how reasonable) and the guy before you didn't meet any of them....and while you were cleaning up his mess and trying to please the fanbase...you still missed a bunch of my expectations....even though you said not to expect too much this year."

Sounds a bit ridiculous. Be upset, but be upset and also try to contribute in a way that doesn't look foolish. That's not how you get the devs attention and get your voice heard.