Madden NFL 13 Roster Editing Issue Rears Its Ugly Head

[Icarus2k9]

Quote: Originally Posted by dill911

the thing that blows me away is how rude the madden guys are being. like looman says "we should be happy for the big things instead of complaining about little things" like im sorry but that is rude AF! I work for TV and for Madden to be putting out comments like that in public is pretty outrageous. and can someone clarify if there is even an offline franchise? because from my understanding im seeing that rosters can be edited outside of CC in the main menu but they can only be used for play now? well maybe the mayans were right. . .

It's getting to the point where we have to accept EA want the quirky obsessed Madden crowd to just go away now, please. A long time ago I remember someone from EA commenting on here that they didn't want their franchise modes to resemble databases, because that wasn't interesting, and if they were going to bring depth into Madden franchise they were going to do it their way. (Sorry for horrible paraphrasing and even worse memory).

This is just a little glimpse of the result of that drive. I just feel they honestly don't understand or would even want to understand why someone would spend hours and hours painstakingly editing their franchise to get it accurate to the last player. Heck, most football fans don't know the backups of their favourite teams, let alone the 53rd man. But Peyton Manning has his face and throwing motion and cadence, AMIRITE?

For years, people have attempted to make franchise modes as immersive as possible by tinkering and editing and writing storylines for themselves and setting house rules and all sorts of crazy behaviours...because these guys want that from their games. Now EA have the choice to finally deliver the immersion on their terms, but it's like they don't understand why those obsessive players won't abandon their well worn and well loved ways, or why those gamers don't trust them to deliver accuracy.

I'll admit, I'm absolutely stoked for CCM. For the level I follow the sport at it's going to push my buttons in very satisfying ways. But my goodness, are they betting the house on their rosters being perfect, their progression system being awesome and their draft classes and trade logic being sublime.

Because we now have no way of helping them any more. Well, it's that or 32 team online franchise, which is an odd direction to push us in because I'm sure they used to say online franchise was untouched because who could get a 32 team league going in the real world?

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Levy

Looks like I'm in the extreme minority here, but this only slightly dampens my excitement for the new edition of Madden. It's a little disappointing, sure, but hardly game breaking or anything. I could see why some would be upset, but I'll live. Especially if CC and the Infinity Engine improve the game as much as I think they will. Hopefully it'll return next year.

I feel the same way. With the exception of the ability to change rosters, they hit niche groups the hardest with no 32 team control, no fantasy draft, and no NCAA import. Obviously the player editing is something that affects a large number of people as well but I think there is also a lot of people that either aren't affected or devastated by it.

[bpac55]

I am such a realist that as an Eagles fan I have a hard time cutting Jon Dorenbos, the long snapper who is rated maybe 46 as a tight end. I don't even play him because there is no long snapper rating....this is long over due if you ask me as well. Special teams are a huge part and ask the Giants how important a good LS is. The point is that a lot of us players like total control of how we treat our rosters.

[MissionMaximus]

Just like EA add new features take away features it's become a gimmick every year. This whole next gen cycle of Madden games has been that. But hey all we have to do is wait till mid season for that so and so player to be added or till the end of the season for some players to be rated correctly.
IF IT'S IN THE GAME....................WELL IT MIGHT NOT BE IN OURS.

[AUTiger1]

So you can't used an edit roster in off-line franchise? Wow. Ok that just totally sucks.

[Bharp17]

Well people like us who edit rosters are in an extreme minority so it really won't effect them by taking it out of the game

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by OriolesFanRD

If only we all voted with our wallet. We as gamers need to shift the power back to the consumer. This total situation is garbage. I do admire those who find this as a good think though.

If it were possible for people to give up playing Madden for a year, this would be a great idea. But as much as some of us complain, many will continue to behave like mindless drones and fork out their 60 bucks to play a game that isn't even worth a quarter of that price. To be honest, it is the Madden COMMUNITY that needs to send the message...by holding on to their cash. Show them that the biggest release isn't the biggest release for one year. See what happens then. I haven't purchased this game in 5 YEARS because they continue to put out an inferior product in comparison to what I can do, say, on Madden 08 for the PC with all the modding. Perhaps I should bring FBG back to the old gen. At least then I can produce accurate draft classes for the community.

[StanleyStutters]

Connected Careers mode has the potential to be a very enjoyable feature, but I can't help but feel like they released this one year too early. If they "didn't have enough time" to include: Editing rosters in CC, editing rosters for use in CC, multiplayer CC on the same console, importing classes/RTG players, and couch co-op in CC, then maybe they should have waited another year.