Will they ever add live rosters?

[Zimmy]

Or does anyone care.
To me, this is a feature that is about 3 years past due.
Here is what I am talking about...

I get the game next Friday, start my Franchise.
By week 5 of the real NFL, let's say a starting QB goes down for the year (i.e. Brady and Cassell) and I have that team to play on my schedule.
If I have the feature on, when I play them, I am facing Matt Cassell.

With Madden (and I assume it is the same this year), I would have to scrap my franchise, download the new roster, start a new one, sim to the game I was at.

Not sure what the difficulty would be, just let the game match the current NFL roster with the game. They can choose to use the real stats or the simulated game stats at that point.

Another thing to that, rosters should be updated real time, not every couple of weeks.
If a basic fantasy football website can have up to the minute rosters/stats surely EA can, especially with the boat load of money they paid to the NFL for the rights.

[ezio]

It would be nice if they could do that.

[RaiderKtulu]

I'm going to say this in caps.


YOUR FRANCHISE IS FICTIONAL. YOUR RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE REAL NFL.

You don't need a live roster update affecting your ongoing franchise. Ever.

We get weekly roster updates for quickplay and online. That's all you need.

If the team you're controlling in the game loses in reality, are you going to intentionally lose? No, you're not. If you say you are, you're full of it.

What if I want to bench Russell in my franchise and the real Raiders don't? You want to force me to use him anyway?

[JMD]

Quote: Originally Posted by RaiderKtulu

I'm going to say this in caps. YOUR FRANCHISE IS FICTIONAL. YOUR RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE REAL NFL. You don't need a live roster update affecting your ongoing franchise. Ever. We get weekly roster updates for quickplay and online. That's all you need. If the team you're controlling in the game loses in reality, are you going to intentionally lose? No, you're not. If you say you are, you're full of it. What if I want to bench Russell in my franchise and the real Raiders don't? You want to force me to use him anyway?

Agreed, and to add, my leagues do what happens each week in the NFL. So if Brady gest hurt the guy in the league using the Pats must bench Brady until he returns in real life. Easy. Oh and to do this you must have injuries truned off, you wouldn't want a player in the game getting hurt if he's healthy in real life.

[Who Dey15]

Quote: Originally Posted by Zimmy

Or does anyone care. To me, this is a feature that is about 3 years past due. Here is what I am talking about... I get the game next Friday, start my Franchise. By week 5 of the real NFL, let's say a starting QB goes down for the year (i.e. Brady and Cassell) and I have that team to play on my schedule. If I have the feature on, when I play them, I am facing Matt Cassell. With Madden (and I assume it is the same this year), I would have to scrap my franchise, download the new roster, start a new one, sim to the game I was at. Not sure what the difficulty would be, just let the game match the current NFL roster with the game. They can choose to use the real stats or the simulated game stats at that point. Another thing to that, rosters should be updated real time, not every couple of weeks. If a basic fantasy football website can have up to the minute rosters/stats surely EA can, especially with the boat load of money they paid to the NFL for the rights.

dumb dumb dumb

[Deegeezy]

This would be a logistical nightmare. Besides, from the moment you start your franchise you are basically in an alternate reality. What's the point of franchise mode if you want every move in real life mimmicked on the game?

What happens to this "add live rosters" feature in year 2?

Sounds like a game freeze waiting to happen.

[d3athb4dishonor]

I don't care about the injuries so much, because it's my franchise. I wouldn't start my whole franchise over just because Brady got hurt, but he was still playing on the game.

Only thing I would like to see with live rosters are free agents and trades that may happen automatically being patched in my franchise. Or at least give me control so I can sign or make trades as they happen. I like to keep my chise as real as possible, but as far as injuries go thats not too big of a concern for me.

[Zimmy]

Quote: Originally Posted by RaiderKtulu

I'm going to say this in caps. YOUR FRANCHISE IS FICTIONAL. YOUR RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE REAL NFL. You don't need a live roster update affecting your ongoing franchise. Ever. We get weekly roster updates for quickplay and online. That's all you need. If the team you're controlling in the game loses in reality, are you going to intentionally lose? No, you're not. If you say you are, you're full of it. What if I want to bench Russell in my franchise and the real Raiders don't? You want to force me to use him anyway?

I'll say this in all caps...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THE FEATURE IF YOU DON"T WANT.

All I am asking is the ability to have Madden rosters match their current, real life NFL counterparts.
I really don't care about depth charts, that shouldn't change.
But if Russell is traded in week 2, why would you play him the rest of the year???

The only part I see this being a problem is multi-year franchises.
Maybe they can go back to a year only mode.
Not everyone plays the game the same way.
Some are serious, 10+ year franchise guys.
Me? I want to play a game that resembles the current NFL at the time.
I rarely every play beyond 2 years of a franchise.

All it takes is the game asking me, "synch with NFL rosters"?
You would select no, I would say yes.