Wasted Potential for Teambuilder

[JEJunior]

Idk how many people still use the teambuilder feature in 14 but I feel like this is one feature that could have taken this game over the top. Teambuilder let's you create a team and use them in a dynasty or play now game but I wish that you could use it as a team editor as well.

For example Madden 05 on the ps2 had a feature that allowed you to make a uniform in your franchise, the uniforms were trash in my opinion BUT it let you re-organize your base uniforms and shoes, so I could be Oakland and have my all black created uniform as my default home, and the traditional Raiders white and gray as my default road uniform.

If EA had this in 14 where you could take a team like Miami and bring JUST the uniforms in from teambuilder without losing the rivals, traditions (like running through the smoke), and everything else that's built in, this game would be timeless. That would mean as rosters get updated to 15 and 16 you could still use up to date uniforms or make your own, since crazy uniforms are becoming the new tradition.

Here's my teambuilder version of Miami in my dynasty... I lose everything that comes with the program tho, including all of my rivalries. I wish I could use these in my online dynasties.

I know one of you computer geniuses can pull this off!!!

[Mauer4MVP]

I wish they would have expanded this as well. I created SO many teams just for fun (all Sci-FI movie references such as the Mandalorians or Wookies). They just never added anything.

[JEJunior]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mauer4MVP

I wish they would have expanded this as well. I created SO many teams just for fun (all Sci-FI movie references such as the Mandalorians or Wookies). They just never added anything.

lmao @ wookies... that's an interesting idea for making teams. I agree that really could have added so much more but realistically they would probably never invest that much time into it. I just wish they used what they already had better. So much potential with that setup.

[Toro88]

Nice job creating the updated Miami uniforms, looks really good.

I know exactly what you are saying.

Ive created over 100 Teambuilder teams just for the fun of new & custom uniforms, and to take pictures in game, but actually playing with them is a bummer.

Would be awesome if we could just create new uniforms for existing teams via Teambuilder.

[sXeInYoFace]

i never really got into teambuilder. its advertised as a customize everything feature and you can re-create historic or FCS teams...but you cant choose a players home state and their right class ( as in a redshirt or not). home state has alot to do with recruiting and how real can i make a team if the computer randomly chooses who is a redshirt. ive created a 1 star fictional school based in north dakota and a large number of my players were from california and florida, none from the surrounding states like montana, wyoming, south dakota and such. and my "star" QB i wanted as a true freshman was made a redshirt freshman in the beginning of my dynasty. just irked me about the total customization. thats it.

[JEJunior]

Quote: Originally Posted by Toro88

Nice job creating the updated Miami uniforms, looks really good. I know exactly what you are saying. Ive created over 100 Teambuilder teams just for the fun of new & custom uniforms, and to take pictures in game, but actually playing with them is a bummer. Would be awesome if we could just create new uniforms for existing teams via Teambuilder.

I feel like the people who just like making uniforms or replicating them like I did could keep this game updated with just that. Or just trying to do what Nike and Adidas do and make new ones for teams, I think that would be fun too. I do wish it let you use a brand of cleats tho lol, that's all I would miss.

[JEJunior]

Quote: Originally Posted by sXeInYoFace

i never really got into teambuilder. its advertised as a customize everything feature and you can re-create historic or FCS teams...but you cant choose a players home state and their right class ( as in a redshirt or not). home state has alot to do with recruiting and how real can i make a team if the computer randomly chooses who is a redshirt. ive created a 1 star fictional school based in north dakota and a large number of my players were from california and florida, none from the surrounding states like montana, wyoming, south dakota and such. and my "star" QB i wanted as a true freshman was made a redshirt freshman in the beginning of my dynasty. just irked me about the total customization. thats it.

lol well I've actually never even thought about that, but one way around it would be using a real team as the base for your roster.

For example if you made a 1 star team from NY and used a school's roster with a lot of New Yorkers (maybe like Syracuse) you could still change their ratings to fit a 1 star school. Thats just for the location part, the redshirt thing is another story. What I use to do is just bump the players year up if I was making a real team. I would make a RS So. as a Jr. so he only had 2 years. Granted I could still RS him as a Jr. but since I'm the one who made the roster that would defeat the purpose, which would be dumb on my part

[sXeInYoFace]

very true, never thought of that. it would be time consuming tho to have to change alot of the players attributes to achieve that coveted 1 star rating, but such is life in the ea sports ncaa football world. another thing is player personnel. for example, if i do choose a school with a 43 defense but i want to run a 34 defense, ill be stuck with 5 defensive tackles and 3 middle linebackers when really it should be the other way around because of the defensive scheme. what a tangled web i weave...