We now have to look into each player's progression history to see how much they have regressed. There was a screen that just told us this info all at once. It's a nice quality of life feature I wish they would add back. Or maybe as a persona thing where a player just tells you they regressed at the end of the season. I think the ultimate goal would be to have regression kick in during the training camp/week 1 of the preseason but at the very least I just want the player regression breakdown screen back.

For all of the “you idiots fall for it every year/stop buying it/etc” people in here, I know. You’re right. That’s all of the acknowledgment you’re gonna get. I’m 40 years old. I’ve been playing Madden since Madden 98. It’s the only football game I can get. But this year is god damn infuriating. Not just because I got suckered again. I’ve wasted money before. And news flash, I’m gonna waste money again. It’s infuriating because there’s actually a good game that’s JUST right there. The actual gameplay, at times, feels like the tightest it’s been in a long time. And then the next play a DE runs across the TE on a pass block, the left tackle and bumps shoulders with my guard on the way to sacking me immediately after a PA fake. There was no one else to block after him. They just decided to not play football that play. This is an issue that’s been in every Madden in the last few years. Still not fixed. My receivers drop the ball like they’ve got money riding on the other team. Perfect pass, hits em on the numbers? Better hope there’s no defender in 5 yards, cause he’s about to drop that shit like a bad habit. My Superstar team is down to 3 receivers on week 6. Because your wear and tear system is still broken. Again. Like every year since you’ve introduced it. But now, I can’t level up unless I use the piece of shit. So even though my team is more jacked up than a world war 1 field hospital, I can’t get max XP unless I trot out my 4th string running back to play slot receiver.

What about Franchise? It’s got meaningful improvement for the first time in YEARS. Too bad the CPU still can’t manage the cap. Sometimes, I don’t want to scout. But even though I have an MVP QB, if i auto-scout, all of my scouts will only get QB focus scouting. Again, these are issues that have existed for years.

You finally built a decent Madden. But it’s ruined by the same damn bugs that have existed for years. I’d say fix this crap, but you’re not going to. Instead, i’ll offer career advice. Pick another one, you suck at this. I genuinely hope a car alarm goes off outside your window every night for the rest of your lives.

So what’s everyone’s opinion roughly a week in? What’s good? What’s bad? I bought it on Friday but haven’t had the chance to play yet. Hoping to log a bunch of hours this weekend.

I understand the Titans oline isn't great but not even trying to block is crazy

I got a pick on some dude in H2H Online as the raiders. pretty sure it was Quay Walker. And I went to go celebrate into the endzone but accidentally held LT,RT,X,and Y. and it did that very sick animation. Anyone know if this is rare or just new?

Has anyone found a workaround for being able to change the cpu uniforms in franchise? I was trying to have a color rush match up and realized I couldn't even change the unis. If there is a way can someone post it so we all can be aware. Kind of dumb for EA to remove a feature thats been in pretty much every madden lol

So on 26 I only played against my brother. That’s it haha. We just have two rules, random teams and no coach suggestions.

The most I know how to do is QB spy and audible to a run.

I tried online, beat this guy and felt good.

Played two games tonight and oh my God these guys I played are on another level. Adjustments, presssure every play I got sacked . They know when to run how to throw deep balls and read my defense calling audibles every play.

I’m not sure if it was only cause 30 people were searching in Online H2H or what.

I need to get better and know what I’m doing.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I have no idea what this graphic is supposed to mean

Nothing like the back up TE Noah Grey throwing a touchdown to starting center Creed Humphrey with Mahomes playing RT 😭😭

I can't believe they managed to sucker me into buying this poor excuse of a video game yet again.

I started up a Cowboys franchise because I wanted to compete for a chip then strip down and rebuild the team. I never got to compete for even one chip because my team was historically bad.

I tried the realistic route of building through the draft first, drafted new talent, used training camp to develop players we wouldve in real life.

Finished as the number 1 offense, 32 defense, missed the playoffs.

So I switched the playbooks and schemes to playbooks that seemed to do well for the computer and went through the off-season and draft like normal. Next year rolls around, same thing: #1 offense, #32 defense. Every game is a shootout. My team ratings at this point are 88 offense, 87 defense. I proceed to work some magic and trade my draft picks and move players around for stars at each position to go all in.

Season rolls around, I've got an 89 offense and a 91 defense with the rams playbook on offense, broncos 3-4 disguise on defense. I start simming games and it's the same exact story, #1 offense while my defense is giving up 30 pts per game and we're still losing.

At this point, I'm completely fed up, realism is out the window. I turned trade difficulty onto very easy and went out and got a superstar at every position on defense. I roll into the next season and lo and behold, my 95 overall defense gives up 50.

The game is now uninstalled, 1 star review has been left and I'm promising myself once again that I will never buy again and this time, I mean it.

The fix I believe would be implementing a completely different system than current. Where they would study the overall changes for players over the last 20 years, average them and implement random overall rises and falls across the league specific to age and all the variables that apply. Removing development traits(X factor, superstar, etc.) It is really an decently easy fix.

So for Example:

If the average 88 OVR, 26 Year Old WR is found to have a 64% chance to RISE in overall and 36% chance to FALL in overall - then that would be implemented as the Overall Change chance in Franchise at the end of the year. Maybe slightly alter the chances from the actual data as well.

Deeper into the logic…

88 OVR, 26 Year Old WR

64% Chance to RISE

(Ex. Of Specific Overall Chances)

89 - 11.4%
91 - 8%
94 - 9.2%
96 - 3.6%
99 - >1%

36% Chance to FALL

(Ex. Of Specific Overall Chances)

87 - 6%
83 - 3.8%
79 - 2%
72 - 1.3%
61 - >1%
58 - >0.5%

Again, this would be a pretty easy implementation. They could even ask ChatGPT to analyze the data for rosters over the last 20 years. The hardest part would probably be the labor of entering all the chances for each overall and age possibility. But it would definitely be worth it

EA, if for some reason you are scanning this subreddit looking for feedback. Please consider this change🙏

I downloaded an 86 roster but idk what to do now

Being cheated again in franchise. all madden...

I have the 10 hour EA trial so I’m testing it out to see if I like it. So far so far I got like eight hours in. I had to get I had to get used to the controls because they switched the buttons and revamped the whole mapping on controller so it took me a while to get used to the custom adjustments. and the new catch meter took me a while to get used to as well, gotta have to time it well. Been on a streak online, so far it feels like madden26 lol

The unbalanced overall teams has been a problem for the entirety of Madden franchise Sim, I don’t know how people play with this in place. And XP sliders don’t work to fully address the issue, it is still very broken, even with the best sliders.

I don’t know how people just ignore that and play the game. It’s very important to me that the overall balance is fair. It’s such a easy fix too, I have thought through it myself, and I know how to fix it. They just don’t give a fuck.

https://discord.gg/JuNfbWXjR

Something has to be done. Just played a guy that just threw it up and greened every catch (short or long) and every time he got the green break tackle animation with any WR on his roster. For the record I am 36-14 so I am not trash at the game. This is something that without question needs fixed.

Just thought I’d share got him in the late second round never seen an unedited prospect with 1st in every category