Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

[patsfan188]

well I won't be buying the game if the franchise mode isn't fixed.
This is just dumb if u can't have more than 53 players during the offseason.
My favourite mode is franchise mode. Think EA u ruined superstar so nobody plays it anymore and i'm not going to play online all the time cus people quit when i'm winning and then I have to play the computer! If I want to play the compute I could just play a play now game.

[PocketRocket]

Re: Another year without full rosters?

I wish they would fix this. It should be 45 (plus emergency QB).


Anyway, this is making me bummed out. Donnie has to know we have been asking for this for ages. I guess they aren't going to increase roster sizes.

Hopefully, they rigged something for the IR to work correctly.

This doesn't mean that it isn't fixed. Now I'm not saying it is, but teams do have 53 man rosters and the coaching staff selects the 45 players who will be active on gameday. Who knows, we may have to choose 8 players to deactivate before playing a game.

[sois]

Re: Another year without full rosters?

This doesn't mean that it isn't fixed. Now I'm not saying it is, but teams do have 53 man rosters and the coaching staff selects the 45 players who will be active on gameday. Who knows, we may have to choose 8 players to deactivate before playing a game.

I'd be so happy if that happened. However, you can only be let down so man times before you become cynical.

I hope you're right. That would be awesome to have to deactivate eight. That would mean special teams depth charts are in the game.

[thudias]

Re: Another year without full rosters?

Rosters are important aspect to building a team and all aspects need to be incorporated. Very important.

Roster cuts
53 man roster
Game day actives
practice squad
IR

[csfan20]

Re: Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

The 53 man roster is a real pain in the @$$ when trying to edit the rosters during the real-like off-season in the nfl. They should just get rid of it and not let me play any new games with it.

[TheFuture94]

Re: Another year without full rosters?

Rosters are important aspect to building a team and all aspects need to be incorporated. Very important.

Roster cuts
53 man roster
Game day actives
practice squad
IR

Exactly. This all needs to be in the game and it needs to be in THIS year, no excuses.

[Step2001]

Re: Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

I'll sit and wait for comfirmation from Ian......

I do agree though, there is NO excuse for not having almost all of the HC09 offseason stuff in Madden.

Why they have a secondary game "MUT" being worked on the same time they are trying to get Madden right, is beyond me.

Hearing that Looman has only talked about "MUT" on his posts. Yeah, now I'm leary as to what to expect from Madden offline Franchise.

[parrothead]

Re: Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

Have they said why there is a limit anyway? Why is any limit necessary?

[thekodinator]

whoa, what happened to the uniform numbers on the back of the jerseys? the numbers are WAY too small!

check out the numbers on the back of the packers jerseys in this video, theyre TINY!

[Finsfan46]

Re: Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

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.

[Jkgrindz]

Honestly this is not that big a deal to me. There are so many other issues that need to be addressed before 80 man rosters get added. Something tells me that if they were to add 80 man rosters it would open up a whole new can of worms knowing EA's track record.

[nuckles2k2]

Re: Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

I also think people tend to forget that you have to factor in the two different directions that Madden is going in since it made the jump to next gen. I know it's the norm to be impulsive and reactionary these days...but it's pretty clear that Madden had more of an arcade vibe going in Maddens 06-09, now we're striving for a more accurate representation of the NFL and Josh Looman is the man in charge of franchise mode.

I'm tired of seeing people just saying "Madden is this and Madden is that" as if the game some how spawns itself from some primordial ooze each year. There are people in charge of the game....different minds brings different views and that breeds different results. And we know who's in charge now and what their vision is (we saw the foundation last year.)

Since we haven't heard a single thing about franchise yet, and there's really no need for expanded rosters in the main menu of the game, I don't see how people can equate "I need to figure out the 53 man rosters here in May" with expanded rosters not being in.

I mean...even if we do have expanded rosters....how does that change Donnie's job? Doesn't he still have to figure out the 53 that's used for online games and the main menu's depth chart?

I don't get how people take 2 lines and extrapolate all sorts of info from it, and then start the "oh EA's gonna disappoint again" spiel with no real info.

[EAOS]

Re: Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

"I need to figure out the 53 man rosters here in May" I don't get how people take 2 lines and extrapolate all sorts of info from it, and then start the "oh EA's gonna disappoint again" spiel with no real info.

It's called Track Record. And unless you've been living under a rock the last decade, EA's track record is similar to that of a moving or taxi cab company.

You can't put a lick of credibility into anything that company says.

[Cryolemon]

Re: Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

Guys you gotta remember there has to be a 53 man roster for online play. so that doesn't mean anything

That doesn't effect franchise though.

One thing they really need to do is fix IR.

[Exonerated]

Re: Madden NFL 11: Another Year Without Full Rosters?

It's called Track Record. And unless you've been living under a rock the last decade, EA's track record is similar to that of a moving or taxi cab company.

You can't put a lick of credibility into anything that company says.

Lucky EA is remaining tight-lipped this year. Only releasing information that is confirmed to be in the game.

A track record is past events that provide a barometer for the future. It shouldn't make us indict them before hearing what they have to offer.