Madden NFL 13 Roster Editing Issue Rears Its Ugly Head

[DeuceDouglas]

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I can honestly say it this is not in come end of July (basically the fail-safe), I will never purchase Madden 13. Save my $65 and buy some sneakers or something.

Think about this, the rookies you draft you can never edit them. They have to wear whatever number and equipment to CPU generates for them. So I could potentially have my starting QB, RB or WR looking like this.....

Come on, now. I must be stupid because I fail to see the way not having the ability to edit players all of a sudden makes QB's look like linebackers from the 80's and makes lineman look like punters from the 70's.

[alifeincomplete]

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I was overjoyed when I read the Connected Careers blog. I was chuckling and finding great affinity for the creative minds behind the new game when I was listening to the podcasts about the intricacies of this game and how it affected the player. It really brought me back to a mindset that I hadn't been in since I was a kid, playing Tecmo on SNES with my brother. I was happy. For the first time in a while, I was genuinely excited for Madden because it felt like they were finally turning the corner.

Since then, it has been one mild annoyance after another that slowly built in a smoldering disdain for a game that I have not yet played. No NCAA importing players. Okay, that's fine with me. I can live without it because it never really worked in the first place. No 32 team control upset me. No editing in Connected Careers (to the point of not being able to change jersey numbers...) made me a sad, panda, but I lived with it (albeit, it wasn't nearly as draconian) in '11 and I figured I could just roll with a heavily edited original roster. Nope. Not any more.

For once, I can rage like a fat kid in a candy shortage. Unless something changes, I'm going to vote on Madden 13 with my wallet.

[pinksheets]

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Yeah, this makes this game a no-buy for me. I can't live with Donny Moore's arbitrary ratings, knocking players awareness or speed down due to injury or release, etc. Knocking up other areas simply to get higher overalls, so on and so on. It's piss poor. Since I almost exclusively play "franchise" or whatever they want to call it this year, I don't see the point and will hope Madden 14 isn't a beta test I guess.

[TrapStar215]

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Come on, now. I must be stupid because I fail to see the way not having the ability to edit players all of a sudden makes QB's look like linebackers from the 80's and makes lineman look like punters from the 70's.

Have you never seen the stuff generated rookies where???!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[themassacre771.1]

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Come on, now. I must be stupid because I fail to see the way not having the ability to edit players all of a sudden makes QB's look like linebackers from the 80's and makes lineman look like punters from the 70's.

It seriously happens man. You draft a rookie QB. And some magical way he has a big ole facemask and elbow pads

[DeuceDouglas]

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Have you never seen the stuff generated rookies where???!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

The NCAA imports and UDFA's last year were the only place I saw any issues as far as rookies equipment. Any players I drafted or other teams drafted looked fine.

[The Senator]

This is absurd, and the final nail in the coffin for me. I was around 50/50 due to the lack of 32 team control and removal of in-franchise/CC edits, but not even being able to take my friggin edited roster into the CC mode is beyond asinine! There's certain players and types of players I always trade for onto my team, and to have to use the default squads and deal with what will inevitably be annoying trade logic will make that darned near impossible.

[SnakeEyez]

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One step forward always = two steps back with new features.

Draft import failure and roster editing failures are major fails.

[DeuceDouglas]

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It seriously happens man. You draft a rookie QB. And some magical way he has a big ole facemask and elbow pads

I'm not saying it doesn't happen but I would say the instances in which they happen are far from being regular.

[themassacre771.1]

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I'm not saying it doesn't happen but I would say the instances in which they happen are far from being regular.

But, if they do happen, which they will. Wouldn't you like to be able to fix it in 15 seconds instead of seeing it for 15 seasons?

[H4wduk3n]

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Heard about infinity engine - swapped ncaa and madden preorders. Heard about this - I'm sorry devs - i LOVE what i see from gameplay but this is a GAMEBREAKER for me.
So now I'm back to my ncaa pre-order. If they patch editing into 13 then I'll buy - otherwise may pick up used (I don't play online).

[DeuceDouglas]

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But, if they do happen, which they will. Wouldn't you like to be able to fix it in 15 seconds instead of seeing it for 15 seasons?

I'd love to. I'd also love to edit all my rookies as I draft them and give them my own personal touch from an equipment standpoint and it sucks I won't be able to do that this year.

But is it going to completely destroy my franchise to the point where I can't even play the game anymore? Not even close.

[Hova57]

This is what I would like to know .... Can u import the CC team in its own fileto be used for play now games or any other non-CC

[themassacre771.1]

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I'd love to. I'd also love to edit all my rookies as I draft them and give them my own personal touch from an equipment standpoint and it sucks I won't be able to do that this year.

But is it going to completely destroy my franchise to the point where I can't even play the game anymore? Not even close.

Yeah I agree with that. I'm not saying I wont have fun with franchise, but it is just a really annoying thing, and complications could make it less fun than it really should be.

[jfsolo]

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Even though I no longer care about having accurate rosters, changing numbers and the like, it was a unbelievably bad design decision to not allow people to bring an edited roster into CC. No changing of numbers and equipment inside of CC was bad enough, but this, as has been mentioned, is like going back to the early 90's.

Yes, I'm putting words into the mouths of the development team members, but they're essentially saying, "We got this, You don't have worry about weird or wrong numbers on players, off kilter equipment, erroneously rated players, we'll take care of it."

The reality is that no D team is ever close to being on top of things that much. **** happens. They're showing an unprecedented amount of confidence in their own abilities to really get it right, and we the User have been put totally at their mercy. They made the wrong call here.