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[Dark_Lord_Vader]

Did anybody notice that after going through all of that crap, his team got WORSE in most of his ratings! What a joke!

I don't think this will be a very useful feature until next year when you actually have to perform 'mini-games' within the game to achieve certain tasks. Like running a player through an obstacle course, or foot-racing with other players. And, of course, be able to SEE all these things that you are doing to supposedly improve your team from week to week. Not just a line list with checkboxes.

[tinman]

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Dark_Lord_Vader said:


Did anybody notice that after going through all of that crap, his team got WORSE in most of his ratings! What a joke!

I don't think this will be a very useful feature until next year when you actually have to perform 'mini-games' within the game to achieve certain tasks. Like running a player through an obstacle course, or foot-racing with other players. And, of course, be able to SEE all these things that you are doing to supposedly improve your team from week to week. Not just a line list with checkboxes.

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I think you're looking at the graph wrong. The red shows the gains in ability. Nobody went down in ability but not every position saw gains. His running backs progressed like he said they would.

Still, there were some oddities...His o-line jumped in ability after removing the gym time from the previous week. He focused on his d-line yet they didn't get any better. He said in the video that focus was off so that was where he concentrated this week and it went down while morale, whcih he didn't concentrate on, went up. This is a little concerning as the weekly prep feature is probably one of the features I'm looking forward to the most. It would be one thing if the video was coming from ign or something and we could fall back on the "the guys playing the game don't know what they're doing" excuse but this video is coming straight from ESPN. Strange for them to showcase a feature that isn't actually working correctly when you really look at it.

[The GIGGAS]

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tinman said:

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Dark_Lord_Vader said:


Did anybody notice that after going through all of that crap, his team got WORSE in most of his ratings! What a joke!

I don't think this will be a very useful feature until next year when you actually have to perform 'mini-games' within the game to achieve certain tasks. Like running a player through an obstacle course, or foot-racing with other players. And, of course, be able to SEE all these things that you are doing to supposedly improve your team from week to week. Not just a line list with checkboxes.

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I think you're looking at the graph wrong. The red shows the gains in ability. Nobody went down in ability but not every position saw gains. His running backs progressed like he said they would.

Still, there were some oddities...His o-line jumped in ability after removing the gym time from the previous week. He focused on his d-line yet they didn't get any better. He said in the video that focus was off so that was where he concentrated this week and it went down while morale, whcih he didn't concentrate on, went up. This is a little concerning as the weekly prep feature is probably one of the features I'm looking forward to the most. It would be one thing if the video was coming from ign or something and we could fall back on the "the guys playing the game don't know what they're doing" excuse but this video is coming straight from ESPN. Strange for them to showcase a feature that isn't actually working correctly when you really look at it.

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His post was mostly sarcasm.

[Bondra12]

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Dark_Lord_Vader said:


Did anybody notice that after going through all of that crap, his team got WORSE in most of his ratings! What a joke!

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If you focus on the wrong things for the week, your team will get worse just like in real life. I can't wait for this feature. Let the chess match begin!

[The GIGGAS]

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Bondra12 said:

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Dark_Lord_Vader said:


Did anybody notice that after going through all of that crap, his team got WORSE in most of his ratings! What a joke!

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If you focus on the wrong things for the week, your team will get worse just like in real life. I can't wait for this feature. Let the chess match begin!

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Again, his post was mostly sarcasm.

[tinman]

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giggas2 said:


His post was mostly sarcasm.

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Sarcasm or not, watch the video carefully... his team doesn't change the way the narrator says they will... with focus, the exact opposite of what he sets out to do occurs. He concentrates on improving his d-line and they don't get any better. He pays no attention to his o-line and they see the biggest gains.

Regardless of whether he was being sarcastic, the feature, in that video, doesn't work as advertised and if that's in the final build, it will render that entire feature obsolete... not good when that is one of the main features ESPN is promoting.

[Klue516]

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tinman said:

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giggas2 said:


His post was mostly sarcasm.

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Sarcasm or not, watch the video carefully... his team doesn't change the way the narrator says they will... with focus, the exact opposite of what he sets out to do occurs. He concentrates on improving his d-line and they don't get any better. He pays no attention to his o-line and they see the biggest gains.

Regardless of whether he was being sarcastic, the feature, in that video, doesn't work as advertised and if that's in the final build, it will render that entire feature obsolete... not good when that is one of the main features ESPN is promoting.

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Until we know all of the in's and out's of the weekly prep feature, i wouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions. Wouldn't it suck if you could automatically give rating boost to the exact ratings you wanted to receive the boost everytime? That would be too easy IMO!

[BigTigLSU]

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Klue516 said:

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tinman said:

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giggas2 said:


His post was mostly sarcasm.

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Sarcasm or not, watch the video carefully... his team doesn't change the way the narrator says they will... with focus, the exact opposite of what he sets out to do occurs. He concentrates on improving his d-line and they don't get any better. He pays no attention to his o-line and they see the biggest gains.

Regardless of whether he was being sarcastic, the feature, in that video, doesn't work as advertised and if that's in the final build, it will render that entire feature obsolete... not good when that is one of the main features ESPN is promoting.

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Until we know all of the in's and out's of the weekly prep feature, i wouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusions. Wouldn't it suck if you could automatically give rating boost to the exact ratings you wanted to receive the boost everytime? That would be too easy IMO!

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Training should work but it should not be automatic. I agree with you it should be harder than just ok do this and do this and boom ratings increase. People will never learn that until you play the game its really just a guess on your part.