MLB The Show 16 Video - Franchise Mode

[Peter_OS]

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I absolutely love the new morale and contract negotiations.

Here are a few things that I want to know if it's been addressed.

- Rotating schedule for interleague games
- No more CPU teams putting mid/late Relief Pitchers into the starting rotation.
- Improved equipment choices for generated rookies.

Would be nice. Hopefully someone can ask tomorrow during the live twitch stream.

[Bobhead]

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I know this is probably a stupid question but will the players you draft every year also have morale?

Interested to see how let's say an OSFM player's moral is handled. Is it random? does it only effect SCEA players? Or is it customizeable outside the mode (similar to contract) Same with draft picks.

These are very good questions. It would certainly defeat the purpose of the system if non-SCEA players did not have morale at all, because that means the entire function would effectively be meaningless after a few years in franchise mode (because the majority of your players would then be draftees).

Knowing SCEA, I'd bet my life savings that isn't happening. They surely made some sort of allowance so that the system can still be enjoyed even amongst fake/created players.

So the real question is, did they
a) Make it random
b) Make it editable in the create/edit-a-player tool
c) both of the above

[Unlucky 13]

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I really like a lot of what they've said. Like a few others, I'm not a stats guy. Unless they're going to talk about it, put it up on graphics, or otherwise involve it in the game experience, the stats just don't matter much to me.

However, I do love the changes that have been made to the free agency and trade processes, and I love the idea of morale, and am very curious to see the weight that it carries.

Plus with all of these additions for this year's edition, I can continue to hold out hope for more GM/owner mode aspects in 2017. There's always next year.

[Splitter77]

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wow.
this is nice.
cant wait to fire up a fictional player franchise.
will be like Sammy sosa high heat 2001

[Sip_16]

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Would be nice. Hopefully someone can ask tomorrow during the live twitch stream.

On Twitter Ramone, said


John Hendrickson II <s>@</s>J_Swift13 <small class="time"> 12h12 hours ago </small> <s>@</s>Ramone_Russell Are the schedules rotating this year like they should in franchise mode? AL east vs. nl west this year..and not the next yr.

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Ramone Russell <s>@</s>Ramone_Russell

<s>@</s>J_Swift13 not this year, too big of a change with all the other new features to get them to rotate.

6:14 PM - 1 Mar 2016

[JayD]

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On Twitter Ramone, said


John Hendrickson II <s>@</s>J_Swift13 <small class="time"> 12h12 hours ago </small> <s>@</s>Ramone_Russell Are the schedules rotating this year like they should in franchise mode? AL east vs. nl west this year..and not the next yr.

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Ramone Russell <s>@</s>Ramone_Russell

<s>@</s>J_Swift13 not this year, too big of a change with all the other new features to get them to rotate.

6:14 PM - 1 Mar 2016

Bummer. I wouldn't even be upset if they only had different interleague teams on the schedule and not the proper rotation at first.

[BlueJays09]

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What time is the live stream tomorrow? I am quite excited to see it. It will likely determine if I buy the game or just stick with MLB 15 (I have started ST to be safe). I am hoping we get non-roster invites for ST and more details on the player morale situation.

[Sip_16]

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What time is the live stream tomorrow? I am quite excited to see it. It will likely determine if I buy the game or just stick with MLB 15 (I have started ST to be safe). I am hoping we get non-roster invites for ST and more details on the player morale situation.

2 PM PST, 5 EST

[Ranger Fan]

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Would be nice. Hopefully someone can ask tomorrow during the live twitch stream.

Roatating Interleague games would be a plus. Never could really understand why this wasnt possible. There are the same number of teams in each division so just swith up. There isnt much wrong with Franchise other than this or the fact we were so limited in the number of free agents teams could sign due tho the fact a pop up would surface saying team is over budget. We all know this is rediculous. There isnt a salary cap in baseball I ran into a sitaution last year with Texas where in year 2 I was 10 million over the cap. I couldnt sign any free agents, couldnt sign my own rookies, and had just 54 on the Roster. I ended up selling off every so called high priced free agent just so I could field a team. This situation would never happen in real baseball. And before you ask no I didnt have big names on team, just the regular guys on the roster. Budget were a serios issue last year in my opinion

[HustlinOwl]

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On Twitter Ramone, said


John Hendrickson II <s>@</s>J_Swift13 <small class="time"> 12h12 hours ago </small> <s>@</s>Ramone_Russell Are the schedules rotating this year like they should in franchise mode? AL east vs. nl west this year..and not the next yr.

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Ramone Russell <s>@</s>Ramone_Russell

<s>@</s>J_Swift13 not this year, too big of a change with all the other new features to get them to rotate.

6:14 PM - 1 Mar 2016

Really, we are in what year 8-9 of this games cycle and this is still not being done smh

[Cavicchi]

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Is Morale in Season mode and can Morale be turned off?

[Lovesports]

I can't help but be frustrated after that video, because afterall, franchise has changed in small increments, and every year it seems like "next year will be the year for franchise mode improvements". This stuff IS improvement, don't get me wrong. But its hardly anything that is going to be a game changer, at least for me. I could care less what David Ortiz's OPS in 1998 was. I just don't care. I know that hardcore stat folks have been clamoring for this level of detail, and I am thrilled for them that they were listened to and they go it. But it does little to impact the feel of a Franchise mode that is going stale, at least for me. Hopefully scouting and training are better, GM mode goals are better than "win the WS in the next two years or your fired", and the morale system is something that actually impacts the game (storylines mentioned in the radio show based on upset players?) rather than something like some tiny drop in rating by -1 or +1 based on the morale of the player.

This is the third game on PS4. We're almost 1/2 way through the consoles life cycle before the next consoles launch. What we have right now is an improved PS3 experience when it comes to Franchise mode. The gameplay and graphics have taken a HUGE leap when it comes to the PS4, but Franchise mode just seems to be an afterthought. I would love to see a true next generation experience, akin to OOTP but where you can play the games. I know we're not going to get that in one year, I'm realistic. But I guess I'm just hoping of big changes to Franchise every year only to see small ones that don't really resonate much with me.

I totally agree with you though, about rushing to judgement before all the details are released. I'll reserve judgement until Thursday. I'm assuming there's more, because, like you said, how will they fill an hour long stream just by showing stats and the new FA and morale mechanic. There's gotta be more!

This is where most of us will disagree. I actually do care what he hit in 1998, and most baseball fans are very stat driven. Stat tracking has been one of the most requested features for the past 2-3 years, and it's finally in so I'm happy about that. I'm also happy about the morale system. My only complaint is the award/accolade tracking system. I have no idea who won the CY young in 2005 without having to google it, that should not be. I should be able to open a player card and see that he won the gold glove in 2008 and rookie of the year in 2005 etc. other than that, changes are very pleasing

[jb12780]

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Really, we are in what year 8-9 of this games cycle and this is still not being done smh

Probably not as easy as you think it is.

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[Benz87]

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I really like that. Last year you could throw money at any player you wanted and they were yours.

I actually would encounter the opposite problem. I would throw all the money available in my budget at a player, leading to the interest bar being maxed, only for them sign with a different time for significantly less money. This would happen because the interest for this other team was also maxed, despite their offer not being as much as mine. Realistically the player would have most likely took the huge contract I was offering, but previously the CPU would simply randomly select from any contract that garnered 100% interest and sign with them. Thankfully, it was stated in the video this was tuned so the CPU will weight contracts based on amount and the additional traits added this year.

[tessl]

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I can't help but be frustrated after that video, because afterall, franchise has changed in small increments, and every year it seems like "next year will be the year for franchise mode improvements". This stuff IS improvement, don't get me wrong. But its hardly anything that is going to be a game changer, at least for me. I could care less what David Ortiz's OPS in 1998 was. I just don't care. I know that hardcore stat folks have been clamoring for this level of detail, and I am thrilled for them that they were listened to and they go it. But it does little to impact the feel of a Franchise mode that is going stale, at least for me. Hopefully scouting and training are better, GM mode goals are better than "win the WS in the next two years or your fired", and the morale system is something that actually impacts the game (storylines mentioned in the radio show based on upset players?) rather than something like some tiny drop in rating by -1 or +1 based on the morale of the player.

This is the third game on PS4. We're almost 1/2 way through the consoles life cycle before the next consoles launch. What we have right now is an improved PS3 experience when it comes to Franchise mode. The gameplay and graphics have taken a HUGE leap when it comes to the PS4, but Franchise mode just seems to be an afterthought. I would love to see a true next generation experience, akin to OOTP but where you can play the games. I know we're not going to get that in one year, I'm realistic. But I guess I'm just hoping of big changes to Franchise every year only to see small ones that don't really resonate much with me.

I totally agree with you though, about rushing to judgement before all the details are released. I'll reserve judgement until Thursday. I'm assuming there's more, because, like you said, how will they fill an hour long stream just by showing stats and the new FA and morale mechanic. There's gotta be more!

I'd like to see at least the ability to transport a created team from diamond dynasty into franchise but it isn't a game breaker. The problem with making massive changes is things could go massively wrong, especially in a franchise.

I suspect manager/coach ratings and attributes have changed because on the player cards I see a rating for the coaches. Player morale is very interesting. Team budgets have changed. Free agent signing has changed. They mentioned in the mistakenly leaked franchise video the amateur draft has changed. Scouting has changed with additional information provided for the amateur players. In the same video they mentioned progression has changed. Career stat tracking has changed.

That is a very nice package of changes, at least for me. I'd still like to be able to put my team on the field with my created logo and name but to say they didn't take a big swing at franchise isn't accurate.