Franchise Mode is Piece of a Bigger Picture Says San Diego Studios

[MLB14]

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This thread man....

And people wonder why SDS doesn't interact on the forums anymore.

I don't think anyone wonders why they don't interact here anymore.

[torpidbeaver]

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The author's assertion that adding real contracts is a "huge step forward" seemed like a stretch to me for a few reasons, but especially given we still haven't heard or seen anything about if they updated the game to balance the new contract values, or if we're going to have top free agents going unsigned two years into the Franchise.

I'm also not sure why they want us to get excited about the walls between DD and Franchise falling down. We already can't play with custom rosters in this new mode, nor have injuries, or come up with our own trades.

[bravesfan1984]

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I'm pretty sure everyone (well, most everyone) accepts their manpower excuses. But, when other things get massive face lifts year after year, it's not a question of manpower but of prioritization. That their intentions are in other places are what some of us are giving them all hell about.



I can't program for anything, but I could've banged out the realistic contracts--at least the data entry part in 48 hours. I have done that in the past with Hybrid rosters of yore. That is not hard and it takes very little knowledge. And they aren't finished inputting the values yet...

...the hard part would be coding the game to use these new contracts as its financial "ecosystem" if you will. That I couldn't have done and that I don't think anyone here is confident that Sony has accomplished either. Despite the statement about "simming into the future," nothing has been mentioned about what they looked for or what they saw--the franchise mode stream we didn't have this year would've been a great place to load up some save files and show their new baby off.

If they have the same budget and financial system as previous years, the addition of real contracts will be a nightmare. Rosters that were edited to real contracts previously broke the system from all reports on here. I can almost guarantee they made no budget/financial changes. No faith in it working.

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[Impetuous65]

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This thread man....

And people wonder why SDS doesn't interact on the forums anymore.

You have to take the good with the bad, no one is calling them names. People are expresing their disappointment. Reading this forum has not really weighted into any decision in the game, and besides they do come here and read. Some of you guys act like we are getting this game for free.

[davel]

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In my opinion, I think a start today feature in franchise mode would of been a lot better then this march to October business. With the ability to used custom rosters in it. I’m just an old franchise person and I ain’t going anywhere near March to October. It would help the “casual gamer” get into the game starting off there franchise with what is exactly going on in real life.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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If they have the same budget and financial system as previous years, the addition of real contracts will be a nightmare. Rosters that were edited to real contracts previously broke the system from all reports on here. I can almost guarantee they made no budget/financial changes. No faith in it working.

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Well, I think all the talk about real contracts mucking things up has been way overblown. I have not seen the same things as some others in my own roster files (hybrid-style) that I've worked on. The thing is, you have to really edit the ratings as well as the contract values. There's something mystical/magical about 80/90 OVR players that people just can't see them going unsigned. But, if that same player was a 68 OVR, it wouldn't be an issue, lol. So maybe the real problem was with OVR ratings being too high across the board and never with real contracts. I mean look at the caliber of some of the players going unsigned deep into spring training lately. Unrealistic? Just my thoughts...

In my opinion, I think a start today feature in franchise mode would of been a lot better then this march to October business. With the ability to used custom rosters in it. I’m just an old franchise person and I ain’t going anywhere near March to October. It would help the “casual gamer” get into the game starting off there franchise with what is exactly going on in real life.

And, this is exactly what OOTP is adding this year (among other things). They're calling it "Live Services." Go figure.

[underdog13]

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I liked what Nick said. Seems like an intelligent guy and definitely didn't need to go out and put himself out there like he did.


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whatever

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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The real contracts big issue was trading logic being completely different. All the tests I ran teams can't trade for players because the default only allows 10mil cushion.

Trade prospects for a role player is almost impossible. You see many less trades and more 1 for 1.

The contract issue resolves itself because the teams sign players in year 2 and beyond at smaller salaries.

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[jerwoods]

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i was part of helping to push madden 15 back to 32 team contal from madden 25 1 year push to 1 team only

that is the only thing i fear from march to oct is that this is a test to see if it goes to just 1 team per fran in 20

[kehlis]

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I guess their preorder sales aren't as high as they hoped.

Interesting. Can you share where you are getting this data from?

[bravesfan1984]

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i was part of helping to push madden 15 back to 32 team contal from madden 25 1 year push to 1 team only

that is the only thing i fear from march to oct is that this is a test to see if it goes to just 1 team per fran in 20

What a travesty that would be...30 team control is the only way to franchise

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[bigtrip88]

Lets be honest the only thing new in MTO is the momentum thing witch I don’t even like because now your team is either hot or cold there’s no inbetween and why should something I do In a game affect the next 8 to 10 games that’s not realistic ...and why is it ever new thing they come up with for the last three years to put into a franchise type modeIs a new way to simulate games 

[NYJin2011tm]

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I rather have 54 game season length in franchise mode rather than March to October.

[nemesis04]

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I thought it was an interesting read but it still seems like a disconnect between the two modes.

This quote:

“I wanted to give users a curated season experience that’s fun and exciting,” Livingston said. “–Provide something that wasn’t so daunting.

If this is the case why do they want to put you in the daunting experience at the end of it?

[KnightTemplar]

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I thought it was an interesting read but it still seems like a disconnect between the two modes.

This quote:

“I wanted to give users a curated season experience that’s fun and exciting,” Livingston said. “–Provide something that wasn’t so daunting.

If this is the case why do they want to put you in the daunting experience at the end of it?

From something you can do quickly to something that is quite detailed? Yeah, that makes ZERO sense.