Franchise Issues

[Knight165]

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I'm guessing Kolbe and Jeffs fixes on this missed the build somehow and nobody caught it.
Kolbe probably thought it was in...and didn't look back(his testing wasn't "in game" but on his PC that runs the game)....
This was a fix and not an actual addition.
My guess is...just overlooked somehow.(ish happens...)

Holding back on my freak out!

M.K.
Knight165

[tonybologna]

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I'm guessing Kolbe and Jeffs fixes on this missed the build somehow and nobody caught it.
Kolbe probably thought it was in...and didn't look back(his testing wasn't "in game" but on his PC that runs the game)....
This was a fix and not an actual addition.
My guess is...just overlooked somehow.(ish happens...)

Holding back on my freak out!

M.K.
Knight165

I'm not frickin out really but this is still surprising to me. I mean this was there last year and for it to get by again this year from a great game and team is shocking. I'm pretty confident they will fix it though!

[lukeduke5]

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Yea.. what ya gonna do, mistakes happen. Gonna put it up til its looked into. I'm sure you all share my frustRation. Was really excited about this year hearing contract issues had been resolved. Just got into the 4 th year and found that was not the case. Major let down.. good luck fixing this issue guys.. the world is resting on your shoulders... jk

[CGHitman14]

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Well it sounds like it's going to be patched, everyone just be patient.

Ehhhh, optimism is good, but being naive isn't.

I think a lot of us here on these forums hold back from bashing this game because of the interaction with the dev team. I have to say, it's cool that we get to interact with them on these forums, and that they sometimes respond and keep us updated on what's going on to make us feel like we're involved in the development of the game.

With that said though, it's okay to throw up the panic flag. Everyone who paid for the game SHOULD be freaking out that they were misled and let down once again. It's hard to justify how these issues made it to the game once again. If they can be patched, why weren't they fixed last year?

I'm glad I didn't drop $60 on another game with awesome potential and terrible flaws.

[Braves Fan]

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Ehhhh, optimism is good, but being naive isn't.

I think a lot of us here on these forums hold back from bashing this game because of the interaction with the dev team. I have to say, it's cool that we get to interact with them on these forums, and that they sometimes respond and keep us updated on what's going on to make us feel like we're involved in the development of the game.

With that said though, it's okay to throw up the panic flag. Everyone who paid for the game SHOULD be freaking out that they were misled and let down once again. It's hard to justify how these issues made it to the game once again. If they can be patched, why weren't they fixed last year?

I'm glad I didn't drop $60 on another game with awesome potential and terrible flaws.

This is something that they thought they had fixed though and it just snuck it's way back in. I doubt they went out of their way to deceive people.

I think the game is still very good and there are enough upgrades I still would have bought the game.

I mean Russel said it was going to be fixed, unless you think he's lying I don't see the point in freaking out. I'm sure they are going to do their very best to fix it.

Everyone has a right to their own opinion but I'd just be patient if I were everyone, the game has only been out a day.

[CGHitman14]

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This is something that they thought they had fixed though and it just snuck it's way back in. I doubt they went out of their way to deceive people.

I think the game is still very good and there are enough upgrades I still would have bought the game.

I mean Russel said it was going to be fixed, unless you think he's lying I don't see the point in freaking out. I'm sure they are going to do their very best to fix it.

Everyone has a right to their own opinion but I'd just be patient if I were everyone, the game has only been out a day.

It's a business, that's why they claim every year is going to be a new awesome experience.

We can just agree to disagree on this one, but imo, for a major problem to repeat over a year later, and to expect that after a year of the problem being around, in a couple days/weeks we should expect a patch to fix it would just be foolishly optimistic

[MikeJ2021]

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I only skimmed through the thread so I don't know if this was mentioned before but did anyone try resigning players for longer years so they wouldn't be eligible for 2013 Free Agency?

I did this last year and it worked out fine for me. It takes a while though since, before you enter Franchise, you have to release players and then resign them until they have the number of contract years that you want them to have. I did this with all the young players who wouldn't be Free Agents anyways and people who had extensions. That way I wouldn't have to control all 30 teams in franchise mode.

I agree with others though and don't see it as a big deal. If that's the only problem with the game then, to me, its definitely worth $60. Honestly, unless the MLBPA and the MLB gives SCEA permission for them to allow us to edit contracts then this problem will never be completely fixed. But this is just my opinion...

[JJT]

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I agree with hitman.

After the game is produced, someone needs to open a game (would have been sold) and put it in a random ps3 and test things, like people in this thread did.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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I only skimmed through the thread so I don't know if this was mentioned before but did anyone try resigning players for longer years so they wouldn't be eligible for 2013 Free Agency?

I did this last year and it worked out fine for me. It takes a while though since, before you enter Franchise, you have to release players and then resign them until they have the number of contract years that you want them to have. I did this with all the young players who wouldn't be Free Agents anyways and people who had extensions. That way I wouldn't have to control all 30 teams in franchise mode.

I agree with others though and don't see it as a big deal. If that's the only problem with the game then, to me, its definitely worth $60. Honestly, unless the MLBPA and the MLB gives SCEA permission for them to allow us to edit contracts then this problem will never be completely fixed. But this is just my opinion...

Thing that worries me is that there is alot of unsigned prospects that sit as well. If anything a team should be able to afford a 22 year old A prospect with 0 years ML experience before a vet.

Starting in year 2 offseason you start to see prospects top the FA list. Also the cpu seems to 'cut' down on resign day, which makes no sense since they should still be obligated to pay the salary.

[Willis135]

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Trade logic may still have some issues.

I am a month and a half into my franchise, when the 1st place Indians trade Sizemore for two A prospects to Balt who is in 4th place. It should be the other way around. The indians should be trading away prospects for a bat, not trading their best player.

Anyways, I realize it is only a month and a half into the season, and not at the trade deadline where these trades usually take place, but does anyone else find this trade odd?

I guess the indians being in first place is odd too, they prob just didn't know what to do so they did what they always do and trade away their talent

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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I have noticed too many trades in may still and not enough in July. The packages given up look good. Only other thing I noticed is the CPU one sim kept offering me relief pitchers for my A pot cf.

[puremvp1]

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Nevermind, just read the thread, glad they are atleast aware of the issue, hopefully that means next patch we'll have a fix, it's a rtts killer.

[kbusch22]

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I'm praying that a patch comes out and fixes this before the OS full minors rosters are out. Waiting to start my franchise is hard enough as is...

I thought this had been fixed. I have the utmost respect for the developers, but I feel cheated.

[jrich730]

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Smh I will not bash but I'm disappointed my copy will remain ubopened for the forseable future I can my 2010 franchise which I no longer draft in b/c 30 team control is cumbersom

[HustlinOwl]

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Update 1.08? Wonder if anyone has tested this yet?