Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

[tabarnes19_SDS]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

Please explain the rule 5 glitch in detail so we can look into it. I'm not sure what you're talking about.

[SFCFeagin]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

I will try to explain the best I can. For example, I control all teams and try to keep the rosters as accurate as possible during the season. Jose Lopez was playing for the Indians and I released him when he got released from the team in real life. A few days or weeks later he signed with another team. So when I went to put him on that team, I would get a message stating " Cannot add Free Agent until the Rule 5 Draft". This happened with 1 or 2 more free agents, but no all. I have seen this glitch the year before also. I know there was an old post last year and a few others were having the exact same issue. Hope this makes sense, I traded in the game at the EOY so I cant give the word by word glitch.

[SFCFeagin]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

On that same note, when a player gets released why does it take 2 or 3 days to clear waivers in the game, Im pretty sure this is not a rule in real life as far as a time period. 1 day would be great especially if you control all teams. I know this is a small detail, but I would still like to have the option for 1 day waivers.

[ShowTyme15]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

On that same note, when a player gets released why does it take 2 or 3 days to clear waivers in the game, Im pretty sure this is not a rule in real life as far as a time period. 1 day would be great especially if you control all teams. I know this is a small detail, but I would still like to have the option for 1 day waivers.

In real life the waiver period is 3 days.

[Knight165]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

In real life the waiver period is 3 days.

Actually....it sounds like the problem is he DIDN'T waive him...but instead RELEASED him making him a FA.
Did you try putting him on waivers and claiming him with the team you want him on?

M.K.
Knight165

[ShowTyme15]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

Actually....it sounds like the problem is he DIDN'T waive him...but instead RELEASED him making him a FA.
Did you try putting him on waivers and claiming him with the team you want him on?

M.K.
Knight165

In real life when a player is outright released he still has to clear waivers which takes 3 days.

[AC]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

Spoilered for length. Been waiting for this for a while.

Spoiler

-Has Player Progression been fixed? Are prospects less of a sure thing now?

-Is the potential limit fixed? I.e. A-Rod, Jeter, and Mo all retiring after the first year because of too many A prospects?

-Can we finally change SCEA player potentials?

-Can we input our own draft classes this year?

-Has the draft been fixed, in the sense that you can actually build a team by drafting this year?

-Will the Blue Jays get their whole new staff? Guys like Demaro Hale, Luis Rivera, Chad Mottola, #FDM, Pete Walker, Pat Hentgen, and the like.

-Will teams have fully named and available coaches throughout the system? I.e. A manager, AA, roving, etc.

-Will we be able to edit coaches?

-Will we finally get Rookie Ball, Short Season, Low A, High A, i.e. full minor teams this year?

-Will those teams, or even just the standard 'Single A' team, get simmed stats this year, or even be able to play?

-Will we be getting rebranding stuff like logo changes and uniform editors, maybe even stadium builder/renovator?

-Relocation and expansion draft?

-Please, for the love of everything cute and fluffy, can we get some actual expanded statistics?

-Could we also be able to RETAIN a record of those stats year-to-year as opposed to them just getting wiped?

-Can we edit career stats for players? This would be great for OSFM, and guys like Shawn Hill.

-Random and doesn't need to be answered, but will Robert Coello be in the game? Just curious.

-Will there be a minor league contingent of the Rule 5 draft?

-Player roles- LOOGY, pinch-hitter, etc, would probably help the AI and stop them from making such stupid decisions late-game.

-Will the money you make in franchise from profits be able to be used in towards players? Having well over 450M in profits sitting around for 'stadium upgrades' that don't even show up and not being able to spend that on a player stinks.

-Will players ask for better deals? For example, Josh Hamilton shouldn't be signing 2/20.

-Will teams stop making such hideous trades? Strasburg for Kershaw, and then Kershaw for Darvish? Huh? 30 team control helps, though.

-As a Jays fan, I'm probably being a bit entitled here, seeing as we get one every damn year, but is it gonna be slightly more possible for breakout seasons from scrubs? Lind & Hill in '09, Bautista in '10, Lawrie & Romero in '11, and Encarnacion in '12 are all good examples.

-I think the removal of the overall bar would be a nice thing.

-Like Ksig said, organizational prospect rankings would be sweet. I think MLB 2k10 had top 100 prospect lists.

-International prospect posting/signings.

-Minor league signings would be useful.

[Knight165]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

In real life when a player is outright released he still has to clear waivers which takes 3 days.

Right...but if he doesn't go to the waiver screen for that club......and let's the 3 days lapse....FA. It sounds like he's just waiting for the guy to hit the FA list and then trying to move him to the new club.

M.K.
Knight165

[hoser]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

A couple questions to ask regarding editing players:

1) Can we assign retired numbers to players like last year or is there code to prevent it like the year before (work around not withstanding)?

2) Can we import players or rosters from previous version of the game into the new version of the game? If not, any plans to include this in future versions of the game?

3) Any historical players in the game like in past versions (2011 I think). If not, any plans to include them in future versions of the game.

4) Can we edit player potential; specially for created players? If not, any plans to include this in a future version of the game?

5) Is there a player search feature in the new version? If not, any plans to include this in a future version of the game?

Thanks

[tabarnes19_SDS]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

I will try to explain the best I can. For example, I control all teams and try to keep the rosters as accurate as possible during the season. Jose Lopez was playing for the Indians and I released him when he got released from the team in real life. A few days or weeks later he signed with another team. So when I went to put him on that team, I would get a message stating " Cannot add Free Agent until the Rule 5 Draft". This happened with 1 or 2 more free agents, but no all. I have seen this glitch the year before also. I know there was an old post last year and a few others were having the exact same issue. Hope this makes sense, I traded in the game at the EOY so I cant give the word by word glitch.

That may not be a bug? What day exactly did you try to sign him? 40 man rosters have to be set before the rule 5 draft. I have never seen this. If you can provide more information I will try to look into it here and if I can duplicate it, and it's a bug I will bring it to the devs attention.

[bayman]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

I wouldn't call it an issue.
They never really wrote a separate A.I. scheme for Spring Training. The CPU know's who it's going with....it was really intended for you to try your players and see how they would perform against MLB pitchers/lineups so that you might pick one player over another for your final MLB roster spots.

I get what you're saying...

M.K.
Knight165

-Is there/can they add at least a random generator of who the CPU plays from the 40 man roster in ST so it's not always the starting lineups/pitchers and has some variation?

[ShowTyme15]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

Right...but if he doesn't go to the waiver screen for that club......and let's the 3 days lapse....FA. It sounds like he's just waiting for the guy to hit the FA list and then trying to move him to the new club.

M.K.
Knight165

Oh okay I get what you're saying now, but i don't see how this is a bug though unless I'm missing something here?

[ShowTyme15]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

In franchise mode this year is the new FA rule implemented? for example of your a top tier free agent you have a draft pick tied to you. For example Adam laRoche just re-signed with the Nationals today if he would have signed with anyone else the Nats would have been owed a draft pick by the team he would have signed with. Just wanted to know if this has been added to Franchise mode during the off season.

[Chai2112]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

Few more:

- Will we be allowed to sign free agents to minor league deals? As it is, when you sign a free agent, he automatically gets added to the 40-man roster and the MLB team.

- It would be cool if there is some more give and take when signing free agents. For example, it would be cool to sign a SS, but specify you want to sign him mainly as a 2B, and then this would affect the player's decision to join your team, etc. Is there anything new like this or is it still just the bland "more money" and "more years" discourse?

- With trades, is there more involvement with the amounts? For example, it's frustrating when a team won't trade because "the owner is not willing NOT take on more money." Why is there no option to then assume some of the contract and eat some of the money so that the other team isn't taking on more money and will actually do the trade.

In my opinion, Franchise mode REALLY needs the above, amongst other things, to really take it further than past games. Thanks for your devotion to all of this, Knight!

[steelersfan77]

Re: Community Day 2013 - FRANCHISE MODE/EDITOR

Knight, is there any way for the dev team to figure out a way to make sure the AI doesn't start a pitcher who's not fully rested. Maybe the AI would know to start a pitcher in the bullpen, like a rested long inning reliever or call up a player for a spot start.