MLB 14 The Show Blog - Online Franchise

[TGov]

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I hope that "card view" in the retirement screenshot can be seen in the regular roster screen, it would save a lot of time and loading when I'm wonder what a player looks like...

Online Franchise doesn't appeal to me sadly as I only have one friend I play the game with and its not all that much that we get to play anyway...
EDIT: Also I just dont enjoy playing online, other players like to play cheaply but even if they play far, I just dont have as much fun as facing the cpu...

Also, if we play an online franchise against all cpu teams, if we can(just like an offline one) would we still need to have a strong, if any, internet connect? Cause most of the time it's laggy and screws up the gameplay...

But we gotta know if these new features/upgrades made it to the offline franchise, Im very excited for it!!!

[aukevin]

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To those saying they don't get online franchise play.
Really?
Competing in a more completely fleshed out baseball universe vs. other human opponents and/or CPU opponents as well doesn't sound appealing?
If this mode had Manage only Mode....I doubt I'd ever play offline again.

M.K.
Knight165

The problem I have and why I don't play online (other than lag) is I don't like waiting on someone to play in a league/franchise. Every league I've ever been in it seems to take forever to line up a game time or even when you do someone is late, yada yada yada. I just don't have the patience for that. Offline you fire it up and you're ready to go, that's why I gave up on online a couple years ago. The appeal is there, it just never seems not to be a struggle for one reason or another.

[Russell_SCEA]

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Any kind of web features that go along with the online franchise?

Yes Check the fact sheet.

[aukevin]

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Yes Check the fact sheet.

Oh yeah, thanks

• New user management functionality at TheShowNation.com (Online Franchise)
• Make, accept, and vote on trades through TheShowNation.com (Online Franchise)
• Resolve and simulate games on TheShowNation.com (Online Franchise)
• League members can now manage games on TheShowNation.com (Online Franchise)

[TGov]

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Will the PS3 verison have any less features than the PS4...?

[seanjeezy]

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Its been said a ton already, but please let these improvements make it into the normal franchise mode. It is a MLB The Show staple after all.

Worst case scenario, you can set up an online franchise with the other 29 teams being CPU controlled. That being said, if PSN were ever to go down you'd be locked out of your franchise so hopefully offline gets the same amount of attention lol.

Couple of things I noticed, both good and bad/disappointing:

- international players are still included in the draft, so I'm assuming that means no IFA's

- 90 man rosters, I was hoping they would at least fill out class A

- draft pick signings have now been moved to the offseason

+ free agent bidding

+ new trade and free agent logic

+ $9 million a year for Nelson Cruz is pretty close to what he is looking for in real life (I think)

+ I'm assuming career stats and retired players are forever in the database now


Looking forward to hearing more, especially about player progression and any potential changes to the player creation process.

[Russell_SCEA]

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Will the PS3 verison have any less features than the PS4...?

Check the fact sheet kind sr.

[Knight165]

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The problem I have and why I don't play online (other than lag) is I don't like waiting on someone to play in a league/franchise. Every league I've ever been in it seems to take forever to line up a game time or even when you do someone is late, yada yada yada. I just don't have the patience for that. Offline you fire it up and you're ready to go, that's why I gave up on online a couple years ago. The appeal is there, it just never seems not to be a struggle for one reason or another.

Good point.
But when you are in active and competitive league....it's phenomenal.

....and it does give you the ability to let the CPU handle it if you can't match up at any point.

But most leagues will have set times to play...so you kind of work your schedule to accommodate....and they do have the flex schedule as well....which opens it up a bit.

M.K.
Knight165

[The_Duke]

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I don't get the whole online phenomenon. I don't want to play against some idiot who throws nothing but curve balls and then quits half way through the game. Plus I want to play at my own pace. If I want to pause it to do something else real quick I can do that and not hurt the other person's experience.

I'll admit though that being able to have the CPU control the other 29 teams if I wish will make me at least try it out and see.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

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I don't get the whole online phenomenon. I don't want to play against some idiot who throws nothing but curve balls and then quits half way through the game. Plus I want to play at my own pace. If I want to pause it to do something else real quick I can do that and not hurt the other person's experience.

Right. The reason I dont play sports games online, is because in my personal experience, I either find my opponent exploiting the game, lag switching, or the connection sucked. Either way, I've never liked it.

[BSUFAN]

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It's a awesome addition for those that are into the franchise option of the Show, personally it seems alot of work managing all this stuff, so I will stick to the RTTS which is my option of choice.

[SHAKYR]

This is seeming more and more like a online only game with major online support. It seems offline will be bare bone if that.

[Knight165]

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I don't get the whole online phenomenon. I don't want to play against some idiot who throws nothing but curve balls and then quits half way through the game. Plus I want to play at my own pace. If I want to pause it to do something else real quick I can do that and not hurt the other person's experience.

I'll admit though that being able to have the CPU control the other 29 teams if I wish will make me at least try it out and see.

Most leagues have guys that have been playing together for quite some time....and as the commish....you can kick a disruptive player and turn his team to CPU if necessary(I'm pretty sure you can change that mid season from what I remember)

For me...the BIGGEST draw to online franchise is the ability to set up the league structure as you like it.
If you wanted to recreate and play the 1951 season(since you can load custom rosters!) and take it from there...you can!....with the same league structure.(well....some may not be available ......but I think they covered all the historical setups in the options.)
Milwaukee in the A.L.? Yep....you can do it!
Atlanta in the West? Yep.....

If they only had manage only mode

M.K.
Knight165

[Shakedowncapo]

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This is great news. Was waiting to get the confirmation for full minors and it looks like we got it!

[The_Duke]

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I just want to add one more thing to this discussion. I think it is great that they are adding online franchise for those who have asked for it. Just another example of the developers listening and acting upon it.

This may me pointless because we don't know 100% if the new features will be or won't be in the offline mode, but in MY opinion the excuse of "well the codes are different and we just didn't have enough time" is not acceptable. To me that should be a top priority. Again this is just my opinion but to not have franchise mode be the same, if it indeed turns out that way, is just not right and I think the SCEA team is better than that. I'm sure a lot of you will disagree but that is my thoughts on it. Carry on.