Madden NFL 10: Online Franchise Q&A with Donny Moore

[Bgamer90]

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Regarding salary cap, contracts, and trade logic...they say they might release a post based on community demand after release? WTF is that? Seriously...like there isn't enough community demand for that stuff now? Why not start working on that stuff asap?

They are probably spending a lot of time fixing the bugs in the game getting it ready to go gold.

[Hooe]

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Still disappointed that there is no salary cap and player contracts, and I hope it's one of the first things on the table to add to this feature.

That said, there are enough options available in the meantime to create the illusion that a salary cap of sorts is there using house rules, and the waiver wire option also is a nice feature. I'm glad that the Madden team had the foresight to include these options.

If I may ask though, Ian, I had a specific question that did not make the Q&A: my brother and I share one XBOX360 and both have our own gamer tags. In NCAA 09's online dynasty feature, my brother and I were able to play in the same dynasty, schedule games against each other, and play these games using only one XBOX360. Will we have this capability to have two users using the same console in online franchise?

Another question: it wasn't specifically mentioned in the blog, so I'll ask here: can we trade draft picks? If not, can the commissioner reassign draft picks to different teams to "fake" trading draft picks?

[Droopy03]

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I know EA spent a lot of time on the online Franchise and is pround of the hard work they put in to get it at least in the game and I'm very proud that they got this in the game and I believe they are making big stirdes to make this a great game.

But can I hear more about the gameplay. You know the bugs that nobody likes that we seen from the videos from E3 that needs to be addressed?

[knucklez]

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I don't understand how you can make this mode without a salary cap and player contracts. That just makes it unplayable for me.

[adembroski]

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Regarding salary cap, contracts, and trade logic...they say they might release a post based on community demand after release? WTF is that? Seriously...like there isn't enough community demand for that stuff now? Why not start working on that stuff asap?

They are.

. We are actively looking at a robust, live bidding free agent type feature for the future, but a lot depends on the priority you all (the fans) give us on each feature once you get your hands on online franchise.

Key word is Priority... if there's a game killer in gameplay, that'll take precedent. I'll be honest, based on what I've heard from EA , and based on PastaPadre's impressions, it doesn't sound like we'll see it there year.

[Smoke316]

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well hopefully they can post some "EA Recommended" house rules for leagues as a way to work around not having a salary cap

[marktg30]

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We have also looked at the data from NCAA 09 Online Dynasty and our offline franchise modes, and the reality is that very few players actually made it to 10 years of dynasty/franchise.

This really pissed me off. Have we not made it clear that Offline Franchise Mode WOULD be played for 10-30 seasons if you actually focused on it? Not trying to be an a-hole but this remark really poured salt in an annual $65 wound.

[KANE699]

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Quick question, we can edit player numbers, but can we edit player equipment?

[MattIntellect]

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This really pissed me off. Have we not made it clear that Offline Franchise Mode WOULD be played for 10-30 seasons if you actually focused on it? Not trying to be an a-hole but this remark really poured salt in an annual $65 wound.

He's only going by statistics.

[Phobia]

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From a honest opinion. 10 years is plenty. It will be hard pressed to find guys to hang around in a league for 10 seasons, much less 30. So it at 10 is PLENTY for me.

Everything in the blog we knew already. but Thanks Ian....Best developer ever.

[Da Bears]

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Q: Do you have multi-week and season ending injuries in online franchise?
A: Yes, we do. We also have career-enders as well (very rare).


Q: What kind of options does the Commissioner have at his fingertips?
A: The commissioner is integral to the success of your online franchise. Just like in Online Dynasties, if you have a commish that forgets to advance the week or doesn’t control his owners, the league might fail. To accomplish this, we give the commissioner several different options:
- Boot Player – The commish can boot any unruly owner at any time. Any CPU team can be replaced by a user team (or vice versa) at any time.
- Promote Player – The commish can promote any other owner in the league to commissioner in the event where the commish goes out of town or is unavailable.
- Settings changes: Skill Level, Quarter Length, Fatigue, Injuries, and Accelerated Clock.
- Post News – The commish can post news to the console so all owners can see what is going on around the league.
- Add/Drop – As explained above, the commish can manipulate rosters to more realistically create off-season player movement.




THANK YOU.

[sportzbro]

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Even with what's being left out this year (salary cap, live free agent bidding, etc.) this feature is going to be fun as hell.. The future looks very bright for online franchise.

[HealyMonster]

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Ian, Donny, ANYONE!!!! I have a question about the web interface--Will it be just a spot for stats and depth chart management, or will it be a spot to view game recaps, news stories,etc? I say this because in the Q&A it says the commish can add a top story from the console with no mention of owners adding stories or the ability to add a story to the web site.

I am trying to get an idea as to what exactly will be on the website.

[marktg30]

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Ian, Donny, ANYONE!!!! I have a question about the web interface--Will it be just a spot for stats and depth chart management, or will it be a spot to view game recaps, news stories,etc? I say this because in the Q&A it says the commish can add a top story from the console with no mention of owners adding stories or the ability to add a story to the web site.

I am trying to get an idea as to what exactly will be on the website.

Offline....nevermind.

[turfguy23]

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well hopefully they can post some "EA Recommended" house rules for leagues as a way to work around not having a salary cap

I think they just did in the new blog.

The commissioner will have the option to Add/Drop players at will during the offseason (this is a website exclusive feature). I can give you an example of what we are already doing here at the office in our online franchise…Each team in the league is forced to give up five 70+ OVR players to free agency (we all agreed on the CPU team players to release). We then took that list, and did a quick free agency draft with that list of players. The commish then went into the Commissioner Options screen and add/dropped the players to the new teams. While this is not exactly ideal, it does give those folks who are looking for a very realistic Franchise experience a way to have offseason player movement every year.

I can work with that. It's like having two drafts in a sense. And this would force you to "think" as an owner as to who you keep and cut. I'm fine with it knowing it will be improved upon in the near future. Remember, Online Franchise is server based meaning we won't necessarily have to wait until 2011 for this to be changed.