Madden NFL 10 Q&A Blog with the Dev Team

[NCballerx88]

Also are challenges even in the game? I have yet to see a challenge option or see a challenge in the game.

[jlukes]

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RE: Online Franchise


They going to add the ability to trade with CPU teams based on commish approval and/or league vote?

[michapop9]

will all the sim stats be fixed?

-QB TD'S way too high, RB TD'S too low

-tackle stats, solo, assisted, especially for cb's in later years of the franchise having only 15 to 30 tackles.

-cmon now this is the third year the stats are a good amount off, for many franchise players this is a major buzz kill.

[Tick32]

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is every1 slow. the slider info is straight forward. Slide the cpu skills up if u want them to perform better. what more could u want it to say? Thats the worst question ive seen on this thread. Theres bigger issues than the slider info. No offense Ian i know u and your team sort of tried this year. But this game seems like a Test Beta of ESPN 2k5. Thats a real problem.

[jpdavis82]

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Where are the team specific chants like J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets and E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles? Can these be added to the patch?

Can you fix the cutscene where it will show the qb on the phone that just scored and not the one about to go back in the game? Also can you fix the cutscenes where it shows the qb and he's not really holding a phone or his hair is glitching?

Can replays be fixed where it won't start to show a replay, then stop, then go back to the game? Can you fix it to where it shows a replay after every TD and every play over 20 yards?

Can you put back the draft history for each player in the player menus?

Can you add field degradation similar to what you guys did in the patch last year? Can the lighting be changed to where it will be daylight in 4:15 games and then get dark after halftime? Don't know if that's something that can be patched, but it would be a really nice touch.

That's it from me, great job Ian and the rest of the dev team, love Madden 10, it's by far my favorite Madden of them all.

[jpdavis82]

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is every1 slow. the slider info is straight forward. Slide the cpu skills up if u want them to perform better. what more could u want it to say? Thats the worst question ive seen on this thread. Theres bigger issues than the slider info. No offense Ian i know u and your team sort of tried this year. But this game seems like a Test Beta of ESPN 2k5. Thats a real problem.

This isn't a discussion, read Ian's post at the beginning of the thread. Questions only.

[Tick32]

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This isn't a discussion, read Ian's post at the beginning of the thread. Questions only.

check page 5 and u will see i asked questions thank you very much

[jpdavis82]

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Also are challenges even in the game? I have yet to see a challenge option or see a challenge in the game.

Pause>Coaching Options>Challenge Play

There ya go

[WdnUlik2no]

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When are you going to fix the playoff system bug that occurs when a wildcard team has a better record than a division winner and both those teams win their wild card game? (has been in the game since Madden 2003)

Bug explanation:

The only way to get this bug to happen is you have to have at least one wildcard team have a better record than a division winner; AND that wildcard team has to win their playoff game in addition to a division winner with a worse record winning their game as well. (This happened in real life during the 2005 - 2006 NFL playoffs)


Here's what I got in Madden 10.

AFC results as shown in Madden on AFC standings screen (division winner are bold)

1. Patriots (13 - 3) -- Division winner (1st round bye)
2. Steelers (12 - 4) -- Division winner (1st round bye)
3. Chargers (10 - 6) -- Division winner
4. Ravens (11 - 5) -- Wild Card
5. Titans (9 - 7) -- Division winner
6. Broncos (9 - 7) -- Wild card

However these teams needed to be reseeded as shown below to always have division winners seeds 1 - 4:

Playoff seeds
1. Patriots (13 - 3) Div winner
2. Steelers (12 - 4) Div winner
3. Chargers (10 - 6) Div winner
4. Titans (9 - 7) Div winner
5. Ravens (11 - 5) Wildcard
6. Broncos (9 - 7) wildcard.

AFC Wildcard match ups/results
#3 Chargers defeat #6 Broncos
#5 Ravens defeat #4 Titans.

In real life with the correct seedings in place, these wildcard results would create the following matchups in the divisional round. Because the lowest remaining seed from the wildcard round always plays the top seed; and the highest remaining seed plays the 2nd seed:

Divisional round matchups (what its supposed to be doing)
#5 Ravens (11 - 5) vs. #1 Patriots (13 - 3)
#3 Chargers (10 - 6) vs. #2 Steelers (12 - 4).

However Madden creates the following matchups

Maddens divisional round matchups (not correct)
#3 Chargers (10 - 6) vs. #1 Patriots (13 - 3)
#5 Ravens (11 - 5) vs. #2 Steelers (12 - 4)

This is occurring because Madden is still using the regular season rankings, and because the Ravens have a better record than the Chargers, Madden automatically assumes they have the higher playoff seed too when in fact they don't.

[bgdave39]

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Any chance we get the massive amount of online franchise bugs commented on?

The first post is being updated to include all info in the thread.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...as-issues.html

[rufusone]

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Will live weather be fixed in play now and franchise? Its always sunny and clear?

Will the cut scene at the start of the game be fixed where it shows people in the daytime outside of the stadium and then the game starts and its being played at night.

Same thing happens cut scene shows rain/ sunny/cold/cloudy before the game and then the game starts and its the opposite like sunny before the game, then the games starts and its cloudy, etc.

[vaibhavp3]

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can you please just tell us how the right stick pass rush moves are?

great you add them to the game and don't tell us how to use it.

[Dianwei32]

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Are you guys ever going to bring back the individual introductions before a game? I think it was back in Madden 08. Before the game each team would have 4 of their top players from either offense or defense come out with the stadium announcer guy introducing them (it then froze and told you what weapon they had, but since weapons are no longer a part of Madden that part could be left out.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the pre-game stuff that exists now, it's great, but I think there could be more variety. Maybe the teams coming out from the tunnel/helmet at the start of a game (not just during the Superbowl) or individual player intros, but keep the existing stuff and mix the new stuff in with it.

[Primal23]

Ian,

Please fix two things for me.

1. Please fix the player progression system, it seems as though if a player has a predetermined speed or strength rating they never go up when they are young. I know we don't want players going up large amounts of speed and strength like in years past but the players when they are young should still go up a little, most likely no more then 2 points in a given year. But right now even If I have someone like Beanie Wells in my franchise and rush for 1900 yards, the only thing he goes up by is Awareness and some moves, as he develops he should still go up in other category's a little?

2. Please fix the damn flats on defense already. No matter what you call the damn flats are always open and the defense never covers it.

[maddcatt]

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How bout a detailed game manual that explains every little thing this game does

The one sent with the game just does not explain everything

I realize you won't create a new one and send it out to all who bought Madden 10, but it would be nice if you could maybe look it up online somewhere.

I think a a detailed game manual might even help solve some of the issues that some are having with this game without having to create a patch fix