Madden NFL 24 Franchise Mode Details Revealed

[UFCMPunk]

I noticed that Canton, OH was listed as one of the new cities for relocation. Would this be an indication that perhaps the Hall of Fame Game could be added into Franchise Mode?

So on the subject of preseason, any chance we can finally get to pick our preseason opponents in a patch, or even next year? If they add the HOF game, it would be neat to select the teams who play in that game as well.

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by RubberSoul

Just curious if there are draft generators based on legends of the past? I truly love the idea of beefing up draft generators as this is the primary heart of any franchise mode. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, there definitely is. Just to name a few, there are draft generators based around Harold Carmichael, Dante Hall, and Mike Alstott.

Quote: Originally Posted by Momoney168

Will the CPU be able to recognize their team state/scouting reports and make trades based off that. Examples would be the Rams sending out 1st to go after a Super Bowl or the Bears moving off the #1 pick to acquire draft capital?

Still in the process of tuning this but teams will value assets differently based on the contention phase they're in. So a rebuilding team is going to have an increased value on their draft picks while a team in Win Now won't value their picks as much. We don't really have a lot of logic for the CPU to make certain moves like that but they will value things differently based on where they are as a team.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tbjohnson2

The article mentions that the CPU can get Gold, Silver, or Bronze during Training Camp. Does the same go for in-season Weekly prep? Just want to confirm if the CPU always gets Bronze, or can they get higher during the season? Thanks in advance!

Yeah, the CPU sims the mini-games. There's a weighted chance that they can get Gold, Silver or Bronze so they won't just get one. Silver is weighted the heaviest with Bronze next and Gold the least likely.

Quote: Originally Posted by patsfan1993

I don't want you to speak on things that are out of bounds. Can you at least confirm the team is aware of the CPU salary cap issues after a few years in solo franchises? Seems related to the contract demands not increasing as the cap increases.

Yeah, it's something that we're aware of and have been looking into recently.

Quote: Originally Posted by Momoney168

Also how does the trade difficulty slider effect CPU/CPU trading?

The trade difficulty slider won't affect CPU/CPU trades. The way it works is that the harder the setting, the more your trade package is devalued and on the easier settings, the value of your trade package is increased making trades easier.

Quote: Originally Posted by dvdsaba

Thanks, DeuceDouglas - Didn't see it in the Franchise deep dive but per the beta it looks like the player editor layout in Franchise custom draft classes is being updated to be more like the FOTF editor. Saw some updated equipment. Would you know if the FOTF face editor is being added also so we can create a face in addition to selecting from the preset faces when editing custom draft classes? Saw this available on the beta launch but didn't see it again on the beta update. Love this type of customization.

There aren't any plans that I'm aware of to have the FOTF editor in franchise.

Quote: Originally Posted by cMont28

What are your thoughts around the quantity of CPU generated trades involving player for player swaps vs player for pick(s)? Asking since the majority of real-world trades seem to involve the latter, but this doesn’t seem to be the case in Madden. Also, is there any logic that devalues certain position groups over others on trades? I.e. offers for middle aged HBs (even if highly rated) yielding far lower capital than say other position groups that regress later. None of this is a big deal since I can manually manage it as I see fit, just genuinely curious. Love your work.

Yeah, so the player for player swaps is something that I tried to find a balance for. Definitely understand that most trades involve a player for picks and player for player swaps aren't as common but I also think they aren't as enjoyable or satisfying. We do have logic and tunables available to determine how many players the CPU will offer depending on the amount of players in the package. We really wanted to limit the amount of offers that included multiple players for a single player and have picks more involved than they were last year.

We do have importance logic that factors in a players position into their overall trade value. It's just one of many pieces but for example, running backs have the least importance of all starters and QB's have by far the highest. We also have age modifiers that will devalue players as they get older based on their position as well.

Quote: Originally Posted by Btj98

Hello deuce, i do have a few questions actually. 1. When it comes to the new trade system can the CPU teams trade up for higher draft picks during the draft or even before the draft? And if not what is the challenge behind trying to add this logic into the game? 2. Something i saw at the end of the blog was that morale was changed a little bit. What changes were made and how will it affect the players? 3. Lastly my most important question is that is there anyway we can get a commissioner tool or have the injury slider affect sim injuries again? This has been by far my biggest request for the madden series since madden 20 as this drastically affects team building and i want an option to have more injuries and some people want the option to have no sim injuries. Also Deuce thank you for all the things you do for the community and taking time to answer some questions. Its greatly appreciated!

1. This is something I've been looking into more recently. Right now, there isn't much changed in this area from previous years and the major challenge has just been around untangling the web of trade logic and trying to get the base logic to a good point before starting to expand out to things like CPU-CPU trades and things like this.

2. For morale, we tuned the amount of the boosts you could get from morale as well as the levels at which it could take place. Last year it didn't take much to trigger the boosts and they were a bit more heavy handed. Now, the "neutral" area of morale is a bit wider so it'll take more significant morale increases to see boosts and those boosts will be more gradual than previously.

3. This is definitely in the ongoing list of commissioner tools that we'd like to do.

Quote: Originally Posted by mtmetcalfe

Deuce 1. Is there any deeper details you can give on the "miscellaneous updates"? 2. Injuries in the game seem to be more random then reliant on any rating. Particularly when it comes to certain positions. I fine the Injury Prone Prospects for draft classes interesting but curious about the implementation. How low will these ratings tend to be and on these players and will their injury rating go up or down over their career? Thanks for taking time to Q&A

1. Yeah, we added more ability slots to match what was possible in the front end. So QB's can have five abilities, Superstar QB's can have three abilities. Non-QB X-Factors (and SS Offensive linemen) can have four abilities and superstar non-QB's can have three abilities. For morale, we tuned the amount of the boosts you could get from morale as well as the levels at which it could take place. Last year it didn't take much to trigger the boosts and they were a bit more heavy handed. Now, the "neutral" area of morale is a bit wider so it'll take more significant morale increases to see boosts and those boosts will be more gradual than previously. And lastly, when you're in a prospects scouting card, you can now toggle between players without having to back out and go into each individual player.

2. Yeah, so these only apply to a couple positions QB, RB, WR, MLB and CB and basically their injury rating can be anywhere from the 40's to the upper 60's. The injury rating can go up when using skill points but it's not likely to go up very much over the course of their career.

[Xcfisme]

Why does it all feel too good to be true? Like someway somehow some of these features are gonna be messed up lol

[adembroski]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

If you guys have any questions about things, feel free to ask. I can speak best to trades, mini-games, and draft generators but will try to answer as much as I can as best as I can.

1. Has any thought been given to having the CPU sort by their scheme OVR instead of highest?

2. Does the CPU sim the Training Camp mini-games or just the focus player mini-games?

3. Is there a chance we'll see the CPU "sim" scenarios at any point?

I guess I just want a more competitive CPU GM.

[Cowboy008]

With utility prospects will the cpu move players to another position or is this only for human controlled teams?

[Kanobi]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

If you guys have any questions about things, feel free to ask. I can speak best to trades, mini-games, and draft generators but will try to answer as much as I can as best as I can.

Duece, any future major updates to CFM planned for this cycle or will it all be tuning stuff listed in the deep dive?

[Iteachpercussion]

DeuceDouglas

This is not directly related to just franchise mode, but more on the field graphics tied to SS and XF. Is there any discussion of having the ability to keep the abilities turned on, but remove the icons on the field when playing?
I really prefer to have a clean screen as much as possible and I find the icons to be an eyesore.

My other question is also on gameplay, but certainly impacts franchise mode. Are penalties being looked at in terms of increasing the frequency that they occur in played games. Currently, the sliders (outside of Roughing the Passer) have little impact on the number of penalties called in a played game. And penalties are not being called anywhere near the number of time as in a real NFL game. This is one of those areas that makes played games differ greatly from simmed games. As when you get to the end of the season, teams whose games were mostly simmed will have far more penalties throughout the season than the teams whose games were played.

Thanks for taking the time to come here to the forums and answer questions! It is much appreciated!

[kehlis]

Deuce - thank you for taking the time to answer questions. It is much appreciated.


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