The major problem with injuries...

[Beeks]

Here is the major problem with injuries in Madden...

All injuries in Madden are breaks, tears, or dislocations. These are ALL serious injuries.

In-game, a player can suffer sprains, strains and bruises, but they will NEVER carry over from week to week. These are the types of injuries that make the 'probable, questionable and doubtful' status' a must-have in this game, but it's just not there.

It's absolutely ridiculous to look at the injury report in franchise and see nothing but broken bones and torn muscles. Come on, EA. This is NOT that hard.

[kpkpkp]

Re: The major problem with injuries...

Here is the major problem with injuries in Madden...

All injuries in Madden are breaks, tears, or dislocations. These are ALL serious injuries.

In-game, a player can suffer sprains, strains and bruises, but they will NEVER carry over from week to week. These are the types of injuries that make the 'probable, questionable and doubtful' status' a must-have in this game, but it's just not there.

It's absolutely ridiculous to look at the injury report in franchise and see nothing but broken bones and torn muscles. Come on, EA. This is NOT that hard.

Well of course you're only seeing long term injuries in each teams report... The short terms injuries dont last more than 1 game, so why would you see them?

Now having that said, I still feel as though injuries are way too high in simmed games during franchises. This needs to be patched.

[Beeks]

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Well of course you're only seeing long term injuries in each teams report... The short terms injuries dont last more than 1 game, so why would you see them?

Now having that said, I still feel as though injuries are way too high in simmed games during franchises. This needs to be patched.

How many games did Arian Foster miss with a pulled hamstring? Was Mike Vick on the injury report this week with a bruised hand? Did Dez Bryant miss week 3 with a deep thigh bruise?

You are dead wrong. Perhaps you should read a real injury report before posting.

[kpkpkp]

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How many games did Arian Foster miss with a pulled hamstring? Was Mike Vick on the injury report this week with a bruised hand? Did Dez Bryant miss week 3 with a deep thigh bruise?

You are dead wrong. Perhaps you should read a real injury report before posting.

Woah there buddy.

First, that's not what I meant. What I was trying to say was injuries that are minor enough to last less than 1 game are obviously not going to be on the CPU's injury report when you look at them. Because the guys are "better" after that game.

And 2nd... I agreed with you.

But perhaps you should read my post before telling me "Im wrong."

But jumpy retorts aside OP.. once again.. I agree. Injuries are way to frequent in Franchise mode.

[Beeks]

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Sorry, you're right, I misunderstood what you were saying, my apologies.

[kpkpkp]

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Sorry, you're right, I misunderstood what you were saying, my apologies.

It's all good!

In any case, Im hoping this gets patched. They have patched injury frequency in the past so Im hoping they will patch it again.

In the mean-time this is what I do to lower injuires... I always alternate turning off sim-injuries in the franchise settings menu from one week to the next. So I'll turn sim injuries on one week, then turn em off for a week then back on again for a week. etc etc etc... It reduces sim injuries by 50% and only takes a few seconds each week.

(I also turn them off most of the pre-season.)

[Pandetta]

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In any case, Im hoping this gets patched. They have patched injury frequency in the past so Im hoping they will patch it again.

As people have said (including you from your post really) it isn't even the frequency anyway it is the severity. Players in the NFL have 2-3 week injuries all the time, but you don't see half the NFL crippled.

[macbranson]

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They need to bring back Questionable and Probable. Players will very often return from injuries quickly, but will have lingering problems that hinder their playing ability to a certain extent. Look at Arian Foster. He was supposed to be hampered by injury, but played anyway and played great. They currently have it where if a player gets injured during the game, he can still play but will have lower speed or strength or whatever. They need to keep that and carry it from week to week. Maybe have the player gradually return to full speed and the length of recovery time depends on how much you play him.

[havokeff]

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You guys do realize that there is a slider that controls the amount of injuries in franchise mode right?

It takes less than a minute to go in and turn it down some, or hell, just turn it off.

You can also turn off injuries if it really bugs you that bad for sim or the games you actually play respectively.

[Pandetta]

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You guys do realize that there is a slider that controls the amount of injuries in franchise mode right?

It takes less than a minute to go in and turn it down some, or hell, just turn it off.

You can also turn off injuries if it really bugs you that bad for sim or the games you actually play respectively.

No, that doesn't have any effect on what people are complaining about. Sure it will stop you from having tons of injuries on your own team, but since it has no effect whatsoever on any simmed games, the entire league is still ravaged by injuries even if you set the slider to zero.

[havokeff]

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Well maybe my sim slider works different than yours, but when I turn it up, everyone in the league gets hurt and when I turn it down, everyone is Superman.

But hey, if you say it doesn't work...

[havokeff]

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So I just simmed a season with injuries at 10.

At the end of the season there were 106 players on IR.

At this point in time RIGHT NOW in the real NFL there are 187 players on IR and we are 4 games into the season.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/injuries/pup

That was not counting PUP.

Looks like the slider works just fine, OR, and I am going to take this option, this is just another case of people complaining about something when they really have no idea what they are talking about.

[duhitsrandy]

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theyre complaining about types and severity's of injurys. people get hurt at the correct rate.. its just usually a major injury in madden instead of more 3-4 week and the lack of doubtful/questionable/probable statuses

and that list is only 97 players including pup this year.. all the other ir players are from 09-10

[Beeks]

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You guys do realize that there is a slider that controls the amount of injuries in franchise mode right?

It takes less than a minute to go in and turn it down some, or hell, just turn it off.

You can also turn off injuries if it really bugs you that bad for sim or the games you actually play respectively.

I don't care about the AMOUNT of injuries at all... but ALL the injuries are broken bones and muscle tears.

Where are the pulled hamstrings? The deep thigh bruises? The sprained wrists? The concussions?

All that stuff happens in game, but there is absolutely no carry over from week to week. If a guy gets a concussion, he will atLEAST be on the injured report for the next week as 'probable' or 'questionable' and will still have some lingering effects.

[KBscholar]

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Last night, I was playing in my Bears franchise, and Devin Hester caught a bomb, got tackled, broke his vertebrea, and suffered a career ending injury.

Funk that, I reset the Xbox.

As for the injuries, Madden should follow NBA2K's lead with injuries, where guys can play hurt, but with lowered ratings. They'll show up on the injury report as Probable, Questionable, Doubtful, or Out.