Chatting With Josh Looman About Madden's Franchise Mode

[roadman]

Re: Chatting With Josh Looman About Madden's Franchise Mode (Part 1)

There seems like there is alot of room for major bugs and errors in this system, lets hope they Tested the crap out of this. I see a Tsunami of complaints in the future.

Agreed, if it happens, tuner sets may help out. Cuts the time down vs patches.

[JalenTigh]

Re: Chatting With Josh Looman About Madden's Franchise Mode (Part 1)

He really side stepped the question of who plays when. Sounds like QB of the future role will not matter at all when it comes to playing time if their is a slightly higher rated veteran on the team, even if the team sucks and in real life that team would be playing the younger guys to get them experience and evaluate them for the future.

Oh well, cant expect everything... I'm sure they will try to work that kind logic into the game in the future.

[JaySmooov]

He really side stepped the question of who plays when. Sounds like QB of the future role will not matter at all when it comes to playing time if their is a slightly higher rated veteran on the team, even if the team sucks and in real life that team would be playing the younger guys to get them experience and evaluate them for the future.

Oh well, cant expect everything... I'm sure they will try to work that kind logic into the game in the future.

OS didn't ask that. It basically asked if the veteran/incumbent would ever get pulled if the team was losing/in a rebuilding mode. Think of the Jaguars or 49ers, or possibly even the Seahawks with them having Hasselbeck and Whitehurst. Since the QB of the future expects to be starting by his 4th year in the league, the team will be evaluating on a yearly basis whether or not they should cut the incumbent and insert the QBof the Future, or trade that QB of the future if the incumbent begins to play well - which is the 49ers situation, generally.

[brettmickey]

Re: Chatting With Josh Looman About Madden's Franchise Mode (Part 1)

I'm kinda surprised no one is jumping up and down since teams can now distinguish between 3-4 and 4-3 DE.

It's definitely a great acquisition. Personally, I know what type of player to look for to fit the 3-4 or 4-3 but the computer could never distinguish the difference so this will clean that up

[steelers1]

I haven't been following the updates recently, so this is awesome. Expanded rosters, player roles, dynamic ratings, hidden rookie ratings, free agent bidding... looks like I'll be getting the game this year.

[JalenTigh]

Re: Chatting With Josh Looman About Madden's Franchise Mode (Part 1)

I'm kinda surprised no one is jumping up and down since teams can now distinguish between 3-4 and 4-3 DE.

Excited, yeah... Jumping up and down? No... Madden unfortunately has a long history of releasing very buggy games, especially when introducing new features. With this much of an overhaul, I wont be getting too excited until there is evidence this stuff is actually going to work as intended.

[ryan36]

Re: Chatting With Josh Looman About Madden's Franchise Mode (Part 1)

There seems like there is alot of room for major bugs and errors in this system, lets hope they Tested the crap out of this. I see a Tsunami of complaints in the future.

Yaeh, I want to see how plays out. Healthy skepticism is the key here

[TuffJuff]

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In pre-season, accuracy of rookie ratings should depend on the strength of your coaches or even for everybody's ratings for that matter. I always thought this was a good way for your coaches to actually matter. For instance, say you had a QB that was rated at a 90, but he keeps under performing. It turns out your QB coach is horrible and you hire a new one only to find out he's (your QB) actually rated a 78 or so. Or say you had a really good QB coach and your players were over achievers. For example, say your QB is rated at an 85 and your QB coach retires and you hire a new one only to find out that your QB is actually rated at like a 75 or so. I think this would add a whole new dimension to the game.

Love this idea

[Rudolph999]

With all the changes of rosters and drafts and players coming and going in the Franchise League. We need to keep track of the changes going on in the Franchise. I say you bring back newspapers, radio, ea sports tickers. sports center aka espn. Website for each team franchise. This will tie in all the drafts picks , trades, player being cut. Up and coming players, superstars, retired players, Hot and cold streak. There will be so much to blog , write ,broadcast about and it will bring the franchise together nicely.

[acreyman]

sliders are gonna be a PAIN this year lol

[LorenzoDC]

Re: Chatting With Josh Looman About Madden's Franchise Mode (Part 1)

sliders are gonna be a PAIN this year lol

Yup, because performance will now be a moving target due to DPP.

You'd need to three time the sample size with the three game streak logic to test any slider sets or adjustments.

I think Playmakers just retired from the slider development "business."

[scottyo60]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHqhj...eature=related

Another vid of an NBA 2k11 offseason. Notice at the 2:50 mark, the guy has Steph Curry, Paul George, and Kirk Hinrich with the KINGS. Also notice how every player progresses, regardless of is their stats warranted it.

Pause at 4:07. He also has Joakim Noah :

He then trades him and some bum PF for Josh Smith and a couple 2nd round picks.

He then trades back for DeMarcus Cousins, who he already traded away.

I mean it's ridiculously easy in that game, to build a superteam with ANY team.

I mean, how anyone sees this as realistic, baffles me. But Im done, just wanted to dispel that notion right away.

The point I was making was not about the franchise mode and all the crazy trades and stuff. I do question if force trade was on for some of those moves? My point was I'd like to see where you can promise roles and that means something to their interests and what kind of contract the player wants. Have a system where like in NBA Live you have to meet what they want with the pitches to be able to open negotiations up.

I hated 2K where every player it seemed wanted 10% back contract. They keep saying "immersion" I don't see how my making a bid increase button and a player essentially taking the most money increases any immersion.

[SkinsBoYee]

All this sounds good...but for players like me, that like to keep our franchise as close to accurate to current rosters, will there be a way to do this. In past Madden, it was quite simple...this seems to throw a cog into it. Will it be as easy to maintain current rosters (real life) and emulate that in madden? I know its not everyone that does it, but there has to be some....

[JaySmooov]

The point I was making was not about the franchise mode and all the crazy trades and stuff. I do question if force trade was on for some of those moves? My point was I'd like to see where you can promise roles and that means something to their interests and what kind of contract the player wants. Have a system where like in NBA Live you have to meet what they want with the pitches to be able to open negotiations up.

I hated 2K where every player it seemed wanted 10% back contract. They keep saying "immersion" I don't see how my making a bid increase button and a player essentially taking the most money increases any immersion.

That's just for the purpose of fun. I never played HC09, but most who played that say it was fun. And in the real NFL, teams essentially are bidding for a player's services. No, not over the course of 60 seconds, but I honestly don't think anyone liked waiting 30 days before FA was over. I like to get in, target my guys, and get out. Usually, in the old system of FA, I'd sign my guys and STILL have anywhere between 15-22 days left. And the simulation of the rest of those days we're a pain. Not a big deal, but one of those things that just irritates you. But even then, they're not banking the term "immersion" on Ebay-style FA bidding. Their main thing is the DPP.

[SGMRock]

Personally this is year 1 of them revamping things after years of neglect. So I am happy with the steps they have taken, they only get a year to do this game and really can't expect them to fix Franchise in one season. So far I like what they have done and in my mind would expect more tweaks next year as well. At least they are moving in the right direction now instead of just giving us the same thing 5 years in a row.