Madden NFL 12 Blog - No Additions This Year For Online Franchise Mode

[azdawgpound]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Mini Blog - Online Franchise Update

well in a way ea can only do so much with the time they have and with offline franchise being one things ppl wanted fixed since madden went next gen they finally fixed that and also fixed other parts of the game.ppl will still play online franchise i tried it last yr but didnt like it plus im mainly an offline franchise/play now guy. heck in a few weeks madden 12 is gonna drop and its gonna be onto 13 if they havent started that yet so they will have time to put work into online franchise.

[DirtyJerz32]

So still now FA, salary cap or anything in Madden 12? Seriously you've got to be kidding me. That's unacceptable IMO!

[xxxOpie24xxx]

Love how they say they do not have the time to make all the changes they would like to but yet NBA 2K and Fifa continue to improve year after year...

[jpdavis82]

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EA SPORTS ITS IN THE NEXT GAME


With that being said I am looking forward to M12

[Danimal]

Re: Online Franchise Information has been released by EA SPORTS

This announcement seemed to imply there will be no upgrades to Online Franchise mode, but your saying there will be a huge announcement regarding it?

There referring to communities which they think is going to be awesome. My guess it's another feature some marketing guy dreamed up to capitalize on social networking etc and it's going to be widely ignored but I guess we'll see.

When a rep comes in and makes a statement that it's going to change the way we play online forever they better deliver.

[Ryn Vintage1986]

Let's remember, the last time there was a gigantic online announcement, it was 3v3, which to the surprise of very few, was a joke.
I'm sure July 25's announcement/apology will turn out to be equally underwhelming. Keep in mind that whatever this announcement reveals is something that was prioritized over what has been most sought after by the community.
I've heard about features that "change the way I play" before, and they sure did; I stopped.

[jpdavis82]

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Love how they say they do not have the time to make all the changes they would like to but yet NBA 2K and Fifa continue to improve year after year...

2k games suck online and they did make improvements with Madden 12, however, I do think Online Franchise should have been a higher priority than it was.

[WDOgF0reL1fe]

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This is ridiculous.
Ive never been anti madden/ncaa, and always give the benefit of the doubt.

BUT this announcement really rubs me the wrong way.
I thought IT WAS SO EASY to add or fix anything to these online franchise servers. When it was first introduced 3 years ago, "We can make update any time we want to the Online Franchise because of the way we built it"

So.... what happened to that, did something change that no one mentioned?
Its mind boggling to think that there is just not a Salary Cap, FA bidding, or just Basic stuff in online franchise.

If there are 32 controlled teams, you dont need to worry about "AI issues" and the like.

Ugh. Im just really frustrated.
Im sorry I dont like playing against a computer opponent, but thats just me.

[jpdavis82]

Re: Online Franchise Information has been released by EA SPORTS

There referring to communities which they think is going to be awesome. My guess it's another feature some marketing guy dreamed up to capitalize on social networking etc and it's going to be widely ignored but I guess we'll see.

When a rep comes in and makes a statement that it's going to change the way we play online forever they better deliver.

Online communities is no joke, it's going to allow you to play with players online that don't go for it on 4th down everytime or nano blitz every game and they will be penalized for it if they are in a league with those settings and do. It will basically allow you to play with only the type of people online that you want to play with.

[CRMosier_LM]

Re: Online Franchise Information has been released by EA SPORTS

There referring to communities which they think is going to be awesome. My guess it's another feature some marketing guy dreamed up to capitalize on social networking etc and it's going to be widely ignored but I guess we'll see.

When a rep comes in and makes a statement that it's going to change the way we play online forever they better deliver.

From the very limited information I have on the new mode, the OS Madden Community will love it.

[Danimal]

Re: Online Franchise Information has been released by EA SPORTS

Online communities is no joke, it's going to allow you to play with players online that don't go for it on 4th down everytime or nano blitz every game and they will be penalized for it if they are in a league with those settings and do. It will basically allow you to play with only the type of people online that you want to play with.

I do that now, it's called a friends list.

[HeavyHitter55]

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Therefore, there will be no additions to Online Franchise mode in Madden NFL 12.

Seriously?! Not even the addition of a slider set? Something that is a part of NCAA and seems to be the absolute simplest thing?

WOW!

[labguy]

I really doubt he looks forward to hearing my thoughts! Two straight years online franchise is 100% ignored. This after EA touted that it was built on the server side, so modifications and improvements would be easier. They hide behind usage numbers that they never share all along knowing that the usage would increase if they built it properly...you know with a salary cap, free agency, trading draft picks, etc. Not sure how the can justify ignoring a whole segment of their consumers. With EA it is always wait til next year.

[GGEden]

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gotta lol with agreement at a lot of funny/grr/smart posts the last dozen or so.

[CRMosier_LM]

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gotta lol with agreement at a lot of funny/grr/smart posts the last dozen or so.

Yes, but I always try to look at it as "What can you do?", you know. I'm disappointed for sure but knowing that they added massive upgrades to offline franchise mode plus the addition of Roy Harvey from NCAA series is a big step in integrating a setup similar to what NCAA has now. Until then I will continue to play online franchise (with leagueManager) and just enjoy the game.