Madden NFL 16 Introduces a New Mode: Draft Champions

[fballturkey]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Introduces a New Mode: Draft Champions

It also probably wasn't a super hard add. Setting up the drafting UI might have taken some extra time but there's no new in game stuff to add (besides one stadium they chose to) and no CPU AI stuff except for building the CPU teams. The cards were already made since I think they're just using MUT cards. Overall I think giving people that don't like the microtransactions and stacked teams in MUT a way to play something similar was worth it.

I'll be surprised if there aren't any microtransactions though. 16th round, draft two in a round, etc.

[DeuceDouglas]

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This isn't a mode I see myself playing that much at least this year. Just doesn't really appeal to me. I wouldn't mind seeing it evolve into a NFL Fever like fantasy challenge. I remember spending a lot of time playing that.

[Mr.Smif]

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Is this single player only? Can it be played online? I would love to do a live online Fantasy Draft with other real people and play through a single season or tournament with them.

[The JareBear]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Introduces a New Mode: Draft Champions

Is this single player only? Can it be played online? I would love to do a live online Fantasy Draft with other real people and play through a single season with them.

They said you can play against other users draft champion teams. It would be cool to draft against other players too

[Rocky]

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I like the premise....it just seems half-***ed to me though.

I would love to see two modes for this:

The default mode: Same as what we know and what is produced.

A full blown mode: You get to create uniforms, play in leagues and tourneys, and draft against other players.

[jpdavis82]

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Is this single player only? Can it be played online? I would love to do a live online Fantasy Draft with other real people and play through a single season or tournament with them.

It's designed to play online against friends. When I played we had a online tournament it was a blast! I should have been in the finals but Shop beat me😜

[Sdcgg81]

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To the people worried about how much time and resources went into this, I will say it was probably very little at all. This "new" feature was debut a few years ago as like a sub game in the mut mode called Draft Duels. Only difference was you had to purchase "draft packs" in order to play. It lasted maybe two days before they shut it down, was just a logistics nightmare as you opened the pack, got your players. Then it would crash and you would lose the players and the pack wasn't refunded. It was completely unstable, and they never relaunched it, but it looks like they have just removed the purchase pack part of it so if it runs like **** again, oh well lol. Looks fun though, if it works like it supposed to, it will be fun for me.

[jpdavis82]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Introduces a New Mode: Draft Champions

I like the premise....it just seems half-***ed to me though.

I would love to see two modes for this:

The default mode: Same as what we know and what is produced.

A full blown mode: You get to create uniforms, play in leagues and tourneys, and draft against other players.

Rex addresses this in the same interview where he talks about cfm as a player. He said they wanted to see how people like the mode and if it's a success they will add to it in the future.

[Sheba2011]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Introduces a New Mode: Draft Champions

I like the premise....it just seems half-***ed to me though.

I would love to see two modes for this:

The default mode: Same as what we know and what is produced.

A full blown mode: You get to create uniforms, play in leagues and tourneys, and draft against other players.

The intent of this is to be just a quick play mode where you can jump right in and play with your friends in tournaments. If they started doing the "full blown" it would just be MUT all over again, and would probably cannibalize the sales of MUT.

[bloobloouk]

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It's designed to play online against friends. When I played we had a online tournament it was a blast! I should have been in the finals but Shop beat me😜

JP - Can you actually select who you play online against? I love the idea of playing this against some of my friends in an evening while we wait for others to play their CFM game!

I was under the impression that it only worked with matchmaking. If we can select our opponents then I'm even more excited about this new mode.