Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

[SolidSquid]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

Seems like Madden just can't ever win with some folks...

Please elaborate

[carthagebaseball]

I love the changes.
Coaches and gms do scout throughout the year.
And if you have time to play a 30 min game you can spend 5 minutes scouting.

[saintloue28]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

I love the changes.
Coaches and gms do scout throughout the year.
And if you have time to play a 30 min game you can spend 5 minutes scouting.

Actually. Scouts scout every week. Owners, GMs and coaches are only really there during the offseason. And also 35 doesn't equal 30. So if he has 30 minutes to play.... he doesn't have 5 minutes to scout.

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[SolidSquid]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

I love the changes.
Coaches and gms do scout throughout the year.
And if you have time to play a 30 min game you can spend 5 minutes scouting.

Lol I dk what to tell you man I really don't. I have work, my fiancée has work which means I'm on kids duty which means tending to their full schedules. Trust me Id love to go back to the time when 5 minutes meant almost nothing to me. Hopefully we have an auto scout feature.

[Wallbanger29]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

Vary new here. Is this a good place to find a good CFM league to play in ? Looking for ALL PRO skill level competition


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[snc237]

Am I the only one that thinks the scouting system from the ps2/Xbox/GC is still the best way to scout and draft?

[SolidSquid]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

Am I the only one that thinks the scouting system from the ps2/Xbox/GC is still the best way to scout and draft?

You mean the "word problems"? Like doesn't have elite arm strength but can put the ball where he wants?

And the player comparisons?

That was the most realistic scouting in madden Id love for it to make a come back.

[jcass10]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

Theoretically, as GM, if you decided not to scout for a certain time period, you would lose that time.

I dont play online so this doesnt affect me, but I dont mind it.

[carthagebaseball]

Lol I dk what to tell you man I really don't. I have work, my fiancée has work which means I'm on kids duty which means tending to their full schedules. Trust me Id love to go back to the time when 5 minutes meant almost nothing to me. Hopefully we have an auto scout feature.

I'm in the same boat as you fella. Wife, kids, Ft job for me, Ft job for the wife, two dogs and an extremely large yard. Yet if I want to, I can find an extra 5 minutes either in the early a.m. before I go to the gym in the morning or in the p.m. after my honey-do list and the kids are in bed.

[VinnyVegas28]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

With kids and a job that requires me to work 55 hours a week, no I really don't have an extra 5 minutes to scout. I usually saved all scouting until the offseason so I could knock out all the offseason stuff in one session.

I do agree with you that scouting should be done in the offseason primarily. But if I remember shopmaster was able to scout nearly the entire draft almost every week. If you just sim to off season and take whatever points you have at that time, it might make for a good challenge with who you scout. Will have to try it once game is in my hands.

[Number999]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

Love the addition of the watch list, should make it so you don't need to write down names on a piece of paper or on a document just to remember the guys that really stood out. Not the hugest fan of the points splitting in half but I guess in a way it rewards you for being on top of everything even if understandably some people have an issue with it.

[Sheba2011]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

I'm just not happy with a couple decisions they made.

1. Why are we now forced to scout every week or lose points? Coaches and owners don't worry about that stuff during the season, it would make sense if you were playing cfm as a scout but not for coach or owner.

I agree on the other two points but this one I disagree. I like that you lose points if you don't scout. It may or may not be realistic the way they have scouting set up but a real NFL team starts scouting every week, they don't do all of their scouting once the season ends. Usually by the time the Senior Bowl is played teams already have a good idea of who they are targeting in the upcoming draft. If a real team didn't scout at all and tried to do it all in the offseason they would be lost come draft time, and would resort to the old Al Davis method of 'fastest player first'.

[Grey_Osprey]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

So if you like to incorporate "sim ahead" as part of your franchise, assuming it's still a feature, you now get punished for doing so by loosing scouting points.

And I'm not a fan of this "true draft grade". I don't see how this emulates the NFL at all. The NFL has a history of high draft pick busts and mid to low round gems/steals.

[SolidSquid]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

I agree on the other two points but this one I disagree. I like that you lose points if you don't scout. It may or may not be realistic the way they have scouting set up but a real NFL team starts scouting every week, they don't do all of their scouting once the season ends. Usually by the time the Senior Bowl is played teams already have a good idea of who they are targeting in the upcoming draft. If a real team didn't scout at all and tried to do it all in the offseason they would be lost come draft time, and would resort to the old Al Davis method of 'fastest player first'.

Real NFL scouts scout all season long.

Coaches(which is what I play as in CFM) don't worry the least about scouting until the season is over for them, then they get with their scout and go over everything

GMs can kinda go either way as it's their discretion. I know our GM Jason Licht was scouting winston and Mariota during the season but not all GMs do.

What the whole things really has me thinking is we need to be able to hire and fire various scouts with different ratings and specialties. Scouts could have a scouting grade (able to find diamonds in the rough) and accuracy grade (how close his ratings are to the players true ratings). Specialties will grant some kinda bonus, example a scout who specializes in DBs gives you a more accurate picture of coverage abilities.

[Godgers12]

Re: Madden NFL 16 CFM - Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Scouting (Shopmaster)

Awful decision to make you lose points if you miss a week of scouting. Anyone that has a life outside of an online CFM got the short end of the stick on that one.

Yes because the 2 minutes spent scouting is really going to put a damper on your day.