Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

[kingsofthevalley]

Good morning, is anyone aware if there are any major differences between online and offline franchise? I'm just moving into week 7 of offline and I've finally experienced the score bug. Game is a blast and I don't want to stop, but of course I can't continue with the bug present. Is the experience playing a solo online franchise any different? Thanks.

[canes21]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Cloud franchises sim week to week faster, do not have the score bug, have the fixed sim stats, receive updates before offline franchise, but do not allow for 32 user control. If you ever lose connection to the servers then you cannot play your cloud franchise.

If you aren't a 32 team control person, I'd say a cloud franchise is generally the way to go.

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[kingsofthevalley]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Cloud franchises sim week to week faster, do not have the score bug, have the fixed sim stats, receive updates before offline franchise, but do not allow for 32 user control. If you ever lose connection to the servers then you cannot play your cloud franchise.

If you aren't a 32 team control person, I'd say a cloud franchise is generally the way to go.

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Thanks for the quick response, I'll go ahead and start an solo online. Also, are you familiar with the "auto progress" option? Specifically, when you turn it off, is it universal i.e. , does it stop the CPU from progressing their players as well?

I always wait until end of season to use any accumulated points, is the CPU leveling up as the season progresses or no? I recall there being an option in previous Maddens for "auto progress" on/off for HUM & CPU, no I only see the option for HUM.

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Unless it’s changed from Madden 21, as long as you don’t care about coach progression, you can retroactively control the whole league except the draft by retiring and creating a new character to reverse something dumb the CPU did; then retiring and creating a new character and going back to your own team.

If you’re an existing coach, you should be able to continue with the same coach when finished, but I think you might lose your coach progression (can’t remember because I don’t really care about it so I don’t check).


May not work on Madden 22 though.

[Connolly22]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Unless it’s changed from Madden 21, as long as you don’t care about coach progression, you can retroactively control the whole league except the draft by retiring and creating a new character to reverse something dumb the CPU did; then retiring and creating a new character and going back to your own team.

If you’re an existing coach, you should be able to continue with the same coach when finished, but I think you might lose your coach progression (can’t remember because I don’t really care about it so I don’t check).


May not work on Madden 22 though.

Question about this:

In my online franchise, in the offseason, can I “retire” as Green Bay’s coach, then become Washington owner, relocate Washington, and then retire and go back to Green Bay? And Lafleur is still there? Washington will continue the relocation process right?

[SkruDe]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Instead of making a new thread, I figured I'd just post my questions here on this topic.


1.) Is progressive fatigue non-functional for solo franchises on both Cloud and Offline options?


2.) Between Cloud and Offline, there are 4 different roster options when you set up a franchise. (2 choices for cloud, 2 for Offline). The descriptions sounded roughly the same to me. Would anyone be able to explain to me what the difference is and what is usually used by gamers?


3.) Besides what's already been mentioned in the posts above... any other differences I should be aware of?


Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

[MizzouRah]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

I always choose online CFM just because they tend to get updates a bit quicker on the server side, not patches as both offline and online CFM get those at the same time, but tweaks they can push out to online CFM faster.

For rosters, I always go with the current updated week, so for my first CFM I choose Preseason Week 1. Those "live" rosters typically have updated team rosters and correct draft picks.

The only downside to online CFM is if your internet is down or the Madden servers are down, you cannot play your CFM. It hasn't been an issue for me, but for some it might be.

[SkruDe]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Do one of the roster choice options automatically update the rosters within your league without your consent? It's an auto update to match existing NFL rosters at the time?


I would NOT like to play that option. Once the week 1 roster update is live, I'd like to run with that without any outside interference.

[Matty86]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Cloud franchises sim week to week faster, do not have the score bug, have the fixed sim stats, receive updates before offline franchise, but do not allow for 32 user control. If you ever lose connection to the servers then you cannot play your cloud franchise.

If you aren't a 32 team control person, I'd say a cloud franchise is generally the way to go.

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So is playing a solo online franchise basically a playable "bug-free, my Madden standards" game? I haven't bought Madden yet but I just picked up a next gen console and have been waiting to see that there aren't franchise killing bugs. The score glitch seemed like the biggest killer from the little I've read.

[canes21]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

So is playing a solo online franchise basically a playable "bug-free, my Madden standards" game? I haven't bought Madden yet but I just picked up a next gen console and have been waiting to see that there aren't franchise killing bugs. The score glitch seemed like the biggest killer from the little I've read.

At the moment, if you're really wanting to play a franchise, then Cloud is the way to go. Like I said before, sim stats are fixed and the score bug does not happen in a Cloud franchise.

That said, there are still other issues with franchise mode that need a patch. Obviously the scouting update is coming out sometime next month and will require a restart, but also the CPU practice logic needs to be tuned as they don't manage the player fatigues properly.

Now, if EA does end up tuning the practice logic, then the Cloud franchise will get that update before an Offline franchise gets it just like a Cloud franchise gets every update before the Offline franchise does because Cloud franchise are just server updates and not patches that need to go through Microsoft/Sony approval process.

[Matty86]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

At the moment, if you're really wanting to play a franchise, then Cloud is the way to go. Like I said before, sim stats are fixed and the score bug does not happen in a Cloud franchise.

That said, there are still other issues with franchise mode that need a patch. Obviously the scouting update is coming out sometime next month and will require a restart, but also the CPU practice logic needs to be tuned as they don't manage the player fatigues properly.

Now, if EA does end up tuning the practice logic, then the Cloud franchise will get that update before an Offline franchise gets it just like a Cloud franchise gets every update before the Offline franchise does because Cloud franchise are just server updates and not patches that need to go through Microsoft/Sony approval process.

Thanks for the info! I didn't play much Madden last year but now that I'm on the new gen system I'm getting the itch. But I've learned over the years not to read too much on the forums. Unfortunately with EA games a lot of the time Ignorance is Bliss.

[SkruDe]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Which roster choice to your choose between for a Cloud Franchise?


What's the difference between the two choices?

[Dblock1111]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Which roster choice to your choose between for a Cloud Franchise?


What's the difference between the two choices?

I think "Active Roster" gives you the choice to run a fantasy draft/uses whichever roster you have set to active (so if you download a custom one you can use that) and the other option "Live Roster?" make you have to play with normal teams as updated by EA.

[ripp1p]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Can you make a copy of your cloud franchise ? Just in case it breaks/ freezes?


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[SkruDe]

Re: Any major differences between Online and Offline Franchise?

Accidental Double Post.