Scouting Update Questioniare

[Faikanese]

What Grade would you give the scouting update and why?

[Dingo72]

Re: Scouting Update Questioniare

F
The update glitched on field play art for 2 player coop. We can no longer see the play art before the snap making the game completely unplayable. I would give anything to delete this update as they broke the game for my 90 year old dad.

[roadman]

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None of the above, it receives a incomplete at this juncture.

I haven't explored any of the ins/outs thrills/frills of the update.

Way too early for me to grade it.

[Momoney168]

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Incomplete. C if I had to give one. I like the building blocks but there’s some additions I’d like. I’d like a spreadsheet view of combine results or a return if combine score on front screen. Also would like position groups ie interior linemen instead of RG/LG/C to help provide more info. That plus 5 focus scouts would be good to go.


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[PhillyPhanatic14]

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My grade of the Scouting Update is a generic 45% completed. I did super focus scouting and a private visit, but the percentage didn't increase.

In all seriousness, I've gone through 2 seasons of it and for me right now it's a C. I love the effort. I love the vague-ness of the prospects. But you can't remove draft boards, remove human involvement (besides meaningless things and 2 opportunities to add a couple % points to 6 total players), and expect to come out with a better product.

I would love to say that this is the groundwork for something bigger... but how many times have we seen a half finished feature introduced and then it stays the same forever? (Previous scouting, relocation cities, uniforms, etc....) I just don't see it as a guarantee that it is going to get fixed up.

[Sphinx]

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I give it a B+ it's a great new feature that people like me will get a lot out of. It's not perfect and I know there are some areas that need improvement but it's a solid addition to a task that was horribly stale.

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[kwpit79]

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F

I want to fail drafting players sometimes, but not because I'm literally picking random people with no knowledge. That's not fun.

But none of this matters to me. I'll just use my offline saved file to create new franchises under the old scouting. I have house rules that makes it challenging.

[Datninja619]

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My grade of the Scouting Update is a generic 45% completed. I did super focus scouting and a private visit, but the percentage didn't increase.

In all seriousness, I've gone through 2 seasons of it and for me right now it's a C. I love the effort. I love the vague-ness of the prospects. But you can't remove draft boards, remove human involvement (besides meaningless things and 2 opportunities to add a couple % points to 6 total players), and expect to come out with a better product.

I would love to say that this is the groundwork for something bigger... but how many times have we seen a half finished feature introduced and then it stays the same forever? (Previous scouting, relocation cities, uniforms, etc....) I just don't see it as a guarantee that it is going to get fixed up.

Lmfao

20% when I saw the blog and video.

Bumped to 40% when I got my hands on.

Other video games got my priority, so ran out of time.
Final verdict: This update is a solid 40%

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

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F

I want to fail drafting players sometimes, but not because I'm literally picking random people with no knowledge. That's not fun.

But none of this matters to me. I'll just use my offline saved file to create new franchises under the old scouting. I have house rules that makes it challenging.

How lacking in knowledge are you when you go into the draft? I’m doing about as good as I did with the previous system, so I wonder if you’re maximizing the tools available.

[TheBrew101]

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What I don't like is that it is so position oriented as opposed to player oriented. That along with fact that you have to lock in positions by week 2 (and National scout by week 8).

But sure, you can get good information on a position group but why? I'm not going into a draft anticipating drafting 7 WRs or 7QBs. I'd rather be able to focus on a individual groupings than a whole position (yes I know we have 3 focus players and 3 workout but to me the whole system should be more like that.....let me decide who I want to scout instead of what position I want to scout).

Plus needs can change so much over course of season and FA but you have to be locked on on your position groups by week 8.

It also feels clunky navigating menus and trying to read each player scouting report.

There also isn't much interaction over course of season. Other than 3 weeks it is pretty much set it and forget it.

I'm not hating on it. I'm glad they did something new. There are some good aspects to it. But I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed in how it turned out. Grade C for me.

[jfsolo]

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A+... Is it an A+, who knows, whatever, I just chose a grade that is just as inane as saying it's an F.

[coachlem]

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I give it a D+.

I am literally just drafting guys with no knowledge. Like there is no reason for me to select this guy over that guy. Just picking with my eyes closed. I am glad I still have the option of old. At least I can see what I am drafting somewhat.

[SolidSquid]

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I’d give it a D bc at least they tried.

It’s just so boring now, old scouting wasn’t better or worse but it gave me something to do from week 3 till the draft.

The vagueness of the new scouting is cool but it’s so overdone, if I’m scouting wrs I should get and route running ratings ranges, I don’t care about my WRs spin or juke ratings, if they can’t get open or catch.

Having to scout a few specific positions is also weird and makes it tough to a Best player available type draft.

[Northernwolf]

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Im giving it a D+.
I think it needs work.

It is very half-baked at this point in time. It feels like they looking back at NCAA and try to make something but have the wrong building blocks or something. I feel they are trying too hard to implement a few too many of these old ideas, but they dont give the update the time, care or attention it needed.

One can only hope this will be made better for next iteration of madden, but at this point Im not holding my breath.

This is a step in the right direction, but we are still far from fixing madden franchise.

[K_rob11]

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After messing with it during a practice run franchise and now going through currently in my freshly started Eagles franchise, I give it a solid B. There is definitely room for improvement and I get people's gripes....but to me, the old system was just way too easy and in desperate need of a change. I do think this brings an more even playing field when it comes to user vs CPU team building through the draft. I do hate the randomness of the scouting, but I actually love the feeling of uncertainty during the draft. I feel like I am trying to put together a puzzle to determine if a player is draftable or not...and this may be the best way to give you that feeling without giving you too much info....I just feel like it doesn't give you the right info all the time. Maybe have it to where the position that the scout specializes in would give an even more precise impact on revealing the specific attributes that matter for that specific position (i.e. we should know all the throwing attributes if we have a 3 rated QB scout)