Madden 09 Patch #2 Released, Impressions Here

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by davidandjordan

Franchise freezing is definitely not fixed. I'm totally bummed out. I downloaded the patch and restarted the console, loaded my franchise and tried to train, but nope. I know I've got the patch, and I know its working in some way because the CPU is taking longer to snap. But yeah, the biggest issue doesn't seem to have been fixed.

Maybe you have to restart your franchise to actually get that fix. I know they said you shouldn't, but maybe whatever the cause was is corrupting that file. Hopefully that's the case (if the alternative is it not being fixed at all, of course).

[davidandjordan]

Everybody said that we don't need to restart the franchise. I'm not starting another one if the problem isn't fixed.

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by davidandjordan

Everybody said that we don't need to restart the franchise. I'm not starting another one if the problem isn't fixed.

I understand that. I was just tossing an idea out there.

[starboy71]

I restarted my franchise, gonna do it all over again......fingers crossed!

[driftwood]

Quote: Originally Posted by starboy71

I got the patch this morning. Loaded my saved franch. (yr.2 pre-season) it still froze when I tried to sim the first preseason week......

well they did say you wouldnt have to restart franchise for the progression to take effect, but they never said that about the freezing... so i assume you may need to restart your franchise in order to fix the freeze glitch...

just my thought...

[Hooe]

Played a quarter, and only a quarter, before I go out for class, so take these impressions as you will. Cowboys vs Redskins.

---computer definitely takes longer to snap the ball, and will sometimes change the play before the snap. I imagine better QBs will make more changes.

---maybe just me, but there seems to be a better commitment to the run by the computer. In the first quarter Clinton Portis has 6 carries. The effectiveness of the run appears the same though; he only has 14 yards and a fumble so far.

---definitely more holding penalties, but: they were only called against me, on first down, and at that only when I called a playaction pass or a passing play out of the shotgun formation. One of the times though, the computer did bring a mad blitz, so a holding play there isn't too far out of the question.

---obviously can't notice field degradation in only one quarter, and I think Dallas has fieldturf anyhow so it wouldn't degrade anyway.

[driftwood]

Quote: Originally Posted by spydaman4

progression/regression is there. im simming franchise with the texans and i seen some of my texan players progressed/regressed the first season. for example dunta robinson had an awful year, only grabbing 1 INT and got knocked down a rating. mario williams only had 2 sacks and got knocked down a rating. jacoby jones led the team in catches and went up 6 points. ahmad green went down a point eventhough he didnt play a down. regression is there but the most ive seen a player regression was 3 points and it was a punter. ive seen some other players regress a point due to old age. peyton manning still a 99 at age 35

remember though, payton is more than just a 99... hes well over a 99 based on his attributes... so even though he may be losing some of his AWR, or throwing PWR... alot of his other stuff is still high enough to keep him at 99... same with brady & others...


btw... regression is nice, but not to the extent that old vet get ruined... ill hate it when donald driver starts getting slow & less agile in the game... cause that dude is a physical freak & is still as athletic @ his age, as he was when he first came into the league... same with guys like TO... hopefully regression wont render them useless in a couple franchise years...

[davidandjordan]

I would say that too, except I'm sure I can go to any of these threads and find a random EA dev. saying, not in reference to only progression, that we won't have to restart our franchises. I may go ahead and start one anyway and just go very slowly, because I really can't take it anymore. I just want to play franchise mode!