Madden NFL 11 Introduces Online Scouting

[cgalligan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trademarq

u didn't read the article did u?... if u did and if u read what the dude above u jus wrote u would see that u can buy the coins if u choose or u could jus play online an earn them like the coins for Madden Ultimate Team last year. .. .. but this seems like a great feature imo ... cause i hate playing people that run 4 plays on both sides of the ball all game it gets old ... but this could make playing ranked games fun

pretty sure 2k offered this feature 6 years ago for free...

it was called the VIP profile... It tracked your tendencies and then let other users download them so they could, in essence "practice" vs you...

also, when you get stuck in that game vs that guy that runs 4 plays all game, do you really need a scouting report to tell you that? Wouldn't you pick up on that the 1st time he had the ball???

Either way...

[Valdarez]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

It's the same "coins" that MUT uses, I guess. And while you CAN buy those with real money, you can earn them pretty easily by playing.

The future of gaming is so ugly, and EA's doing their best to get us there as fast as possible.

Remember when we just played games, and companies didn't try to nickel and dime us to death? When features were just 'available'? Or when you 'unlocked a feature/capability' and it stayed 'unlocked'? *sigh*

Scouting reports are nice. 2K games had VIPs which were basically the same. You could even download them and the AI would use the VIP to emulate your play style. It was available from the get go, didn't have to do anything to unlock it, and you didn't have to pay 'coins' for each VIP. You could download any VIP for free. Why is EA showing up 6 years later, with a more limited feature, and then trying to make $$$ off it as opposed to just giving it to gamers? Good idea for a feature EA, bad idea on the limited use.

[FootballDetails]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valdarez

Good idea for a feature EA, bad idea on the limited use.

That sums it up. I'd put online scouting in the category of features that should be free. The usage of coins aspect drained the excitement from the announcement.

[Critical Kills]

For you guys complaining about having to pay even virtual coins for these reports, do you not realize that this is in our benefit to have it this way? Encouraging people to stick with games and finish to get coins is a great idea. Just making the reports free would only accomplish half of what this is trying to do. Not only is this allowing you to get a scouting report, it's encouraging people to quit just disconnecting from games, something almost all of us have always complained about.

[Critical Kills]

Of course though it figures that EA comes up with a kill-two-birds-with-one-stone idea for online play and instead of seeing the upside of it all people can do is look at the negative, that you have to pay for it, even though you can pay for it WITH VIRTUAL COINS YOU EARN AND IT DOES NOT COST ONE SINGLE *REAL* PENNY....but then why let any common sense get in the way of a chance to EA bash huh?

[mikeacard]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

For you guys complaining about having to pay even virtual coins for these reports, do you not realize that this is in our benefit to have it this way? Encouraging people to stick with games and finish to get coins is a great idea. Just making the reports free would only accomplish half of what this is trying to do. Not only is this allowing you to get a scouting report, it's encouraging people to quit just disconnecting from games, something almost all of us have always complained about.

Don't you see??? EA is trying to take over the world with their unlimited supply of virtual coins!!!

[FootballDetails]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Encouraging people to stick with games and finish to get coins is a great idea.

A great idea that's undermined by allowing people to pay real money for the coins.

[datboitex8]

was loving the feature until it said that you cant use it for online franchise. Now its a pointless feature......to me at least