Duped Again... Injuries Ruin Franchise Mode

[JLew]

Well, EA duped me again this year... I was holding out and pretty determined that I wasn't going to buy Madden after the garbage of the last few years. After hearing from buddies about the gameplay being relatively tight, I caved and bought it.

The gameplay is pretty good with a few slider tweaks so I was excited to start my Franchise... go in, play through most of the Preseason, sim the last game, import my NCAA draft class and go check the injury screen - about 70 players with season ending injuries!! WTF

Figure maybe that was an aberration, go back out, change the injury slider to 5 (down from 20 that I had it on before), start up a new Franchise and sim the Preseason... now 75 players with season ending injuries, including about 60% of the players that had them on the first list!!

This is ridiculous.

[BurghFan]

2 questions.

1. Did you download the latest roster update before starting your franchise? And if so . . .
2. Did you turn off pre-existing injuries when setting up your franchise?

If you didn't, do #2 then that is probably your problem right there.

[37]

This is EXACTLY why i turn off injuries in the pre-season...the rate at which players get injured is absolutely insane

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by BurghFan

2 questions. 1. Did you download the latest roster update before starting your franchise? And if so . . . 2. Did you turn off pre-existing injuries when setting up your franchise? If you didn't, do #2 then that is probably your problem right there.

Not to mention his numbers work out to about 2 per NFL team. Which is actually lower than normal.

I love when people scream for realism, they get it, then complain.

[JLew]

Quote: Originally Posted by BurghFan

2 questions. 1. Did you download the latest roster update before starting your franchise? And if so . . . 2. Did you turn off pre-existing injuries when setting up your franchise? If you didn't, do #2 then that is probably your problem right there.

Yep, pre-existing injuries off. I'm going back to the beginning to make sure I didn't miss anything. Thanks.

[BurghFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

Not to mention his numbers work out to about 2 per NFL team. Which is actually lower than normal. I love when people scream for realism, they get it, then complain.

Yeah, granted it probably looks ridiculous if you're looking at all NFL injuries at once. But you're right, it's actually pretty realistic when you think about it.

Quote: Originally Posted by JLew

Yep, pre-existing injuries off. I'm going back to the beginning to make sure I didn't miss anything. Thanks.

Well, I left pre-existing injuries on and started with the initial regular season rosters. Still, the injuries don't seem excessive to me at all. I had 2 guys on IR with preexiting injuries, didn't lose anybody in the preseason, and have lost 3 players to non-season ending injuries through 4 games of the regular season. Go to NFL.com and look at injury reports and team rosters and you'll see a lot of teams have multiple players on IR.

[JLew]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

Not to mention his numbers work out to about 2 per NFL team. Which is actually lower than normal. I love when people scream for realism, they get it, then complain.

Wrong, I'm talking about only season ending injuries - 75 players not including any injury less than season ending through the Madden PS. Through Week 2 IRL, there were 56 total players on IR.

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by JLew

Wrong, I'm talking about only season ending injuries - 75 players not including any injury less than season ending through the Madden PS. Through Week 2 IRL, there were 56 total players on IR.

Where are you getting 56? I see a lot more than that.