Madden NFL 10 Franchise Mode Improvements: Part 2 Q&A

[AndyBernard]

Quote: Originally Posted by clemsonfan

This is hillarious. On the NCAA board they whine about EA adding new features like Season Showdown instead of fixing the basics and stuff that doesn't work. Here people whine about them fixing the foundation and things that don't work and not adding enough new features.

LOL

[AndyBernard]

Quote: Originally Posted by fourthreemafia

And you can "laugh at me" all you want. I dont really put too much stock in the opinion of a guy who spends most of his life online talking about video game football.

......................... you're on the same site?

[stux]

Well I just read all of the pages of this post.

Most of it is just people arguing over Coaches or each other opinions. I know I am no better with my last two post btw. I guess I couldn't help myself any more then the rest of you.

There were a few people we some decent input.

I can't believe no one else is upset about progression only occurring in the offseason. The only person that mentioned it pointed out how worthless this makes the preseason games. I don't feel this is true to life AT ALL. Player progress and regress during the season, and the preseason. Preseason is huge for rookies and player evaluation.

I also have no idea at this point if the many bugs from last season have been adressed or simply ingnored. For example, players career stats going to a different player after the retire. There are plenty of others.

My understand of this year's franchise was it was making a GOOD FOUNDATION. I was really happy with that. All the extra fluff without the basic stuff working well and being bug free doesn't mean too much.

But with only offseason progression and no idea about the many bugs I am NOT seeing the foundation I want to build my $60 house on.

I am not saying I am unhappy about most of the improvement they have made. But to ME progression is one of the biggest issues. TO ME fixing know bugs is another big issue and KNOWING they were fixed.

There were a lot of questions asked but IMO it doesn't take THAT long to answer about 100 question. Sounds like a few hours worth of work to me. I read ALL of the pages of questions on the Q/A blog post from Josh. I don't think it would have taken that long to answer all of the questions. I say that NOT KNOWING how thier marketing department works and what restrictions Josh has from them and (I assume) legal.

Just my opinoin.

[ZoneKIller]

I remember last year when every1 was excited about the upcoming
franchise blog and they got very discouraged when they posted this http://games.easports.com/madden09/fullsite/blog.jsp

I fell the same way now as none of the real big time questions was not answered

[eaglesfan27]

If the draft and trade logic are really tightened up and the stats are realistic (with backup RB's getting realistic carries/yardage), I'll be happy with all of the upgrades to franchise for this year and it sounds like that is happening.

[Glorious Arc]

@stux

I personally feel that stat based progression is completely wrong in the first place. The fact that they are still going down that path makes it all wrong period. Stats should only be a small part of progression. Training camp, coaches, playing time, stats, age, potential, playbook/system, and players work ethic should all be big factors to how quickly and well a player grows.(there may be others but those are just examples)

Another way to look at this is to check out the Broncos team of old. Almost every single starting RB that has played a full season has rushed for over 1000 yards every season and almost every single back runs for over 4.0+ yards per carry. That would make them great RBs under this current system of stat based progression. But IRL only one of those RBs went on and continued to produce at anywhere near the same level.

[stux]

I agree that progression needs to take into account more then just stats.

I think stat based progression would need to be different for just about every position. Lets face it, if a DT is getting 15 sacks a season it isn't the "system" OR other players around him.

In running back example, if a back was getting 2k+ with 15+ TDs for a few season he should get a bump. Even if he is running behind a 85+ rated line one a team with passing game.

But if he is getting 1K+ with a 4ish yard average then his progression needs to take into account the other factors like you mention.

I feel progression needs to take into account everything you mentioned, potential, and stats (with different factors for every position).

I feel that there almost needs to be two OVR ratings. One a static number different every game based on health, injury, coach, practice, etc. The other a RANGE. I feel every ratings should be a range and the number for each game would be determined by, again, things like health, coach, practice, etc.

If it work like that and the RANGES progressed/regressed ONLY in the offseason I would be fine with a once a year progression.

I just do not feel that players should be rated the same for every game for an entire season (includine preseason) barring injury. That just insn't realistic.

[Glenn33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Broncos86

It's because of the communication that EA opened with the community. Suddenly, people gained a false sense of empowerment. What was originally a great bonus to talk to the devs turned into a method of demands. Once you open the channel of communication, and people get over the "new toy" effect that it caused, empowerment kicked in.

I agree with this guy.