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

[stux]

People are always going to demand what they want. Whether or not anyone is listening or not doesn't matter.

Politicians don't care about most people's opinions unless they are a lobbyist. That doesn't stop people from protesting even though the politicians aren't really listening.

It isn't someone listening that creates the empowerment. It is the fact that they, you, me CAN.

[Glorious Arc]

@stux

Great points and I agree completely.

I forget to add that older more experienced players could help the younger players progress faster as well.

@everyone who does not see the whole picture

This whole system irks me because its nothing like what happens IRL. I dont mean to insult anyone(devs) because they have been doing a great job this year but by making stats the only reason for progression seems really lazy. Anyone who thinks that a player who rushes for 1500 yards and 20 touchdowns should jump from a 70 overall to a 90 overall if he has the potential just because he put up those numbers is missing the complete picture.

Why do you think NFL teams have training camps and workouts during the offseason? Why do you think there is a preseaon and a lot of the starters play rather poorly in the first few games? Why do you think there is such a premium on coaches? Its because those are factors that develop the team. That team then has the chance to produce.

[big_larry]

i was wanting to know something about practice drills, mini camp games, scouting, and training camp. how exactly do you improve your players, besides playing them in games?

think im gonna wait another year to get back into franchise.

[jeetaa6]

Is this the only offline franchise blog?

haven't seen anything about actual CPU to CPU trades and CPU to User trade offers. anyone else seen anything on this??

[gr18]

I would think as long as the potentials are reasonable everything should be alright.Even if you put up great stats it isn't like in years past when people would take an Andre Woodson or remember Adrian McPherson and turn 'em into a 99.Those guys probably wouldn't have the potential to be over an 80 tops.

[Canadeion]

Since EA has well over $3,000 of my money from the past 18 years, I think I'm allowed to complain when they ask for our input and our questions, then don't answer them.

It's called customer appreciation. In my opinion, it's been a long time coming that EA actually starts bringing the customers into the process. Everyone who says we are 'lucky they even talk to us' needs a reality check. Nobody from EA will EVER say that we're lucky they talk to us, or that we have no right to complain. Because they know damn well that we do have the right to complain, as paying customers.

EA is not a charity... they charge us money. It is a company. And any company that charges customers for a product or service must be open to consumer feedback if they want to remain successful. And that is probably the reason they have opened the doors to us this year, because they knew that their bread and butter franchise (Madden) was turning into garbage, and in order to keep people paying money for it, they'd have to be more open to us. And it is working, but with that comes a responsibility for them to satisfy our questions and concerns, otherwise it defeats the purpose of having an open door policy with their customers.

I do appreciate the efforts they are making, but they aren't doing it for US, they are doing it for THEM... it's to try and save a dying franchise, and anyone who thinks differently is intellectually dishonest.

Ian and the crew seem like they have good intentions, and I'm happy about that... but if they are going to do it, they have to do it right... and answering bare bones, crap questions isn't doing anyone any favors. They are trying to MARKET and SELL a game, that they claim is SOOOO much better, but they have yet to really prove anything...

And EA customers need to stop acting like EA is doing us a FAVOR by fixing a problematic game that we all PAID for last year.... and the year before.... and the year before that.... and before that.... and the years before that.


Also, I have been with my cable company for 2 years... they gave me a free PVR.

I have been with EA for almost 20 years. They have given me.... uhhh..... nothing that I haven't paid for.

[rickywal]

Quote: Originally Posted by turfguy23

I’ll repeat my favorite analogy for those of you who haven’t heard it before: If you found out you had termites in your house, would you build on another addition or clean up the foundation so that you could build on the house in the future?

Then why on earth did they create an online franchise when they still needed to get offline fixed. Or are they 2 different houses and they thought building a second house using some of the termite infested foundation...

[rickywal]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeetaa6

Is this the only offline franchise blog? haven't seen anything about actual CPU to CPU trades and CPU to User trade offers. anyone else seen anything on this??

I haven't seen anything on this, but I am assuming it hasn't been added. They came in halfway through the dev cycle and it looks like they have just cleaned up whats already there, so that online franchise could work.