Madden: Editing Player Ratings in Franchise - Need Your Thoughts

[metovics8]

take every option from madden 08:
owner mode
relocation (how we were able to relocate and NFL and keep their actual logo)
training camp
rebuild stadium w/o having to relocate
edit players appearance (hair, body size, etc)
if we choose to select all 32 teams in offline franchise, make it so we can select USER o CPU offseason activities for each individual team, not just same options for every team
coaches bring their playbooks over to new teams (i got rid of singletary and chose rob ryan HC and my playbooks are singletarys)

Just go through madden 08s franchise menus and options and implement them into Madden 12 with improvements in gameplay and this would be a complete game...... granted gameplay wont be 100% perfect every year but these other things can be

[hedphurst]

Personally, I am in favor of giving the user as many options for control as possible. I don't really want to go changing my players' attributes, as I prefer the challenge of getting them to improve through gameplay, but I fully support the idea that it should be possible to edit the players if someone wants to. After all, that person plunked down their $50-60 for the game same as I did, and if they want to turn Charlie Whitehurst into Peyton Manning in their offline franchise, why shouldn't the be allowed to do so?

On the other hand, I'd really like to be able to import the official roster updates into my franchise file to reflect real-life rosters without having to restart a franchise...

[michapop9]

Quote: Originally Posted by thekodinator

no. no. no. I do NOT want ratings in franchise mode able to be changed.

great, good for you so just dont do it, but I gues your thought is screw everybody else than?

[cletusdog]

I really think that having this option (editing ALL ratings, physical appearance, and personal profile info) is a great solution to many problems.
it allows us to make a franchise as "sim" as we want it editing who really becomes a big time player over the course of a season. it really can repair and/or be an awesome tool for draft classes that we may not be happy with.

personally i'd love it. if someone isn't interested, great, don't utilize it.

Also, on a side note, being an offline franchise guy, can't there be some seperation from the online "rules" that are often put on features to avoid cheesing? I am not worried about cheesing as I am only dealing with myself and my PS3 and would like many of these features unrestricted.

[chia51]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

Please comment and be specific about what exactly you NEED to edit.

I would like to be able to edit every attribute and physical attribute of the player.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

What is your overall specific intent with wanting to edit these players?

To be able to have the ability to change the ratings as I see fit throughout the season. (ex: Maybe a player is playing very well during the season in the game but the default progression is "not enough IMO" so then I could go into and adjust.)

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

Are there certain time frames we can lock it to?

Yes I believe that the best way to do this would be to have the "edit" abiltity only opened/allowed during the following weeks:

1st week of preseason
1st week of the season
4th week of the season
8th week of the season
12th week of the season
16th week of the season

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

Are there certain specific changes you could only be allowed to make instead of full league-wide control?

No, there would be no other option other than full league control that would make sense. At least I don't see any.

Maybe not having the salaries change when editing players that way the teams salaries will not change when someone edits their players.

Maybe having an option to edit the salaries in the off-season.

[Jarodd21]

Quote: Originally Posted by chia51

I would like to be able to edit every attribute and physical attribute of the player. To be able to have the ability to change the ratings as I see fit throughout the season. (ex: Maybe a player is playing very well during the season in the game but the default progression is "not enough IMO" so then I could go into and adjust.) Yes I believe that the best way to do this would be to have the "edit" abiltity only opened/allowed during the following weeks: 1st week of preseason 1st week of the season 4th week of the season 8th week of the season 12th week of the season 16th week of the season No, there would be no other option other than full league control that would make sense. At least I don't see any. Maybe not having the salaries change when editing players that way the teams salaries will not change when someone edits their players. Maybe having an option to edit the salaries in the off-season.

Great stuff...

[Palo20]

In addition to being able to edit all player ratings, I'd like to be able to create injuries and injury lengths just like The Show allows.

[JVM]

Quote: Originally Posted by Palo20

In addition to being able to edit all player ratings, I'd like to be able to create injuries and injury lengths just like The Show allows.

And undue injuries.