Madden NFL 12 Blog - Franchise Mode in Madden 12

[MarvellousOne]

Well now, I am liking what I am hearing about franchise mode. Great read, loving all the changes being made.

[JaySmooov]

Everything I like:

Player tendencies/trait progressions

Expanded rosters and the (realistic) cut days (3 after the first week, 8 after the last week)

Depth charts automatically swapped out to mimic what real teams do in the preseason when it comes to playing time (Backups playing the entire 4th game). - This could ALSO explain why, in the superstar blog, Lonyae Miller was above Felix Jones, Marion Barber, and Tashard Choice on the depth chart.

The new tiered scouting system for rookies. Gonna actually take the time to scout now, seeing that poor scouting leads to a draft full of busts haha.

I wasn't really sure of the bidding FA system only because I NEVER played HC09 before, so maybe someone could show me a video explaining how it worked then.

Player Roles

DEFINITELY the FUTURE DRAFT PICKS, and the ability to trade them. (With that being said, can we expect the Patriots to always look to trade their pick for future ones and always look for the best value?)

IR is improved, and now opens up a roster spot (Though I never really noticed it didn't in the past, haha. I just always cut that bum on my team I didn't really want.)

The Dynamic Gameplans in-season and Realistic player profiles (The Raiders should ALWAYS prefer speed haha)

Definitely like the tuned progression and dead weight logic

[illwill10]

This is a great day for me. The SS & Franchise blogs and that I just got a call saying the repairs to my labtop will be cheap and quick

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

Soooo if this carries over to online franchise will a new OS ps3 online franchise start up? It died prematurely.

[tylerd02]

All the new stuff looked great but i didn't hear anything about the addition of RFA or draft compensation. This was something that was in last gen and i was hoping to get included. Really like that you had restricted free agents with draft compensation and unrestricted.

Since i didn't see it mentioned i'm going to assume its not in. Too bad but maybe next year.

[ANDROMADA 1]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

Sounds great, but the big question for me is will all this carry over to online franchise since that's the only mode I'm interested in.

I'm in the same boat. It would be a real shame if it isn't.

[SoAwesome]

FRANCHISE WELCOME BACK! I've missed you for about 5 years.

[Gotmadskillzson]

That made my day......along with hot and cold streaks.......I might actually play a whole season of franchise mode this year now.........

OMG I hope NCAA 12 got player traits too...........