Madden NFL 12 Blog - No Additions This Year For Online Franchise Mode

[xxxOpie24xxx]

Love how they say they do not have the time to make all the changes they would like to but yet NBA 2K and Fifa continue to improve year after year...

[jpdavis82]

EA SPORTS ITS IN THE NEXT GAME


With that being said I am looking forward to M12

[Danimal]

Quote: Originally Posted by AirborneRanger1

This announcement seemed to imply there will be no upgrades to Online Franchise mode, but your saying there will be a huge announcement regarding it?

There referring to communities which they think is going to be awesome. My guess it's another feature some marketing guy dreamed up to capitalize on social networking etc and it's going to be widely ignored but I guess we'll see.

When a rep comes in and makes a statement that it's going to change the way we play online forever they better deliver.

[Ryn Vintage1986]

Let's remember, the last time there was a gigantic online announcement, it was 3v3, which to the surprise of very few, was a joke.
I'm sure July 25's announcement/apology will turn out to be equally underwhelming. Keep in mind that whatever this announcement reveals is something that was prioritized over what has been most sought after by the community.
I've heard about features that "change the way I play" before, and they sure did; I stopped.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by xxxOpie24xxx

Love how they say they do not have the time to make all the changes they would like to but yet NBA 2K and Fifa continue to improve year after year...

2k games suck online and they did make improvements with Madden 12, however, I do think Online Franchise should have been a higher priority than it was.

[WDOgF0reL1fe]

This is ridiculous.
Ive never been anti madden/ncaa, and always give the benefit of the doubt.

BUT this announcement really rubs me the wrong way.
I thought IT WAS SO EASY to add or fix anything to these online franchise servers. When it was first introduced 3 years ago, "We can make update any time we want to the Online Franchise because of the way we built it"

So.... what happened to that, did something change that no one mentioned?
Its mind boggling to think that there is just not a Salary Cap, FA bidding, or just Basic stuff in online franchise.

If there are 32 controlled teams, you dont need to worry about "AI issues" and the like.

Ugh. Im just really frustrated.
Im sorry I dont like playing against a computer opponent, but thats just me.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by Danimal

There referring to communities which they think is going to be awesome. My guess it's another feature some marketing guy dreamed up to capitalize on social networking etc and it's going to be widely ignored but I guess we'll see. When a rep comes in and makes a statement that it's going to change the way we play online forever they better deliver.

Online communities is no joke, it's going to allow you to play with players online that don't go for it on 4th down everytime or nano blitz every game and they will be penalized for it if they are in a league with those settings and do. It will basically allow you to play with only the type of people online that you want to play with.

[CRMosier_LM]

Quote: Originally Posted by Danimal

There referring to communities which they think is going to be awesome. My guess it's another feature some marketing guy dreamed up to capitalize on social networking etc and it's going to be widely ignored but I guess we'll see. When a rep comes in and makes a statement that it's going to change the way we play online forever they better deliver.

From the very limited information I have on the new mode, the OS Madden Community will love it.