MLB 14 The Show Blog - Online Franchise

[D10M]

only problem I have is why scout a bunch of created players? Does anyone know if the custom rosters you use, if you can have the prospects in those rosters be ones you scout?

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bat

I thought this year they were doing digital player portraits instead of photos. Bummer.

I believe you can get all cyberfaces by starting a fantasy draft...backing out and then continuing as you normally would.
Last year, that brought up all cyber portraits.

You guys are slipping a little this year......normally pics would bring out the hunters.....


I believe the available budget and the pending offers is different.



Also....it seems as though some team offers are hidden now....




This one is a reach....but that looks like the image from the editor.....


M.K.
Knight165

[jmaj315]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pirate

Agreed. I have zero interest in the online components of this game. I don't even understand the appeal of an online franchise.

Quote: Originally Posted by aukevin

The problem I have and why I don't play online (other than lag) is I don't like waiting on someone to play in a league/franchise. Every league I've ever been in it seems to take forever to line up a game time or even when you do someone is late, yada yada yada. I just don't have the patience for that. Offline you fire it up and you're ready to go, that's why I gave up on online a couple years ago. The appeal is there, it just never seems not to be a struggle for one reason or another.

See FLEX SCHEDULE

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

Good point. But when you are in active and competitive league....it's phenomenal. ....and it does give you the ability to let the CPU handle it if you can't match up at any point. But most leagues will have set times to play...so you kind of work your schedule to accommodate....and they do have the flex schedule as well....which opens it up a bit. M.K. Knight165

Totally agree. It's absurd that people say they don't see what the draw for online franchise is... naïve imo

Quote: Originally Posted by The_Duke

I don't get the whole online phenomenon. I don't want to play against some idiot who throws nothing but curve balls and then quits half way through the game. Plus I want to play at my own pace. If I want to pause it to do something else real quick I can do that and not hurt the other person's experience. I'll admit though that being able to have the CPU control the other 29 teams if I wish will make me at least try it out and see.

Well, in my leagues... we have tryouts. No unfair play/exploits. Simulation baseball is a must. Also we do scout reports on how everyone plays, so no hiding cheap plays from the commish.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaiser Wilhelm

So no Rule Five draft?

I would hope that's still in here. But maybe it would be a cheap way of "trading" players. Just keep a young guy or a AAA guy off of your 40-man so another user could scoop him up. Meh. I hope there's rule-5.

[Curahee]

This is a Direct Quote from Lance regarding Online & Offline Feature parity:

Quote: Originally Posted by LanceL_86

Some of the logic will be specific to Online Franchises. Namely the larger systems -- trade logic and parts of contract logic -- will be specific to online.

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by Curahee

This is a Direct Quote from Lance regarding Online & Offline Feature parity:

Bummer, unless they did something different for offline franchise in regards to those features.

M.K.
Knight165

[pirates1fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

I believe you can get all cyberfaces by starting a fantasy draft...backing out and then continuing as you normally would. Last year, that brought up all cyber portraits. You guys are slipping a little this year......normally pics would bring out the hunters..... I believe the available budget and the pending offers is different. Also....it seems as though some team offers are hidden now.... This one is a reach....but that looks like the image from the editor..... M.K. Knight165

I am surprised nobody has pointed these out either! I understand the appeal of online franchise, but I never wanted to get involved in it.

I like the teams offers being hidden, just because it adds a bit of realism to things. I don't really have a strong opinion on the player portrait deal, I just like that they go to the cyber face when they sign with someone else. And, I do like the looks of the menu layout and budget info as well. Thanks for pointing those out.

[pirates1fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

Bummer, unless they did something different for offline franchise in regards to those features. M.K. Knight165

Indeed it is.

[letsgopens66]

Quote: Originally Posted by Curahee

This is a Direct Quote from Lance regarding Online & Offline Feature parity:

Pretty ridiculous, IMO. I know people like to cut a lot of slack for the SCEA guys around here, but this is clearly something that should have been included for offline and online franchise. I'm pretty sure Madden even has identical features for their online/offline franchise. No excuses