MLB 14 The Show Blog - Online Franchise

[Cavicchi]

Quote: Originally Posted by dave724

I refer to my post of March 5 on page 5 of this thread. If the answer is, 'Online Franchises' will not carry over to the next versions of the game..., then this whole thread should get a lot lighter and very much irrelevant to those who like to carry long-term franchises, especially when the 'offline franchise version has such functionality.... like the olden days when games weren't made new (same) games every year you could run a franchise for years...

The Fact Sheet seems to indicate they will--

•Year-to-Year Saves (All platforms) - For the first time in franchise history, saves can be carried over from MLB 14 to future releases of The Show, meaning that gamers won't have to worry about starting their Franchise or Road to the Show seasons over in years to come.

[aukevin]

For me, I plan on using the Year-to-Year Saves with RTTS but not franchise. I like to play a season with my favorite team's real players. Not really interested in going multiple seasons with franchise. RTTS, definitely I want to continue it more years.

[RyanLaFalce]

Are we able to import custom sliders into online franchises? Or at least turn pitch speed all the way up?


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[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanLaFalce

Are we able to import custom sliders into online franchises? Or at least turn pitch speed all the way up? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

You can adjust sliders. I would not get overzealous about turning the pitch speed all the way up online.

[RyanLaFalce]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

You can adjust sliders. I would not get overzealous about turning the pitch speed all the way up online.

You're right. Gotta compensate for lag, but we should not have a lot on the PS4.


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[BrianU]

While I am still very sour on the fact that offline franchise guys got screwed over a little it is not enough to prevent me from buying the game.

When I say offline franchise guys I mean guys who enjoy 1 Human vs all CPU franchise mode. I will not use Online Franchise because I am 99% positive it is a watered down version of offline franchise and there are some features that we won't be able to use. The biggest is having the ability to have save states so if we screw up or the CPU does a stupid trade we can go back to our last save. Another is setting up profiles for the CPU teams, having total control over all teams, and having manual injuries. These are the biggest two I assume won't be in online franchise just because of the nature of it being designed for User vs User. The ability to play against CPU teams is likely an afterthought whereas in offline franchise it is center.

These devs are the best in the business at what they do and I do not mean to demean their efforts I will still buy it and encourage everyone else to as well. It just makes me question how they didn't realize this would be an issue to some of their most loyal customers. I keep mentioning Madden but they had this very same problem of offline and online franchise given different love and attention every year and solved with with connected careers bringing them together also cutting their dev work in half. I strongly desire for this type of mode to be brought to The Show in the future even if it means taking a portion of potential 'new' features away from the game that year this is implemented.

I know the devs have numbers of how many people use what modes but I wonder honestly how many people actually use Online Franchise? Not just creates a league and fools around but actually completes a franchise, compared to who does that for offline? It makes it sour because, I don't want to say the efforts are pointless, but I don't see why so much dev time and features are being brought to a mode that gets little use. I could very well be wrong, but you also have to factor in all of the time people spend making full minors custom rosters which really is intended for offline franchise as well. We seem like a much bigger market. I do think everyone should be included though this year we are divided so that puts more credence to my idea of having a connected franchise for The Show in the future. Thank you guys and I can't wait to get my hands on the game for another season to baseball!

[chitownwonder]

It's amazing how people always say they shouldn't have put much time or more time on on line than off line franchise. There is alot of people that likes to play on line and have been waiting for a long time to have an on line franchise, is it more than off line probably not but this isn't a popularity contest . This is about on line finally getting what offline has had for yrs.

Not downing gamers that just want to play against the Cpu , if that's what you like then good for you, but there is alot of us that want a challenge of actually playing another human half way across the country and have a playful rivalry with.

As far as the lag on line 13 was very gd on line. Quick matches yeah you have to be prepared to deal with any and everything, but if you get in with a gd group of guys with an active commish on line franchises will be the bomb for you.

[jmaj315]

Quote: Originally Posted by HustlinOwl

Can control all 30 with online franchise, however no word yet on if online franchise files are transferable to MLB15 MLB16 etc

I thought they were?... well i guess they only said "franchise and RTTS" so I imagine the lack of specificity means... yes?

Quote: Originally Posted by Cavicchi

Not the same, Season mode allows you to play more than one season.

Dude what are you talking about? Last year it was called Leagues, and it was online season mode. You could only play 1 season at a time.

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanLaFalce

You're right. Gotta compensate for lag, but we should not have a lot on the PS4.

At night, I pray for there to be no lag.