Not enough injuries in franchise

[Btj98]

I know this may seem like a very small issue but i have to bring this to the light. Madden the past few years just does not have enough injuries in franchise mode. On average there are around 50-60 players on the injury report in madden 23 which is around 1-2 players per team. I don’t have the official numbers but i know that this is no where near accurate to what the real NFL is. This affects the team building aspect of the game as players can just load up on good starters and not have to worry about the depth of their roster. In theory the simple solution should be to just raise the injury slider to be able to get the results that i want but unfortunately the injury slider does not affect injuries while simming games. Does anyone have any solutions or thoughts on this topic?

[ynkeecwby]

Quote: Originally Posted by Btj98

In theory the simple solution should be to just raise the injury slider to be able to get the results that i want but unfortunately the injury slider does not affect injuries while simming games. Does anyone have any solutions or thoughts on this topic?

I wasn’t aware of the injury slider not affecting sim games. So injuries when I sim are just done at whatever under the hood algorithm EA put in?

[Btj98]

Quote: Originally Posted by ynkeecwby

I wasn’t aware of the injury slider not affecting sim games. So injuries when I sim are just done at whatever under the hood algorithm EA put in?

Correct from what i was told the injury slider does not affect injuries while simming games. The annoying part is that it used to work like this back in madden 20 and they changed it in madden 21. As of today the devs are the only people that can change this and at the minimum need to increase it by at least double of what it is rn.

[Sphinx]

The only workaround I have found for this is using a dummy account and controlling the other teams and super simming their games. Super sim uses the injury slider. So I usually will put it around 52-53 and super sim cpu games about 2-3 times a season. That usually gets injuries to a realistic place. By the end of the season you'll see them with multiple guys on IR and lots more parity.

It just takes some added time to do. It can be done in online or offline franchise as well which is nice.

[Falcon17000]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sphinx

The only workaround I have found for this is using a dummy account and controlling the other teams and super simming their games. Super sim uses the injury slider. So I usually will put it around 52-53 and super sim cpu games about 2-3 times a season. That usually gets injuries to a realistic place. By the end of the season you'll see them with multiple guys on IR and lots more parity. It just takes some added time to do. It can be done in online or offline franchise as well which is nice.

It works (also allows you to make sure depth charts are accurate etc), but it's also 45 minutes to make 31 dummy profiles and then countless hours having to micromanage the teams every week.

[Sphinx]

Quote: Originally Posted by Falcon17000

It works (also allows you to make sure depth charts are accurate etc), but it's also 45 minutes to make 31 dummy profiles and then countless hours having to micromanage the teams every week.

I just create one profile and retire it after the supersim and join the next team. on the list, rinse repeat. Last year, I was getting it done in about 30 minutes or so. It's a pain but at least for me, worth to have a little bit more realism.

[Mattanite]

I did some analysis last year.

https://forums.operationsports.com/f...-injuries.html

One thing I need to check is do injury ratings affect frequency of injuries in sim, if they do then a quicker way would be to use the roster analysis spreadsheet and scale down all player injuries in a single roster and then repeat after each draft for rookies.

[Btj98]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mattanite

I did some analysis last year. https://forums.operationsports.com/f...-injuries.html One thing I need to check is do injury ratings affect frequency of injuries in sim, if they do then a quicker way would be to use the roster analysis spreadsheet and scale down all player injuries in a single roster and then repeat after each draft for rookies.

Yes this is the thread i remember from last year and the research i was referring to so thank you Mattanite. I believe you and I were talking to swami last year about this topic but it sucks to see they couldn't get around to adjusting this. Hopefully there will be a fix for it soon.