04-11-2016, 03:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
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Re: First ever Franchise
I also love franchise mode, and it is where I spend most of my time with the Show. Answers in bold.
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Hello all, I had a few questions I'd love to ask some of you folks that have been playing The Show (specifically Franchise mode) for a long time. It may help to provide some context about myself first. I'm usually a very big dynasty/franchise mode fan, that's always been a mode I've spent most of my individual sports gaming on. Historically, I mostly have played Madden, NHL and NBA 2k. I just got into MLB The Show, and I'm having a blast playing it. I've never played an MLB franchise before, so the idea sounds really fun/but also different than any other franchise. Perhaps some of you guys could share your perspective on how you play/any other suggestions!
1) The first one is the most obvious, 162 games. That's a lot. I usually like to play between 3-5 years in my franchises so I feel like I was able to make enough of a "GM" impact, but also not just playing with made up players all over the place. How many games a season do you guys suggest playing? How do you guys decide which ones to play?
I like to play every single game with MLB. Sometimes I get antsy and sim a few games but the last few years I have really stuck to playing all 162 to see what kind of stats I can truly accumulate. Then I know those are my stats.
2) Simulating: I know a lot of people who don't like simming games, I'm not one of them. Especially in NHL/NBA games, and for that reason I imagine MLB. With Madden, I definitely play each game, but during long seasons I enjoy the "active simulating" just as much. What I mean by that: For example, in NBA 2K I would play 1 game a week on the scheduled calendar. For the other games I would do the "simcast" and only jump in the game if it's close with under 8 minutes left. The question here is, how do you guys simulate games? I imagine baseball has more strategy, is there a feature similar to that?
162 games is a lot. I have seen a lot of people play 1 game of each series or play with quick counts to speed up the games/progression.
3) Roster: My baseball roster knowledge is farrrr from elite, so I'm not overly concerned with accurate minor league rosters (although that can't hurt). With that said, I know enough to the point where not having Trevor Story on the Rockies sorta bugs me lol. Does anyone have any idea what the best way to get the most accurate roster is? Just wait for the update I imagine, or can you download other peoples rosters?
Anything less than OSFM is blasphemy!!! Haha. j/k. But seriously you should wait for the OSFM rosters. It helps with the immersion.
4) Misc. Any other suggestions/tweaks you would suggest? Anything you do in your franchise mode that adds to the level of fun or realism?
OSFM really adds to the immersion of the franchise mode. I also, try to follow the moves of the real team and turn off trades b/c some of the trades that are made are crazy.
Anyway, sorry if this isn't deemed appropriate for a new thread. I'm excited to hear any feedback you guys are willing to share!
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