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Old 09-18-2017, 02:39 PM   #1
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What's the benefit of cloud/online CFM

Does online update the rosters automatically week to week or something? I don't understand why you wouldn't just play offline
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Old 09-18-2017, 02:41 PM   #2
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Does online update the rosters automatically week to week or something? I don't understand why you wouldn't just play offline
You get access to tuning updates rather than having to wait for patches. Essentially glitches can be fixed quicker as they are found.
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Re: What's the benefit of cloud/online CFM

There are 2 advantages:

1. Multi-user CFM
2. All tunings and patches apply to your existing CFM. No restarts.

For the solo CFM only #2 applies.

Personally, considering how inexplicably bad the CPU AI is at playing qb, calling plays, and playing defense, I see solo online CFM as a 100% broken and unplayable mode. It is ridiculous that the combo of the broken online CFM and the inability to patch an offline CFM means that a solo CFM has to wait a month or more just to have a decent experience.

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Old 09-18-2017, 03:37 PM   #4
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Does online update the rosters automatically week to week or something? I don't understand why you wouldn't just play offline
Tuning is the only advantage if you are a solo offline CFM guy. I am not 100% sure if commentary updates apply to this as well though...

Is the tuning worth all the limitations that has come with building solely around an online CFM? That is for the consumers to decide.
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Re: What's the benefit of cloud/online CFM

Some advantages for online Franchise:

- play a Franchise with your friends anywhere in the world (the main reason to use online Franchise in the first place)
- access to your Franchise from any console
- access to your Franchise from the companion app
- leveraging the companion app, access to your Franchise from GamerHuddle / LeagueDaddy / equivalent third-party service
- faster advance week simulation times
- any server-side updates / tuning changes apply to your franchise immediately; you don't have to wait for a patch or a client title update
- you can start a cloud Franchise from a Play Now Live game

Some advantages for offline Franchise:

- you can set up 32 team control and play Football God if that's your desired mode of play
- you aren't at the mercy of EA's servers as to whether you can access your Franchise (Madden's servers are very reliable in my experience, but still worth noting that if they go down, you can't play your Franchise)
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Old 09-18-2017, 04:04 PM   #6
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- you aren't at the mercy of EA's servers as to whether you can access your Franchise (Madden's servers are very reliable in my experience, but still worth noting that if they go down, you can't play your Franchise)
that's the breaker for me.. that's why I stick to offline.. I don't have to ever worry about dropping signals , or ea servers.. or just my web service period..
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that's the breaker for me.. that's why I stick to offline.. I don't have to ever worry about dropping signals , or ea servers.. or just my web service period..
Except if MS servers are down they can't authenticate your key and you can't play the game period. Happened to me and many others a few weeks ago.
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Old 09-18-2017, 05:02 PM   #8
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Can anybody confirm that the commentary updates even on offline play? (like how they talked about the solar eclipse a couple weeks ago) This is literally the online reason I would play online
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