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EA Rolls Out Update for Madden CFM, Tweaked Upgrades and Draft Classes

  03:03 PM - September 9, 2016 by RaychelSnr


EA released an update to Cloud CFM's in Madden NFL 17 with increased upgrade costs for physical ratings, and draft classes being better tuned to match base rosters in the game. The newly tweaked draft classes will take affect the season after your current season (or your next generated draft class).

The updates rolled out yesterday morning and should be in effect for all Cloud Based CFMs. If you are running a CFM offline, you will have to wait for the next patch for the changes to take place within your game.

How big of a difference are the changes making from what you are seeing? Let us know in the comments!

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# 81 Nimits @ 09/15/16 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by redsfan4life
There weren't good 6'4 CB's or 6'6 WR's every year before the fix. I don't know why that's some assumed fact. I found ONE "good" 6'4 CB in over 20 drafts. Just because people came into this thread and said OMG 6'4 CB does not mean it was a common happening in drafts. It wasn't. I loved the drafts the way they were, but I guess people complained and got their way.
Going by real world experience, about a third to half your number one draft picks (even after scouting) should end up being scrubs, and most teams should not have a rookie starting. To put it another way, it should be very possible for a team to go through the draft and not end up with any valuable or useble (as a starter) players. Neither was true with draft classes before the adjustment.
 
# 82 DmitriusBoboIsland @ 09/15/16 02:16 PM
This is a great change. It really makes development of players much more important, and allows young real life NFL players rated in the mid-upper 60s - lower 70s to be useful and have careers in CFM. Before being able to get 4-5 guys rated above 70 and into the mid-upper 70s in every draft, those real life players were pushed out of the league after a season or two.
 
# 83 ajra21 @ 09/16/16 02:11 PM
i play offline CFM. did this patch change my already started CFM.

or do i need to start a new CFM to see the changes?

and, must i play an online CFM?
 
# 84 ajra21 @ 09/16/16 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by msdm27
To be fair, I don't think the complaint was about there being too many "good" 6'6" WR and/or 6'4" CB, but rather too many of them, period.

I did not get a big enough sample size to have an educated opinion on the matter (have only done 3 drafts); but simply going by the "drafts studs/freaks" thread you tell that there are lots of players that fit these specs, and those are just the ones with good ratings.

For reference, in each of those 3 drafts I had at least two WR and one CB that fit those freak specs. That's a bit two often compared to real life.

If you look at all nfl rosters today, or heck even for the past 5 years, I think you could count in one hand how many 6'4" CB you'll find, same with megatron type receivers. And this is regardless of their skill level.

I'm looking forward to the offline patch to see what real effects the tweaks had on ratings overall.
yep, way too many 6'5 and 6'6 WR in the madden draft classes.
 
# 85 pacman5769 @ 09/16/16 04:03 PM
How about fixing the glitch where if you have camera toggle set to off on online CFMs and have camera set to standard you are forced to play the game in zoom mode
 
# 86 56thDown @ 09/17/16 03:52 AM
Maybe i'm not sure how the draft classes work but it seems as though scouting is only purposeful to find out who NOT to draft rather than who to actually draft. It seems as though there is only like 1 or 2 players per position worth drafting.
 
# 87 Hulk2489 @ 09/17/16 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MMChrisS


EA released an update to Cloud CFM's in Madden NFL 17 with increased upgrade costs for physical ratings, and draft classes being better tuned to match base rosters in the game. The newly tweaked draft classes will take affect the season after your current season (or your next generated draft class).

The updates rolled out yesterday morning and should be in effect for all Cloud Based CFMs. If you are running a CFM offline, you will have to wait for the next patch for the changes to take place within your game.

How big of a difference are the changes making from what you are seeing? Let us know in the comments!
Did this come out before, during or after that Roster update on 9/9?
 
# 88 DrDoctor @ 09/17/16 12:28 PM
Do tall CB's still exist in draft classes? I've done 5 drafts since patch. Have not seen one CB over 6'2". I'm fine with them being a rarity, but I'm beginning to think they have been completely removed.
 
# 89 BleedGreen710 @ 09/17/16 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by DrDoctor
Do tall CB's still exist in draft classes?
yeah they exist i did 5 sims and saw 1
 
# 90 jfsolo @ 09/17/16 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Hulk2489
Did this come out before, during or after that Roster update on 9/9?
The evening before.
 
# 91 ajra21 @ 09/18/16 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by MMChrisS


EA released an update to Cloud CFM's in Madden NFL 17 with increased upgrade costs for physical ratings, and draft classes being better tuned to match base rosters in the game. The newly tweaked draft classes will take affect the season after your current season (or your next generated draft class).

The updates rolled out yesterday morning and should be in effect for all Cloud Based CFMs. If you are running a CFM offline, you will have to wait for the next patch for the changes to take place within your game.

How big of a difference are the changes making from what you are seeing? Let us know in the comments!
has this patch occurred?
 
# 92 SmashMan @ 09/18/16 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ajra21
has this patch occurred?
Not yet, no.
 
# 93 jfsolo @ 09/18/16 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by rich8682
Has anybody heard anything about it?

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Tim ‏@Steel7city09 24m24 minutes ago
@ClintOldenburg is the next scheduled patch for gameplay done and waiting to be approved?

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@Steel7city09 there is no information about any title updates right now. You'll know when we do
They're not going to say a peep until it is at the very least, in certification, and probably not until it goes live.
 
# 94 ggsimmonds @ 09/18/16 04:35 PM
The problem with draft classes was not freaks.

The problem was that the classes were way to deep. Someone ran a test where they simmed seasons and compared overall ratings. 1st rounders had an overall of 77, 2nd rounders were 76, and I believe the 3rd and 4th rounders average overall was above 70 (4th may have been 68).
 
# 95 jfsolo @ 09/18/16 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by ggsimmonds
The problem with draft classes was not freaks.

The problem was that the classes were way to deep. Someone ran a test where they simmed seasons and compared overall ratings. 1st rounders had an overall of 77, 2nd rounders were 76, and I believe the 3rd and 4th rounders average overall was above 70 (4th may have been 68).
Compared to the mid to late round picks in the 2016 draft class, the OVRs of the mid to late round picks in the new draft classes may still be on the average 2 to 4 points too high, but I would need to see more data to be sure.
 
# 96 ajra21 @ 09/19/16 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by SmashMan
Not yet, no.
thank you for a straight forward and quick answer.
 

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