Madden Connected Careers (Franchise Mode)

[bucky]

Last year progression was about 99 pct scripted and it sucked.

And it should have been expanded upon and made much more realistic. Now we get to "level up" our players. LOL. Just joking about the leveling up.

 

[leaffan]

Last year progression was about 99 pct scripted and it sucked. I had C potential 66 ovr WR Rashaad Snow drafted in two leagues.

League 1 TST- 1800 yards 19 tds he progressed to a 71
League 2 220- 250 yards, 3 tds (was injured most of the year) he progressed to a 71

He went from 66 to 71 in year two in two different leagues under vastly different circumstances.


In TGT where Shayn had him his rating was the same as well with minimal usage.

This is what has always annoyed me in most sport games where play time and players accomplishments really mean shit all and its so depended on that stupid potential rating.

Potential ratings imo should be hidden or at the very least some how made vague enough that your not completely blind to what a player could become.

 

[bucky]

This is what has always annoyed me in most sport games where play time and players accomplishments really mean shit all and its so depended on that stupid potential rating.

Potential ratings imo should be hidden or at the very least some how made vague enough that your not completely blind to what a player could become.

Not completely blind. But their should be an inaccurate/perceived potential and a hidden actual potential. The better your scouting staff the more accurate the perceived potential would be. And the longer a player is in the league, especially on your team, the more accurate the potential should be. The same would go with perceived vs actual ratings. That way, you wouldn't know how good a player could be, or how good a player is until you really get to know them. It also would make a scouting system and staff meaningful. It would also make position coaches meaningful along with practice schedules to help determine progression. There are a lot of ways to make a sports video game more realistic.

 

[BigBucs]

Unacceptable. Instead of bringing online up to the level of intricacy of offline, remove all of that from offline to make it work. If having these modes be 1 was only going to work like this, then it should have been in development for another year(the mode, not game).

You guys are going to have fun with M13. But fuck this. I want no part of CC until all those missing features are back. Hopefully they get that stuff back for M14. I don't want to wait 2 games like you guys did.

We have waited far longer than 2 cycles sir.

 

[bucky]

We have waited far longer than 2 cycles sir.

Yes you have. EA shit the pooch for almost this entire Gen of console, and they are still shitting the pooch. But you online guys finally got the attention you should have had a LONG TIME AGO.

 

[Virix]

What? You don't see players improve in a video game? You don't see their ratings go up? That happens even in the unrealistic stats/XP progression system

Thats my point. Having a rating system like this is the only way to SEE improvement, so HIDING them wouldnt be a good idea.

 

[bucky]

Thats my point. Having a rating system like this is the only way to SEE improvement, so HIDING them wouldnt be a good idea.

But I would still have their actual ratings hidden, they would increase, but they would be hidden. I would only display the perceived ratings and those would also fluctuate. To me, hiding actual is a good idea, just show perceived. I actually like how the first version of HC did it with a displayed range. That range would move up and down depending how a player progressed and that range itself would get smaller the better you knew the player.

 

[July 4 1776]

Why is everyone complaining about not having imported draft classes? Everytime I imported players last year they had shoulder pads on that looked they should have been in blitz. And the progression system sucked last year, at least this year you can set it to progress weakly or every four weeks instead of wait till the end of the year and be disappointed by average non believable ratings. Last year I got both Victor Cruz and Torrey Smith in trades because my vikings receiving core sucked and Smith had a record year because for some reason they kept leaving him open on streaks, so he had like 1700 yards and 25 tds. Cruz had 1050 yards and 5 tds. Smith ended up gaining 2 points less than Cruz.

 

[krulmichael]

Let's all be honest here, if Justin Tuck's new facemask isn't in the game then Madden 13 will be a failure and I won't buy it.

 

[deejay8595]

Here are the following things you CANNOT do in Madden 13 if you're are franchise person. Remember these options were in previous versions of Madden...

No full customization of rosters.
No Editing of players in CCM
No Import Draft Classes
No 32 team control
No Fantasy Draft
No offline co-op play
No custom playbooks
No playing games except those of the ONE team you select for CCM

 

[Virix]

Here are the following things you CANNOT do in Madden 13 if you're are franchise person. Remember these options were in previous versions of Madden...

No full customization of rosters.
No Editing of players in CCM
No Import Draft Classes
No 32 team control
No Fantasy Draft
No offline co-op play
No custom playbooks
No playing games except those of the ONE team you select for CCM

So like i said they took away all the stuff that you could do in offline franchise, but couldnt do in online franchise. The only exception is fantasy draft.

 

[Aso]

Of all of those things you can no longer do the only ones I care about are the first 2.

 

[spiker]

No 32 team control? EA better not have fucked up the GM AI...

:homieslol:

 

[Rayman]

No 32 team control? EA better not have fucked up the GM AI...

:homieslol:

It was already pretty fucked up. So by EA logic, it'll have degraded further.

I can't wait to read the impressions threads about how terrible the CPU GM logic will be.

 

[dope]

No Import Draft Classes
No Fantasy Draft
No offline co-op play

yeah fuck this game, a couple friends and i have always randomly picked a team done a fantasy draft and then played the game with the 3 of us taking turns being qb for a game. no sense buying the game now as i always ended up getting bored with my single player franchise by year 2-3 anyway.

 

[bucky]

So like i said they took away all the stuff that you could do in offline franchise, but couldnt do in online franchise. The only exception is fantasy draft.

And? We all new why they were taken away. Moving to one mode, online was the restrictive mode that other modes had to fit into to. Not sure what your post is really saying. Whether you could or could not do these in online franchise doesn't change that these things were taken out of the game.

 

[Virix]

And? We all new why they were taken away. Moving to one mode, online was the restrictive mode that other modes had to fit into to. Not sure what your post is really saying. Whether you could or could not do these in online franchise doesn't change that these things were taken out of the game.

Im not sure why you are so dead set on being a fucking dickhead, but my point was that they downgraded offline rather than upgrading online... which is why i thanked a previous post about it. Im fucking AGREEING WITH YOU.

You have already said you arent getting the game, so make a "madden 13 drama queens who will complain like hell but still buy it" thread and just complain in there. most people are using the thread for actual info rather than just bitching about something they say they have no intentions of buying.

 

[PP]

not sure why fantasy draft is not option..

 

[Virix]

not sure why fantasy draft is not option..

Me either, they said that you can randomize the rosters before you start or some shit though.

 

[FirstTimer]

Why is everyone complaining about not having imported draft classes? Everytime I imported players last year they had shoulder pads on that looked they should have been in blitz. And the progression system sucked last year, at least this year you can set it to progress weakly or every four weeks instead of wait till the end of the year and be disappointed by average non believable ratings. Last year I got both Victor Cruz and Torrey Smith in trades because my vikings receiving core sucked and Smith had a record year because for some reason they kept leaving him open on streaks, so he had like 1700 yards and 25 tds. Cruz had 1050 yards and 5 tds. Smith ended up gaining 2 points less than Cruz.

Because it's been a (fun) staple of the game for what..over a decade now? And rather than EA fixing the issue they just threw in the towel on it. Getting rid of it is a step backwards.