Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

[rckabillyRaider]

Quote: Originally Posted by Klocker

From OP

damn......I guess guess ps3 owners arent taken too seriously from not only game developers, but their own company Sony. Or MS is very anal about their products??

[Klocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by markprior22

With all the interaction that took place before release, an update on the first patch would be nice if it isn't dropping today.

agreed... Ian?

[JBH3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fillycheze

Evening, Patch #2 Possibilities Please understand this list is under construction and won't be finalized until we've received more feedback on the final game from the community. 1. Ghost Juking OOB fix - aka CPU players running out of bounds 2. CPU Accuracy tuning 3. Amplify the field degredation effect (the system is currently working but is hidden by some of our late added post effects) 4. Other post-release community feedback DLC Possibilities The same warning comes with this one. We're still evaluating these changes and are working hard to get them out as quick as possible. 1. Accelerated Clock 2. CPU Sliders (you would have the all new human sliders as well as a brand new screen of CPU sliders) 3. Legacy Gen Controller Config 4. Madden Community Gamerpics (a variety of gamerpics that will show what community you belong to. make sure your community managers know you want an OS gamerpic.) We're targeting a mid-September release for patch#2 and the DLC but will give constant updates and screenshots as we progress. I look forward to seeing all of your very constructive feedback next week when the game is released and will do my best to answer additional questions here. Phil

oooohhh...Please put the accelerated clock in...That would be HUGE...Then I could actually play out a good strategic game of football rather than feeling rushed to get plays off in order to see a normal amount of run/pass attempts.

Accelerated clock is must...Pretty pretty please.

[Whaaaazuuuuup]

my thing is where are the developers now. dont stop coming in once you've got the $. keep us posted. even if you were to say "there was an issue with the patch. we want to resolve it so you get the best of it.", then many ppl would appreciate that rather than not hearing anything and letting imaginations run wild...imo...

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Whaaaazuuuuup

my thing is where are the developers now. dont stop coming in once you've got the $. keep us posted. even if you were to say "there was an issue with the patch. we want to resolve it so you get the best of it.", then many ppl would appreciate that rather than not hearing anything and letting imaginations run wild...imo...

Fear not, we aren't being ignored:

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian C. on 08/11/08

As you know, tonight is release night! We are anticipating major numbers in the game, online, and in the forums tonight...so I thought I'd give a quick update from our side of the fence: What we are doing 1. We have a night-shift team at Tiburon (with many online engineers) to look into any major problems that may come up (servers and the like). 2. The design team (myself and Phil included) will be combing the forums for major issues 3. Our QA team is constantly checking "bug list" thread and will try to reproduce issues as needed, so if you personally come across a bug make sure you post it here: ***Official Madden '09 Bugs and Glitches List Thread*** (remember to follow the template) What we won't be doing We probably won't be communicating back and forth in "real time" as much as we have in the past. There have already been quite a few instances with the NCAA launch, slider-gate, and other areas where someone on the dev team has acknowledged that we are "looking into" issues posted by the community, and that gets twisted around as us admitting flaws or promising to fix it or whatever. So just know that we are monitoring these forums all night and through the morning - and working to verify / reproduce any issues that you all post - but we may not post for a while. I wanted to let you all know so you don't think I'm "disappearing" around launch time. I will be here all night...I just don't want to post a million times and end up getting myself in trouble on one where I might say the wrong thing. Along these lines it might be a good idea for a mod to have a sticky post (that only mods can edit) that is a constantly up-to-date list of the current highest priority issues. This would really help the team out to see all of the big ticket items in one place. Just a thought... Sound good?

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[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Whaaaazuuuuup

my thing is where are the developers now. dont stop coming in once you've got the $. keep us posted. even if you were to say "there was an issue with the patch. we want to resolve it so you get the best of it.", then many ppl would appreciate that rather than not hearing anything and letting imaginations run wild...imo...

They have kept us updated. First, they said this weekend that they wouldnt be posting much this week. They want to let the dust settle before responding to every complaint. Second, once the patch is sent to MS its out of their hands. The focus should be on MS not EA.

[fantasysportsguy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Klocker

From OP

But then someone with EA came back and said "should be Thursday". THAT is what everyone is going off of.

[Whaaaazuuuuup]

ok thx coo-man! i never saw that post because i was away for the 3 days up the the release of madden. that's good to know though. Sorry Ian (and develop team) appreciate the heads ups...