Madden NFL 15 Connected Franchise Details, Trailer and Screenshots

[jeremym480]

Quote: Originally Posted by fancyclaps

Huh? For Online Leagues They took about a million steps forward with draft classes.

Fixed your post.

The people who want real draft classes or at least the ability to edit draft picks got nadda, zilch, zero, nothing (from the draft classes) - which by my estimation, equals a million steps backwards.

[TheBleedingRed21]

That's not taking step backwards. That's staying still.. Lol

The random draft class is a huge welcome for online leagues, I do agree about sucking for offline but it's sure not going backwards because it wasn't touched.

[fancyclaps]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeremym480

Fixed your post. The people who want real draft classes or at least the ability to edit draft picks got nadda, zilch, zero, nothing (from the draft classes) - which by my estimation, equals a million steps backwards.

I guess so. But Looman said they spent 8 months making sure that realistic attributes/ratings are given to the draft classes based on position and round.

[jeremym480]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBleedingRed21

That's not taking step backwards. That's staying still.. Lol The random draft class is a huge welcome for online leagues, I do agree about sucking for offline but it's sure not going backwards because it wasn't touched.

Except we lost NCAA, so we lost draft classes which was the last avenue we had to draft real college players. They should have added the option to edit drafted players if we want. Instead they did like Sony did EA Access program and made the decision for us. Sad.

[RocketTMac1]

I may be stupid for asking this question but you can control all teams like last year right as the owner?

Also does confidence go down when you sub out guys during the preseason? I don't want Romo playing more than two series the first couple of games. But if he loses massive confidence because I "pulled" him from a preseason game things will get very tricky

[TurboTitan]

Not being able to fully edit players and their attributes in an OFFLINE franchise will be a deal breaker to me. It's been proven over and over that the only way to get even close to realistic ratings out of these madden generated draft classes is if we can EDIT the ratings. I just can't think of one good reason for EA to NOT allow us to do this. Just a few years ago one of the trumpeted "additions" to the game was FINALLY being able to adjust any rating, inside of an offline franchise,for any player. This was great. Until it was gone the very next year with no explanation.

This is definitely right up there with there being no formation substitutions made outside of a game that are SAVED from game to game. There cannot be a single valid reason for EA to NOT offer this (it was in NCAA for 10+ years) other than they just do not care, or it causes some game killing glitch.

Lack of FULL player customization in this game is inexcusable. It is seriously the only way to get the game playing realistically, IMO. If RB prospects continue to have,say, a 96 accel rating coupled with a 81 speed rating, there is just no slider setting to make that realistic .

[CT Pitbull]

Quote: Originally Posted by therealsmallville

Being old, or claiming to be old, doesn't automatically make your post good (nor does it automatically make you a hardcore gamer. My Dad just turned 51, played Pong back when it came out, and still occassionally picks up a game here or there. Just because he's been "gaming" since Pong came out, doesn't mean he's hardcore. Not saying you are one or the other, but dismissing anyone who may agree with you off the bat like that is a terrible way to interact. Having said that, "Season" mode has been gone since at least Madden 06 on the 360 (I can't remember if 05 on Xbox/PS2 had it). This is nothing new. I'm not sure what to tell you...you want the game to mirror the real life NFL season, which I'm assuming means you don't want a team in the game to start a nobody over their long-time incumbent starter because you don't see that in real life. Oh, except when San Francisco gave the job to Kaepernick over Smith based on 2 good games. Or Foles over Vick. Young over Montana? I get not wanting the game to do strange things, but it's amazing how strange things happen in the real NFL every year. Manning putting up only 8 points in Madden is unrealistic! Except when he does it in real life. Turn injuries / trades / etc off, play one season, sell the game I guess. To be on-topic, these changes to CFM sound pretty great. I hope this means we can hire better positional coaches & I hope it also means that we'll see some alternate away uniforms as well. I'd love to play a throwback season with the 49ers' 94 throwbacks, but only the home jersey's are available in M25.

I think your missing my point about "mirroring" the real NFL. Kaepernick starts over Smith fine that's great. that would be a switch I would make in game myself. That's the point. I can still do this in CFM but going from team to team to cut players for 32 teams or make roster moves so the rosters resemble real life is a CHORE.


The only reason why I said that about how long ive been playing madden is because in another thread some one was saying because a bunch of us wanted a barebones season/franchise option that we were casual gamers which made/makes NO sense. I understand there are older "casual" gamers. wanting an easy mode to be able to reflect the real NFL absolutely doesn't make anyone a casual gamer.


lol..play one season sell the game...you just don't get it so im gonna stop


On the CFM changes I just don't understand why we still cant edit ratings in season. Online ok, I understand, but offline CFM's lack of the ability to edit ratings is ridiculous. They also have to make it easier to control all 32 teams offline. How hard can it be to give the offline guys some options.

[TheSaints7]

Can you fire and hire staff as a Coach? Or does this just apply in Owner mode.