MKnight82 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) On 7/24/2019 at 8:13 PM, kingseanjohn said: If anyone has time, please check out franchise mode. I'm curious about how it plays, as well as scouting, the off season, and draft. I just simmed a full season and did 1 draft in franchise mode, here are my early thoughts: - the scouting presentation and mechanics are the same as they’ve been for the past few years. Only difference I noticed is that I was finding prospects projected to go in the 4th or 5th round having a 1st round grade. In years past you would never see a guy rated higher than 1 round where he was projected. So that had me excited that I could maybe get some late round steals, but once the draft came all of those guys were gone before the end of the 2nd round. Somewhat disappointing but it does make scouting more relevant to ID those players. - The #1 overall selection in the draft I did was only 77 ovr. A lot of the players in the 2nd round and later were in the mid 60s or worse. They have definitely shifted the OVRs downward. - If you draft a player with normal development it just tells you immediately. My two first round picks currently have unknown potential and will only be revealed after they’ve played 500 snaps (Dwayne Haskins had this too, he hit 500 snaps around midseason). I don’t know if these players are guaranteed to either be Star or Superstar at this point or whether they are still at risk of falling to normal development. I was unable to land anything other than normal development after the first round and I had 14 draft picks. - The offseason is the same format it’s been for years. 5 weeks of FA and scouting then the draft. - As far as sim stats Brady led the league in passing with around 4,700 passing yards. Zeke led with 1,600 rushing. The top WR had around only 1,400 yards. Aaron Donald led the league with 17 sacks. Nothing looked crazy stat wise. edit: a few more - the did add some small stuff like coordinators coming to you weekly with goals that can earn you extra XP, and I had some players coming to me with requests like get me the ball more and stuff like that. If you did it they got xp and a morale boost. - My first impression of the XP system this year is that on the default xp slide my players felt like they were leveling too quickly. Edited July 26, 2019 by MKnight82 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBURGE Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 3 hours ago, biggio7 said: Stream it! I won't be playing until tomorrow cause I have a buddy coming up for the weekend. Don't want to run out of the trial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, JBURGE said: I won't be playing until tomorrow cause I have a buddy coming up for the weekend. Don't want to run out of the trial I already have less than 6 hours left lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggio7 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 55 minutes ago, JBURGE said: I won't be playing until tomorrow cause I have a buddy coming up for the weekend. Don't want to run out of the trial I meant to stream it when you start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingseanjohn Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 1 hour ago, JBURGE said: I won't be playing until tomorrow cause I have a buddy coming up for the weekend. Don't want to run out of the trial What time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Both of my first rounders that I drafted in franchise mode that had hidden potential ratings ended up being Superstars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBURGE Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 43 minutes ago, kingseanjohn said: What time? Honestly no clue. We will probably be doing franchise mode stuff. Can't imagine anything we do will as interesting as YouTube vids but if you want I can stream it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingseanjohn Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 15 minutes ago, JBURGE said: Honestly no clue. We will probably be doing franchise mode stuff. Can't imagine anything we do will as interesting as YouTube vids but if you want I can stream it If I’m on at the same time I’ll probably watch if I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucsfan333 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Can you feel the xfactor players make their impacts? Is there finally a difference among playing different teams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MossyMoss Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) Looks like I am buying straight after launch, love the new franchise features like scenarios Edited July 26, 2019 by MossyMoss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcool Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 10 hours ago, showtime said: So far how are you thinking of countering this type of stuff? Does QB spy work with a QB that fast or do you have to have a QB spy and user controlled defender as well? I haven't played against anyone taking advantage of it so far but I think you could probably just QB spy it. It would have to be your OLB though. If he rolls out, it would be so hard for a DE to close the gap. He's basically the fastest RB in the game, while being given a speed boost behind the LOS while running towards open field. And he's insane once he gets in the open field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 6 hours ago, iknowcool said: I haven't played against anyone taking advantage of it so far but I think you could probably just QB spy it. It would have to be your OLB though. If he rolls out, it would be so hard for a DE to close the gap. He's basically the fastest RB in the game, while being given a speed boost behind the LOS while running towards open field. And he's insane once he gets in the open field. I think it's cool they let QB's tuck the ball and run at full speed behind the LOS. That's always been a huge issue against mobile QB's because they were so slow in the pocket and anywhere else behind the LOS. The thing is, though.... because QB's can run fast behind the LOS, that makes a defensive lineman spy less effective, which is how it probably should be. Also, I've seen some QBs (like Russell Wilson) have a trait to where he can break the first sack attempt by a blitzing defensive back. That's really cool as well. So if you play a Seahawks user, you have to change your defensive game plan and not blitz CBs and safeties as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 9 hours ago, bucsfan333 said: Can you feel the xfactor players make their impacts? Is there finally a difference among playing different teams? I played against the Dallas Cowboys which had Byron Jones (give me a break) and Lawrence as X Factors on defense and they were really difficult to move the ball on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 7 hours ago, MossyMoss said: Looks like I am buying straight after launch, love the new franchise features like scenarios The only scenario I’ve had occur so far was Morgan Moses came to me in the preseason and said he thought he could teach my first round rookie LG a few things. My rookie LG learned +3 pass blocking instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Sounds like people are going through the annual cycle of not realizing the bad portions of the game yet. Don't worry, in time this game will be just as bad as Madden 18 and Madden 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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