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@Dinger_Dan19_PSN - Yes, This!! I am tired of going thru the setup of making my lineups and signing free agents or making trades to have certain pieces in the lineup or on the bench only to find when I sim thru a stretch of games or just in between Key Moments on my Franchise file that when I jump into a Key Moment people are playing out of position and out of where I had them in the lineup. I understand there are rest days, but I swear I never seem to jump into a game where it's the lineup I set.

@BUCK-uFnB_XBL - Thats something that seems to always be a thing and its so annoying. Why ask me to see my lineup in the menus only for it to do it's own thing when I sim a few games and here and there and then jump in on a critical moment.

Madden, NCAA, Tomb Raider, Uncharted, Red Dead 2, Might fire up GTAV Again.

Hernandez behind the plate missing calls left and right with Joyce calling people safe at 1B would have so many players breaking their controllers and tv's

The Wife and Kids are going to go see extended family for spring break which is during early access weekend - I normally don't pay the extra but knowing I could play all weekend completely uninterrupted is very tempting.

@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN - I'd like a more immersive, lengthier experience. I'm not asking to play full seasons at these levels. But 2 or 3 games hardly feels like even a taste. I hope as you said though that its a feeler and at least provide an option moving forward when setting it up to lengthen it some.

The absence of PS4 and XB1 could be encouraging, Time will tell. Hopefully the Dev Diaries show us some good stuff and are not all about DD.

Conversations with the Coaching Staff and Your Agent should be a given or at least a prompt that is offered every few weeks.

The Coaching Staffs within Franchise Mode reference boosts to the team, It would only make sense for RTTS to incorporate this and showcase it in some form during Free Agency but they don't because RTTS is severely lacking in what it could and should be by now.

@SJR15ITFC_PSN - It could be a stand alone, Id want even more meat on the bones if it were to go that route though because I'm greedy.

If it's really because of space and engine then how is it NBA2k year in and year out presents a far more immersive product for their My Career and My GM players all the while still catering to the MyTeam crowd which is their version of DD. I'm not buying the engine excuse or space argument. 2k runs circles on player experience, SDS simply chooses to be Lazy anymore.

It's not like what is presented above is an all or nothing, it could even be implemented over time or thru patched updates etc. So much of it is already there in some forms, it's just grossly under utilized or poorly implemented.

We play Franchise Mode from the GM's Desk, How great would it be to have annual meetings with the owner to discuss goals, wants and wishes from them. How cool would it be to have the owner chime in with a quarter, mid and stretch goal updates based on how the season has or is unfolding.

What about perks such as additional years on your deal, more budget flexibility, the ability to trade your comp balance pick. Dive into the international scouting / signing period. Have access to hold meetings with your coaching staff about things you want driven home or prioritized during a certain part of the season and have them offer their view points on if that's attainable and or counter it etc.

Highly doubt any of this will ever happen, But a long time player can dream.

Road to the Show has gotten so stale, predictable and mind numbingly boring it's almost unplayable anymore.

Please for the love of this game, redo the mode so it features a ton more immersion and brings you into the game. Start out by playing your Senior Year in High School as a kid to watch from Baseball America. Based on your season earn a ticket to the Bowman Showcase or agree to college ball where you play thru a series of mini games to become a better prospect. Make the draft process more intense, show us getting passed over a time or two from where our agent thought we might go - added layers of immersion make it worth all the more. Bring in more Video Clips from MLB Network personalities discussing you as a player and your various accomplishments (back to those mini games and senior season) Give us a set of mini games on top of the Bowman showcase during draft prep to fine tune and tweak.

And why is it we start in AA? Seriously, that doesn't happen near often enough to be an actual starting point. You go thru A Ball if not Rookie Ball in most cases. If you don't want to commit to that presence roster wise give us another round of developmental mini games with grades to earn our promotion.

Give us more cut scenes where we interact with our team mates and coaches. Let there be a feature / option where you can go directly to the Managers office or call your agent on the fly because of something that happened or something you want to try and make happen. Give us a write up from MLBTradeRumors when we ask for a trade if we are a prospect or a player of a certain ranking that paints us as someone who isnt happy in their current situation more to follow type stuff. Present us in that moment teams we are linked to. Offer us the opportunity to discuss team / player options in our contract negotiations and let us set a list of teams we would allow a trade to and ones we won't.

Bring back personality traits, but allow those to actually develop quirks that further define our player.

Once in the minors, can we discuss the logic and AI of our teammates on the field. Far to often a challenge is presented and taken off the table due to their inability to get their end of the job done.

Lineup Discussions - Skip comes to see you because of your track record against a team or a certain pitcher and says were moving you in the lineup or starting you or benching you because this a couple of times a season would be a nice breath of fresh air. Or to prevent it from happening, complete a training mini game the coach throws at you that helps to sharpen you for that match up.

Immersion, Immersion, Immersion. Draw us in, Take us deeper into the experience. Give us more to do, more to watch. More to build on, Be more involved in the creation of your players arc beyond the stats.

Wishful thinking, much of what you are referencing would resemble the MYGM and or MyCareer modes from NBA2k. Been asking about a lot of this for years as well. Franchise is the Forgotten - It sucks to be a fan of the mode that made the game.

Seems to be a lesser issue of late, but I remember this being a real issue in the not so distant past.

That would be a nice option, Immediately having that opportunity to do what we love most about the mode would be nice.

@PhillyDawg3 - I have been saying for years that Franchise and RTTS seriously need to more resemble the 2k MyCareer model.

I agree, trading control happens every year and yet we can't do it.