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Didn't the Reds have the same rule at one point?

@fubar2k7_PSN said in NEW ADDITIONS TO FRANCHISE MODE:

@Dolenz_PSN said in NEW ADDITIONS TO FRANCHISE MODE:

@JeffreyDude_PSN said in NEW ADDITIONS TO FRANCHISE MODE:

3. In Road to the Show they need to add everything that has to do with being a ball player.....getting payed , moving into an apartment, then moving into a house and buying cars and boats and every other aspect a ballplayer goes through. Salaries and all of that. Are the players on your team best friends? Do they not like each other? We want to know. I want to be able to sit down with all my players and be able to negotiate contracts in an office with the agents.

Not everybody wants that. I don't play RTTS as much as I used to but I have no desire to turn my baseball experience into The Sims.

The possibilities are endless. Imagine this glorious scenario.

Your struggling at the plate. The star shortstop and your friend on the team approaches you with “medical” advice. Do you follow his advice and risk an 80 game suspension?

Option A: Follow advice and get a performance boost.
Option B: Don’t follow and don’t get a performance boost.

The general perception would be that steroids (I know you didn't say it) are being glorified similar to how the general public was outraged about GTA 3 when it came out. It would make MLB loo bad.

@JeffreyDude_PSN said in NEW ADDITIONS TO FRANCHISE MODE:

There are many things this game needs to add in order for it to be more realistic than it is.

1. They need to add Era modes or Historic team modes or give you the opportunity to play with your favorite team from any year with that years roster for an entire season. Example.....I'm a Yankee fan and if I want to play with the 1985 Yankees team I should be able to. Or any year for that matter. In Franchise and online.

2. They also need to add a management mode where you can be the owner or GM of a ball club and control every aspect of that role. Hiring , firing, price levels of all that has to do with owning a ball club. Also dealing with players friendships and morale and Harmony between each other during the season.

3. In Road to the Show they need to add everything that has to do with being a ball player.....getting payed , moving into an apartment, then moving into a house and buying cars and boats and every other aspect a ballplayer goes through. Salaries and all of that. Are the players on your team best friends? Do they not like each other? We want to know. I want to be able to sit down with all my players and be able to negotiate contracts in an office with the agents.

4. They also need to concentrate on the little things that go on in a Stadium during the game. People in the stands spilling drinks and food. Mascots entertaining the fans , fans catching balls in baseball mits, real life stadium music, homerun
   music, music after a base hit, music when a homeowner is hit. More injury occurrences , Maybe have a designated spot on a homerun where someone in the stands wins a car? Simply every little thing you can think of.

5. Give us some real announcers. 3 come to mind.
   1 John Sterling
   2 Jon Miller
   3 Gary Thorne
   Get these guys in the game any way you can.

Ok, I have some thoughts if interested.

1. It would be cool if they basically turned March to October into a mode where you would replay a historic team's playoff hunt. Personally, aside from benefits for DD (sooo an exploit), I don't see much reason for the mode as constituted.

2. Sound like you wanna change the prices of hotdogs like Madden. It's cool, but realistically I doubt they want to invest money in developing that feature with Franchise Mode sadly not being where they make their money (microtransactions n DD).

3. Im noticing a theme, you want unique features from NBA2k, Madden, and potentially FIFA/NHL. Sounds like you want a "Sandlot Mode" where you build a team with friends/foes akin to NBA2k.

4. Personal opinion, once AI is able to help with this you will see a big jump. I imagine AI monitoring real games similar to players wearing green suits with trackers to get their stances correct. For the later parts with the free car and stuff, you gotta remember companies have to view things as +/- on the spreadsheet, I doubt they are selling more copies because of little features most will skip after the first time or two seeing them. Not trying to be a downer, just being realistic.

PS if you're going to a fan interaction the infamous "Pizzagate" at Fenway needs to be added.

5. Short answer:
   Get Don Orsillo in the game, he is the best in the business.

Long answer:
I honestly don't understand (I don't know if announcers are MLBPA or not), why announcers wouldn't line up from every team every year to record a season's worth of games (roughly a month of work to be done in spring training) with legit audio for teams based on who you choose. If you want to "cut corners" only have the team's home team announcers rather than traveling with the team.

I know I have brought up cost in my responses, however, with the understanding that announcers aren't making money like the players they would gladly accept some bonus offseason money. Not to mention the team would benefit as this would allow them time to practice things like the backgrounds of players and pronunciations. This is a feature that I do believe if they were to put an effort into marketing Franchise mode moving forward would be a very profitable feature.

Is there anywhere that explains in detail how potential works? As an example, I would like to know, can a player outplay poor potential (assuming young enough) and increase from say C to B or B to C?

I personally would like a Quick Sell button, but not for selling, I would like a button that automatically puts in an order for that specific card at its Quick Sell price