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Madden NFL 17: The Little Things Are Piling Up in CFM

09:11 AM - September 7, 2016 by RaychelSnr

One week with Madden NFL 17’s Connected Franchise mode has taught me two things: My San Francisco 49ers are going to be in for a very long year (I may have already known that), and I still don’t know as much about football as I thought I did.

While there are no major “back of the box improvements” for this year’s version of CFM, the amount of little tweaks definitely make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. For one, the practice has been revamped to include actual scouting. Not only does this give me an opportunity to learn what defenses and offenses work in a given situation, it also gives me the ability to learn the tendencies of my weekly opponent -- dynamically. If the Colts decide to start running the ball with Frank Gore more than they let Andrew Luck pass, the game will recognize that and you will be able to game plan on defense to stop the run.

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# 21 Hooe @ 09/08/16 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by howboutdat


	Now this makes me wonder , how much it will change in an online league as well, or if it does at all . Guess i will be making notes on guys thruout the year to see if even then it works right.

The percentages absolutely change in online franchises. My opponent this week completely reversed tendency on me for our game this week and I saw his percentages had updated in the practice menu after the result was posted (we haven't advanced to the next week yet).

# 22 cmehustle @ 09/08/16 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Armor and Sword


	Guy's you don't have to do the custom playbook work around. There is a much simpler way to get the AI to play vastly better. Go check out the slider forum for more details as I don't want to clutter this thread up. I am using the "create the current coach of your opponent that week" work around and assigning the generic playbooks for offense and defense and it is working amazingly. And I can also set formation subs that stick for the CPU team that week. After I am done with my game I retire that coach and it is like nothing ever happened. The same coach is still coaching for that team. Rinse and repeat each week. Takes literally 5-7 minutes before each game to get things set up and the game play is vastly improved.

Holy Christ! I literally did not know you could do that. Could you copy and paste a link to this info good friend?

# 23 Armor and Sword @ 09/08/16 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by cmehustle


	Holy Christ! I literally did not know you could do that. Could you copy and paste a link to this info good friend?

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...e-sliders.html

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-dskins81.html

# 24 Armor and Sword @ 09/08/16 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by rich8682


	Wait so after I do the workaround, I retire the coach and the playbook and formation subs stay in place? Sent from my SM-G386W using Tapatalk

No they don't.

# 25 DeuceDouglas @ 09/08/16 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by howboutdat


	Now this makes me wonder , how much it will change in an online league as well, or if it does at all . Guess i will be making notes on guys thruout the year to see if even then it works right.

It definitely works if someone is controlling the other team and playing the games. One of the first things I did when I got M17 was test this and I just went into a game with 1 minute quarters and ran the ball up the middle for the whole game. Then I created a character for my week two opponent and looked at their Gameplanning and the tendencies were 100% run and 0% pass and it was completely accurate.

# 26 mrCPUgeek @ 09/08/16 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Armor and Sword


	No they don't.

So, correct me if I'm wrong. But if you don't retire the coach, then the only thing you loose is the scorebar at the bottom getting updated and having the team name instead of the PSN id, right?

# 27 Armor and Sword @ 09/08/16 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mrCPUgeek


	So, correct me if I'm wrong. But if you don't retire the coach, then the only thing you loose is the scorebar at the bottom getting updated and having the team name instead of the PSN id, right?

Yep....which is a use immersion thing for me.

Someone in my slider thread reported that even after retiring the coach the changes stuck. I am going to test this myself folks.

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