American Armchair League of America
Please login to ensure the most complete experience possible. To access the forums, click the 'Home' Link on the navigation bar up top. The homepage is the 'Portal' that the website defaults to.

This is a Playstation, sim-style community. Cheap, lobby-style tactics are not tolerated. Once logged in, you will have access to all sub forums hidden from guests, as well as images and links. Let us know if you have any questions.

AALoA Madden Commish: the_EDJ
Madden co-commish: GoingCommandoAZ, King_Hippo72

Fortnite Commish: lArlstol, GRIZZ, the_EDJ

Destiny Commish: Tonethewellknown

Join the forum, it's quick and easy

American Armchair League of America
Please login to ensure the most complete experience possible. To access the forums, click the 'Home' Link on the navigation bar up top. The homepage is the 'Portal' that the website defaults to.

This is a Playstation, sim-style community. Cheap, lobby-style tactics are not tolerated. Once logged in, you will have access to all sub forums hidden from guests, as well as images and links. Let us know if you have any questions.

AALoA Madden Commish: the_EDJ
Madden co-commish: GoingCommandoAZ, King_Hippo72

Fortnite Commish: lArlstol, GRIZZ, the_EDJ

Destiny Commish: Tonethewellknown
American Armchair League of America
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Go down
the_EDJ
the_EDJ
NCAA 11, 12, 14; Madden 15, 18 Champ
NCAA 11, 12, 14; Madden 15, 18 Champ
Yards : 7633
Swagger : 37
LocationOmaha, NE
Fave NFL Team : Chicago Bears
Fave NCAA Team : Nebraska Cornhuskers

Free Agency Mechanic Changes Empty Free Agency Mechanic Changes

Sun Nov 06, 2016 8:56 pm
Not a whole lot has changed in the offseason in Madden this year.  But the one thing that received an overhaul is free agency.  Thankfully there are much smarter people with more free time than myself to compile all the info.

Source| http://www.deepdivegaming.com/all/2016/11/6/a-madden-17-free-agency-guide

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Right there, in the bottom right corner you can see the major change. A point system instead of a bar representing "interest."  The point system is broken, as you know exactly where you stand with a player. Whoever offers the highest point offer gets the player.

The link above goes in much more detail. I'll provide the highlights.
The standard asking price for a free agent is about 80 points (31 for salary + 31 for bonus + 15 for length + whatever your team prestige is).
The best possible contract you can give is worth 212 points. You get points for each of the following categories:

Salary (max 93 points)
Bonus (max 93 points)
Length (max 15 points)
Prestige (max 11 points)

Increasing the salary you offer increases the points. But you have to scale your bonus with your salary increases to get the point benefit.

Increasing the bonus is a flat scale. If the FA asks for a $1 million bonus, offering $3 million gives you the most points. It doesn't help to go above that point, unless it helps with the Salary scaling.

Offering shorter deals lowers your points, longer deals do not help.

Prestige is based off your team record and coaching traits. The coach's Free Agent Bonus trait gives you a few extra points for the position.


The biggest risk the article points out is the ability to snipe a player right before advance if you're the admin advancing. I think it's a great point.  I'm not sure how best to handle it either.

- - Do we go on the honor system that I think has served us well in the past?
- - Do we handle bidding battles via the forum/discord? Post your bid points so we have a time stamp?
(Seriously, get Discord downloaded and join the AALoA server)
- - Or offer a 2 counter max? First user puts in a bid sets the price. If someone counters, then you have up to 2 more chances yourself to raise the price before you have to concede? That way we move through quickly and dissuade users from artificially raising the price too much, or constantly putting in a minimum bid.
Back to top
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum