Re: FM AI GM’s logic is ridiculous

I have no doubts that trying to program an AI GM is just like an AI player where no matter what its never going to be very good. I also know that releasing a game yearly has its difficulties in the amount that can be added and for the most part I know what I am paying for each year so I'm not overly disappointed when not much as changed. Like I've said before, they have added some cool things the last few years, but they still need improvements as well. I think the disappointing part this year is that the same flaws that they have had for years have actually got worse. I don't think the AI GM's will ever get to the point where people stop asking for gm connected so they don't have to deal with the AI GM's. Instead I hope they should look more into giving us more options so we can try and set up and play the mode the way we want. Some good suggestions from here for trading have been force/veto trades and signings, trade/free agent frequency sliders, allowing us to set up protected lists for all teams and improved team wants/needs. A more complicated suggestion would be to give each player personality traits of what is most important such as loyalty, winning, money, stats or term. Have something similar for each GM as well to try and better control how they make trades and signings. 

Edit: One thing they could add that would help with the bad trades is NTC/NMC to franchise. Not only would it add another element to franchise mode, but more star players would request it when signing. This would also allow us to give them to players we don't want traded before starting a new one.

I've said before, I'll say it again, I'll never stop saying it:
there's an easy fix that'll make perfect AI logic while requiring very little effort on EA's part: full customization. Allow us to force trades as well as make CPU-CPU trades. Then we can look through and figure out what teams should be moving what contracts, and we can figure out what's fair for them to move a bad contract, and what team would be willing to take on a bad contract, what assets they would demand in order to do so.

It would be time-consuming for us to do this every single deadline (or whenever), but I'm sure all of us would be thrilled to do so in order to keep the game realistic and functioning logically. Over, you know... the * they've been giving us.

Full customization is the answer to all EA's problems. Bad potential/development? Allow us to edit ratings. Wrong positions or player type? (Whether or not it's "wrong" or we just prefer something different.) Allow us to edit position and player type. Polish players with names like Greg Liston or Marvin Jones? Allow us to edit player names.
This isn't hard. It's not hard to figure out, it's not hard to program. Yet... they keep failing us. Even worse, they've been *removing* customization, as we were actually able to edit at least *some* of those things in NHL 20 (positions and roles).

@SchulzEricT Could imagine that.. players would trade all the top stars to one team and [profanity removed] the rest

Edit: Removed profanity. Please keep the following rule in mind:

• Don't curse or swear. Don't try to get away with it by using symbols in place of letters, too. We all k*** what you're trying to s**.

Thank you. -CM

Oh they're watching my swear word got removed from my comment.. xD. I guess community outreach with offline modes aren't that important to them ☹️

@DeMiGoD1988 

We absolutely care about offline players. If we didn't, so much work wouldn't be put into them. It's certainly disappointing to see so much frustration with these issues and we'd love to see them resolved. When it comes to fixing issues, it's not as easy as it may seem. There are also times it's better to spend the time necessary to resolve these issues properly which can mean waiting for a future game as it's possible changes coming down the road could affect the fixes that are put in. I'm not saying that's for sure the case here, but it's something that needs to be considered. 

Also, yes, there are a lot more online players than offline. When it comes to getting out fixes that affect the high majority of players versus the smaller population that plays only offline modes, it makes sense to address the issues affecting more people. There's a limited amount of time and resources and they need to be used where they can to make the most impact. Sadly, this means we can't make everyone happy.

Please keep the constructive feedback coming. I understand it may look like you're being ignored, but that's not the case. Bug reports help the dev team gets these issues resolved.

@EA_AljoAlso to revert back to key features missing and another offline mode (just to hit home how offline modes have been disregarded) you completely removed normal seasons from the CHL, OHL & QMJHL not to mention what age you want to start as and you're locked into going to either NYR or LA if you do good or ANA if you don't.

Yes I'm refering to Be A Pro. But I'm proving a point how EA NHL doesn't see profit in a mode it's pushed aside for the most part.

@DeMiGoD1988 

The idea that we don't care about this mode because it's not part of HUT is completely false. Look at EASHL. That mode doesn't have a way to spend money and gets a very large amount of support. The thing is, the modes that appear to get more attention are also live services. Yes, they are the 2 most popular modes in the game, but there are a high amount of offline players. If we truly weren't interested in Franchise and BAP, they wouldn't be in the game let alone have received big updates over the years. Franchise Mode in particular has had improvements every year for the last few years especially. BAP went through a big revision with NHL 21. I understand it's not up to your expectations and we hate that you're disappointed. Constructive feedback is most certainly used to help improve the game year after year so please keep it coming.