NHL 24 Franchise Wishlist
Since NHL 23's Franchise did a fantastic job of listening to the communities wants, I'll bite the bullet and start the list for next year Some of this stuff could be in the game this year, but I wou...
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Forgot these ones
- a start today feature (similar to Madden and NBA)
- region accurate names (no more Travis Tootoo from Austria, Tiny Zinger from Hungary or Manny McNeely from France)
- accurate region prospect generation
- CAN/USA/SWE/RUS/FIN/SWI/SVK/CZE make up ~97% of draftees since 2010, but in NHL games they are consistently between 80-85%
What? They did an excellent job? Have you actually played the game or are you going off of the promotional videos?
- @VeronicatheCD no i'm well aware the only addition was the custom leagues which i'm hearing are not great
They also removed most of the presentation, the new on ice light shows and national anthems rarely trigger, and they took away the ability to edit strategies (while adding new strategies and giving online players the ability to save them for quicker play). This was all intentional and not a bug.
@VeronicatheCD wrote:What? They did an excellent job? Have you actually played the game or are you going off of the promotional videos?
I took that as sarcasm
An excellent job?
I literally ONLY play franchise mode, and have hundreds of hours logged but his point. (March 21)
It's bare, dry, boring.
Sim scoring is extremely broken, rosters are beyond outdated (player values), trading is bland, free agency is bland, expansion draft is bland, scouting needs a complete overhaul... etc etc
Cool, they added custom leagues, something that should have been in the game when they made the switch to the last generation of consoles.
Franchise mode has needed a complete overhaul for quite some time now. It's just a re-skin every year with one or two new (easy to implement) features to make consumers think they care about it.
Let's be completely for real right now.
I'm hoping for the return of replay on pause and game start. + more graphics info. E.g. Player has a point streak (show that he scored in xy games). And more info from the last game. Look at the player and show that he had for example 0g + 0a 3sho 2 hits against the last opponent. Just what happens on TV. It could also show scores from other matches.
I really hope that the scoreboard will return to the top left corner (or at least the option to turn it on).
This is also related to the change of the current graphic presentation, which is too childish for me. It would be nice to have something realistic.
In my career, I'd like to be able to see the stats from a game in retrospect. Right now, you can only see the scores on the calendar. (plus the ability to look at other games) like 2ksports has in NHL2K or NBA2K.
Option to set up multiple lineup styles after the faceoff. Like the exact position where the players will stand. There are so many variations of shots after the faceoff in the NHL today.
Better AI logic when playing in the last minutes. Taking a Time-Out and building a team on the face-off in the offensive zone from players who are valid. Now it happens that on the last faceoff, maybe the third line comes in. So the biggest aces sit on the bench.
Home team advantage in substitutions. Just like in real life. The home team would be the second team to substitute.Related to this would be that it would be possible to set up different strategies e.g. that the AI would play 3 lines on the 1st line etc...
Having the % option to set how each line will play time. Something like in EastsideHockeyManager
In franchise mode link ECHL teams. It now happens that even if a player falls under an NHL organization and is in the ECHL he is not in the game. Example. TOMAS VOMACKA #37 of NASHVILLE was in the ECHL and could not be called up to the first team. I'm sure there are more cases.
Add to franchise mode the ability to control the national team at least for the world championship.
Another important thing for me is the incomprehensible inability to choose the style of the arena during international matches. I want to play on a narrow rink. (Or better give me option to select concrete stadium).
At international tournaments, I have the opportunity to select players for the national team even for teams I don't play for. Something similar to what FIFA has in their setup. Now when I want to do an international tournament, I have to click everything through transfers - not very convenient. Not to mention that it creates duplicate players.
It would be the same for teams. Example, I choose Canada and only Canadian players will be used to make a team.
Possibility of injury to the goalkeeper even while playing the game. (NOT JUST SIMULATION). It doesn't have to be during the game, but after the game. Now that people like me who play the whole season have to make up reasons to rotate more than two goalies.
I apologize for my English, but I hope most things are clear. Thank you for your patience.
- being able to edit draft classes, or custom draft classes
That one would be awesome, especially when EA clearly dont want to fix the "North American names" on players from lower level hockey nations....
I could do that for them in one day for free if they don´t have the time over from expanding HUT..... 😉
I'm 100% for unlocking some portions of editing, but at some point, ya'll have to stop and think...
You want the ability to full edit things, which basically means you want to God-mode, which come on, is a bit much.
I'll give you:
Positions: Considering 90% of the players don't come with a secondary position, I'll grant you we should be allowed to move a player with 62 faceoffs out of being a center.
Type: Yeah. My playmaker has 91 snap and slap shot accuracy and no denying? Okay, he's supposed to be a sniper, make the move.
Names: Okay, fine, the name randomizer needs to be adjusted.
Character Looks: Totally, that's cosmetic, which EA is all about, check out HUT.
I draw the line and player stats. I know other games let you, but geez, where is that reality we want, if we can just edit our Top 9 Fs into the next Connor McDavid? Yeah yeah, I get the argument, "What does it hurt?" Its not a matter of what it hurts, its a matter of what EA might actually do for us. You realize the more you insult them over things they do, the less.likely they are to change things.
Get behind asking them to fix the actual bugs, because people, offline gaming is pretty much dead in sports games.
I would say there is mainly two reasons why so many want to be able to edit everything on players during a franchise save (or other modes like this).
1) To Be the GOD and make it easier to have fun and be successful regarding all the bugs in the mode that clearly are not there with a purpose from EA, but they dont care to fix it. Like the line chemistry, the coach strategi bug etc...
2) Be able to fix all the faults that EA have put in on players and dont care to fix. And also be able to make the auto created prospects by the game make some sense, especially names!!
For the ones that says that the nr 1 reason is why EA dont want to open up the edit section again. I say WHO CARES, Its offline, if someone wants to be a GOD of EA NHL Franchise mode and are enjoying it - LET THEM!!
But most of us, especially in these forums are more about option 2. Just so you know!!
- @johum2886 ECHL in Franchise Mode and NHL All Star Game back in Franchise Mode.
