Franchise Mode Player Editing

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1. Year after year this is an issue for EA and Specifically EA NHL. Why can we still not edit players in franchise mode? This makes zero sense at all. Almost every other sports game lets you do this in the franchise mode equivalent, but not EA NHL. There is no point in having an offline mode have features locked as it only ruins the experience of an already lacking and hard-to-enjoy mode. Changing stats should be something you're allowed to do in franchise mode as well as changing positions and player types. this is most important with generated players who come out with random nonsensical attributes, positions, and player types.

2. Generated players also shouldn't have greyed-out pictures as that takes away immersion and fun. MLB The Show, NBA 2k, Madden, and EAFC, all have generated faces displayed instead of a greyed-out picture. On that topic, we should be able to fully edit generated players, meaning face, hair, body, etc. These are things that the community and I have been asking for for years.

3. We can already edit rosters why prevent us from doing so in franchise? That's a quick patch right there. Grey-out faces might not be possible with a patch which is understandable but going forward this should be a problem that gets fixed. I am tired of seeing this type of post on these forums, Reddit, and everywhere else every year.

4. Franchise mode as a whole needs a complete revamp. Features keep getting removed and not replaced becoming evidently more clear that this mode or player base is not respected or cared for. Why do we not have better contracts? Things like no-trade-clauses and protected picks, or a nice little lottery drawing like NBA 2k instead of just a pop-up window letting you know who won. It's understandable that these franchise changes can not be done overnight but given the time in which franchise mode has changed very little and the only changes that happen seem to be getting rid of features, I believe it's time to start adding new things and old things back. Credit where credit is due though the coaching additions were very nice and have improved yearly. I do not wish to be hateful of the EA NHL team but my frustrations with this franchise I grew up loving have started to boil over. I know that this team can make a great game and I hope this feedback is received well and considered.

Kindly,

Patrick

kplii5533 · Answer

It would be nice to finally get rid of those grey pictures of players and be able to fully edit inside of franchise mode. That would make life so much easier.

froommey · Answer

@PatTheR0man13to point 2: Look at the generic faces from FC and compare with NHL than you got the answer. The most faces to create in NHL looking terrible. We need a picture upload for our custom rosters and of course the possibility to edit this EA generic faces. I told this all the years over and over. The consequences is that NHL 23 was the last I bought.

rjchebat · Answer

I would like to see more stats for the team you are managing. Like, previous seasons for the team. I manage a team through a 25 year ownership run and cannot see the teams yearly records. All of these stats are in a database and I am no programming genius, but I would think that would be as simple as player career stats, which you CAN look up. I want to see the progress the team is making. Awards only show for five previous seasons. Why? I have figured out how to win every trophy but the Selke and it's driving me nuts how the winner gets selected. When the CPU replaces the goalie after he allows a 4 goal lead, sometimes 5 or 6, why is there no animation of goaltender switching anymore?

Franchise mode has dwindled immensely over the past few years. When most of the stats and information are obviously stored in the games database, why is it not retrievable? If something is already IN the game, when the yearly "upgrade" happens, why do some features disappear? I am honestly going to stop buying this game one of these next few years. Come on EA, take care of your buyers. Some of us have been here for the ride since it started.

kyl_35 · Answer

@PatTheR0man13&nbsp;wrote:1. Year after year this is an issue for EA and Specifically EA NHL. Why can we still not edit players in franchise mode? This makes zero sense at all. Almost every other sports game lets you do this in the franchise mode equivalent, but not EA NHL. There is no point in having an offline mode have features locked as it only ruins the experience of an already lacking and hard-to-enjoy mode. Changing stats should be something you're allowed to do in franchise mode as well as changing positions and player types. this is most important with generated players who come out with random nonsensical attributes, positions, and player types.What bothers me about this so much is that it’s such a simple ask that so many of us have been practically begging for and yet it continues to get ignored despite there being no good argument against it.&nbsp;

rjchebat · Answer

What bothers me is when a feature is there and it gets removed. What's the point? Especially stats because they are all maintained in the database. Are they trying to keep the size of the game down? Does that even matter anymore? The PC version used to allow uploads so you could be "In the game." I think that was NHL97.

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